Morris Minor Owners Club

It can be fitted it to a hif 38 or hs4, if you're on a budget. But you will need to open up the inlet hole and mounting bolt holes on the mounting/base plate. Also, drill an extra hole that is needed for the 1.5". I made a gasket out of card, outlined from the 1.5 carb, and used that as a templ...

Maximum thanks for that. Very, very useful.

I'm going to do an engine change soon and thought I'd take the opportunity to replace the left hand chassis leg. And so i'm after some tips if poss. I'm going to tip it on it's side and work from there. 1)Any tips for the leg removal (mine has been welded right along both seams) 2) I need to know ho...

It would be nice Idea (in my view) if BMW used the floorpan/running gear of their baby-beemer '1' series as a platform. Rear wheel drive and smallish. Perfect.

Might be an idea to put an ad in the 'wanted' section for a 1098 block. You could get that bored to +60 and use all the innards of your old engine, if all the bits are still usable.

Chillian Minor, Also, who is the cheapest/best quality for parts? Ive come across Moss, Bull Motif, ESM and charles Ware, is this the usual traders? One tip i would suggest, when comparing prices between the suppliers, do take into account the postage and the vat on the postage. There can be quite a...

I have owned a black and decker grinder for 23 years. It doesn't get industrial use but it has never let me down. I'm not sure you can buy that same model as I have. The modern equivelants all look generic now, same machine different label. I have 2 sets of screw-drivers. One set are used as chisels...

What sort of spigot bearing/fly wheel have you got for this gearbox? I ask because I had a Toyota box fitted to mine, but couldn't quite fabricate a 'perfectly' suitable spigot bearing. I used a 12mm(id) bronze bush,which was fine for a few thousand miles but started to spin within the 'lashed' up h...

Actually there is something. Make sure you remove all of the old gasket off the block (obvious, yes?). I didn't and it rained oil all over my engine bay. A surprising amount of pressure!! Definitely, keep an eye on the nut onto the housing as said. If the pipe turns with it, it will shear (did that ...

They should be the same unless it's a later one with a chain tensioner. Even so, i don't think a chain tensioner was ever fitted to the midget, minor or A40. A+ engines and Mini's only, me thinks. Perhaps your friend is referring to the Timing cover. The Midget one has a breather pipe built into it.

If you have just fitted a new midget clutch, then yes it will operate the way you descrbe (assuming you are using the Moggy mechanism). The midget clutch is meant to work with a hydraulic system and only uses a small action to operate the clutch. If my memory serves me right, please correct, anyone,...

I have a 'style' type one by moto (I think). I know when I bought it (2nd hand) that it was very dusty on the outside and clean on the inner. Which is good. Not scientific, granted. I don't know if the 'style' ones are worse. K&N from what I've read (Vizard) are the best out there and do the job...

Coinsidentally, a chap knocked my door this evening asking advise on his mis-behaving Moggy (starts and runs but breaks down after half an hour). He'd only recently had it serviced. I suggested the condensor might be at fault. As you say, maybe dodgy batch. DP, Can I ask what wheels/axle you're usin...

Thanks to all. I will try the looking through the back seat. The boot seal looks a bit perished and I'll need to check all the things that have been suggested. Good tip about the badges.

I have leaky boot syndrome. Which areas do you think I should concentrate on to find the main culprit(s)? (and don't say the boot or the weather) I didn't have it before, as I had a 'hole' to drain it off. Unfortunitly, the MOT man insisted that I weld it up this summer and now I have enough water i...

Having driven all things minor Post '57 I have come to the complusion that I prefer the 948cc as fitted to my traveller over all things 1098cc.

May I ask why? I ask as I have just bought 950 engine for resto.

Oh my, I wish this thread would go away now! Yes it is a 1275. I switched it from one corner of the basement to the other, several months ago where my 1098 now lives. This is the 2nd time in a week or so but, Doh!! Yes indeed, no cam follower covers. It has 12v as a s/n number. It's even painted in ...

If I place the gasket on top of the block, it 'overhangs' the bore (if the piston was at tdc it would make contact). When I place it on the head, the combustion chambers are within the gasket holes. However, I have ommited to mention that it is a +30 bore and the gasket overhangs all four bores, BUT...

Does anyone know about this? When I place a head gasket over the block surface, obviously the bore is round, yet the gasket holes are oliptical and overhang the bore. Particularly between 2 and 3 bore. I assumed the steel (crush??) rings around the inner diam. of the of the gasket holes were meant t...

i have a HIF 38 and a 44, but i could never get them to work right Just wondered, in what way could you not get them to work? I ask because I had problems with both my Hif carbs. It turned out to be the main jet (in both carbs) was corroded into the brass nut that it is attached to. They had been s...