Morris Minor Owners Club

Geoberni wrote: Oil for my 1.8L Ford, around £45+ Oil for my Wife's 1.3L Vauxhall, around £55+ Engine oil for my BEV is zilch.🙂 Gearbox oil is likely only to need changing at 80-100k miles? Two gearboxes, mind. No DPF issues either. Just expensive to start with - although second hand (and new) price...

Just for info. ‘Sludge’ is not particularly abrasive. It is so fine (particle size) that it will mostly go through filters. It flocculates and settles out slowly, possibly sticking to some rotary moving parts. Those agglomerated lumps would be the nuisance and oil pumps can pass filterable sized par...

A quick search shows me that beehive spring were used in the Triumph TR2 and TR3, MG TD and TF, MGA, Mk 1 MG Midget, Jaguar XK120 and XK140, various Alvis cars and so on. They were quite common. Stephen Not “quite common”. VERY common. Ford, Vauxhalls, Peugeots, Citroens, Land Rovers, Volvos, VW ju...

It might be interesting to find out how the myriads of auto-mechanics, over the years, dealt with the apparent problem of replacing these springs? Like me, I suspect most used a favourite pair of smallish pliers (at the time) to ease the toggles in place.

Read the attachment. The note below it states clearly it is measured crankshaft advance, not extra crankshaft degrees.

There were 5 rugby playing lads in my car when I had to ask 2 to get out to get up a very steep hill. I think the clutch was on the way out as well. It was over 30 years ago. Stephen Ahh, so the engine was not the reason for any inability to climb the hill? My memory must be better than yours, I th...

Your compression pressures appear fine - 120psi + or - 5psi is well within the expected normal range (spread). Pressure gauges are notoriously inaccurate, so the readings, while consistent, may not be totally accurate - I would be first checking with another good quality gauge, as the values do seem...

The usual reason for rapid flashing was, like you checked for) a blown bulb, so less current through the unit. I expect you have the same issue of reduced current - but within the wiring, not the bulbs (provided they are of the correct wattage).

The car is 56 years old and still 'runs good'. So it was 'future proofed' when it was built with the points system all those years ago! If you use good quality components (from the Dizzy Doc) and carry out routine servicing/maintenance, it will be 'future proofed' 8) My capacitive discharge electro...

I live in the same hard water area, but would never countenance using anything but tap water for flushing and filling the cooling system. I suggest just working out how much calcium carbonate equivalent is involved. Put simply, it is simply not worth worrying about.

Lead/acid batteries require a minimum current before any increase in stored energy takes place. That current will depend on the battery type, size and likely state of charge. While a 10W solar panel will likely provide that output under the prescribed measurement conditions, you would need to know t...

Fair enough. I intend to do another oil change considerably earlier than I usually would just for my peace of mind. I also want to drop the sump to see what is lurking in it. I don’t have a spin on filter. I have a Purolator with the blocked filter switch (not that I have ever seen that warning lig...

Fitting LEDs to reflectors designed for incandescent car headlamps is actually illegal and should result in an MoT failure. Likely not noticed by the tester, but would be if checked by VOSA. It obviously makes no difference for spot lamps, as the dipped beam shape is never going to be an issue with ...

The next oil change, with a check on the magnet, will surely provide you with far more info than thus far. Most/many modern engines don’t have the sump drain plug removed at oil-change intervals - the old oil is simply pumped out, not drained. Full-flow oil filtration will collect all particles, tha...

Hope that helps. Honestly, it becomes second nature. When fitting the through bolt does NOT need any significant force to make the whole assembly oil tight. If it leaks there's something wrong. Please don't over tighten it in those circumstances. Stephen I will add, from my experience re tightening...

What do you mean ? The ratio is simply total number of crown wheel teeth vs total number of pinion teeth, how many are in contact at any given point is irrelevant to the ratio calculation. How many revolutions of the pinion to achieve one revolution of the crown wheel. [/quote] I mean exactly what ...

Whatever number you find, the ratio will definitely not be an integer. The ratio will be such that the crown-wheel and pinion do not use just one set of tooth contacts. There will be a a prime number in there, somewhere, I expect.

I will be absolutely gutted if the whole lump has to come out again...

Definitely not such a case. Even if the suggested remedies do not work it will only be a case of cylinder head removal, valve removal and a minimal reaming of the guide - as long as it is the culprit.

You are hoping? He was last active when?

My first question would be; Is the motor drawing current when the wipers refuse to start? If not, it is electrical contact, not overloading due to friction.