Morris Minor Owners Club

Afternoon all, I have fitted a new head gasket as the old had blown and this has solved the problem with the cylinders. However, from the attaced photo I have a very small water leak on the top of the nut and around the area shown. I have torque the head down to 44 as per guidelines. What should I d...

Skimming the cylinder head and re-boring are specialist jobs that would have to be carries out at your local and reputable engine reconditioning company. To check the compression a good basic check is to use the starting handle to turn over the engine - if you get no resistance on one or more cylin...

I would suggest that you get a known running engine and do your original engine in slow time. These are some of the things you may need to do but all will be dependent on what you find on dismantling the engine. Remove cylinder head and examine gasket, top of block and cylinder head face for damage...

I would try a compression test on the cylinders before rushing in to a gasket job. And check/set the valve gaps first. Are you sure the HT leads are on right order - 1342 anticlockwise round the dizzy cap. What did the RAC guy do to get it going? Hi, thank you for your reply. The RAC chap removed t...

Hi all, I'm looking for some help. Today after many months of trying to get my moggy up and running I decided to call the RAC and get it going. It was a success and the car now starts. However, the engine is running badly and he advised me that the 2 cylinders nearest the radiator are working but th...