Morris Minor Owners Club

Geordie Dave, If that's genuine mileage on your car then there should not be any major cause for concern. Here's a few things you could try first. Remove the oil filter and open the paper element over a clean plastic dish. Dilute the oily residue with petrol and pour it through a stocking to catch a...

I could get in trouble for this cos it involves a bit of skulduggery, but have you tried altenative fuels??? (NB. modern car owners can zone out here ‘cos you’ll damage your poxy electronic controlled fuel systems!!) For those of you who own or intend to own a Morris Minor…. Put this on your Bucket ...

Hi Steve,
I'd agree with Mogbob. It has to be a dodgy connection.
Try eliminating a large part of the harness by powering the coil straight from your battery. See how it runs then.

Hi Steve, Here's some questions. When you say misfires, does it break down on any specific cylinder, or does the engine stop on all cylinders momentarily? Is the engine at running temperature when this happens? Some things to try. Do a compression test. Could be a sticking or leaking valve. Check va...

Rayofleamington, going back to the 70's when I had my first 4 door 1000 in Rhodesia, those o rings and all other rubber components were included with the filter kits from the BMC agents in Main Street, Bulawayo, and so I always used to change them alongwith the flat rubber seal above the washer and ...

Thank you all for your replies, Philthehill, thanks for the dimensions. I have, with the aid of a vernier, managed to get a generic BS.standard number for said O rings. BS.204. viton 75. metric sizes 9.12mm(3/8") OD and 3.53(1/8") cross section. If I may be of some help to others with this...

Hi there everyone, I apologise for not posting on here very often, I read the posts with interest but I'm mostly too busy to actually do much, socially. :oops: I have however encountered a problem relating to the Purolator type oil filter. On my previous oil change I tried in vain to 'match up' the ...

Hi BMC, :oops: Polishing the piston and Bell....guess that's just the biker in me (sorry). Mine was all tarred up and sluggish. I had to do something :( it's a lot better now. But I will add more oil. (thanks for that tip) I believe Mickey said he was getting 25 mpg. Seems to be a serious loss somew...

Hi Mickey, I'll have my 2cents of a say... :-? Often overlooked but very obvious, check your dashpot and piston in the carburettor for full and free movement....no sticking. I would polish it and the bore and then on reassembly, use about 1/2 a teaspoon of the SU oil in the dashpot. This and even th...

Thanks for your response Bmcecosse,
Guess I'll have to try and 'stumble accross' a replacement...(work in progress)

Hi everyone,I'm Luke, a newby to these message boards. I procured a spare pump on Ebay recently, so I thought I'd bore you all with the sequence of events thereafter. Pump arrived, I wired it to a spare battery and it energised... one click! disconnect the wire and ...another click...de energised. S...