Morris Minor Owners Club

right, so this is what i have done "So - rocker cover off - spark plugs out - turn the engine so #4 cylinder is firing - both valves will be closed -and set it exactly at Top Dead Centre. Looking now at #1 cylinder - the two valves will be slightly open (this is the overlap at TDC) , if the tim...

i would of had the oil pump changed, as they do wear and when they give up the ghost, it means the engine has to come out, clutch off as well as flywheel, abit of a faff, hence its always a good idea to change them when the engine is in bits

owing to the lack of starter handle, ill have to go buy a dial gauge. how does one check with the aid of a dial gauge?

thanks, ill do that this afternoon

terrys

i have a set of traditional feeler gauges

i am 100% i put the chain back on right, but its probably worth checking that its 1000% on right

when my dad drove it after i did the timing chain, he said it was "hunting". not knowing what it was, i ignored him and carried on as normal. however its constant misfiring is really doing my nut in, so considering i have to drive it everyday to work it needs fixing

right, bought a timing gun and discovered the timing needs retarding by aprox 2-3 degrees. this is out due to me changing the timing chain a couple of weeks ago.
how does one retard the timing?
the workshop manual is typically tosh when it comes to this.

it could be restored, but with the amount of welding needed and already done, i would think the structure and safety of the car might be compromised, as well as the cost

allow me to shed some light in this, yesterday after fiddling with carb and running it through the village 5 times, it ran fantastically with no complaints. however today it ran like a bag of nuts in a washing machine with a constant mis/backfire. i think it ran good yesterday because the engine had...

ok, no so sorted. it still coughs and pops all the time. have adjusted the carb again and that didnt make a blind bit of difference. also i ckecked the timimg, which was ok, so i am officially stumped to what it could be

presumably a b series engine would be unf as well?

thanks, found one and should have it fixed soon

i had a feeling that they where standard wheels, but dad was supremely confident they where smaller.
so, would a mini speedo do the job or maybe something a little more exotic?

right, this has me confused and i hope you can all help. 1969 morris 1000 with a wolseley 1500 diff with a ratio of 3.73:1. this was done as my brother managed to put the car in reverse whilst doing 60. Dont know how he did it, but the diff came out in bits. it has smaller 14inch wheels. it has the ...

sounds like a plan, however considering morris engine are usually the old style thread and good bolts this type are hard to locate, any sugestions where i could source such long bolts?

sorted. turned the nut up and then down 2 turns, was still abit rough, so turned it down another full turn. runs as sweet as a nut now, though i discovered that the exhust is blowing, which will make it sound alot better

ah, i thought out was weakening, my mistake. ill go wind it in as far as it will go and have a fettle with it. hopefully it should be sorted

since i got the car back on the road, the engine has developed a habit of popping whilst at any cruising speed. when i have the choke hard out, it is as sweet as a nut, when the choke is in and when i am maintaining a steady speed, it pops and couchs and misfires, until i pull the choke out or accel...