Morris Minor Owners Club

The cross member,or at least mine, is helpfully stamped 'front', notwithstanding which I have tried to install it back to front on a couple of occasions........which is impossible, if anyone has achieved this they deserve congratulations for perserverence and brute strength

Does your Aldon dizzy have a vacuum advance? It all sounds rather like the advance mechanism ,whatever it is has stopped working . Maybe seized up while at rest in your garage. This would at least explain why advancing it up provided a temporary cure. Cheers John G

I have always used a product called Dissol which works well.Dont know if you can get it in the UK though....

I notice some moderns have additional flashing indicators incorporated in the side mirrors. presumably this is for the benefit of the idiot sitting in your blind spot where you can't see him/her and he/she can't see your front or back indicators. flashing trafficators would serve the same function. ...

or phone batteries, or, spend all that time and effort on a second job making money to buy new ones which actually work..... and I am yet to see a convincing rationale for using a gearbox with an electric motor. The GB was only ever a fix for the inability of the ICE to produce power or torque at lo...

Glad to hear you got it fixed. The Minor has enough problems overcoming its own inertia without adding dragging brakes into the mix!

Also check that the rear cylinders are free to slide in their slots. I have had similar symptoms and that turned out to be the cause, 5 minutes with a file fixed a problem that had persisted for years

Did you fit the new slaves with the bleeder to the top? I once went through 3 bottles of fluid trying to bleed calipers that I had swapped side to side resulting in the bleeders being at the bottom. Like you I'd never had a problem previously once the wife was properly trained......

Reminds me of a friend who was a musician and the owner of an MG p type some 60 years ago To improve the exhaust note he obtained a length of copper pipe and fashioned an exhaust The muffler was dispensed with as an unnecessary impediment to both performance and sound. In due course plod intervened ...

Thanks again Phil. Now that its the weekend, and armed with your advice, I shall have another play with the front end which at the moment is either squeeking or seems to be locked solid but not both at the same time, hopefully adjustment and lubrication will set it right. Cheers John

This site is amazing! here I am poring over my 3 manuals scratching my head wondering how you can accurately measure 2 thou against a poly bush, finally give up and look at new posts and there is the answer! Thankyou Philthehill but pray tell what about the bottom link? one of my manuals suggests a ...

fit the rubber to the glass then fit the whole shooting match from inside. B**gger of a job. I eventually gave in and got a pro to fit mine, which is against my religion. Even he found he had to use a lot of bad language.......

I bought a pair from ESM recently, well, within the last 2 years anyway, that's recent for a resto.... from memory they are a bit hard to track down on their site cheers JohnG

Yes Mike they did. A RHD version was imported to Australia in CKD form and assembled by Chrysler, who I think then owned Simca, between 1956 and 1964, Havn't seen one for years and I dont know if they were ever sold in the UK in RHD
Cheers JohnG

This may be helpful
/www.mmoc.org.uk/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=65110
Cheers
JohnG

before you go give it a decent service and replace all hoses (dont forget the bypass hose),belts, plugs, points and HT leads. Much easier to do at home than by the side of the road in the rain. throw in a couple of screwdrivers, a smallish shifting spanner and some pliers, then relax and enjoy your ...

Hello Declan
Could you also PM the details to me please. I won't need the relay or probably the adjusting rod. Can you post to Australia?
Thanks JohnG

Hi , The "Morris minor conversion manual" by Owen Burton has a lot of information on how to do this. Don't know if its still available. I got mine from ESM some years ago. Hope this help JohnG

Recently had he same engine racing problem and after a new inner cable and endless adjustments noticed that I had left the end of the inner too long so it was bearing on the exhaust manifold. This was just enough to prevent the throttle closing completely. Snipped off the end and problem solved Hope...

Hello Hunsta. I have minor 1000 hubcaps on major wheels. I was told by an expert/wrecker years ago they are the same. maybe series 2/MM wheels are different. cheers John G