Morris Minor Owners Club

Yes the 'E' in the engine number is for the North America engines fitted the last year they were imported to the US, 1967. The front side lights would have been the larger two bulb light but with all clear lenses as well as the rear with all red, no amber lenses. Does it have seat belt mountings? I'...

What a lovely body shell! I've never seen an early body. Is there a difference in the front inner wheel arch? Is there a flange rather than straight down?

I noticed the gearbox mounting brackets as well since everyone I've see were the other way around. There is an offset to the bolt holes for the gearbox side so as long as you flip them side to side as they are turned over it shouldn't be a problem as long as the single hole is centered (vertically) ...

I usually undo the three retaining bolts with access through the holes in the camshaft gear and leave the gear in place. The camshaft comes out as an assembly.

It took a couple years to perfect it but I finally realized what the owner manual shows. Flip the hood sticks so they are straight up into the air and separate the cover. As you collapse the sticks pull the cover material so that it lays on the boot and fold in half. Straighten out the hems, fold th...

Most standard Minor wheels have the common .453" tire valve hole. Older wheels from early Series III cars have the larger .625" hole.

Well -- not all of it. The carburettor has sprung a gas leak! Not a lot at all came out during the two minutes the engine ran, but it could have been serious had I been going on a trip. The leak is from the bottom -- anyone have any idea? What carb do you have? If it's and H2 with the internal fuel ...

Those holes are for the LHD dipper switch and clutch pedal. An unused dipper switch hole is covered with a medal plate with a seal under it. (very common on LHD cars) The clutch hole probably was sealed with one of those impregnanted patches that are on the chassis legs.

Can anyone offer advice here, the bottom of the attachment plate is made at a right angle, do I need to cut some of it away to make it fit, or am I looking at this wrong. [frame] http://mmoc.org.uk/mbimage.php?src=1273504307_9563 [/frame] I'm always impressed how you chaps on the other side of the ...

Years ago I met an Irishman who lived in New York City. He had those strips polished on his 2 door saloon. He liked the extra flair. I find the 2 doors have too much front end bias, especially with the headlights in the wings. Add the stainless window frames and there is nothing after the B post. Bu...

I had similar symptoms once. Pay special attention when inserting the cable in either end fitting. Somehow the square end didn't enter right and put too much axial pressure on the speedo drive and restricted needle movement. sometimes it never came all the way back to 0. It took too long to figure t...

I've read somewhere and it makes sense to me that the weight of the car needs to be removed from the kingpins but keep the torsion par loaded. That means support the car under the the lower arm out towards the wheel. This takes the load off the mating surfaces of the thread that carry the load and a...

Years ago one of the trim suppliers you have also carred a soid aluminum extruded roof gutter. I was looking at using that one when I rebuild my traveller (it's still waiting). I would have used exposed screws with sealant. Making the water go up over that seems more reliable that trying to keep it ...

I cut my teeth on a 948 and rebuilt it using the same single timing chain and rubber rings in the camshaft gear. I didn't know any better at the time. Well the chain was slapping the side of the cover but would reliably stop at 28mph. The load on the engine at that point was enough to keep the chain...

Sorry, I was a bit assuming. That makes sense. Only the straight threads would be UNF and any pipe threads if required could be a local standard. Still strange that they choose pipe threads for the oil sending unit. (trying to get back on the subject)

Thanks. :) According to Machinery's Handbook, 1/8" BSP is 28 TPI whereas (US) 1/8"NPT is 27 TPI. That's right we Colonists just have to be difficult. But back to my question, if Austin tooled the A series to be US threads, would they keep the British pipe threads? Gotta see if I can find ...

Then US and British 1/8 pipe thread must be compatible. I've always used locally available fittings and since the engine is Austin, which is all US thread, so I never gave it much thought. Odd they didn't use straight threads and a copper washer like other fittings

To answer you question on this side of the Pond, it depends. If you still have the the original master cylinder location, you can use a remote booster from a Mini. These are not mechanically connected to the MN but are hydraulicaly connected so can be mounted any where. If you want to change the bra...

Not much I can add to the discussion, most points are already mentioned. The clutch pedal arm shaft has a shoulder on it to stand it away from the body so that it clears the torsion bar. The plate with the sealing foam on the other hand will rest on the torsion bar if given the chance. I believe the...

Anything in particular you need? The pedals themselves or where they are come through the floor?