Morris Minor Owners Club

Thanks for all your replies. Kennat - yes it is a very small hole and I did wonder about cleaning up the gaitor and wrapping some self amalgamating tape around it at that point. But it would be better to replace it. My thinking is that, rather than split the TRE from the steering arm, it would be ea...

Oh dear, one of my steering rack gaitors has developed a very small hole and needs to be replaced. Having heard of a number of people who suffered early deterioration of these rubber components, I wonder if anyone has had recent experience - good or bad? I see ESM offer two types, a 'rubber' one at ...

It is always worth checking the condition of the hoses periodically. Cracks and other signs of deterioration are a warning to replace the hoses, rather than waiting for actual failure far from home on a dark and stormy night...............

Well done. Nice, easy fix too - we like them!

MAke sure you don't get paint splatter on those wings when you do your decorating, Mike!

I concur with all of that, 'liammonty'

Once you have checked the hoses, and that the valve is clear and flushed the matrix out, leave the valve open. That allows better cooling of the block at the back all year round....

As many have suggested above, if you use good quality components from Distributor Doctor, and service the dizzy as required you will be fine. Yes, if you successfully fit electronic ignition you don't need to service the dizzy periodically but if it goes wrong in the middle of B-F-N in the middle of...

Prince Charles was visiting Cornwall and took a tour of Geevor mine, near Pendeen. After being shown around by the mine captain, Charles asked him, "How many men work here then?" Came the reply, "Aw, 'bout 'alf ov 'em, I s'pose!

If it was working OK before then I wouldn't touch the sender arm - why would that have changed?

Well, if you are 'flying blind' then I would at least swap the rotor, as hinted at by 'liammonty'. I once had similar intermittent problems which turned out to be the rotor arm breaking up.

".......and some had new cars their parents paid on finance."
My, how times have changed! I had to pay my parents for my first car - £100 - I bought it off them when they got a new one.

Refurbish/repair wherever possible.........

Or use this: https://www.lubricationuk.com/product/h ... gun-150cc/

You say it all worked fine before the belt broke. You also say you previously had problems starting the car due to a flat battery and that the battery only shows 12.1v when revving the engine. So it wasn't all fine before the belt broke, otherwise the battery wouldn't have gone flat - I suspect a fa...

Do not forget that there are a significant number of very rich people to whom money is no object and who might buy it on a whim without it denting their bank balance......

"Look at their attitudes to open fires / log burners and it's not as if everybody has one of those these days." Mike, I'm totally with you on that. Banning house coal is just a tokenistic, easy, political gesture which will have such a minimum impact (due to the minority who have coal fires regular...

It only over-reads? I should be so lucky - mine under-reads and then over-reads repeatedly every couple of seconds....and the oscillations get wilder the faster I go!

I place a piece of cardboard between the habcap tool and the wheel so it can't get scratched as the hubcap is levered off.....

Good advice....