Morris Minor Owners Club

Hi Simmitic, You were right it was a rubber pipe with a woven material over the top. I finally had the guts to give it a good pull and off it came. The Vacuum unit still seems to be quite loose on its cast housing/casing. Surely thats not right? Please find attached images Richard showing my initial...

Will do. The woven (braided) section of pipe attached to the vacuum unit is not what I have seen previously. Additionally I read that this issue could be symptomatic of the engines lack of power when climbing hills. Although I realise this could be caused by many other possibilities.

Regards,

Paul

Thanks Richard, I have got the page and the component I would need. The vacuum chamber on mine has a woven fabric type material which extends about 2 to 3 inches from the top of the trumpet shape. I am suspecting this is not OE as the nut on the disributor end of the vacuum pipe is threaded with wha...

Hi, Just could do with a little advice. I am running a 1964 1098cc Morris Minor engine. It has what I believe is the original distributor with the copper vacuum pipe from the carburetor which has a sort of small 2 inch long domed ended cylinder which is attached by bracket and bolt to the front end ...

Hi all, I have just contacted Commer a newbie who asked me to contact him regarding a person called Jamie. When I contacted him he said he had been scammed by a man from Glasgow who purported to have two rear wings for sale on I believe the Gumtree website for a Dodge truck and could send them to No...

Hi, I have recently purchased a 2 door 1964 Minor "Stan". I could do with some unbiased advice of a trustworthy mechanic who is honest and reasonable to undertake work I find too daunting as and when required. My immediate issues is one of an electrical nature. But I am aware that these hi...