Morris Minor Owners Club

After driving 10 mins, not only is the engine warmed up, but the ignition key is practically to hot to touch..! Getting a faint whiff of what I take to be burnt insulation.. The igniion barrel is old & sloppy-feeling, so I'm thinking this needs replacing. Can anyone confirm that this is the prob...

Haven't been able to try the WD40 trick yet, but thinking about it I should explain more fully the start problem I have perhaps: it's not a question of the starter going on and on, getting nowhere. The engine struggles to turns over (which is why I thought battery) - so far I've been lucky that it c...

Coil was replaced only a few months ago, checked plugs at the same time & they were fine. Shall look at the distributor cap tomorrow. Haven't bothered to charge the battery up overnight as my battery bloke was adamant that the battery was good - showing 12.9v at 3.30 today.. Thanks for your sugg...

For some weeks now I've just managed to start my Morris in the morning, though once she's done that, starting is immediate at any time during the day. I suspected the battery but have been assured by my local battery company that all is well there and I don't need a new one. He mentioned possible al...

No I still have the 'hot start' problem - I'm thinking it must be something in the carb / float chamber area that I'm reluctant to take apart myself. I'm going to get someone more competent than myself to have a look. You say the oil filter isn't reusable, but I've actually reinstalled the one I fou...

The oil filter light stays lit despite having given the filter a good clean and introduced fresh oil to the engine.. And perhaps more worrying, or perhaps not - I don't know, the oil pressure light never comes on at all. Can anyone give me some guidance here as to what might be happening? Could it j...

Have topped up dashpot as suggested, thanks for the guidance re the correct level. Have removed oil filter bowl to discover a metal, presumably re-usable filter, not at all sludged up as I'd expected it to be. Could it just be that the oil being dirty generally was enough to make the oil filter ligh...

As you say - the float 'chambre' indeed... pretentious, moi?!
Struggling to get to grips with the language here, I'm quite pleased with that slip!
Yes I'll do the air filter too.

Certainly will try starting her in a few different ways if & when the hot start problem happens again - hadn't thought of flooring the throttle, I'd assumed this would flood her. Meanwhile I've discoverer an orange light on the dashboard is coming on - not the oil light. Investigating the forum ...

Following up my original plea for help regarding my hot start problem, I'm now in France with the car and going through some of the suggestions so kindly posted here. Now wondering if I might get some further guidance as I go - I'm sure any comments and suggestions will also be appreciated by other ...

Many thanks everyone for your suggestions.
I'm off to try and cure Daisy our Morris of this problem next week - she's currently residing in deepest France. Here's hoping I can sort the problem as she's to be repatriated next month - a faintly daunting 300+ mile trip..
Nick

The battery seems to operate completely normally - plenty of charge allowing me to drive myself mad turning the engine over and over without a hint of a result...

Nick

After driving 25 miles or so in my 1098 Minor and stopping the engine I couldn't restart the car. Coming back and trying again 20 minutes later there was no problem, she started first time. This has happened a few times. Not being very experienced at solving these kind of problems, I'm hoping someon...