Morris Minor Owners Club

Attended the rally on saturday and was an excellent turnout and event .Unfortunately could only make it the one day. Where I need help is to try and find the name and number of one of the stallholders who had for sale a very distinctive early flat MotoLita steering wheel with tape binded around the ...

Yes I was a little dissappointed with the readings. However these rolling road readings are notorious for their variablilities. It seems v.quick and bounces off the speedo needle with ease.

The needle according to the mechanic was BCE

Well my install is finally finished and running well. After having poor running wuith wrong needle I had it set up on a rolling road and it is amazing , very fast in all respects. It is delivering 51 bhp at the rear wheels measured on rolling road, so I suppose about 70+ bhp at the flywheel. Highly ...

bmecosse, thanks yet again for your prompt and excellent advice. the drip is severe after a run so does a pipe going to carb inlet do all that much as far as suction. I say this as the breather is left open at the moment no pipe and checking there does not seem to be much airflow coming out,or am I ...

well I have finally got the 1275 ital engine in and running.It is performing superbly,except for a rear engine leak,quite severe.Worse when running. presumably it is the oil seal gone or excessive crankcase pressure. where's the breather for the crankcase and can you change the seal just dropping th...

the lengh of the drive teeth on the Bendix.thanks

bmcecosse,

thanks for photos.the splines on my starter look a little longer than yours.which could explain the problem.Could you possibly measure lengh of thes splines they look abot 20 mm or so.
many thanks
Ian

bmecosse & everyone the dia. of my backplate is 10 mm. so you think shortening the spring on the Bendix wwould be a better option.how difficult isthat do you think? It sounds as tho' it is a case of some do some don't. Steve at ESM said if it is a used starter ie. teeth worn there seems to be le...

Yes you are right the spacer is to prevent the bendix coming too far down the shaft towards the front of the car .I have got that perfectly and it is about 6mm in width. bmcecosse you are exactly correct the bendix needs to be further awy from the flywheel towards back of car. when looking at the ba...

thanks for all the input but still not clear to me ,yes I am stupid. I have a diagram of the spacer ,it's on an old thread on here .I,ve no access at the moment to it. I have the spacer fitted already but unless I am wrong this to stop it going too far in onto the flywheel ie. towards the front, My ...

help guys in the middle of engine swap A+ into my convertible. When fitting starter motor the dog is still engaged withe the flywheel.It is as tho' the starter shaft is not long enough or the flywheel is too far away from the engine plate. It is the usual following the manual,replaced 1275 backplate...

I have a pre-april '61 convertible that at a later date had a 1098 engine fitted and bigger drum brakes. last year I fitted a midget gearbox and now I have ital 1275 engine with MG 1300 big valve head to fit. Also I have obtained a 3.9 rear axle from a 73 midget. Will it be easier to fit the whole a...

well blow me so's mine ! and there I was thinking I was being original!

i have looked high and low for jan feb minor matters but to no avail,must have chucked it out with xmas rubbish . can anyone send me the article mentioned .its ozzies@totalise.co.uk
I am a member really!!! 60491! thanks again

ok I agree it's a bit confusing but yes it is strange seized in all positions except 1st which is selected in roughly the reverse's postion. the "H" pattern seems to have disappeared and there is no neutral. explanations please or we will have to wait for stripdown in about a weeks time.th...

thanks everyone! all I have got to do now is take out the seized in all gears except 1st one and we've cracked it.

I have to get a 1098 gearbox sent to me by courier and need to know the weight can any one help .approx will do.many thanks

Its a question of good taste.I have got a dove grey convertible with a tan mohair hood. I am having the light blue leather (worn out) redone in the original pattern but I am thinking of having the piping done to match the roof colour. What does everyone think, is it naff? or detrimental to the value...

Ok guys sorry for the faux pas I am obviously not streetwise but I have not received any private messages either, Help !

As the Moggy is so simple electrically whats the best way to stop it being stolen excluding steering wheel locks.Thanks