Morris Minor Owners Club

I've ran it again in the driveway at about 1200 rpm for the last 25 mins. The bottom hose is slightly warm now but the heater is blowing cold air. I undone the hose from the valve at the back of the head and some hot water came through then undone the hose above the spark plugs ( outlet ) and could ...

Thanks. Wasnt sure whither the sealer had clogged the rad or maybe the thermostat was goosed , thing is with no gauge at what point do you know it's overheating

Hi. I've just added a radiator repair fluid called K-Seal I had a small leak in the core . I'm not sure if this is a problem but after running to temperature the top of the Rad is hot , the engine is hot but the water in the bottom hose and bottom of rad is only slightly warm if at all. I've turned ...

Cheers guys. MOT this week then on the rd for the summer.

I've just buffed about 3mm off the adjusting plate from the engine to the Dynamo where the bolt goes in and all well apart from just discovered that when the pulley has shattered it's damaged the radiator . It's only a pin hole so is there anything you could suggest rather than a new rad. The fan be...

I'm thinking the aftermarket pulley is obviously not the same as the Lucas one , bit hard to tell as the Lucas pulley is shattered. I would like to keep the original Lucas Dynamo. So was thinking of cutting the fans on the pulley to suit rather than fitting the black aftermarket Dynamo

Got the Dynamo of my friend. It was a black aftermarket one so I changed the pulley to my original green Lucas. All went well and bolted up as before. Starting the engine I quickly smelt burning rubber. The black pulley is restricted by the bottom bolt on the sliding arm. There seems no way of adjus...

Thanks Roy , been told the Dynamo is working so thanks for the advice . This is the first time I've ran it since changing the chain and sprockets to duplex , panicked as it sounded like a grinding from the camshaft

Thanks Roy but was talking to a pal few minutes ago who's giving me one , only thing is its negative earth. I know there's a way to convert and fit but not sure how to. Can you help with that. Failing that I'll buy the one off you
Thanks Ronnie

My Dynamo fan belt pulley shattered today , what would cause that and can you buy just the pulley on its own . Will the pulley come off without a puller

Will go with the 9 rule

Thanks Roy. I thought it was number one cylinder valves on the rock adjust third cylinder ?

Hi all ,, Can someone tell me the correct way to set tappets and the correct clearance on my minor 1098
Many thanks Ronnie ,, mislayed my manual

Good advice , I was going to grind the Allen screw down slightly
Thanks

I've countersunk the Allen screws to about one mm proud of the plate , I'm worried that if I sink them flush there will be so little metal left at the outer part of the plate it could spilt if I tighten them to much. Do you think it's okay to leave the heads slightly proud
Thanks

Didn't know it was on Roy , what I said was I had the rubber engine mounts disconnected as in the nuts removed from both mounts but wasn't enoegh to get the front plate off. All done now but when I countersink it do I need the bolts flush and as there's now no locking tabs is locktite adequate

I've now got the front engine plate off between the block and front timing cover. The plate which carries the engine mounts. There's a paper gasket between plate and block so I'm assuming it must be an oil tight gasket. Gasket looks ok but goin to replace it anyway. Couldn't get the front plate off ...

I bought a colbalt counter sink about 25mm long and could not see how it could be done without removing it ,, what gasket is between plate and engine ,, is it an oil tight gasket ??

Roy I've already disconnected the rubber mounts , the two nuts top and one underneath. Front plates all disconnected and loose but won't come off. I'm actually finishing off the job I started last year being changing sprockets to duplex so I have to counter sink the new Allen screws which come with ...

Not to sure ?? But the front plate is loose from the engine