Morris Minor Owners Club

Thanks for the info on the engine. "It says that your engine was built for the N. American Market. Would that be right?" That's correct. As far as I know the Morris has been in Canada all it's life. The engine may have come from either Canada or the US. The people we purchased the car from...

Well, I managed to get the float chambers straightened up, just a matter of loosening the mounting bolts, re-orientimng the chambers and then retightening the bolts. The float from the spare was quite a bit different from the existing one so I made a slight addition to the original to lower the fuel...

Can anyone tell me year and type of vehicle that engine # 12V/671Z/L8989 came out of.
Would like to get tune-up specs for it, spark plug type, gap, timing, etc.
TIA, Ken

Here's the update: I pulled the tops off the float chambers and cleaned all the rusty looking sediment and crap out of them, the plastic (nylon?) floats and the needles looked OK. Then I removed the dashpots, suction chambers, the springs and the suction pistons and cleaned them all up. While the fl...

Thanks for the tip about using grease rather than oil in the rack. I was considering doing that anyways but was unsure about it.
Maybe that should be posted in the tips section?

I would suggest that you mark both ends of the torsion bar and the pieces that it goes in to, for spline alignment.
That way you get it back in the same position as it came out.

I'm in western Canada, Alberta, to be exact. I went to sucarb.co.uk and downloaded some info, then I disassembled, cleaned, then reassembled one of the spares. I think I now understand how they work, so that makes me more confident for adjusting them. I'll give it a shot tomorrow. We bought the car ...

I just remembered that I have a spare manifold with 2 carbs on it that came with an assortment of used parts that I purchased, (seperately from the car), that will give me something to study and try to figger out.

bmcecosse, thanks for the info and PM, much appreciated.
mike p, thanks for the info and link

Our recently purchased '61 Morris Minor has a 1275 cc engine with dual carbs and runs terribly rich. How does one adjust these carbs? I am a Canadian and am familiar with north american carbs, which are pretty simple, but these british jobs are a real puzzle to me, I don't have a clue as to where to...

Greetings from Canada, We just bought a 1961 Morris Minor 1000 2 door, it has Bridgestones 165/65R14 tires on it, which I don't think are proper. The workshop manual that came with the car says 500-520X14, which is the old numbering system. I read on the technical tips section to use 145s or 155s. T...

Thanks for the replies. I going to have to try and locate someone with a longer trailer that I can borrow as it's too expensive to rent one.
bmcecosse mentioned Kms, I live in western Canada and can talk either Kms or miles whichever you prefer. I thought the UK was all metric?

Am looking at buying a 1957 Morris Minor convertible that is about 900 kms away, I can borrow an enclosed trailer to haul it with but I think the car is longer than the inside length of the trailer which is 141 inches. I'm not familiar with Morris's so would like to know how to remove the bumpers an...