Morris Minor Owners Club

Again, check the spark at the plugs is a blue spark and not a fat white one, if it is you need new plugs. A spark tester between the ht lead and plugs will not show the what the spark is like at the spark plug electrodes inside the cylinders.

What is the spark like at the plugs, it should be a small but bright blue spark. If the spark is a fat white one instead throw the plugs away and fit new ones, it often happens after running the engine on old fuel for a while and the white spark gets blown out by the compression.

I have not noticed any difference in the braking performance using silicon fluid. You are right about it being very slightly more compressible and it adds about 1/8 of an inch to the pedal travel but I have found this makes the brakes feel more like a modern but without the snatchiness.

I have not used one but I repeat the industry does not like you using silicon fluid because it means everything lasts longer so they don't make so many sales.

Automec dot5 brake fluid is what I used, just remembered the name. Google the name and you will find it.

Don't get confused with DOT5.1. If I remember rightly there was not many makes about when I changed to silicon and I can't remember what make it was. Google silicon brake fluid and see what comes up, I remember it was expensive and I bought a litre of it but found it was too much, half that or even ...

That's what I did, replaced the whole system including all lines. I found the bleed nipples on the rears are placed before the cylinders themselves so came to the conclusion it would be best to fill the rear cylinders with fluid before fitting them as the bleed process would end at the nipple and be...

I’ve used Silicon fluid for 4 years now and have not had a problem with it. If anything I find it better as I often leave the car standing for six weeks or more and in all this time have not had a sticky cylinder once, it would be unusual for that not to happen with dot4 fluid. I also know of someon...

A volt meter is far better than an ammeter. You can wire it in anywhere convenient and only use small gauge wire. If the alternator/ dynamo is charging the meter will show a reading above 12.4 volts. It will also show if the charging circuit is over charging as well and if you read it right will sho...

It could be that after the problems with the site people just don't bother coming on here as much, hopefully that's not the reason though.

What jokes are they then

Lucky so and so, most of the aforementioned items can be replaced very easily

There is nothing like a muff for keeping you warm and toasty in the winter, watch you don't overheat though

Going by the number of Minor's that have been stolen and completely disappeared over the years then ringing must be happening, either that or they are being shipped and sold abroad.

Love the text too, Bose system is suggested and he has not put any wine in the gearbox, good job too as it's best run with oil

Thirded. And it has the added benefit of not having any Ethanol in it so it's better for the car if not used so much in the winter like mine

I wonder why the pressure test did not show the worn rings up? Glad it's sorted now.

Les. If you think about it a paint shop would do a bare metal panel spray in a day, drop it off in the morning and collect the next morning and that's prep, primer and top coat. there is no need to let a primer coat cure (for want of a description) before applying top coat. The important thing to re...

One way round the problem would be to sand the top coat off down to the primer, then go over the panel with a hot air gun before applying top coats. That should remove any moisture trapped under the paint.

Your problem "might" stem from leaving the panels covered in primer for a time before top coating. Most primer paints that have a flat finish will absorb moisture and so it will get trapped by the top coat. When painting you should always coat primer with at least one top coat soon after a...