Morris Minor Owners Club

wt is weight. " Oil weight is a term used to describe the viscosity of an oil, which means how well it flows at a specific temperature. The Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) assigns a viscosity number, or weight, to oil based on its flow at 210 degrees F, which is roughly the standard opera...

Stephen
Before you remove the head a leak-down test and a compression test would be useful..

John

Correct, but meanwhile, I'm not barred from my friends drives..

John ;-)

The foam came today, slacken off the two bolts remove tray, fit foam , replace 5 minutes..

John ;-)

The way I've always found an accurate TDC is with a protractor and a dial gauge, measure the angle either side of TDC where the piston has dropped something like 3mm and the mean of the 2 is TDC. If you are building a std engine the timing is always a bit of a compromise, get the timing dots on the...

You could replace the top hinge pin with an oversized one...

https://www.morrisminorspares.com/search/hinge-pin

John ;-)

Declan Many thanks for your input, just found a few drips....so,following your lead, a couple of hours of CAD and tin snips and came up with this...just waiting the open-cell foam. IMG_20230605_115147.jpg IMG_20230605_131819.jpg IMG_20230605_164140.jpg IMG_20230605_164034.jpg IMG_20230605_164345.jpg...

You can't beat Youtube for a good laugh, the latest I saw was someone explaining about dangerous gasses, he said Carbon Dioxide was explosive , just couldn't wait to drop him a message to check out CO2 fire extinguishers ... :lol: Maybe he got in touch with the manufacturers to explain where they we...

LED , the very word rings bells...is the polarity correct?

Have you tested them across a 12v supply?

On mine ( 1958 ) the current flows both ways so a LED would only work for one direction , if at all...

John ;-)

Just thinking out loud , could you run the engine with citric acid as coolant, will circulate it and bring it up to temperature...maybe the only downside is that the radiator fins might not like it ?

John ;-)

" Fortunately there's an engine kill switch so I use that! "

What does this " kill switch do? Remove the 12V from the coil ? disconnect the points?

Could be a clue...

John ;-)

I've spent many a happy hour using that to climb poles...

John ;-)

Ex-GPO ,Ex- Post Office Telephones, Ex BT..

I used to enjoy picking up my doggy doo.... especially in winter, was a nice hand warmer.

John ;-)

Come on Phil, now could be the time to post some definitive pics of the oil filter, dizzy , fittings and mounting brackets that define the different 1275s..

I'd like to see the differences ?

Pretty please...

John ;-)

That's a servo for your brakes.... ( Vacuum pipe ).

John ;-)

What an annoying pop-up ,just wanted a quick read about it , how does one get rid of it?

John ;-)

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Sep 11, 2022
Nice little bit of recovery work this evening, delivery of this little Morris Minor to its new home in Cheadle Manchester"

John ;-)

When I was last at skool, 2 and 4 made 6 , or am I missing something ( usually am ) .

John ;-)

Mark
Sorry , would do but booked into llandudno Transport Festival 29/30 April...

Good Luck.

John ;-)

Tygon 2375 8mm , not cheap but good...

John ;-)