Morris Minor Owners Club

Finally got around to fitting Marina combined manifold, HS4 carb, aftermarket air filter and big bore exhaust. Power increase is noticeable, fuel consumption seems about the same as when running with Minor ancillaries. I was worried it was set too lean – rad cap was hot for the first time ever, and ...

Spot-on, midget - i’m Just looking for a simple upgrade. It’s a bit silly swapping to a bigger engine then stifling it. The car’s a daily driver, mostly short local trips with the occasional long motorway run. There are a lot of hills here in Cornwall! As ever, this forum has come up trumps (though ...

Thanks for the quick replies, guys. I’ll look online for a standard Marina inlet/exhaust manifold and hs4 carb. Presumably I could use the standard Marina air filter? And even though the exhaust system on the car was new (for the MoT) it would seem sensible to do the job properly and replace it with...

Apologies if I'm covering familiar territory here, but I'm confused about the best way to improve the performance of my 1962 Traveller. It has a 1275 from a Marina, 5-speed Type 9 box and 3.9 rear end, electronic ignition and electronic fuel pump. It currently runs the ancillaries fitted to the orig...

Thanks, bmcecosse. Club spares don't have anything suitable; before I shell out for a recon unit, does anyone have a good used example kicking round their garage?

Good afternoon. The diff in my 1962 Traveller is howling like a banshee. It's always been noisy, but now it's drowning out the radio. It's mostly whiny under acceleration. Any idea how long it will last? I'm reluctant to go too far from home in case something drastic happens. Thanks in advance.