Morris Minor Owners Club

Bill-qaz, I've just spotted that I've the same coil as your photo of the 22 Aug thread above. It bears the legend stamped into its base of BYS 11P12 45334A 42 97 You might like to know that testing between 50mm spheres the output spark will jump 8mm, equivalent to a output voltage of 26.3kV. (When I...

May support and expand on Peted7202’s original request? I now know of three parties of this parish who have fitted air/fuel measuring kits, namely Sleeper, Kevin S and Rob Thomas, each a “Minor Legend” and who in the past have been free with valuable advice which I’d like them to expand to cover the...

Svenedin asks for “thoughts or experiences”, so may I recommend a brand of coil? I think he should consider the Runbaken oil filled coil that was popular in the 1940s and 50s, and that’s shown and discussed on the Austin 7 site here https://austinsevenfriends.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?tid=7364 Laun...

May I point out that magnetic drain plugs are cheap and easy to make? A 6-7mm rod magnet about 10mm long will do, glued into something like a ¼ inch hole using a 2 part epoxy glue (such as Araldite). Such magnets are usually about a £1 each or less and are widely available across the interweb. Also,...

Thank you Jagnut66. May I add a bit re the current these switches can safely handle? Finding a pair of old spotlights, I stuck them on the front and wired them via the "bullet" style connectors into my existing wiring to see how they'd work, the spots being wired directly so they always ca...

As an aside, the UK's penny and tuppenny pieces changed in 1992 from bronze to copper plated steel, so the earlier coins were rustproof, and if drilled, will give you a supply of rustproof washers. Just test your small change with a magnet.
MikeN.

" . .nor if I floor it in 4th when climbing a hill". Now that's precisely when I'd expect the pinking to be heard at its clearest. I suppose you've the usual ribbed gearbox behind your 1275cc engine, in which case you've a straight drive through the 'box in top gear with the all geary bits...

N, I'd follow 59Elva's suggestion; my exhaust goes close to the edge of the exit hole in the bodywork and for a spell, poor engine mount rubbers and a badly adjusted stabiliser allowed the engine to move sufficiently at high torque so the exhaust pipe rattled against the body. Took ages to sort. Reg...

Kevin,
Can you tell us more about your AFR kit that you're fitting? I've always fancied one, and now the prices have come down I'd appreciate advice from an experienced user on what's in the market that's is good/not so good.
Regards from MikeN.

Phil,
I've sent you a PM.
MikeN.

Anyone interested further on aviation gasolines can follow me down this rabbit hole https://ww2aircraft.net/forum/threads/wwii-aviation-gasoline.63909/ A couple of interesting points; wartime "Pool Petrol" for the ordinary user was about 68 -74 Octane, a bit variable, and which continued i...

Yes. An advantage of the SU carburettor is that it doesn't use a "strangler" ahead of the jet to enrich the mixture for starting like many others do and which interferes with the airflow, but drops the jet so maintaining the air mass flow through the carb while you're changing the mixture....

Dear N, I've not heard detonation in a Minor but elsewhere it's been a clear "pinging" noise. One test you can do to check if it is pinking is to enrich the mixture when you hear it, which will suppress it. Older members may remember large piston engine aircraft, both military and civilian...

Sirs, It’s with considerable trepidation that I cross swords with m’Learned Friend Philthehill, but I cannot let his assertion pass, that “. . . the fan takes power which can be 4 bhp or more”. I suggest that for a two bladed fan of 12” diameter it’s about 1 bhp based on the argument that I’m sure h...

A further thought, Mr Stag: obviously you can get larger things in a Traveller by running with the rear doors open. (Somewhere I've a wooden spreader that holds the doors apart with elastics to secure them.) But even with my door windows wound down the exhaust gases still somehow curl up into the ca...

91 inches from just below the rear door locks to the centre of the speedo. (And being nosey, what is it? A drum kit? Double bass? A very tall wife?) Regards from MikeN.

Thanks for that, Sleeper. That's illuminating.
MikeN.

Poking about on the Interweb, I've been unable to find anything much about Alexander-Laystall or their conversions and I wonder if anyone can illuminate me, esp for the 803cc kit. And finally, I'd like to thank Keith for bringing it all to my attention, MikeN.

Looking through other sources I've grown certain that the Morris Minor in the chart is the 803cc engined version. That gives it the same capacity as the Standard 8 that's also listed there and whose unmodified performance it closely matches. It's interesting that Alexander-Laystall produced a conver...

I'm surprised at the Morris Minor fuel consumption figures (although that's not to doubt them). I suppose they apply to the 948cc engine. Can anyone confirm that?
Regards from MikeN.