Morris Minor Owners Club

I do not have one for sale but I got mine from Ebay Deutschland a few years ago. It came from a mini in München and the only difference is the green blinker at the 80kmh marker. I intend to wire it up to the indicator warning light some time. It will need calibrating and as I remember it, I had to c...

Thankyou Stephen for that - definately worth thinking about although I have checked already some time ago that the distributor is the right one a 25D2 or whatever ( going from memory) . I think I will get it calibrated , probably by the excellent "doctor" but only when I next visit. He did...

I thought I might make a further comment on my problem with the cold start as I made a few more adjustment since April which have resulted in much better running and starting. I purchased a digital 5568 strobe light from Equus ( I think it is marked under another name in UK) and what a great tool it...

I have not been online for a few days so missed the recent posts. Thankyou Geoberni for the informative info on fitting tubeless tyres. In Germany the testing is not made by garages but through 3 maybe 4 government authorised testing organisations . The TÜV being the main one. They have a purpose bu...

Only that amount? With our Mafia type organisation, I have to pay minimum €110, albeit every other year. Always my biggest fear is "new" ideas a tester has. I have had for example, failures due to - The standard tilting seats not secured at the back allowing foreward movement in the case o...

Out of interest, what does an MOT cost in UK these says?

Here is a link to some Made in England Minor rear hub bearings listed as NOS. These are the same as the ones I am using for my axle rebuild:- https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/225979768377?_ May I add to this thread with a query? I have an oil leak and have ordered new rubber rings, paper gasket etc incl ...

Here is the link as I could not find a result using the search facility. Ignore the Mercedes reference - the tool fits and I purchased one myself to make sure. The tool has a Minor beehive spring on it slotted end https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/326205006995 What a great tip! I have found one here albei...

Hopefully, not famous last words. I will not have to touch it for a while as but it is running better than ever now! Interestingly I had to perform the points gap adjustment a few times until the dwell angle was correct. It stands now at 57°, which at the exteme of tolerance, will have to do. I live...

Performing admirably I said? Not quite and here is a lesson learned. The car would not start this morning - very strange. PErhaps it had run out of fuel I thought but even with 5litre poured in, no go. Obviously an electical problem - checked the points first and found no gap! The fault lay with the...

Points gap set at 0,35mm which gives a dwell angle of 61° according to the strobe. Just come back from a 100km round trip with the engine performing admirably.!

Thanks again Bill - i will do that now and also check on all 4 lobes at the same time. I did check for wear with the bearing which seems to be ok.

Yes the valve clearances I did a week or so ago opting to set the exhaust valves @ the additional value . Unlike yours Bill, my Minor can be difficult to start cold so needed looking at - I have had lots of super tips about this on other threads. The timing light has revolutionised the running of th...

Another option is to statically position using bottom marks and paint new ones visible from above to use the timing light. Great idea, thankyou Bill. I have now done this. I made a steel pointer and fixed it to the timing chain cover using neo-mod high power magnets. These work extremely well and l...

Thankyou Stephen for the blitz reply. Now I understand the strobe light advantage! I have no exposed uninsulated parts around the distributor cap, just solid cable of some kind - no idea whether they are copper or whatever. All are push fit top mounted on the cap. Are there special good quality ones...

I was going to ask a question on a new thread but this one is most appropriate to tack on to. Having reset the timing on the distributor , went for a test drive and going up hill ( where I live we only have hills either up or down) the pinking syndrome appeared. So I stopped at the brow of the hill ...

OK I understand now! I have, during the winter renovated the carb , cleaned it up and replaced some of the parts. So it looks nice and works a lot better than before - e.g the piston moves quite freely , which in retrospect I am sure it did not do before. Perhaps the locking nuts are too tight? Anyw...

that is old hat now - but yes, I have disconnected the linkage to see if this was the cause.

Certainly the engine starts from cold without any problem which is very good and a great relief. I cannot get however, get the choke mechanism to cancel completely. i.e after pushing the choke in and then going under the bonnet, I have to manually push the the choke underneath the carb a little bit ...

I remember ,Steven, in one of your posts that you remarked that to start your Minor from cold you just pulled the choke fully out and the engine started straight away. This afternoon I reassembled the Distributor points as per the MGB-stuff and with the fibre washer underneath. As the base plate was...