Morris Minor Owners Club

The 1275cc and 948cc heads are the same height 2.75" standard. The 1275cc block is 225mm tall. The 948cc/1098cc block is 220mm tall. Therefore the 1275cc block is 5mm taller than the 948cc/1098cc block. 1275cc blocks with either thick or thin sump flanges are still 225mm tall. The 1275cc push rods a...

Thanks for posting the pictures. The engine appears to be a 1275cc Morris Marina pre 'A' Plus item. If it has the ribbed block it is a a Morris Ital 'A' Plus 1275cc engine. I cannot see clearly the way the distributer is secured to the block. If it has a 'U' shaped clamp it is a 'A' Plus engine. The...

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Replace the simplex (single row) chain with a duplex (twin row) chain kit and forget having to change the timing chain/gears for some considerable time.

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Way back (55 years ago now) I fitted a factory 948cc short engine to my A35 van over a weekend.
I cannot remember whether it was a Gold or Silver unit but it cut down the overall cost and made the job so much easier.

I see no reason why the seal housing and the Maestro crankshaft could not be retro fitted to the Marina engine. As a minimum the seal housing has to be machined/modified to suit. It is not a straight swop. If you have a good 1275cc Marina engine I would suggest that fitting the Maestro parts is not ...

The 1275cc engine formally fitted to the Maestro can easily be identified without touching or stripping the engine as it has a seal carrying housing (modified) attached to the rear of the block. This seal housing is carried over when the Maestro engine is fitted to the likes of a Minor. The Minor re...

Windless.

If the 1275cc engine does not have the rear crankshaft seal housing as fitted to the Maestro the engine in all probability originated from a Morris Marina.
Transverse 1275cc engines can be converted to in-line configuration but it does require additional works and costs to achieve.

The engine tower bolts do not have captive bolts.

As high as you can get without being ridicules.

Posting a close up picture of the engine on here will aid identification.

The easiest way of identifying the source of the 1275cc engine is look at the location of the oil filter. The 1275cc Marina/Ital has the oil filter at the o/s upper rear of the block. The 1275cc Midget has the oil filter head bolted onto the o/s front of the block. Check the block casting number whi...

You could also purchase a 'Short' Gold/Silver engine which comprised the block, pistons, rods and crankshaft. Everything else was transferred from the old engine if serviceable.

Some Minors are really terrible to bleed the air out of the hydraulic system and require the rear to be raised to great heights.
Been there, done that.
Make sure brake fluid does not leak out of the master cylinder cap vent when the rear is raised/
Phil

You have to remove the original Minor bump rubbers before fitting the Aeon bump rubbers.
The Aeon bump rubber metal mounts can be trimmed in the 'V' to increase the rubber to chassis clearance. Note the 'V' casting marks on the ends of the metal mounts for trim reference.

In addition to the above jack the car at the rear as high as you can before bleeding.
This helps as it encourages the air to rise to the highest point in the system.

Monkey.

This is what they should look like. Note the markings:-

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If they have no markings I would suggest that they are after market items.

Some of my original BMC seals are still perfect even after 40 plus years.