Morris Minor Owners Club

Radiators for earlier minors have a top section that is taller than the later ones. They also usually look more substantial in terms of thickness of materials used and they often have a drain tap at the bottom. Some of them even have a pipe at the bottom that connects to the heater. However (in my e...

will I do any damage if I put 10 pumps in

The only damage you are likely to do is to split the rubber gaiters if you pump too much oil in.
I should think it will take more that 10 pumps to do that though.

Still weak on the heat output at tickover... nice & strong when you rev it though... Any thoughts?

Do the headlights get brighter when you rev it up?

Is it one of those heaters that relies on an electric fan to push the air out?

If so then your battery may need charging up.

I use Comma Jack Oil. Suitable for hydraulic jacks etc.

The fact that you have to pump the brakes to get them to work makes me wonder whether you didn't bleed them properly when you fitted the new master cylinder and there is still air in the system.

I have done this myself but:
(a) I got a friend with a lathe to make me the tool that is described in the workshop manual and
(b) you have to be very careful in order to knock the new guide in by exactly the right amount.

What age is the car?

First undo the small self-tapping screws at the top that are inside the car. Then undo the (four?) nuts and bolts that hold the sill, sill cover and sill finisher together. You have to look underneath the car to see them, they are hard to undo and it may be easier to use an angle grinder to cut the ...

Try lubricating the rubber bushes with brake fluid.

The way to treat the side rails with Cuprinol is firstly clean out the drainage holes with a screwdriver, then stick tape along the bottom to seal them up. Then pour Cuprinol in at the top very carefully and a little at a time. It should then soak into the side rails rather than coming out of the ho...

Whatever varnish you use you will need to sand it lightly and give it a new coat every year otherwise the rain just wears it away.

If you are confused by all of these high-tech methods of adjusting the mixture then here is a quick low-tech method which usually gives good results. Scratch a mark on a flat on the mixture adjusting nut so that you can (if necessary) get back to where you started. Warm up the engine. Turn the adjus...

I paid £1 for one at a car boot sale. The vendor didn't know what it was. Otherwise try:
http://www.ajmshopping.co.uk/listing.as ... alTestTune

Whenever my indicators have failed in the past, if both sides failed then the flasher was usually at fault but if only one side was faulty then there was usually something wrong with the bulb and/or lighting circuit. Admittedly this applied to cars using the more modern cylindrical flasher unit but ...

My Haynes manual says 83lb (37.64 Kg.)

Matt. My 'Jenolite' reply was on the basis that you are going to apply paint to the bare metal. If you clean off the rust and then treat the metal with Jenolite (and let it dry completely) before painting then it should stop the metal rusting underneath the paint. A painted chassis can be damaged by...

Jenolite.

Jenolite is a water-based solution of phosphoric acid. Brush it onto the bare chassis to neutralise or 'kill' any remaining rust and help to prevent it returning. Finnegans Waxoyl is similar to underseal in that it is used to protect the bare metal. It is easier to apply than conventional underseal ...

It sounds as if the brake sender unit may be sticking in the on position when you first press the brake pedal.

This problem with starter motors if quite rare.
Is it possible that it could be the result of a worn or damaged starter ring on the flywheel?