Morris Minor Owners Club

Healthrow Transmissions will do you any ratio diff you like as a plated LSD or with the ATB variant. At the risk of stirring up the hornets nest I would suggest the ATB would be more suited to a Minor road car.

Both options are not inexpensive, of course!

Engine (and ancillaries) are unbolted and rotated in the engine bay, I've now gotten as far as replacing the flywheel. There are two types of 190mm Ford clutch cover and release bearing available. Clurly fingers with a flat face bearing and flat fingers with a more curved face on the release bearing...

We fitted a Frontline kit+FordT9 to a Midget two years ago and also a HI-Gear kit + Ford T9 to my MG TD. In both cases the Ford guide tube needed to be cut back to 1cm before fitting. Neither of the cars have had issues with the clutch slipping. Regards Declan It's both dripping the stinky semi-syn...

Unfortunately 190mm/7.5" 23 spline clutch plates are like hens teeth outside of complete kits for the Sierra, but I've found one a little cheaper.

Fingers crossed for Sunday.

An update to my saga - I've been running it for a few months with the slightly bodged combo of the cut down nose and standard clutch cover. After taking the car for wheel balancing and to have the toe-in set I find the clutch is slipping a bit... I suspect they revved and slipped the clutch a lot ge...

You're going to have to explain that amazing door pocket now too RobThomas!

Midget airboxes may work too - basically the same but the trunk is straight.

What size SU? 1.5" given it's a 1275?

What possible benefit is there to having four pipes from rocker cover to sump, and four double filtered "in" breathers on the rocker cover?

It looks more like a work of art to me than a functional engine. Not sure I'd trust the belt drive either!

Molyslip (modern sawdust!) can quieten them down a bit but a recon diff is the only proper answer.

As a fellow daily Morris driver I have encountered this. People tend to assume you're going slowly without actually checking their speed, or will try to get past as fast as possible as if you were a tractor that will delay them for a long time. As always, driving defensively and not being flustered ...

I bought one the same as the one linked in the original post recently. At its narrowest setting the lifting parts act on the chassis legs so not risking the sills or floor. As such it's useful for most things with the exception of master cyclinder or gearbox drops as the lift assembly gets in the wa...

It was indeed used for a wedding but I suspect my own guilt after the detective work above. At least I have nobody to be cross at other than myself, I'm usually more careful with the hosepipe.

We had more of a wet floppy ribbon problem than a scratchy ribbon problem!

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I just noticed this horror when washing the car - this is a new front wing fit earlier this year. Can't think what could have caused it!

I'd also like to examine their stats and methodology, but of course there are no links to the actual "study" and the articles are pretty much regurgitated press releases from MoneySuperMarket. I hope they charged them for the ad.

I didn't get on very well with the Toyo 155s either, to the point where I went around changing all the rear bushes and the rear damper oil because the car wouldn't stop bobbing around. I then changed the tyres and the car was transformed. As such, I'd say Nankangs or Bridgestones are safer bets depe...

I agree that the air filter may last longer with the alternative setup you suggest, but then vented caps do need cleaning occasionally too! The plastic type can be rinsed with petrol as can the metal ones, although I've found the quality of the rubber seal on the inside of the latter to be poor.

I've read that driving immediately gets heat into the engine faster and thus generates less wear than leaving it to warm on the driveway.

As such this is what I do, although I've looked at engine pre-heaters but it seems to be overkill for the trusty old A-Series.

Smart idea moving the horn to the NS there. I may have to steal that if I decide to fit a servo.

I believe the theory is firstly less vibration and second the coil may be better off mounted vertically, something to do with the oil inside.

Of course there are plenty of Minors running about with it in the normal position without issue! ;)