Morris Minor Owners Club

Allthough its never the coil(as the old sage would say RIP) sometimes it is.If you can find an old known good one do a swap and see what happens .

what seems like an eternity ago,I learned to drive in my dad Alvis TA14 ,it had an advance and retard lever on the side of the wheel,Retarted it to start when cold,then put it into the central position when up to temp, including judicious fiddling with the choke. Couldn't hear it when it was ticking...

put the timing light back in the drawer,take car out with pinch bolt just holding dizzy, advance it a bit at a time until the engine starts to pink under acceleration ( slight light rattle) stop and retard slightly test again repeat ,until the noise stops under hard acceleration stop and tighten the...

its called retiring and time spent cycling, walking,windsurfing,kite surfing, fishing, land yachting, with the sea 13 miles away and living on the edge of the York moors.Every time I hear the word, work I have to go and have lie down to recover

yes correct,they don't publicise that freely ,wonder why, I use on average about £60 of diesel a month,would double my expenditure.

If she had stood in front of that lake ,and protested she would now be on a re education program ,for the next 50 years

and if power supplied via wind farms from spinning magnets see here https://www.bbc.com/future/article/2015 ... e-on-earth

pretty sure that I will have given up driving,if ,and its a big if they ever solve the problems with charging and range so No much interested in the pros and cons but read this https://www.industryweek.com/technology-and-iiot/article/22026518/lithium-batteries-dirty-secret-manufacturing-them-leaves-...

that's it,if you can see a reflection then its near enough,you have a good depth of paint so as you polish (obviously once a week ) it will get better,and better. well done.

it's better than two coats,you have plenty of thickness to cut back and polish,fine wet and dry with soapy water to get a dull overall finish ,then polish with t cut.To be honest its what we used to have to do in our family paint shop(In another life ),its always the same problem with celly. 50 year...

Difficult to get a finish in celly without orange peel / dull areas, depends on the skill of the painter, and the quality of the gun,best guns are too pricey for one off use, in the early days it was prevented by thinner and thinner coats of top coat until you were just about spraying neat thinners....

have a look at the rear shackle ,if the springs have sagged the shackle is pushed close to the chassis and then hits it causing a knock if so you will see a mark on the leg, springs have been of dubious temper for a few years, some to stiff some too soft and if the latter two years may be enough to ...

have you tried pulling the pedal up by hand,may be sticking on shaft

seeing that you changed the cap in the morning and it runs ok in same afternoon I think you have found the fault and cured the fault .Well done. now watch the water level carefully .

you don't need the oil just do the test it will be obvious if its head gasket,there will be very low compressions on one or possible two pots ,the oil test is to check for worn cylinders ,rings etc,put the oil in on second test and if pressure rises it indicates wear,since it seals the rings and pis...

see amended post above

they go on the back not only as a return but to hold the shoes up against the back plate,on the front they would tend to pull the shoes away from the back plate onto the rotating drum.The Poster says they are fouling on the rotating hub,may be in wrong locating holes(Easy to mistake ) Can't see how ...

before doing anything else,take it out on a quiet road and as soon as the stuttering starts ,into neutral and switch off so engine and pump are not doing anything.Coast to a stop and remove the top of the carb so that you can see the fuel level.If low then you have found the cause ,and then you can ...

gear box mountings,engine steady bar bushes,starter motor bolts,clutch linkage bushes,possible clutch plates .

big ends tend to knock on the overrun,as you ease the throttle after acceleration,they will knock under acceleration but need to be well gone by that stage. Mains just rumble all the time .With those oil pressures I would think that its more likely to be the head gasket as suggested. comp. test will...