Morris Minor Owners Club

Hi and welcome. As above, nice car - can't quite see if she is LHD export or RHD shipped over from UK? Was the old exhaust mild steel and the new one stainless? Quite often stainless is slightly louder. Is the new one a single silencer box or the newer two box one? Can you pinpoint where the additio...

The diaphragm is thought to be able to bear a heavier weight. It causes less cutting into the seat foam than the straps, so the seat might last longer. The diaphragm does not perish as quickly as the webbing straps. Now you say it's cheaper. What's not to like? You may need to modify the hooks or dr...

It's a word much used in these parts.

I think that we ought to look for a rail with diamond shaped cutouts just so that we can get a set. Oh no, what about hexagonal, octagtonal...

All my Travellers and two door saloons have had the oblongs at each end and circles in the middle. I can't recall the four door, that was too many years ago. I would describe the oblong as more of a rectangle with radiused / rounded corners, but whatever we call it, we get the gist.

I can't understand how anything affects the coil when I pull the starter knob out? That suggests that you have an earlier car, possibly a 948cc engine? I did ask earlier on for details of the car as it can be important to look at variants. For example, if you pull to start then you do not have a so...

You said it was 1098cc, so the free play should be 1.25 inches, the 3/4 is for a 948. Clutch.JPG The clutch fork should not be bent for a completely standard engine, box and clutch; it should be flat. I think that if you read that article carefully, then that will be clear. Check all the linkage com...

Your lack of power from the switch could also be a broken wire or poor connector. For testing purposes, you can bypass the feed from the ignition switch: simply remove the white wire form the IGN / +ve terminal on the coil and run a new clean piece of wire to the positive temrinal on the battery. Us...

Avoid the Kevlar reinforced hoses, they are rubbish. I doubt that you will find proper original rubber hoses now. I purchased silicone hoses from here http://www.classicsiliconehoses.com/ a good few years ago and have had many thousands of miles completely trouble free. Not the cheapest, but very he...

My last post crossed with the previous two, but is still valid. However, from your last post... The ignition circuit (white wire) is not fused, and comes direct from the ignition switch. If the switch is faulty then that will have an impact, but not cause your orignal misfire under load. Check that ...

From that we have two different coils and two different HT leads, and nothing is working correctly. Is that correct? Disconnect all wires from the coils. Use your multimeter set to resistance (ohms) and measure the resistance between the two low tension terminals on the two coils. You should expect ...

As asked earlier, is the car +ve or -ve earth? This will affect what to connect where and what readings to expect - only whether there is a + or a - in front of the display, but still a good idea to be clear what we're looking at. In terms of simplicity to test things: Replace the HT lead from the c...

Are you suggesting that the moggie should be used as an aquarium?

With electronikc ignition it is important to know whether the car is postiive or negative earth. This also affects which is the best way to connect low tnesion wires to the coil. Start by removing the high tension lead from the centre of the distributor cap, but leave the other end in the coil. Hold...

A few questions to assist with diagnosis: What year is the car? Is it positive or negative earth? Does it have points or electronioc ignition? How did the problem arise - was it running OK and then suddenly would not start, did it cut out whilst running, has nay work been done between it working and...

Welcome to the world of Minor ownership, you should have years of fun. Any questions, just ask away. The size and shape of quarterlights is the same, but some are painted and others are stainless steel. You'll probably be looking for second hand items, so if you join the MMOC then Club Spares would ...

No problem, just wondering if the passenger side glove box matches? From Paul Skilleter's book we get: Series II 1952: Series II 1952.JPG 1956: 1956.JPG According to Ray Newell's Morris Minor The Complete Storey, glovebox lids were not intrudced until the Minor 1000 in 1956, so I suspect that your l...

From time to time we will have different ideas on the causes and solutions of things to do with our cars. That's fair, and there's usually more than one valid answer. Pity some other interests... I needed to repoint a patio. Like most people, I'm familiar with the standard 4:1 mix of sand and cement...

What year is the car? It looks like a 948cc dash and someone has cut a hole for an aftermarket gauge of some sort. Is there a glovebox liner behiind the lid? If no, then it was probably removed to make room for a instrument.

Have a look on the right hand side, that's where the wires from the fron of the car emerge. The single red wire and the single green/purple wire from the front should go into a double bullet connector with the same colour wires . From there, one wire goesd to the right hand lamp and another goes acr...

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