Morris Minor Owners Club

ok great, i'll keep an eye on it and once i get that and check my compression i'll have a look at the carb.
thanks for giving me the info, i'll go for that model type.

That is great! always good to get hold of new things to test the engine. I checked the timing this weekend and everything seems to firing well, i'll give this tester kit a go and get back on when i find out if he is all good! and if all is well I am guessing it will be a case of buying an inlet like...

At the moment I am not really worried about the cost too much but also don't want to go OTT, i just want to get the right bits and try to take off as much of the strain on my engine as possible. (might be that I am being a bit paranoid but better safe than sorry, in my book!) As I go through quite a...

Hi bmc, can you point me in the right direction of the carb and alloy models that might be best fit for the engine?
I have had a look around but all of them look the same to me and could very well end up ordering the wrong one.
thanks

I have talked to a friend regarding more power and the suggested a twin choke setup and a larger air filter.
is this something that might be worth doing?

hi there guys, sorry i did not respond, I was away and had no signal over the weekend. I have a standard 1098 and i commute from Crawley to Haslemere daily, on the flat I max out about 50, once i get into the hills I really have to use momentum going down hills to get back up without holding traffic...

Hi there, I am looking to get a bit more out of my Minor. I have been told that my best option for getting a bit more speed is to install a 5 speed gearbox. I have been quoted £2000 by my garage to fit a kit by Moss Europe, as seen below. http://www.moss-europe.co.uk/Shop/ViewProducts.aspx?PlateInde...

hi guys, I have had another go at the trunnions. I have stripped the breaks off and now only have the backplate to take off, do I need to take the wheel bearings off to move the back plate far enough away from the king pin to unscrew the trunnion, at the moment there is no room to twist it off, but ...

ok cool guys, i'll have a go with the ole chisel and if i'm still stumped i'll post some pics.
if this is a constant issue, to save banging at it with a hammer and chisel every time (not that i'll be doing it every week), are there easy remove caps or are they all the same?

thank you

Heya guys, I attempted the trunnion change tonight but I was thwarted!! I got the drums off unscrewed the backplate, but I could not get the grease dust cap off from the center of the wheel. The backplate is stopping me from spinning the trunnion and I can't move it till the cap is off. I tried usin...

thank you, I will try it.

I'm not sure who I spoke to, if I had a better understanding of the mechanics of the suspension it would have been great advice, but he gave me a couple of options and i'm afraid at the moment I need some visual direction as opposed to text or spoken. they gave me a couple of options but no definiti...

will I still need to jack up the rear of the arm to take the load from the torsion bar? I thought the torsion bar was removed from this set up, if I do will the kingpin shoot back down under the load of the coil after it has been compressed? It looks to me like I may need to unscrew the A-frame from...

I think that may be the only upgrade I have, I am pretty sure the back suspension is standard leaf springs. are you familiar with the process of changing the trunnions over with this setup? I called JLH this morning and they weren't too sure without seeing how it has been set up. I will look at send...

cool thanks for the advice guys,I will give it a try!

Adrian

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah thank you, i have looked on their site and that is the one that i have!!
i will contact them and see what the say about changing the trunnions!

thanks again!!

would you happen to know what type of suspension this is so i can look it up?
I also suppose i couldnt just bang the fulcrum pin out with a hammer and raise the lower arm up and then unscrew the trunnion from underneath?? or would that just be causing major damage??

Hi there, I have attached some pictures of my trunnions, i have unscrewed the fulcrum pin nuts but cannot seperate my lower arms to unscrew the trunnion, I have absolutely no idea how to proceed, has anyone seen this setup before?? thank you :)[frame] http://mmoc.org.uk/mbimage.php?src=1405870659_20...

hi there, thanks for getting back to me. I dont think my arm can be seperated to unscrew the trunnion, it has been modified and i cannot contact the original owner for assistance. i have attached the photos for you, as you can see I have unscrewed the nuts from the fulcrum pin but do not know where ...

hi there, I have already made a post regarding this issue I'm having but I am hoping someone on here may also have some ideas. Here is a link to pictures of my front suspension, i tried jacking it at the rear of the arm so that i could get the fulcrum pin out of the trunnion but it wouldn't budge. I...