Morris Minor Owners Club

I feel really sorry for owners who are unable to diy,looking at the price lists about £150 for all the bits. a lot less if some parts can be salvaged. Not only this but all the other threads where cars are towed off to garages,for small(To us diyer) jobs to be done.In 43 years of car ownership, exep...

you 1000 owners are lucky you should try to fit the insert(if you can get one) to a split screen

I think after four years I would also re build the braking system,You might get them to free up and work but having once or twice in my driving life had that foot to the floor and nothing there feeling.Don't want to feel it again thank you very much

where are you going to fit the brake pedal

take the shoes off and turn the piston with a screwdriver,then ease it out and put some copper slip onto it to prevent it sticking again.make sure the piston dosent come right out or you will need to bleed the brakes.afterwards check that there is no fluid seeping past the piston.sometimes the rubbe...

john davey of middlesbrough 01642221153 will supply celly as long as its for a classic car or non motoring such as a metal green house,boat anything that dosent have wheels(a stupid eu reg)Iv'e just bought a litre of black for£16.99 plus vat Don't know about sending it off by post.The guy said they ...

deep cracks in the paint are normally due to the area being repainted several times ,the paint gets too thick and shrinkage of the layers underneath cause the cracks to form on the outer layer. Filling is generally not very good since the underlying problem still exists.Stripping back to metal is th...

Have you tried the old trick of getting the engine warmed up then starting it in first gear with the clutch held down. Never known it not to free up a stuck clutch.

go on have a look inside the drums,they are easy to get off,then re post with what you see or a photo.

when you say ticking do you mean a tinkleing type of sound if so would think that you have caused the ignition to become advanced causing pre ignition. Its commonly called pinking,Easily done if you havent set the points gap correctly.Or upset the position of the distributor.Check the timing,if you ...

you obviously arn't a cyclist :evil:hope you are not one of the drivers who cut me up at corners when turning right,pull out in front of me ,overtake with inches to spare when theres nothing coming the other way. overtake me within a hairs width when there are cars coming the other way.Instead of si...

Iv'e done mine twice over 25 years,the first was easyish,but that was with an original rubber,the second about 6 months ago was very troublsome. The available rubbers are a very poor fit,there are various tips on the forum re fitment( do a search) you basically you have to assemble the whole sreen i...

bm has just about got it right,there must be another owner near you who would be able to have a look at it

if the big ends are rattling after only 9thou. I would try to have the crank And Con rods checked for ovality.If the original had a big end badly knocking,the recon may have had the crank reground but may not have had new conrods or at least a new one in the piston with the worst damage to the big e...

sounds like something expanding with heat transfer from engine since its fine when cold.Only thing I can think of which would cause it would be the clutch plate.Maybe the springs /vanes in the plate stiffening up as they get hot(Don't know why they should though)If it is really stiff I would be a bi...

yeh I put one on an mgb and it only lasted three years before packing up then back to the su and its still going strong after 15 years.

bet its rusty and will rip the new seals after 6 months then the job needs doing again.Put a new one in Just my repeated opinion

on the mg it was definitely less of a problem when I retarded the timing but I do agree that a retarded engine runs hotter.

check that the choke is actually working the jet at the carb,could be stuck

thats the trouble with recons you never really know what has been reconned.Main bearings do rumble when worn ,but usually you get the death rattle when you first start up.Your pressure looks ok.May be something other than bearings.