Morris Minor Owners Club

Yes the pre oiling of the filter seems to be a good thing, and Panky thats a good point i will check all the bits first and make sure i have spare gasket material around and not just an old cornflake packet

Agian i found more numbers does this tell me anything about the gear box ?

i pressume its has been bmc rebuilt at some time as it has a covering of gold paint same as the engine.rob

After some looking about i found this link that tells me about the numbers on my bulkhead http://www.morris-minor.co.uk/p70.htm for some reason on my 1958 traveller i have a earlier looking square chassis plate with the later details from the rounded later plate giving less information, but on the r...

bmcecosse, i took a oil filter housing off another engine today and when i took it appart the very part that was missing from mine just came away on top of the filter cartridge, it definately looks like it was never made to come off but the plate just sits on a very thin shoulder, anyone not use to ...

Hi smithskids, a traveller is nice but on a warm day i would love to be cruising in your lovely convertable, Happy motoring is always done best in a convertable.

i have seen a guy who had a sherpa or ldv pilot and he was trying to put the peugeot 1.9 diesel enging and gearbox from it into a minor van, I have'nt seen the project for a while i may go pay him a visit and see what has happened.

Panky i think a well tuned sensibly driven modern combustion engine is more than enough for now, the problem is so many people thrash the hell out of engines till they smoke and put out lots of bad emmisions, i think sensible driving helps alot i get quite good mpg compared to mates who drive in the...

Thanks Adrian J F, i think we need a few good days of weather and we can all get out and enjoy the roads, or holding up the traffic in my case

The one on my car ticks alot, for a while i thought it was faulty till the ticking stopped and then it would not start

There is sometimes a way to see information and web pages that have been changed, if you copy and paste the link into google search and look for the cached version you may see the google cache as it was and not the current page, this link says the advert is gone http://www.gumtree.com/p/other-cars/m...

I think an electric small car would suit 80% of my usage, but as you say cost needs to be more reasonable and as i forget to charge my phone most of the time some sort of system to self charge would nelp

bmcecosse, i live on the edge of a city, the buses and taxis here seem to create clouds as they drive away, i am sure if they had a tennis ball under the excelorator it might stop some of the emmision issues, and yes the modern diesel cars are just filters and computers which is the reason i went aw...

I saw the news about diesel air pollution and nitrogen oxide, and that diesel vehicles could be banished to hit safer targets, Has anyone seen any tests on diesels run on vegetable oil for emmisions of nitrogen oxide ?, my everyday driver is a diesel and i do use eco fuel or modified vegetable oil. ...

Its a shame if the current owner has no knowledge of the history, I always HPI any car im looking at and try and do a bit of research, The fake adverts on autotrader are annoying but easy to spot as they normally have email contact only and a story about the owner being in another country.

Thanks all, The bits you cannot see are a few old weld patches not done great and the wood work is average, it has had a few repairs but for original wood it is quite useable, and thanks John Naylor i keep my workshop/garage tidy as i have the OCD thing going on

Thanks phil thats pretty much as i thought, I am not new to engines but its along time since i had anything with an A series in,
thanks for the links

Hello to all of you, I have looked in on the forums as reference many times in the last few years, I have a 1958 traveller in ok condition but i plan to overhaul it bit by bit so i thougth it was about time i joined and posted from now on, Heres my traveller http://i.imgur.com/R6uUfm6.jpg http://i.i...

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Now i have pictures this might be easier to see, This is what i have after the cartridge filter is removed http://i.imgur.com/X8cIWUn.jpg you can see its not sealed at all at the top, the small groove made me think i have bits missing at first, then when i saw the exploded view i got it, so no oil f...

I had 20 miutes spare so i had a quick retry, the results were a bit mixed, This is the from the front, Redmoggy, i will try that technique when i am back in the garage later or monday. http://i.imgur.com/Jz18iYW.jpg The back shows more where i had holes blow through, but i was using no copper , htt...