Morris Minor Owners Club

Other common options are Rostyles and Minilites style.

Otherwise have a search for 4x 4"/101.6mm PCD (NOT 100mm).

I vaguely recall somebody telling me I should reinforce the mounting area if I wanted to fit the Marina pedal box as the firewall might flex. I toyed with the idea years ago but chickened out and decided to get an remote fluid reservior that is easier to monitor. Could even put a sensor on it! https...

Not the Fish carb intended for the Minor but a similar downdraft model for another car.

I understand most of what is going on here except this pipe that goes from the inlet to the 'swept' side of the float chamber, any clues?

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I had a late 145 which had the same engine and interior, pretty much, just on a Stromberg carb. The famously bulletproof engine blew up on the new owner a month after I sold it to him. :oops: The 240s went through a trendy phase and still haven't come down in price I don't think - there is a "s...

We have an attachment limit? Pressure clouds. pressure-cloud-side.png pressure-cloud-rear.png It seems to me, a complete novice, that as we might expect the angle of the bonnet nose, the front and rear windscreens and the rain gutters are quite bad offenders when it comes to pushing air out of the w...

CFD being computational fluid dynamics. Most of this is beyond me and I'm using free or nearly-free tools but given I have been playing with a 3D model of a Minor I may one day turn mine into - a four door lowlight conversion - I thought I'd try to run it through a simulation. Some fun images at 60m...

I suspect some things you've done may be in there phil!

That's great, thanks phil!

That's great phil, I've also sourced some Marina torsion bars (normal car thickness) and will be following your example for fabricating brackets for those.

I admit I can't quite visualise how the sliding rose joints work with the ARB, do you have any photos of it assembled?

Thread resurrection! I'm reassembling my car again (don't ask about how bored/silly I got in lockdowns) and have found myself a Marina/Ital rear ARB. I wonder if clever folk might have suggestions on the best method of mounting the rear ARB. I understand I'll be welding brackets onto the axle, but w...

Standard bore is 2.542"/64.56mm so that can be measured. From memory I think more than 0.006" is problem territory for piston to bore clearance. And if the bores are oval of course.

Were you getting signs of blow-by?

Hello! It reads like it's running lean to me. This could be due to your mixture adjustment, a vacuum leak, dirt in the float bowl or jet, or perhaps the fuel pump not keeping up (if not "electronic" it has points inside that can be cleaned). A bent jet/needle would also effect the fuel met...

Umm...

Just going to pop out to the garage and check how I've stored my gearbox.

I've had real trouble with some shoes, both when I had standard brakes and now with both front and rear Wolseley 1500 drums.

A quality friction material can make a big difference!

I have a correct radiator muff, BMC branded I think, with the two flaps that can be poppered back in the garage somewhere if you want it!

My taste for tuned engines (and oil/water heat exchanger) these days means I have little trouble getting mine up to temperature.

I would strongly advise you to redo/add the cavity wax and get some extra underseal on there to save you trouble later. Of course there are loads of brands, I found Bilt Hamber UB (under-body) spray exceptionally easy to apply, as well as their cavity wax (S-50). One can of each should do a Minor ea...

I think it's only polite to fit them - I certainly prefer following cars with them in the wet!

A difference as large as that described would make me think the issue lies with the speedo - even going from a 4.22 to 3.7 differential wouldn't put you that far out I don't think.

Meanwhile, this may be of interest: *charts* Interesting, I joined near-peak! As the internet has centralised into a few crappy platforms like Facebook and Twitter I've come to value enthusiast forums much more. The kids are ditching Facebook now - it's the platform your nan is on, very uncool, not...

Aye Phil, I've got a nice period alloy manifold ("Superflow") for a single larger carb as it's the 1.5" Fish and the pattern doesn't match.

Initial setup I can likely manage, but I'll probably be at least a little off!