Morris Minor Owners Club

No need to apologize at all! I appreciate any advice. Considering the ignition system is about as basic as it can get, for some reason it has me flummoxed. I rechecked the point gap just to be sure, and it is .015 which is what it calls for. I have 12v on both sides of the coil and a resistance read...

I also wanted to clarify that the coils would not show spark after the king lead was again removed from the distributor, though they showed spark prior to hooking them to the distributor. I was thinking perhaps the lead itself could be bad and work when it is in a certain position...but the odds I g...

I recently went through a no spark issue in which turned out to be a bad coil. Long story short prior to diagnosing the faulty coil my ‘57 Minor came to me with a Petronix ignition which had a bad pickup. I replaced the unit with points and condenser, and then bought the coil as I had the no spark. ...

Oh and to add, yes I am now running the points and condenser set up. Took five minutes to pull the distributor out and get all the bits put in and adjusted.

Thank you all for the replies. The car is running very well now. I rechecked all the coils and wasn’t happy with the resistance readings on the newest one and was suspect on the other two as the spark was weak. Went out and purchased a new coil and after some coaxing and fiddling with the advance it...

So I’ve ditched the electronic ignition for now and put points and a condenser in. I also found that I still had a coil from a ‘69 Midget I owned a while back. I checked for spark with the king lead and there it was. It’s not incredibly strong but it’s there. I then checked for spark through the dis...

Hello everyone, new member here with a no spark issue. Long story short, recently pulled a 1957 Morris Minor Convertible out of a shed where it has sat for the past 10 years. The engine had been upgraded to a 1275 with a Petronix electric ignition by the previous owner. After cleaning the fuel syste...