Morris Minor Owners Club

WEll that might be it I have now advanced it as far as it will go without the engine starting to sound funny on idle and it still makes no pingy noise. it is a 1098 high compression, so should. how can I time the car without using such a method? i think ill just buy a strobe light.

I was wondering if anybody could post on tube, or on here, a recording of a morris 1000 actually 'pinking'. I still don't know what it sounds like, and on my car no matter how far i advance the timing i can't hear anything that sounds like it. help appreciated.

My 1098 engine seems fine normally, but its so loud driving at 65 i cant hear radio four! is that normal? It seems happy enough no overheating but just so loud!

can anybody tell me, roughly i know, how much somebody would charge to completely change and renew my braking system. I dont need parts prices as i can see those on esm. but how much would labour be to renew EVERYTHING.

thanks for any answers.

I shall try that, and take help thank you AD

Because its running real rough at the moment and sometimes seems slugish somebody at work told me it might be timing. thanks Arthurdaily ill pm you that would be so helpful just to get me started.

im near Bramhall in Manchester. I think I do need some help!

Does anybody have a complete idiots guide to doing the timing? I have read some posts but they all confuse me really. I really need some veryvery basic help. i dont even know what pinking is.. but everybody seems to talk about it! thanks

I dont think it should for a while.

Mixed advice, hmnn... since there are no holes I'll not use any at the moment, decided to use double sided stick backed velcro instead

I have bought a new carpet set for my morris off ebay, but was wondering should i use underlay as well? It seems that if I use underlay itll be difficult to screw the carpet clips down. Also should I use carpet clips? It seems silly to make MORE holes in the floor lol! If I do, WHERE should I place ...

i have been getting a tool kit together for home diy on the morris, but was wondering what use ba spanners have? Can anybody tell me WHICH BA spanners I should need for any conceivable job on the car? id rather just buy individual good ba spanners rather than cheap set with loads in ill never use. t...

yes those spanners with different sized heads each end are what the driver's handbook recommends too. thanks for answers

in anticipation of

you see im planning on using this morris for an everyday car and to go on long distance, around britain, holidays and so need to have everything that i could need to change things that might go on the way... ill have a trailer ha ha

Also, in the morris minor owners book, the car's driving manual published by BMC, it says on page 23 you need 6 spanners of various sizes in AF, but some of them don't seem to have any use when compared with the list on the 'sticky' in the mechanics section, plus nobody mentions taking whitworth as ...

For example:

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I am making up an emergency tool kit and have got everything but in different posts it mentions a 3/16 af... but can't work out what that is used for? Any ideas?

Thanks, did as told and turns out it seems to be for either negative or positive as body doesnt seem linked to either. thanks!

i have a fuel pump that came with the car with some spares, its an electronic one without points and it has two terminals on the blue plastic cap, a negative and a positive. but i have read these are for either negative or positive earthed cars, how do i tell what this ones for? dont want to blow fu...