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Ever so easy to take the end off and clean the "points". You will need a little bit of emery paper, from a car spares place. 600 grit is ideal. I'm sure there must be a link on the forum to how to do it Well done for tackling the distributor. Sorry if I sounded condescending, but you gave the impression of being helpless, no offence meant
No worries, i am helpless and my favourite quote to my OH is that there are jobs for men and jobs for women and women shouldnt fiddle about with cars!! However, now i have Daphne i want to learn and he had shown me the clips on the distributer cap before which was why i was brave enough to look for the bonnet catch!!linearaudio wrote:Ever so easy to take the end off and clean the "points". You will need a little bit of emery paper, from a car spares place. 600 grit is ideal. I'm sure there must be a link on the forum to how to do it Well done for tackling the distributor. Sorry if I sounded condescending, but you gave the impression of being helpless, no offence meant
And..... i couldnt let the bl...y school kids have the last laugh!! I was just lucky she started after i put the bonnet down!!
I will attempt the fuel pipe tomorrw, having a go prob the only way to learn!
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Heh, my dad used to say there were jobs for men (everything except hoovering) and jobs for women (everything including hoovering).
Sometimes I think he just didn't like hoovering ;)
Sometimes I think he just didn't like hoovering ;)
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The Current Fleet:
1969 Morris 'thou, 4 Door. 2010 Mitsubishi iMiEV. 1920s BSA Pushbike. 1930s Raleigh pushbike.
The Ex-Fleet:
1974 & 1975 Daf 44s, 1975 Enfield 8000 EV, 1989 Yugo 45, 1981 Golf Mk1, 1971 Vauxhall Viva, 1989 MZ ETZ 125, 1989 Volvo Vario 340, 1990, 1996 & 1997 MZ/Kanuni ETZ 251s
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Trabant 601, Tatra T603, Series II Landy, Moskvitch-401, Vincent HRD Black Shadow, Huge garage, Job in Washington State.
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http://homeweb.mah.se/~lurija/morrisminor.pdf
Thats a link to the workshop manual, full of very usefull stuff, has helped me!. Gratz on getting your car started, must have been a sticky situation with all thoase kids!. If i saw a minor which had brokcked down i would offer to help not laugh. Anyway the morris minor is extremly easy to work on and fix.
Also would anyone here help me a bit?, i think my fuel pump gone too. I cant hear a thing. But i started it once when i didnt hear a thing, could this just be some left over petrol in the float chamber?. If so, how can i check the float chamber?
Thats a link to the workshop manual, full of very usefull stuff, has helped me!. Gratz on getting your car started, must have been a sticky situation with all thoase kids!. If i saw a minor which had brokcked down i would offer to help not laugh. Anyway the morris minor is extremly easy to work on and fix.
Also would anyone here help me a bit?, i think my fuel pump gone too. I cant hear a thing. But i started it once when i didnt hear a thing, could this just be some left over petrol in the float chamber?. If so, how can i check the float chamber?
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So - do you think you 'tapped' the fuel pump now you have seen the picture ? It probably needs the points cleaned - they are under the plastic top - and can be easily cleaned by drawing an emery board through between the points.
I imagine your daughters will now suddenly be very keen on walking to skool!
I imagine your daughters will now suddenly be very keen on walking to skool!
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Sorry, im hijacking this thread for a moment :p
So, i went to check if it was the fuel pump. To my joy it was!, allthough i can now smell petrol, no spark. I traced this down to a burnt HT lead going from the coil. No problem, i went to my shelf pull out my leads distro etc planning to replace... guess what?, the two dizzy caps looked difrent, the one on the car has all the leads going from one side, the pther one i have has all the leads going from the top. Somebody, please tell me i havent been a complete idiot and tell me they are interchangable!.
So, i went to check if it was the fuel pump. To my joy it was!, allthough i can now smell petrol, no spark. I traced this down to a burnt HT lead going from the coil. No problem, i went to my shelf pull out my leads distro etc planning to replace... guess what?, the two dizzy caps looked difrent, the one on the car has all the leads going from one side, the pther one i have has all the leads going from the top. Somebody, please tell me i havent been a complete idiot and tell me they are interchangable!.
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GOOD!, the leads are diffrent yes but i have a pait of HTs wich fit on the cap and the plugs, and ive allready checked the plugs and they fit in the engine. Thank god for that. Thanks for your help :):). Now back in the origional thread.
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Re: Not starting!
Glad its not just you, our 2 daughters (10 & 14) don't really want to travel in the Minor either, especially the eldest yet all her friends like itlmangwin wrote:Today in front of a hundred or so school kids - all of whom were laughing at Daphne laughed even more when she wouldnt start!! My teenge daughters ( who dont appreciate her anyways) were cringing in the back seat of the car !!
I calmly got out, lifted the bonnet and thought RIGHT - everyone says how easy it is so i sort of fiddled with everything under the bonnet, wacked everything with the handle of a screwdriver, put the bonnet down and she started perfectly!!
Was very proud of myself!!
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No worries, i am helpless and my favourite quote to my OH is that there are jobs for men and jobs for women........[/quote]linearaudio wrote:
Where on earth does being a female bouncer fit in with that logic???[/quote]
Im female so i couldnt possibly expect you to understand even if i tried to explain - men never understand womens logic!!
As for not crossing me...... i caught a burgerler ( have you ever tried spelling that) last week who almost begged the police to take him!!!!
Do i reckon i tapped the fuel pump - to be honest im not sure ... i tapped everything i could see and just got lucky i think but it has given me more confidence to have a go!!