Morris Minor Owners Club

Stu, If you were to join the Morris Register, you may find that there's a monthly club meeting known as a Noggin & Natter (usually held in a pub) near to where you live, if so, I'm sure one or more of the local members would be willing to look at your car and advise on the way forward. Re 6V Bat...

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The green arrow is pointing to what appears to be the small bore oil pressure gauge pipe I mentioned in my earlier post. There looks to be a number of spirals in the pipe as there should be.

Stu, I've owned a 1936 Morris 8 Series 1 Tourer and been a member of the Morris Register for a considerable number years. The engine in your M8 Series E is essentially no different to the engine in my Series 1. Looking at your photos the dynamo and starter look to be correct for a Series E - I sugge...

Stu, If the original M8 Series E 6v dynamo is fitted to the car then it should be a Lucas C45YV Service No. 228269 with a RF95 Control Box If the original M8 Series E 6v starter motor is fitted to the car then it should be a Lucas M35G Service No. 250405 These letters / numbers are stamped into the ...

Stu, Suggest you consider joining the 'Morris Register' the 'World's biggest club for Morris vehicles designed before 1940' - your Morris 8 Series E was designed in the late 1930's and first introduced in late 1938. The Morris Register has been in existence since 1960. You've just missed the club's ...

Haven't used them myself, but have heard good reports of Cotterell Engineering Ltd of Clay Cross, Chesterfield. They recently (December 22nd) had a reconditioned 1975 MGB 1800 engine for sale on their Facebook 'Cotterell Engineering Ltd' page with photos and a list of the reconditioning specificatio...

Standard WD40 is of little use for that particular application of undoing the clamp bolts. You need a good penetrating oil such as 'Plus-Gas' though I've also had great success with a product called 'Ambersil Rust Flash' - a rust loosener with freeze shock. Plus-Gas can be found on Amazon, ebay and ...

Hi Ryan,

The distributor drive dowel thread on the USHM2 side-valve engine is M5 x 0.8mm pitch.

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The Vulcan B.2. XL319 is still on outside display at Sunderland next to the Nissan plant.

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Hi Phil, Here's a scan of the page - it certainly appears to show that the return spring was discontinued for both L/H and R/H cars at Engine No. 38423. I've no idea why that was. The only reason I mentioned the earlier three speed box photo in your ebay link was that although the return springs app...

Hi Paul, I can confirm that the Series MM Parts List shows part number 29 (Clutch) Spring-Lever to be X15605 same as the Morris 8 Series E. However LHD Series MM cars were X15631. In the 'Remark' column it mentions that these lever springs ended at Engine Number 38423. Note that the gearbox shown in...

Paul, Here's an image of Section 18 'From The Frame Up' catalogue describing the items they can supply for the MG TC Driveshaft / Prop Shaft. The six figure part numbers in the far right hand column link to the same parts together with illustrations on Moss Motors site - link below. Note they can su...

Paul, Here in the UK companies such as Bailey Morris will manufacture one-off brand new Hardy Spicer prop shafts for the likes of late 1930's Austin 7's and Morris 8's etc. The 1939 to 1948 Morris 8 Series E Hardy Spicer prop shafts are very similar in specification to Series MM Minor shafts though ...

Thinking outside the box ........ The 1945 to 1950 Morris 8 Series Z Vans - a huge number of them operated by the Royal Mail and Post Office Telephones, used a very similar if not almost identical split rear axle to the Series MM Minor. The two differential bearings used in the 1945 to 1950 Series Z...

According to my UK 1950's bearing catalogue: 1949 Series MM The two Differential bearings are - R&M LJ35 or SKF 6207 The Bevel Pinion Front bearing is - SKF 2K1500S/5K15250X or Timken 15100S/15250X - Timken were only sold as a complete set BT15024BS with spacer. The Bevel Pinion Rear bearing is ...

It appears to be a mid 1920's 747cc Austin 7 engine coupled to a mid 1920's Austin 7 gate change gearbox.

Is this the business mentioned ?

If you're not familiar with the internals of the SU Fuel Pump - for example the filter, an exploded diagram can be found on Burlen's website including a list of the many new parts available from them. The filter can be found at the base of the unit - hover your curser over the diagram to enlarge. ht...

Iain, the same gear selector 4th and 3rd - part number X15634 is used in the 1939 to 1948 Morris 8 Series E four speed boxes.

I've been messing about with Morris 8hp engines - 1935 to 38 Morris Eight Series I and II, 1939 to 48 Series E and the Centurion Tank generator engines based on the Series MM Minor USHM3 block for almost 50 years. The head stud threads on all of them are M10 x 1.5mm pitch. As Rob Thomas says the ori...