Morris Minor Owners Club

Already printed the gearbox pages off

Thanks chaps. I'll certainly give rebuilding the original gearbox a try over the winter months. It'll take me a while. I'll invest in the Haynes manual and use the link provided for rebuilding. I've managed to clean the box now so I'm just waiting to get gaskets and seals. I've cut the old tail shaf...

I've opted to spend a little more time on the spare box, it's easier than pulling the engine out of another car! So today I gave the bearing a clean out with compressed air, from inside the box to blow the dirt out the front of the bearing. Then cleaned it out with paraffin which helped a lot. Oiled...

The noise from box2 will be all the debris in the first motion bearing... I've started to clean up the possible replacement gearbox. It's clean inside and there's no movement in the places where there's play in the other gearbox... So I've started to have a go at cleaning out the front bearing. Rem...

A picture of the donor gearbox carrying traveller... It's very rough. Does have a gold seal engine. I have toyed with the idea of taking all the wood off and making a back yard pickup out of it. Not for the orignality people hehe[frame][/frame]

I've had another look at the gearboxes I have... The gearbox pictured is the one out of the car. It's incredibly clean inside, like I said it did have clean oil. I've found the wear. It's inbetween what I guess to be second and third? The gears in the middle of the two selectors. You can see it movi...

Hi all, thanks for the replies. I thought it wasn't quite right. The spare box has no play in the tail end at all... It was sold as a good box. But it has been stood on its end for a number of years. Is the front bearing easy to get at? And to get out? I'm happy to clean the bearing out if it's poss...

Hi. Sorry I meant the tail end of the gearbox. No play in the engines crank shaft... Gearbox had a noise in 3rd but it could well have been the play in bearings transferring itself up the gear stick. Did you watch the video? It explains the play better than I can put it into writing.

Video didn't seem to upload. So I've put it in n YouTube... I think it's knackered. But open to opinions. Cheers, Dan

http://youtu.be/U-6r-zXQL4Y

Hi all, some of you might remember that the clutch went south on my 1965 Moggy a little while ago. I've pulled the engine and box out to do the job.. Since then the head and sumps been off the engine and the whole thing has been repainted and assembled with new gaskets to help stop leaks! See pictur...

Hi all, I'm looking to replace the front bumper on my 1965 Almond Green morris minor. It's bent. I have a few replacements in the garage but none of them are green. So I'm looking to spray one. But I'm having trouble finding the paint in spray cans. Does anyone know of a supplier in the Peterborough...

Thanks for the replies again guys. I've taken the centural section of the floor out to get better access to the linkages, all bone dry! Sprayed them all with penetrating fluid and it made a noticeable difference to the operation of the clutch. Still travels quite far but I think I can adjust it to t...

Thanks for the replies guys. I will check the linkages first. Is there an overhaul kit for the clutch mechanisium? New bushes etc.. I did ride the clutch a bit. So I guess the carbon release bearing could have suffered, but it drove home fine after calling off. Went in and out of gears fine. The bac...

Hi all, I took my Morris Minor out for its longest trip from home since I've started driving it this weekend. 128 miles round trip, I've completely replaced the ignition side of things and the engine ran lovely all the way there and back again. But on the way back we hit traffic caused by the illega...

Thanks guys. I'll get the leads on order and set the carb mixture, I don't know how to set the idle mixture. Although with no choke it seems to idle nicely. It does have the automatic advance and retard, it's completely standard. Copper lines go from the carb, to some sort of valve and then to the d...

Your car has a Solex carb - with jets ??? Very non -standard then..... All other Minors run the very efficient and simple SU carb...with one jet and a tapered metering needle. Have you run a compression check on the engine?? Set the valve gaps first... Sorry that's just my lack of knowledge of thes...

Hi all, ive had my Moggy (CDY) on the road now since July, It sailed past its MOT with no advisories after its two year sleep. But the engine has always had a little miss fire, ive done a fair bit of work on the electrical side. Its basically all new now. Ive fitted a new coil, new points, condenser...

My dad had a halfords battery explode in his traveller as well, he was however under the bonnet when it went! That was also on start up, he must have used the solenoid push button to start. He had a big coat on and a hat on which covered him up. Still got the coat and hat somewhere bearing the holes...

Why is it 'Never the coil' !? seems to be plenty of them failing on this site. And yes it was the coil. Once it was removed and replaced I got home under its own power (and was fine today) with the old coil fitted the engine missfires to the point where it has no power at all. Im not putting that co...

Hi all, im fairly new to driving my 1965 Moggy Minor. Its my second week. I ended up at the side of the road on its first planned trip (coil failed) and ive just got back from a successful 20 mile round trip to work. When I got back I popped the bonnet to check things over. The inline fuel filter wa...