Morris Minor Owners Club

Hi all To answer your question Myrtles Man i agree that using differently heat-rated plugs is very good advice. The reason i have been hesitant to do this is because previously my engine ran no problem with standard plugs so in my mind something must have changed for it to start having this issue. A...

Hi Serowmanmichael thanks for your advice,

I will need to double check this just incase I have the wrong information, but even if the servo was faulty it definitely does not have a air leak as per the vacuum test I did on it so it is not the cause of the engine problem.

Thanks

Hi all Thanks again for all your views on this its much appriceated. So tonight i got a bit of time to go out to the garage and have a look at the car. So i have done the following 1. Run the engine and sprayed carb cleaner all around the intake manifold and union which the servo hose attached and i...

Hi Guildbass Well im certainly hoping this could be the issue. Im thinking its this or the intake manifold gasket. I have been able to go out to the car just 15 minutes ago to have a quick look and i have checked the hose vac hose for leaks and it appears to be crack free, except where the jubilee c...

Hi Thanks for all your replies on this all info much appreciated. Philthehill, thanks for your suggestion and i have checked the spark plug gaps again and can confirm that the gaps are all set at 0.025", think its just the angle i took the photo that makes the gaps look larger than they are. ( ...

Well lets add a bit more to the mystery. I decided to take a closer look at the champion plugs which were in the car for 2 years to fully examine there condition. What i found i was certainly not expecting. I noticed that on cylinder 2's plug a tiny bit of the insulator was missing! I have never see...

Thanks for the advice.

I would say cylinder 1 and 2 plugs are very clean, almost white on the insulator and 3 starts to get a little brown and 4 is dark brown.

Could adjusting the sparkplug gap affect the burning temperatures?

Thanks
Donald

Hi I generally change/ clean my spark plugs in my morris minor about every year or so. Usually when i remove them i notice there is slight variation between cylinders but in general what i would expect. Usually a good colour on cylinders 1 and 2 and a little dirty on 3 and 4 but still reasonable. We...

Sounds like the DVLA wont give you any info these days.

All i can hope for is that someone on the forum recognizes the number plate. I emailed the mmoc owners club some months ago but again could not gain any more information.

Hello Over the past nearly 4 years i have been trying to find out any history in relation to my Morris Minor. Reg WHW 239H 1970 2 Door Trafalgar Blue saloon De Lux. To date i have had not luck at all in trying to find out the lost/forgotten history of my minor. The only pointer i have is i think it ...

Hello again. Unfortunately I don't have any good news to report. I contacted the historical society but unfortunately after they did some searching they could not find any info on this and they don't have a record of fleet only photos which have no useful info unfortunately. So now due to the DVLA b...

Just a quick update

I have now contacted the western power historical society and am now awaiting a response.

Hopefully they may have some answers.

Thanks for all your replies. Just to confirm it is definitely south west electricity board I suspect the car was owned by. I have just attempted to contact the DVLA but their reply is due to data protection they can't give me any information on who owned that car previous or any other helpful inform...

Hello I have been contacted by someone who owned a 1970 Morris Minor WHW 238H (in the 1980s) rather than my WHW 239H and his was owned by south west electricity board from 1970-1977. We suspect SWEB may have had a fleet of cars or possible morris minors and i am trying to find out any information on...

Thanks for all your thoughts on this.

John I like your idea of the adaptor, will save any bother removing the current sensor.

I have now ordered the adaptor.

Thanks again
Donald

Hello I am considering fitting a oil pressure gauge to my 1098cc engine. How easy is it to remove the old oil pressure switch from the block as i have heard of a few breaking when removed leaving the threaded part stuck in the block. I have no real reason for fitting a pressure gauge other than out ...

Hello I have a old Concentric Birmingham FD2 oil pump which i recently picked up as a spare for my 1098cc engine. It seems to be in very good condition although i would like to dismantle it to check on the condition on the inside. I have tried removing the single screw which appears to hold it toget...

After some use my garage tends to sit around 75% humidity which is a big improvement on 95% and i only run it for around 10 hours per day.

Hi Bumpy Yes i did purchase the EcoAir DD1 Classic MK5 Blue, it is first class. You get a choice of 3 humidity settings as follows: Eco: 50-60% RH High:40-45% RH Auto:50-60 RH which automatically reduces and increased fan speed to save power. I run mine on eco all the time and on that setting it onl...

Hi all I now have my dehumidifier. I am very pleased with the results so far. I have stopped using the heaters for now in favour of this dehumidifier. I did a trial 2 days ago. The temperature in the garage started off at 1 degrees C and 97 percent humidity. After the dehumidifier ran on low power f...