Morris Minor Owners Club

No you didn't misread this! It's exactly the problem I'm experiencing. But what is actually causing it mechanically? I do not want to have to replace the entire servo, which generally is in VGC. I can only think it is a problem with either the diaphragm or the plunger. A refurbish kit is available, ...

Yep, that's what I thought. So I do have a problem somewhere in the brake system. It'll give me something to scratch my head about when I get home - or if!

Every post I've read says the pedal goes down! Perhaps there's not too much of a problem if you're correct! Where did you get your info from?

Good advice, although I've got no blanking plug with me. I've managed to find a self tapping screw with an inbuilt washer that I've managed to put into the pipe and covered it with the duck tape. There's very little chance of any air ingress now and I'll put a cable tie around the pipe as well. It p...

Thanks for the reply and links. Most helpful. I had already sussed out that blanking the vacuum pipe at the manifold would be a possibility, as I cannot effect a repair in France. I've already tried the brakes without engine power (coasting down a hill) and they work just fine. Perhaps a strong piec...

I've got a standard Lockheed servo as per type 6/7 on my Moggie to which I've just fitted the Ford-type disc conversion kit. Yes, the brakes were a bit spongy for a couple of hundred miles or so, as warned they would be. To the problem: after first starting the engine, if I apply the brakes, the ped...

A bit of fiddling with "Daisy" this afternoon. First of all, adjusted the clutch release bearing to 3/4" free movement of the pedal (was 1 1/2"), so eliminated that as a potential problem. Engine knocking still occured under load on a test run, so out with the stethoscope with pr...

A friend just rang to say he can't get any diesel in and around Peterborough at the moment, so maybe won't be able to pay a scheduled visit to us in Somerset over the next few days. I said what about cycling down! Stony silence...

Good to hear it's not pinking on super unleaded, even if it hurts your pocket!

Just had a thought: could it be the clutch thrust bearing slapping, I wonder? Will investigate, even if unlikely!

Thanks for your reply. Of course I'm aware of every extreneuos sound the car makes - even a squeaking door - but my wife noticed the pinking sound as soon as we filled up with super unleaded! It's not a classic high-pitched tinkle, but more of a low note when under load, so only pinking slightly in ...

Filled "Daisy" up with E5 97-98 Super Unleaded petrol for the first time today ( was using E5 95) and she "pinked" a bit when under load, having previously had no trouble with the latter. My natural assumption was that the ignition dizzy ought be be retarded just a tad, but on re...

No, it's now in the boot as a spare!

I think I've found the cause of the occasional misfire on my moggie. Sometime ago it was changed from positive earth to negative earth and the coil polarity wasn't switched at the same time. The old coil was one with the terminals marked CB (contact breaker) and PW (power switch) and they were still...

I really can't say, but it seems unlikely it was lack of shielding. I just wonder whether there's a bit of fuel contamination, like water entering the carb, for instance. The moggie is garaged and kept dry in normal circumstances, but I just wonder if water got in when I washed it recently. The tank...

Mmmm...might find a use for it, somewhere! Sounds a good idea to wrap the exhaust pipe in it. Took the car for a spin today down on the Levels for a picnic (v. hot) and was going steadily along and it started to stutter. Have now changed the coil in line with a suggestion that it was breaking down w...

Following my previous post, where I crowed about having 'invented' a heat shield for the carb (only to discover that Grumpy made one commercially), I have just finished another mod to protect the petrol pipe from exhaust heat. This is a short strip of woven fibreglass insulation with aluminium facin...

All quite useful stuff to absorb again, so thanks for the input. I really cannot hear the fuel pump when the car is running: I must be a bit mutton jeff! I can, of course, hear it having turned on the ignition and before the car is started. With the hood down and in traffic you've got to have acute ...

As I said, to that end I've ordered a roll of heat-proof tape to wrap the tank-to-pump pipe in!

I have moved the fuel delivery pipe away from being directly placed over the manifold and it is much more in line with the pump/carb. I have also ordered a heat-reflective tape to shield the fuel delivery pipe where it runs past the exhaust (there is a Velcro equivalent available in the US, but appa...