Morris Minor Owners Club

Virtually EVERY part is available in UK for Minors, except sadly a full new bodyshell. Check out Bull Motif http://www.morrisminorspares.net/shop.php who will send to USA I believe. Many mechanical parts are common to the MG Midget/AH Sprite. At $3000 it would need to be a very good one - not a wrec...

Will it even go together like that?

Leak at the manifold gasket ? Piston sticking in the carb?

Great success!

I suggest you don't ever use both together or you will flatten the battery, especially as you are likely to have lights/wipers/heater running at the same time.

It may well be. In extremis the head of the valve can be glowing dull red. But feel free to set whatever gap you wish...........

But they do look much nicer in Old English White = Dulux Magnolia.

Don't understand either - are the lights working? Just shine them on a garage door and adjust that way, Don't waste time/money paying someone to do simple things like this.

And cleaning or renewing the ignition points and the fuel pump points. We can't see the 'secret' message from Mick( why so secret ? Share it with us all) but here is the simple diagram.[frame] http://mmoc.org.uk/mbimage.php?src=1271368249_11699 [/frame] Note that the light BLUE cable in the diagram ...

Before you do anything else - make sure your car is negative earth.

If you are a 'workplace' you will be subject to the Pressure Systems Safety Regs, and so your air system and the receiver should have a full inspection every two years, and a 'visual' every year by your Insurance Inspector. You must also have the test certificate for the receiver in your possession....

There would still be plenty air getting in - only perhaps slight restriction at full blast. The problem has been caused by the AA. Don't let them near your car again.

Ahh - so then the head will expand more than the steel valve stem, and the running clearance will increase as the engine heats up. On the A series both head and valve and push-rod will of course expand, but the exhaust valve gets very much hotter than the head and rod and will expand more, closing t...

I spoke with gearbox guru on miniforum - he is very well respected supplier of fully repaired Mini gearboxes, and he is certainly interested in considering Minor boxes, although slightly unsure of the spares position. Contact him yourself at http://www.guess-works.com/

Whatever you choose to do - you absolutely MUST have bump stops both front and rear, and rebound stops at the front.

It was never going to be the 'parking' adjustment! How could it be?

Welcome to the forum. I would be careful of that tachometer(?) - it will take your knee-cap off in an accident. Do you really need to count the revs?????

It shouldn't need any bending. The contacts may not now be making flat contact, check it out.

Yes of course Alec - 'leaded'. Now corrected. The unleaded fuel we have now burns hotter, so exhaust valves are hotter and expand more with risk of closing the gap. It also gives a little more safety margin to ensure the gap doesn't close up completely. That gap of 2 or 4 thou sounds like a mis-prin...

It's all in the workshop manual. Just put the old points back exactly as you found them meantime until you have read up and understood what's involved.