Morris Minor Owners Club

Hey guys. i believe that i finally sorted out my single sooty plug. Well i had changed vertually everything, new rings, bores seemed ok and within tolerance, new cylinder head, rocker assembly. After spendin a good fortune in one go on new bits, i did a couple of miles on the new bits before inspect...

Hi there, you may have guessed from my previous posts that im looking at more power from the old moggie by looking at a 1275 midget head. I was wondering the pros and cons of machining my present head, 1098, to accomodate larger valves. Would this make the power more comparible with fitting the 1275...

Hi there. My present 1098 gearbox is on its last legs and im surfing ebay at present for a bargain replacement. Would it be better to slightly up grade to the midget box which ive heard is slightly stronger than the 1098 minor and would the fitting of the box be a straight forward swop with the pres...

Im looking at changing my current 1098cc head for an more efficient 1275cc. I was wondering which head was better in terms of performance and how easy it would fit to the 1098 block. I realise that pocket will need to be machined but is there any difference between the 12G295 as fitted on midget and...

The squeeking doesnt sound like it is coming from deep in the engine which is why im so puzzled that its not the usual dynamo bearing or the distributor getting thirsty. Stupidly i didnt check the squeek whilst the timing gear was off but i did check for any rubbing components or signs of. Would a c...

Hi there, i posted a topic previously with the same question but after further work there has been no improvement. When the engine has warmed slightly there is a constant squeeking noise coming from seemingly the front of the engine. The noise sounds exactly like a squeeking distributor. I have now ...

I have oiled the central spindle and the side of the cam and for good measure a little bit lower into the dizzy bowl. Can anyone confirm which dizzy should be fitted to a 1098 1971 saloon high compression engine. At the moment its a 25D4 but looking through some of my technical data it might be a 45...

Hi there. im having problems with my dizzy at the moment. Its squeeking like hell once the engine warms up a bit. I have oiled it at regular intervals and it has been known to give a squeek after a long motorway run, but now its constant, ive reoiled it with engine oil and WD40 with no change. :-? A...

Yeh will have to. Further to my comment of pumping the pedal with the master cylinder filler cap off, this has made no difference at all.

Hi there, with all my braking problems it looks like im going to have to buy a new master cylinder. I have two options either the cheaper pattern type or the more expensive genuine lockheed m/c. Is there a difference in reliability and quality between the two. I dont want to get the lockheed one and...

Wouldnt have thought poor brake adjustment was the problem as i replaced the shoes 2 months ago, adjusting all shoes all round and then again once the shoes had bedded in.

Sorry meant the con rod bearings. I was a little puzzled at the time when putting the chain on. It took me nearly an hour to do so. Normally they go on really sweetly. Both sprockets were lines up exactly as was the key. It seemed that the chain was approx 0.5-1mm too tight. It was also a different ...

i have had a further examination of the braking problem. With the car stationary and just started from cold and without running since the previous evening, pushing on the braking feels slightly spongy but doesnt go to the floor even with the engine running and the servo fully vac'd up. I removed the...

Hi guys. More problems now. The tappet noise which i believe is not a loose tappet(s) is now accompanied by a squeeking noise. Now i initially through that this was a failing or poorly oiled dynamo bearing. I have now disregarded this now as i have removed the fan belt and the noise is still present...

i initially changed from a single chain to a double chain because i got fed up with the small period before the chain started whipping again. The first time when i changed from a single to the duplex i didnt to a great job of counter sinking the two little screw where the tolerance between chain and...

Hi there, heres another problem with the old moggie. Over the summer i fitted a new cylinder head, new water pump and new rocker assembly as i had problems with my original unleaded cylinder head. All seemed fine all but a very slight rattling noise which i assumed to be the water pump not located p...

Hi there, all the brakes are bog standard drum brakes with no mods. Ive had problems with the brake all summer with leaking fluid from the master cylinder which was cured by the fitting of new rubbers. All seemed fine all but not being able to get all the air out.

When the pedle goes to the floor it doesnt go all the way down there is still a marginal amount of braking affort. When this happens pumping of the pedle restores the braking effort although slightly spongy and the pedle doesnt go down to the floor, but after driving for alittle bit, i.e. to the nex...

There doesnt seem to be any fluid leakage. I did have problems with fluid leakage a couple of months ago but resolved this with the new rubbers for the master cylinder. The servo unit is a brand new lockheed one so i wouldnt, or hoped there would not be a problem with that. When i reconditioned the ...

Hi all. im having problems with my brakes recently. 12 months ago i fitted a brake servo kit and more recently have rebuilt the master cylinders with new rubbers. The problem is that when braking to bring the car to a stop the brakes work fine albite a little sponging but as the car starts to come t...