Morris Minor Owners Club

having cursed and scraped knuckles over my cooling system in the last few days I think the following might be happening... the rad is held from above and below by 2 brackets, one bolted to the thermostat housing and one to the engine mount. both have rubber grommets to allow give but to keep things ...

is anyone going to be there????

well I'll drive out to the royal oak on my own and keep the tradition going if need be, it looks to be good weather again tomorrow so be nice to go for a forest drive in the evening ;-)

as far as i know there are really only 2 types of sender that fit A-series engines.

most expect the standard 10v supply, a few rarer ones expect a 12v supply (early minis had this), they will all work after a fashion just that the 'normal' point on your gauge may be shifted slightly to one side.

one sealing ring is normal, if there was two, probably something like the last filter change left the ring on the block so you ended up with two at this filter change?

better than sadmog! so where to this week then? how about the royal oak at frithum ? oh and does anyone have a couple of nuts + spring washers for the thermostat housing? seemed to have lost some bits in taking the mini apart. tonight I'm take the angle grinder to the inner wing cowling to get it al...

is the sensor in the block? or the thermostat housing? (seen both) if it appears to work fine but not in the engine then that suggests that its not in water, so you might have an airlock. assume when you remove the sensor you get water out of the hole? if not then replace it, then pump the hoses and...

yep thats how it works, extra metal clip goes in the main light connector to hold the sidelight bulb to the window, just changed my mini over to halogen, these have proper hole in the reflector and generally much better.

yes got the square cowling that pretty much prevented any movement away from the fan. i have multi blade metal fan, so there was no getting a spanner behind it even with the top cowling off! humm wanted it for next weekend and need it for a show the weekend after, but me thinks this is going to take...

hummm rad does NOT coem off easily on my mini it seems 70's cooper engine 2 part cowling, removed top half can get at bolt holding bracket on, so remove bolts to rad from bottom half, but its cannot clear the fan book of lies tells me to remove the fan, but i cant remove the fan without removing the...

problem located.... released an airlock in the system and it drank 1/2 litre of water, went for a drive and then eventually the temp rose again, another full litre of water in.... close inspection the bottom hose has bulged and has the tiny hole, so guess the new rad cap i put on 2 weeks ago has acc...

hummm brought the mini to work today, popped into town and the temp gauge was swinging towards hot. turned on the internal heater which did not get hot at all, just warm so i assume only convection taking place. rad was full and hot and I got a decent puff of steam as I opened the cap. so i guess I'...

it will tick according to fuel demand.... higher the engine revs or the more the engine is working (hill climbing) the more fuel hence faster ticking. It will also tick rapidly to fill the float bowl when you first turn the key otherwise a gentle once a second or so when driving is normal. If you ge...

if you get a harden one check if carefully. one I got was not true on the end and caused a wobbly wheel.

I've been through the same gear box twice in 2 years with a standard 1275 (went again after a recon).

I would not rate the gearbox as up to much at all, you could look at a midget gearbox if you wanted a direct swap, otherwise I'm set on getting a ford type9 as soon as I can.

if they are in a classic car then its 5 quid for the car for one day with up to 2 people and children seem to be 1 quid each and there is a lot to see and do so it represents better value than things like the MMOC national ;-0

I plan to be there will wait till closer to the time to judge the weather for either Sunday or Monday. its only 5 minutes down the road from me ;-)

can highly recommend this show

err dont know if the new pub is dog friendly or not? it does not say matt?

if we need a dog friendly pub then its the lamb, or the cuckoo we went to a few weeks ago?

<opens a whole new can of old worms... >

well at least you are still a-series ;-)

Some of the mini crowd I've spoken to say that if you use the round box you can improve airflow by drilling a series of holes around it (often find them like this in auto jumble piles). Modified like this With a K&N filter inside its not said to be any less efficient than a cone filter and defia...

mini airbox works well for me with a K&N element, but the intake points backwards so only draws air from the back of the engine bay. Mine is modified to draw cooler air from the front.... new section cut out at the 'front' and the pipe cut and re-glued here with the old hole having a piece of pl...