Morris Minor Owners Club

Follow point of interest; just noticed that although the recommended oils in the handbook are mostly SAE 10-40W, one is even SAE 10-30, with SAE 20-50W being listed at the bottom of the table as an approved alternative; in the Workshop Manual all the recommended oils are SAE 20-50W!

As before I've read all your replies and taken them on board. First of all to clear up a couple of things; apologies for the Freudian slip in previous post, I should have typed "optimum temperature" not "optimum pressure"; Nerys is currently running on SAE 10-40W (the primarily a...

I've been taking on board everything everyone has said and been doing a bit more research. First of all a few clarifications, the engine was a new one fitted by Charles Wares Morris Minor Centre with a new oil pump and new water pump, this was fitted in April 2013. The engine is clearly in rude heal...

Thanks for the input guys. The engine isn't worn, in fact it was a new engine in 2013 and when I fitted it with an SU Hif38 carb on an LCB manifold and large bore exhaust I had it set up on a rolling road. The engine peaked at 47bhp at 6100rpm, and this was when it had only done about 1000 miles. No...

I've recently fitted a complete custom instrument panel to my Minor 1000 (1098cc); as expected the oil pressure drops at tick over when the engine is warm but I wasn't expecting it to drop as much as it does (the oil pressure warning light doesn't come on though) so I am contemplating fitting an oil...

I am pleased to say that this thread can now be closed! I removed the offside damper before lunch and went for a short drive, low and behold, no rattle, so I took the damper back to my flat and to clean it up and examine it whilst having lunch. The offside damper had two small rubbing marks at the b...

A good thought Mark but one of the first things I checked.

Yesterday my daughter came over and I persuaded her to come for a short drive whilst sitting in the back on a cushion as the seats have been removed. She confirmed what I thought, noise emanating from underneath the boot floor. Today I removed the rear nearside (telescopic) damper and went for a sho...

Well I've spent the afternoon with Nerys's back end up on axle stands and I've prodded, peered, poked just about everything I can. I did manage to remove about 1 + 1/2 lbs of loose rust and two large nuts from the bottom of the void between the outer panel behind the offside door and the inner panel...

Kennat, that's an interesting idea. The only inaccessible areas I can think of are the petrol tank and the inner cill; it can't be the offside cill because I've just had a new offside floor and cill fitted; are there any more areas you can think off?

It starts as soon as I move off and is most noticeable at low speed because as speed rises other normal noises drown it out. I see what you are getting at though, I'll give that a try in the morning.

Richard thanks, certainly worth checking, I'll have a look tomorrow.

I am beginning to think that something is trapped somewhere inside a void that I don 't have access to, but I don't think the rear spring hangers are open to the inside of the boot are they? I think that whatever it is and wherever it is I am going to have to get an endoscope to find it !!! The obvi...

Thanks John, but Nerys is fitted with Spax gas adjustable dampers and is also polybushed all round including the rear spring pads.

I am now on the last leg of getting Nerys (1964 2 Door) up to scratch and have decided to find and eliminate a rattle that appears to come from the rear nearside. It has been there for years and all previous attempts made by me and various garages have failed to identify the source. It sounds like a...

Well I've learnt a lot but I think this thread can be closed now. Nerys's engine is a 1098, the number cast on the side of the block under the inspection plates is 12A497, there is another mark on the bottom left on the same side "CL9EO", no more marks and it doesn't have and never did hav...

Ooops, my mistake, probably 12H497, and there are inspection plates on the side of the block.

Thanks, haven't got pics at present as she's in the garage but the engine no is 12A497

Is there any way of or are there any external identifying marks that enable you to tell the difference between a 1098cc engine and a 1275cc engine just by looking at it when removed from the car but not disassembled ?

Thanks, just had a look at the Moss website, it says those seals are for the 1275 engine, are they OK to use? Engine not worn, in fact is in rude health and no crankcase breathing problems! The workshop manual clearly shows the oil pump cover as a potential source of leaks and I'm pretty sure that's...