Morris Minor Owners Club

With a 1380, there is not much material left between the bores for the head gasket to bed on, so both block and head faces must be perfectly clean and free from even minute blemishes. Thanks for the tip, its going to be skimmed until it's right. I dont have vizards book and so many conflicting repo...

We have a 1380 in our Minor, and it has Omega 11cc dish pistons in. With a cylinder head volume of 21.5cc, this gives a CR of around 10.3:1. The head is a 12G940, converted to 11-stud and worked on by Peter Burgess with Cooper 'S' MkIII size valves (1.4" inlet and 1 5/32" exhaust). The bl...

Yes, although I've not even thought about camshafts at this stage, I have had expirience in the past with rotax flat track engines I used to build. They were strictly race only as the tick over had to be stupidly high just to idle.

Hi guys, I am doing a budget 1380 build, I acquired a 1275 engine for £15. Completely seized. Iv stripped the engine down and was going to overbore it to +020 or something, just to get past the bore pitting. (Its been left outside with the head off). Doing a bit of shopping online for new pistons an...

I have always gone to the local hose supplier 'mend a hose' and had something matched up, rather than buy repro hoses.

I haven't had much issues with other spares though, although about 5 years ago I did lose all braking when the master cylinder kit I fit that day failed..

You could try a tank lining product, popular on motorcycles. Put it in the tank, rotate it a few times and let it set, leaves a lining inside which should sort your problem.

Your not getting water leaking in to the tank are you?