Morris Minor Owners Club

I learned to drive on the same Morris Minor that I have now, 35 years later. I have never banged my head on the bonnet (but maybe I have and hit my head so hard I cannot remember!). The standard drum brakes are not too bad IF they are well maintained and in first class condition. Very often this is ...

mobylette wrote: ↑Fri May 17, 2024 5:27 pm Be aware that the cheap replacement electronic distributors can be very poor quality, you do get what you pay for.

Absolutely. They are horrid and the micrometer advance/retard doesn't even function on those copies.

Stephen

You do know these are now worth quite a lot of money? I would like first dibs on that but I cannot collect it particularly soon so if it is terribly in your way perhaps someone else ought to have it.

Stephen

A photo of this flasher unit with 4 connection would be useful. P= pilot. It goes to the pilot lamp on the end of the indicator stalk. LIGHT GREEN L=load, flashed output. GREEN/BROWN X=power in. GREEN Electronic flasher units have a 4th connection which is earth. If you do have an electronic flasher...

I think your leaf springs have become tired even though they are not very old. I attach a picture of the rear shackle plate with very tired old springs and with a new spring. I also have a picture of the bump stop but the angle isn't terribly useful in showing how far the bump stop is from the bodyw...

With the leg of the parts supplied hook shortened I found no need to rotate them, just compress with pliers and slide behind the backplate lug. :tu1: Yes. I didn’t modify my modern springs because I wasn’t quite sure how to cut the hook down. It’s heavy gauge wire. Also, replacing the shoes is not ...

Have a look at 6min 16sec in on this video... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7owZ6_Lsl0 Excellent. Thank you. Now that is really interesting. I did not realise that the design of the spring hook has completely changed! Stephen With the leg of the parts supplied hook shortened I found no need to r...

Please show the tool you made. I am not very skilled at making stuff but that is probably something I could do. Stephen Have a look at 6min 16sec in on this video... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7owZ6_Lsl0 Excellent. Thank you. Now that is really interesting. I did not realise that the design o...

I'd just fit another SU HS2 but make sure it is the correct type (e.g if it's got a breather inlet or not). New SU HS2 or even exchange ones are very expensive now. Spindle bush replacement is possible as a DIY job but only if you have the correct equipment and know what you are doing. It is rather ...

Previously I used a pair of long nosed pliers. I now have a homemade "special" tool comprising of a 1/4" drive 5.5mm deep socket and a 1/4" nut driver. A slot has to be cut into the socket to accomodate the spring. Picture? Please show the tool you made. I am not very skilled at...

See this thread that I started a while back. It is not an argument but specifically about how to fit the springs.

viewtopic.php?t=77310&hilit=Beehive+springs+again

Stephen

I had a similar knocking/banging noise when I went over sleeping policemen, bumps etc, and in the end it was the rear axle hitting the exhaust pipe. When stationary, there was a gap between the axle and the exhaust pipe, but as the springs compress over a bump, the axle moves up, and that was causi...

There are many reports of disappointed owners who have bought leaf springs from the major suppliers only to find that the springs have gone flat in not much more than a year so sadly this could be the case for your springs fitted 5 years ago. I was aware of this so I ordered springs from Jones Spri...

My leaf springs had become very tired and worn out. They had last been replaced around 30 years ago when one actually snapped (this is quite alarming by the way but then I was driving way too fast as teenagers often do). My tired old springs were absolutely hopeless when going over speed bumps. It w...

Please let us know how you get on

Stephen

It is possible to find switches that operate at a higher pressure to give more warning and there are even switches that are variable.

Stephen

You said the plugs looked like the mixture was too lean so if I am understanding correctly you adjusted towards rich by 8 flats (this is a lot) BUT there was nothing connected to the carburettor breather intake tube at this time. Now you have an engine with a mixture adjusted towards rich to tolerat...

You have adjusted the fuel mixture so that the engine is now running well with the carburettor breather tube drawing in air. When you block the tube with your finger or by connecting to the tappet chest oil separator you are blocking off the air being drawn in and the mixture is then becoming so ric...

Lubricants do have a lifespan but 5 years is nothing to worry about in a gearbox. If you have ever smelled the vile stench of ancient Armstrong damper oil you would not doubt that lubricants go off eventually!

Stephen

I have a 2-door (a convertible) but it has always had seatbelts in the front. The original factory fitted seatbelts were not inertia reel of course. Those seatbelts had a clasp rather like that on an aeroplane seat belt and each time one put them on they had to be pulled tight. Those seatbelts had n...