Morris Minor Owners Club

In reply to the posts so far: - The block itself is free from pitting but I have no idea if it's true along the length of its surface - Head has been skimmed - Always blows between 2 and 3 - Torqued down to 55 ft lbs, in the order mentioned as per haynes manual It's totally doing my head (excuse the...

Just been through mg third h gasket set in as many months, head has been skimmed ans always been put back as per Haynes manual instructions. Any ideas why this keeps happening ?

Hi All Just a quick one, Re torqing the head down. Obv torq down to settings in the manual, but theres no mention of re torqing it down once the engine has been run? Have I imagined this or do I need to re torq it down after running it and if I do how long should I wait? i.e run it up to temp then d...

Just on topic here, which are the best head gaskets the copper ones or the slightly cheaper ones, that are silver in colour?

Nice one BMC - thanks for the tip

Ah Bmc ! Not the most competant of mechanics, I have learnt myself as I've gone along having no knowledge at all when I got into moggies a couple of years ago - To being able to (slowly) work my way through a problem and fix it. Spent an hour getting the head off this eve, will spend however long it...

Just taken the head of my 1098 due to a blown head gasket. Thought I might as well check the head out whilst it's off. I might of been wrong but I could of sworn someone mentioned the way to test the valve seats is to turn the head upside down and pour petrol in each of the four recesses - whever le...

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Thanks everybody for all of the responses, this is so wierd as my pickup did the exact same thing (misfire, but not fuel /electrical) 2 weeks ago , which is why i've been using my van. This evening i wandered if the pick up might be an easier fix (so I can get driving again, hate modern cars), so I ...

Cheers mike, i'd rather it be something in the head!

I'll try and get off tomorrow night after work se what i find...........

replaced condenser and coil still the same, thats the enitre electrical system replaced piece by piece and tested in between replacements. The carb seems to be fine and given the below i don't think it's that. Dry Compression test gave the following results: 1: 170 psi 2: 165 psi 3: barely read 20ps...

Right then: Rep all the leads with new - still missing Points at correct gap of 15thou not pitted or rough Spark plugs, 1,2,4 all orange in colour on the lectrode with soot around the base. Number 3 plug very,very oily. Oil/Water do not seem to be contaminated at the minute. Changed oily plug for ne...

Hi all

Thanks for the replies. Going to go thru things methodically this morn on the elctrical side, if it's still missing think i'll do a comp test.

What PSI should i be looking for on each cylinder on a marina 1275 engine?

Out of the blue, my marina 1275 engined van developed a really bad misfire today. It started intermittently and now its there all the time with the occaisional back fire? I weas thinking of raplacing the leeds one by one and testing after each replacement, as well as looking the points etc Any other...

Hi All Just a bought a hub mounted rollover frame, and I'm about to embark on having a garage put up. The mrs wants this to be as small as possible, so my question is, does anyone know if you can roll a moggy over in a garage that is 8 feet wide by 6.5 feet high (depth not an issue at 16 feet.) or w...

Cheers BMC, think I'll risk it & see how it goes it aint that expensive at twenty odd quid.

Think i'll fit & review bad good or indifferent for other peoples benefit on here.

Thinking of getting one, just wandered what peoples experiences were? Can be found here : http://www.simonbbc.com/

Thanks for that BMC, best get an air filter on it as running without one is probably not the best idea!

Cheers

Tris

Hi All, Just after some opinions here and to check i've not done a no no. The HIF38 carb i had on my 1098 was knackered, so whilst i'm building up motovation to refurb it, i found a hif44 in the shed, fitted it, and it seems to run lovely - and is giving me around 60 miles to 10 quids worth of fuel ...

turned out to be the carb swapped it for one i'd rebuilt, runs lovely