Morris Minor Owners Club

I'm sure some would wish to have you flogged for the radial tyres and unleaded head with its non standard hardened inserts but not me. Its your car to do with as you wish so do what you want to it to make it suit you and if easier cruising and more efficient brakes (wait for it....) are your choice,...

I would suggest that the best thing to do is start with a tape measure. Is the width going to fit under the Minor (It could be you will need to consider a Corsa as a donor or its gearbox/drive shafts). As for the rear beam use a van version on the leafs (I can't remember if my Astra was a torsion be...

Since the x flow is a larger/heavier engine a 1300 version will give you a worse power to weight ratio than a 1300 A series engined Minor. For decent power can you not fight to keep the 1600 as you would have to build the 1300 into a cammy screamer to get the benefit of its 8 port design.

Hmm 170lbs eh, more than I expected, my Cortina was using 110lb rear leafs and it took a 250lb spring for the coilover to set it right so we could be looking at up to 400lb for the Traveller (seems at lot but the big rate for the Cortina seemed wrong and was'nt.....proved with an initial choice of 1...

Does anyone know the rate of a Traveller 7 leaf spring in Lbs. We have a coilover conversion in progress and need to select a rate which will be a multiple of this. Thanks in advance.

I understand about the mileage part now, they want to present old cars as making a small environmental impact and the idea of 100s of classics smoking up and down motorways (just showing how it looks to the unbelievers) damages the case. From now on I will keep my mileage to my self.

Lovely turreting work (can't see any problems as to where the load is transferred at all), wonder if you would mind sharing info on damper length and travel and the spring poundage used (as I have currently guessed at 110lbs for a traveller).

Had my modified Cortina failed for a rubbing handbrake cable and the tester put on the online records he thought the car was dangerous without specifying what part of the car was dangerous (steering rack conversion/zetec engine). I sorted the cable and went back for my MOT pass, it's since gone thou...

Agree about the mileage bit. I use a classic car to equally share motoring duties with my modern so they share the 6000-7000 I do a year.

You used to be able to buy alloy hubs that came in Minor, Marina, ford and undrilled (so you could choose the stud spacing), I don't know if they are still available. Refurbished ford sliding calipers appear cheap (as do the brake discs) all the time on e-bay (or buy secondhand and exchange at a mot...

Its only metal, use it and maintain as required.

Their original purpose many years ago was to prevent headlamp glare in fog. Of course,we just don't get the old "pea-soupers" any more so their purpose nowadays is merely decorative or to maim pedestrians! They actually had a USE, i'm stunned (you learn something new every day). Other use...

Standard procedure amongst the Ford people is to carefully trim down the input shaft and splines by about 10mm on the longer shaft. Some of the 2.8 boxes are stronger and all have a higher 1st gear.

No - not at all meant to be in any way sharp! Just making the point that I completely agree with you - the Fuel Cat (or Fool Cat?) does a good job of showing that Minors run perfectly well for many a mile - without needing additives or 'unleaded' conversion! Thats a relief (I hate to think I had in...

bmcecosse wrote:Yes - I got that Arnie!! Thought it was quite obvious.

Reply comes across as rather sharp. Have I caused offense? If so I unreservedly apologise

But you can drive a Minor on unleaded in "normal conditions" (whatever they may be!) without doing any obvious damage WITHOUT adding a pointless "converter". I was trying to suggest that the device takes advantage of the vehicles normal operating conditions to suggest function w...

They DO work, they prove how far you can drive a Morris Minor on unleaded in normal conditions without doing obvious damage to the engine.

I would consider the poor fuel economy, high emissions, potentially lethal heater design and high cost of purchase,restoration and parts as good reasons for not buying one. Being a passenger in one half a dozen times was enough. Being a passenger in a Minor once was enough to make me want one.

Do you need a torque wrench as I read this piece of advise on the "Cylinder head" post a couple of weeks ago; For years I didn't have a torque wrench - just pulled it down as hard as I could using one hand - on a normal ring key (spanner)! No problems - and no broken studs or stripped thre...

Learn something new every day! My understanding is that the halogen bulb has to run at VERY high temperature in order to 'recycle' the metal of the filament back onto the filament (otherwise it deposits on the glass) - and this is only possible in the 'halogen' atmosphere and in the small glass env...