Morris Minor Owners Club

It is not the control regulator box unfortunately, ive attacked it with all ive got and its freeing off happily. Furthermore, the car will not start AT ALL now, so I'm getting a little concerned something disasterous has happened. Can anyone give me instructions on how to set static timing, not word...

It flicked on as i came to the end of the journey, but the engine was still running. I cannot get the engine started now. It turns over no problem at all but splutters a little then dies. Pulling out the choke seems to drown the engine. Leaning the mixture also seems to make it worse, so the fuel si...

It would seem so! Ill check it out tomorrow morning and will report back. Would this explain why the car has been very reluctant to start lately, and is running VERY roughly?

Kind regards,

Hi Everyone, Busy day in work today but the points are something i had completely forgotten about. Whilst I appreciate the suggestion of upgrading to the dynamo, money is a little tight at the moment so its something I think I'm going to try to repair rather than purchase. If anyone has a spare dyna...

Hi There,

On arriving home this evening my ignition light has come on. Is there anything besides leads being connected and fan belt that I should check before coming to the conclusion that the dynamo has given up and is no longer charging the battery?

Thank-you!

this was my mums car that i was driving in with my (now ex) girlfriend at the time. the rear axel is bent, and i believe it is too far gone to repair, along with the costs etc. the roof cannot be pushed out, and replacing it would change the structural integrity of the car. I thought i saw something...

Okay, after looking at it up on the ramp, its over pressurising, and chucking it out the back via the main bearings... drilled two holes in the oil filler cap for more breathability and has improved slightly. Think the engine is just KNACKERED :L

Having her up on a ramp tomorrow and proper good look, should reveal all i hope

Thanks for your help guys, no smoke in either of those instances, so im pretty sure its a leak not a burn... really quite worried, did 30 miles today between 20 and 40mph, and theres 3 hand sized puddles under the engine now :/ im possibly taking the engine out and inspecting the oil thrower?

After it ran for about 20 minutes i revved it HARD, foot to the floor and it smoked slightly, very very pale blue, but just one plummb of smoke and nothing more, i believe to just be oil thats escaped past the piston rings and sitting on top of the pistons?

Hi there everyone, I have now owned penny for 18 months and lately have noticed severe oil loss... Started after i went from Maidstone to Whitby and back in 2 days and its got progressively worse since. I travel between 55 and 65 mph on average. Ive cleaned up the engine and the oil appears to be dr...

i have tried so many times to get it in straight, and unfortunately, the damage has been done :/ it will not go in straight anymore i suppose i could give it another go another day... but it seems every time i try, im damaging more

i get a little puddle under my sump, and a little puddle under my brass bush between the prop and gearbox but a much larger puddle in the middle it doesnt pressurise around that point does it? so i was wondering how it would chuck anything out... are you implying i shouldnt worry

Hi there, on topping up my gearbox the other day, i noticed that the plug doesnt go back in straight, infact, its stripped the thread on the gearbox casing completely on one side, but it seems to be just cross threaded on the other. It will screw in tight, but i do appear to be getting moderate pudd...

Her name was changed to Penny, Hariett didnt seem to fit. A new one will be coming in the summer

ahhh this is finally something I can give advice on! :D The cars were orginally sold with 145s, but the vans started to have 155s and the handling was reportedly better, the steering is LIGHTER with 155s on the front, when stationary, but lighter when moving. This is due to the weight of the engine ...

We've retorqued the head down to 46psi all round and its holding fine :) its had a new distributor cap and rotor arm so i reckon theyre fine :) new spark plug as well, so i reckon ill change the HT lead, if that doesnt solve it, its gonna be mixture isnt it :/ hate fiddling with it, do you have to t...

Hi there, just fitted a new unleaded head and for a while it stopped the problems of my car misfiring on cylinder 3 (second back from the battery), as it had always done this. i was really happy. However, its started to do it again, as soon as a little bit of power is put through the car the misfire...

To be honest, £50, if you sold it on youd be laughing... Although thats a little unethical. All i can recommend is that you go for an onsite visit and give the underside a few good whacks. If it literally drops rust everywhere then youve got problems. It looks very dry in there tbh (the formation of...

Penny has had a second hand diff put in because as you back off doing over 40mph, the whole car juddered and grumbled. Turns out the bearings were COMPLETELY shot, you could move it about 5mm in each direction with your hand. the diff is lovely now (a very much appreciated donation from one of my fr...