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- Forum: Mechanical
- Topic: Clutch
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2853
Changing the clutch is relatively easy. The important part is that you need either a first motion shaft from an old gearbox or the correct tool (which almost nobody has) in order to make sure that the driven plate is centralised within the clutch cover. Otherwise the gearbox will not fit onto it. Th...
- Forum: Mechanical
- Topic: Not getting into 4th gear
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2196
When this happened to me it was due to the front bearing cage breaking up and a small piece of metal getting caught in the gearbox selector mechanism. All that was needed was a new front bearing in the gearbox. However you still need to take the gearbox apart. If your gearbox was OK before and this ...
- Forum: Mechanical
- Topic: Clutch
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2853
More things not in the Haynes manual Gearbox removal The gearbox is supported under the car by a crossmember. This is held in place by four bolts screwed into captive nuts inside the chassis legs. If these nuts are rusty they may turn when you try to unscrew the bolts. You then have to remove the ge...
- Forum: Mechanical
- Topic: Engine pinking
- Replies: 8
- Views: 5393
- Forum: Mechanical
- Topic: a question of degree.
- Replies: 6
- Views: 4075
My BMC workshop manual says that a 1098 HC distributor should have 25D stamped on the top and 40849B stamped on the side. I looked through my collection of old distributors and found one that was 40849H and one that was 40849E and these both had 16 stamped on the centrifugal advance mechanism. The r...
- Forum: Mechanical
- Topic: Oil getting into clutch?
- Replies: 20
- Views: 10413
This looks like one of those engine problems that could be solved by stripping it down, cleaning everything thoroughly, blowing the sludge out of the oilways and putting it back together again. It sounds drastic and it takes a while but it is relatively cheap and easy to do and it is usually effecti...
- Forum: Electrical
- Topic: Intermittent HT Coil?
- Replies: 24
- Views: 10498
There certainly is such a thing as a coil which becomes faulty when it gets hot. The only way to test it is to replace it with another one and see if your car still shows the same problem. This may sound extreme but I have two (old) coils fixed on brackets to my dynamo. If one packs up I just change...
- Forum: Do you know....?
- Topic: WHAT DOES IT DO???
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3797
This is a guess but a 1962 car probably has an old-type round heater. The standard old-type heater is cylindrical in size and sits under the dashboard. The only way that it will pump out hot (warm?) air is by means of an electric fan inside the heater. There is a deluxe version of this heater which ...
- Forum: Do you know....?
- Topic: WHAT DOES IT DO???
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3797
- Forum: Mechanical
- Topic: Air filters
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2351
- Forum: Electrical
- Topic: dodgy lights!
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2436
I think that the most likely cause is that the stop lamp switch is sticking. It is situated in the engine compartment and is at the front, below and just to your left of the radiator. There are two wires attached to the top of it and the whole thing screws into a T-piece with three brake pipes going...
- Forum: Electrical
- Topic: Horn
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2205
A faulty horn can be caused by a poor connection between the appropriate fuse (I forget which one) and the fuse holder. Try cleaning the ends of the fuse and the contacts on the fuse holder with fine emery paper or wire wool. I finally overcame an intermittent poor connection in the fuse holder by w...
- Forum: Mechanical
- Topic: Window winder problem
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2088
It is possible to take the mechanism out but it is a long and fiddly job. Before doing that I would be inclined to have a look at the channels that the side of the window runs in. They are made of a fibrous material that becomes dirty and hardens with age. If this has happened to your channels try t...
- Forum: Electrical
- Topic: Replacement Fuse Box
- Replies: 8
- Views: 6117
- Forum: Other
- Topic: I'm Not Alright Jack!
- Replies: 6
- Views: 4054
I am sure that most long-time Morris-Minor owners have several of the original jacks in their sheds and garages. They are OK but are best used together with a suitable socket on a ratchet handle rather than the original wheelbrace. I also have another jack which probably came from an Austin Cambridg...
- Forum: Mechanical
- Topic: Brakes
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2083
The wishbone tie-bars are designed to stop juddering when you brake. They are cylindrical in cross-section and you can see them if you look underneath the car from the front. One end is connected to the wishbone arms at the back of the front wheels. The other (front) end goes through a hole in a bra...
- Forum: Mechanical
- Topic: Shock absorber leak
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3330
- Forum: Mechanical
- Topic: Noisy gearbox
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1306
It is very difficult to know what to suggest here but here are some questions that only you can answer. Have you checked the oil level in the gearbox? Is the noise getting worse from one day to the next? Do you do long fast journeys where a breakdown would be a serious problem or do you do short slo...
- Forum: Mechanical
- Topic: Clicking noise on my 63 traveller
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1913
The tappets are under the rocker cover which is on top of the engine. The water pump is at the front of the engine with a pulley and fan belt connected to it. Try removing the fan belt. If the noise stops then it is the water pump ( or possibly the dynamo). Try using a large screwdriver as a stethos...
- Forum: Mechanical
- Topic: pinking
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1477