Morris Minor Owners Club

hi, im trying to find a suitable 5 speed box to fit to a 1275 A-seies engine. the ford type 9 is a bit thin on the ground unless you dont mind spending £600-700, so i am looking at other possibilities. fiat 131 gearbox, - will it fit on with a bit of knowhow i have also found for sale a mazda mx5 5 ...

i know this doesnt have alot to do with the above but will a morris marina gearbox fit on an mg midget engine because the gearboxes look so incredibly alike

is it easy? has it been done?

im just wandering whether its worth the bother to get the midget brakes on the back

if it can be done easy, will i also need a midget propshaft?

tHANKS, DAVID

yes, cutting and welding is no problem at all, i have all the means to do that at home and my car is far from mint condition so its not going to break my heart when i chop bits off. im imagining that once you have got a nice engine and gearbox fitting together that fitting it in the car is rather se...

well i really would like to have a five speed box and i never done anything like this before which is why i have posted this thread to get some help and ideas.

does anyone know if a ford sierra engine will fit into a morris because i think there may be one up the scrapyard

is there any fwd cars that have engines that you can put a rwd gearbox on a stick it in a morris because my local scrappy has an endless supply of fwd cars and that would be the easiest option for me.

thanks, david

is that engine the sort of thing that comes out of a mini metro

my engine and gearbox have recently been murdered so i thought i would take the oppertunity to swap them with a slightly larger engine and a 5-speed box. the only problem is, i dont know what engine i need. can i use modern engines from a front wheel drive car? because thats all my local scrappy has...

next time dont use any of the cement specially designed for this job they take a long time to set and are too expensive. plastic padding does a fantastic fibreglass paste that i have used on dozens of holes in radiators and it has never failed me. plus it sets in minuits and lasts for decades

i have a morris that was driven by a friend for about 15-20 mins with no oil in engine or gearbox. it does still go but my guess is that it will die soon ive been told that all the white metal will have come off and it is the equivalent driving 100,000 miles. and i would like to see some other peopl...

russLCV that tyre looks like just what im looking for

a couple of people have been talking about colways tyres and i had a look on their site and couldnt find anything that would fit on a morris or even how to buy a set.

you used to be able to get a off road type tyre for the morris called town and country, i was just wandering if anyone knows if you can still get them and if so where from

thanks, david

thanks, guys so from what i gather it is a possible project if i can get all the explicit parts of a police morris i am still very interested in findind out what the exact colour of my car actually is. it is a pale light blue but i dont know what you would call it or where to buy the paint for that ...

thanks guys, i do think that replacing fixings with metric is a very good idea and that is what i will start doing,. i curretly have my morris proped up on its side on top of an old matress in the yard and replacing all the rotted bits in the chassis. but i was getting a little angry with it last ni...

i have a 1960 2 door but it has been sat outside for quite a few years and i have now decided to restore it. but alot of the nuts and bolts have corroded and are now obviously a bit smaller than originally so none of my spanners or sockets neither AF or whitworth fit very well and i am being forced ...

hi i have a light blue 1960 2 door and i am looking into the possibility of turning it into a police morris i have had a few looks on google for some decent pictures of them but they seem to be a bit thin on the ground if anyone has a police morris, i would be very grateful to recieve any pictures o...

hi, im 16 and im doing up and old angine ive got bought. its in farly good condition and has good spark. the engine is from an old split screen 1950s 2 door but i dont know the exact date but i presume its a series 2, it has the big round air filter on top. well i couldnt get it to go so i took the ...

sorry i thing my last post was a bit confusing.

just in case i meant that there is always a spark at the POINTS

yes kirstmin there is always a spark.

cust in case it helps, i will tell you when it stopped working, it was working fine its just i was driving it aroung when the car just stopped dead and rolled to a stop then when i tried it there was no spark