Morris Minor Owners Club

Gut gemacht, and nice write! We took ours (also a 1969 Traveller) to Perugia two years ago. Long journey, we live in Bristol and went via Dover to Dunkirk, then onto Belgium taking in Bruges, Ostend and Waterloo (the battle site). We then went into Germany and had a night in Remagen, then took the U...

On a slightly different note, I have been playing with exhaust supports over the last week. I have a Maniflow 3 branch manifold and large bore exhaust and it only had two supports, one at the very rear under the rear doors (Traveller) and one next to the front leaf spring hanger. I have added a thir...

les wrote: ↑Thu Oct 15, 2026 9:41 am The Infra - draw method, something to do with gambling on the football pools.
KEYNSHAM ——— spelt K E Y N S H A M !

And pronounced Cain-Shum.

Has anyone got any experience of a product called Skinz?
Link here:-
https://www.skinzsounddeadening.co.uk/services-all/

Turns out there are two anti-rattle plungers in the gearbox remote, one that acts on the base of the gear lever and another located in the side of the remote housing that acts on the remote control shaft. I have removed this and it is rather worn, so as a temporary measure I have placed a small ball...

Thanks Stephen, I have thought of that and in fact was running on NGK 8ES a month or so back but swapped them for 6ES to see if that changed anything. It didn't. I'm happy that with the BDL needle and red spring in it is not pinking now, but there is still gearbox chatter. I have an idea about what ...

Well swapping to a BDL needle has definitely improved things. At first it didn't, as I just dropped the new needle straight in without adjusting the mixture. It ran really roughly, almost feeling like the head gasket had gone. A compression test established that all was well, so I adjusted the mixtu...

That could have been worn cardan shaft u/js. This is definitely related to engine or gearbox speed. To answer questions above, I don't have a magnetic gearbox filler plug, and I haven't rigged up a temporary rpm counter, though I suppose I could see if I can get the strobe rigged up under the dashbo...

I've had the ignition retarded to TDC and that hasn't helped. I thought it was the bonnet release but I'm happy it's not, and I'm happy it's not dashboard or ashtrays, they are not loose. It only happens under specific conditions, wide open throttle when accelerating, present in all gears but most n...

Here is a video taken a couple of weeks ago, the noise is evident as I charge gear and accelerate several times.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1rj8Z4_ ... p=drivesdk

N, I'd follow 59Elva's suggestion; my exhaust goes close to the edge of the exit hole in the bodywork and for a spell, poor engine mount rubbers and a badly adjusted stabiliser allowed the engine to move sufficiently at high torque so the exhaust pipe rattled against the body. Took ages to sort. Re...

How do I eliminate pinking as the cause of a noise in my Minor? It happens when accelerating, most noticeable in 3rd when accelerating up from about 25 to 50mph. I am using 97 octane premium fuel, I have a 1275 with a big valve head off a Metro, HIF44 carb, NGK BP 6 plugs, ignition timing set to ab...

Mike's post above prompted a rare instance of both brain cells working together at the same time. If it's leaning out on acceleration that could be causing pinking, could the carb dashpot needed topping up? Yep, it was all but empty! So I topped it up with engine oil and went for a run, but the nois...

I'll give it a go later.
Wonder whether a change of needle will help, if it's mixture related?

Ah, so if I pull the choke out a bit when I hear it, that would enrich the mixture and suppress it if it is pinking?

I'd describe what I am hearing as a hissing but could be interpreted as a rattling. I've replaced the K&N filter element with a standard paper one, had no effect. There are no leaks as far as I can tell around the filter housing.

Timing retarded to 0°. Noise still present, possibly slightly better, difficult to judge though, but still audible especially in 3rd. No detrimental impact on performance, as far as a 6 mile road test on mixed urban and d/c roads will allow. Bit stumped I am still not positive it is pinking/detonati...

All good points Stephen, I'm not sure it's pinking, hence the question "how do I eliminate it as a cause!" I just don't know whether it is pinking or some other rattle caused by something in or on the engine or gearbox. All I can say is it happens when accelerating in all gears, but it's m...

How do I eliminate pinking as the cause of a noise in my Minor? It happens when accelerating, most noticeable in 3rd when accelerating up from about 25 to 50mph. I am using 97 octane premium fuel, I have a 1275 with a big valve head off a Metro, HIF 4 carb, NGK BP 6 plugs, ignition timing set to abo...

As I recall from when the original MOT exemption was expanded, circa 2011.. As part or removing Red Tape by the Coalition Government, a key factor was an increasing number of MOT Fails that were due to a lack of Testers who could MOT without a Computer plugged in. :roll: There were an increasing nu...