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- Fri Mar 22, 2024 11:28 am
- Forum: Electrical
- Topic: Morris Minor Pickup 1965 not starting
- Replies: 34
- Views: 1081
Re: Morris Minor Pickup 1965 not starting
thanks for the replies. That video you provided Stephen was very useful. As I don't get any lights on to indicate ignition on etc I did put a battery charger on it, it was reading as if not flat. I think I will put the charger back on again and leave it for a few hours. I will totally disconnect th...
- Fri Mar 22, 2024 10:21 am
- Forum: Electrical
- Topic: Morris Minor Pickup 1965 not starting
- Replies: 34
- Views: 1081
Re: Morris Minor Pickup 1965 not starting
I believe the very last Austin vans were negative earth or so a member of my MMOC branch insists regarding his van.......I think the very last Travellers may have been negative earth dynamo but I would need to find a reference for that. Stephen :-? I know BL made a lot of very strange decisions, bu...
- Fri Mar 22, 2024 9:22 am
- Forum: Electrical
- Topic: Morris Minor Pickup 1965 not starting
- Replies: 34
- Views: 1081
Re: Morris Minor Pickup 1965 not starting
Almost all Morris Minors (except the very last ones).... Really Stephen? What gave you that idea? To the best of my knowledge, no Minor ever left the factory Neg Earth. The only area of doubt I have is overseas markets, particularly Antipodean, where they have a lot of autonomy in their assembly pl...
- Wed Mar 20, 2024 6:05 pm
- Forum: Electrical
- Topic: Hazard lights
- Replies: 5
- Views: 221
Re: Hazard lights
AI can't explain why your original had 3 green wires? Only the original instructions would have provided that info. But you should only need two, 1 for each side. Perhaps the 3rd is the warning light if they are switch wires. I wouldn't expect a Warning lamp line as the Switch Top usually contains ...
- Wed Mar 20, 2024 6:01 pm
- Forum: Off-Topic
- Topic: Filling @ BP
- Replies: 8
- Views: 365
Re: Filling @ BP
I wonder what they would do if a Hillman Imp driver wanted to fill up?
Would they recognise the engine is in the back and the fuel tank, with filler nozzle, is under the bonnet....
Would they recognise the engine is in the back and the fuel tank, with filler nozzle, is under the bonnet....
- Wed Mar 20, 2024 1:59 pm
- Forum: Electrical
- Topic: Hazard lights
- Replies: 5
- Views: 221
Re: Hazard lights
As we've established, Minors never had them originally, they were an early/mid 1970s invention. The original aftermarket kits were different from the ones you get now. These days they all seem to come with a couple of wires intended to isolate the main indicators Flasher, so you don't get flasher un...
- Tue Mar 19, 2024 7:26 pm
- Forum: Electrical
- Topic: Voltmeter -false low readings
- Replies: 13
- Views: 345
Re: Voltmeter -false low readings
Well that explains the Voltage Drop!!
Glad it's sorted.
- Tue Mar 19, 2024 7:23 pm
- Forum: Other
- Topic: Lubricants
- Replies: 8
- Views: 399
Re: Lubricants
Thanks for the replies,most useful. How do I download photos by the way. Cheers. :tu1: To add images, when you're writing a post/reply, scroll down a little and the net part down has 2 tabs, OPTIONS & ATTACHMENTS. Attachments let's you add files. If on a device where you can have multiple scree...
- Tue Mar 19, 2024 2:45 pm
- Forum: Other
- Topic: Lubricants
- Replies: 8
- Views: 399
Re: Lubricants
Stephen has given you a comprehensive list. I would do some research before making rash statements: Obviously I don't want to use inferior oils,grease etc on her. I have an old Castrol lubrication chart showing me all the various grease,oil points etc,but as you know most of, it not all lubricants w...
- Tue Mar 19, 2024 12:44 pm
- Forum: Electrical
- Topic: Voltmeter -false low readings
- Replies: 13
- Views: 345
Re: Voltmeter -false low readings
Sooooo, the plot thickens. I used the piggy back so that the white wire from the ignition output was in place and the Voltmeter connected up. Only 11V !! So I disconnected the white wire to see what happens and the voltmeter read 12,5 V !!! Thus for my logic there is some problem with the white wir...
- Tue Mar 19, 2024 12:40 pm
- Forum: Electrical
- Topic: Voltmeter -false low readings
- Replies: 13
- Views: 345
Re: Voltmeter -false low readings
Hallo Berni, thankyou for your suggestion - I will try to give the ignition switch a clean and see what happens. Your nice diagramme interpretation is perfect. Incidentally a Brian Hawley, who may well be a MMOC member, has downloaded this excellent colour wiring diagramme. https://www.dropbox.com/...
- Mon Mar 18, 2024 6:47 pm
- Forum: Electrical
- Topic: Voltmeter -false low readings
- Replies: 13
- Views: 345
Re: Voltmeter -false low readings
Hi Nickol So, referencing the diagram, to make sure I've understood your quite clear description. A = 10v B = 13v (good battery charge) C = 13v D = 10v Nickol.JPG Yes, I'd say you have a poor connection at one or more of the points I've coloured yellow. Possibly at all of them just half a volt or so...
- Mon Mar 18, 2024 9:19 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: tyre pressures
- Replies: 11
- Views: 384
Re: tyre pressures
You shouldn't need to go much higher than the manufacturer recommended in the first place. Some experimentation is fine and different makes of tyres might run better at slightly different pressures but these are the recommended pressures copied from the original driver's handbook. Interesting that ...
- Sun Mar 17, 2024 7:52 pm
- Forum: Mechanical
- Topic: 1098 Thermostat Housing??
- Replies: 3
- Views: 170
Re: 1098 Thermostat Housing??
The thermostat housing with temp take off was not a standard item on a 1098cc as all the 1098cc heads had a temp take off facility as standard. That's what I thought. my car's already sorted with a sensor in the 1098 Head, I was just surprised that the Parts Catalogue showed it like that; hence ask...
- Sun Mar 17, 2024 12:37 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: tyre pressures
- Replies: 11
- Views: 384
Re: tyre pressures
I think people generally use around 28 with Radials. But keep an eye on the tread wear as different makes will have an effect too. What a lot of people forget about tyres is that the inflation pressure is whatever keeps the tyre, as fitted to that vehicle, in the correct shape for safe driving. The ...
- Sun Mar 17, 2024 11:29 am
- Forum: Mechanical
- Topic: 1098 Thermostat Housing??
- Replies: 3
- Views: 170
1098 Thermostat Housing??
I've just noticed in the AKD 3541 Service parts List, that the listing for the 10MA engine only shows a Thermostat Housing with the facility to fit a Temp Sensor. Websites such as Moss Europe show it as an alternative for any Minor engine, but it's also listed 'NCA'. Was this really the standard fit...
- Sat Mar 16, 2024 3:54 pm
- Forum: Electrical
- Topic: Reostat faulty.(Getting very hot)
- Replies: 4
- Views: 203
Re: Reostat faulty.(Getting very hot)
63 4 door with the round heater, I put a new reostat in middle of last year after a few month it's smoothness went and is now very graunchy. This morning I went out and after a few Mile's I got a smell of burning. I know they get hot but this is a hot hot. Is there a better reostat than the normal ...
- Sat Mar 16, 2024 3:22 pm
- Forum: Mechanical
- Topic: recommending engine oil.
- Replies: 15
- Views: 422
Re: recommending engine oil.
Yes indeed. I was in a well known car parts shop today and I was absolutely shocked by the price of the latest super oils for modern cars. Shocking! We are lucky the oils we need are cheap in comparison. Mind you, the service intervals for modern cars are much, much longer so the oil cost per mile ...
- Sat Mar 16, 2024 2:58 pm
- Forum: Mechanical
- Topic: recommending engine oil.
- Replies: 15
- Views: 422
Re: recommending engine oil.
Any 20W/50 Traditional Oil marketed for Classic Cars, Older Cars etc. 'Mineral Oil' is something derived from actual Oil, rather than synthetic as used by Modern cars. To quote Wikipedia Synthetic oil is a lubricant consisting of chemical compounds that are artificially modified or synthesised. Synt...
- Wed Mar 13, 2024 11:44 am
- Forum: Mechanical
- Topic: Beehive Springs -again!
- Replies: 44
- Views: 1182
Re: Beehive Springs -again!
Well I've never had a problem with fitting the Beehives, the problem I had was one of them detaching itself because it was too loose. I refitted it and really must get around to looking for a replacement. It was the rusty brown one, which as you can see is the same overall length as the other one, b...