Morris Minor Owners Club

yes i have lub on it and have tryed pushing and pulling, the seal just seems to jam in the tool.

hi, ive just refitted the front screen after a respray, the screen went in with a new seal straight away, ( one very small split on iner lip, but hardly noticeable) ive now spent nearly all afternoon trying to fit the chrome looking plastic seal, ive got a tool which fits the grove and slids along e...

Bob, the guages were made in america, the adaptors for the pressure gauge fitted to the tee piece straight away, ran it up good pressure and no leaks, i will try the web site you sent, regards steve

thanks for that, the treads on the adaptor look deeper and more course, if you get my meaning, ive cleaned out the tapping in the head incase of any debry or rust ect, is stopping it going in, and tried gently by hand to insert the adaptor but it just wont bite, and do not want to damage the treads ...

hi, ive just got a matching pair of guages, (oil pressure and water temp) they are both mechanical, (capillary). now fitted the oil pressure guage via a tee piece, and all went well, ive got 50 psi on hot tick over, and about 70 psi when driving, ( at about 60 mph), dont have a tacho, so not sure of...

thanks BMC, it was the air bubbles and water sepping from the head joint that made me remove head to check, i will follow your advice on the new one, while i was in the garage getting dirty, i also removed the sump, ( leaking gasket at the rear) and the remains of oil in the sump had quite a lot of ...

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hi, never been totaly happy with my suspect head gasket, car ran well, slight mayenaze in oil filler cap, but no obvious mixing of oil and water, but i did get a dribble of water and what looked like small air bubbles from the side of the head joint. + a small amount of oil appearing on the head stu...

not sure about it being jammed, i had rocked the car in gear several times, and also i was able to turn the starter pinion prior to removing, only cleaned the bendix etc with brake cleaner, ( it was realy thick with oil/greasey muck) and i did not apply any fresh oil. this had been an intermitant pr...

sorted!! stripped the motor off, cleaned the pinion ect with brake/clutch cleaner(very dirty) checked power supply down to starter, tested the starter in the vice, (spun great) refitted , and all ok!! apart from the dirt and muck, its a mystery.

hi, cars has started to play up and not start, it would appear to be dead at the starter, checked all connections, all earths etc. all ok. when i try to start, i get an solid clunk from the solenold, but nothing from the starter, question is , does this sound like the starter or solenold, ( should t...

hi compression tester is new, ( does not mean its accurate though) test was done hot, and throttle wide open, but as i said it goes well so i will just keep an eye on it, i have had the head of recently and stripped the valves out, cleaned, and regrouned them etc, could be i didnt do to good a job t...

thanks for the above comments, only wish i had not bothered doing a test now, but idle hands and a few hours off!! , but as it does not use oil, or water, plugs are nice and clean, + nice clean exaust, think i will leave alone and just monitor it for a while, thanks steve

hi, just done a compression test, engine hot, all plugs out, throttle fully open, i got readings of three at 125 and one at 130, engine pulls like a train, with plenty of torque, are these figures to low and should i be worrying? i do get a bit of mayenaze in the filler cap, but i only do very short...

hi, did this job just recently, i did manage get a thin spanner on both bolt heads, and once moving just held it still with the flat of a screw driver, ( plenty of penitrating oil first), as for the large pin, both of mine were solid with rust into the retaining plate and so easy to unbolt, once unb...

Chris, thanks for the advice, i will certainly be looking into changing my top pipe arrangments.

BMC thanks for the advice i will certainly look into your sugestion about re routeing the pipe.

filter is less than three months old, about 700 miles max, its now dirty and feels damp to the touch, when ever i remove the top pipe there is always a couple of drops of water in it.

hi, ive replaced my sump gasket twice now and both times after a few days it has started leaking all over my front drive, as i was busy and realy feed up with this leak (again) i have stuffed some rolled up paper towling between the rear of the sump and the rear engine plate, i know some people will...

hi, i think my engine breathers are pretty standard, one on the side, ( tappet chest cover plate) and one on top of the rocker box ( pipe to air filter), should i be getting water coming out of the top pipe? its only an odd drop but its going into the air filter and has ruined it, there is no water/...