Morris Minor Owners Club

Thank you Phil and Bill for your replies. I now understand where i have made the mistake and will order what you recommended Bill as having looked at them they are the spec Phil describes and include the wasted section as do the originals i have. Thanks again for your help Much appreciated Regards D...

Hi My Morris Minor was fitted with what i believe to be Grumpy Marina Disk brakes and calipers which were fitted in 2008. I now want to replace the bleed nipples and cant find the same size. I ordered these from esm and although it says they are suitable for remanufactured Marina calipers which i th...

Thanks for the replies.

Unfortunately i am in Scotland so these places would be to far from me.

Regards
Donald

Hi I thought it would be interesting to bring this subject up again for all those who have Trafalgar Blue Minors. I am aware there are 2 different shades both using the same BU37 paint code which can make it confusing when trying to figure out which shade you have. I did not realize this until i bou...

Hi I currently have fitted to my 1970 Morris minor 2 door saloon the original 3J wheels with 155 radials fitted and i have decided that when the time comes to replace the tyres it may be a good idea to replace the wheels with new 4.5" ESM wheels with the added safety bead. Is it advised as a go...

Thanks for that info I'm pleased to have cleared that up so I now know how to proceed. Out of interest in your opinion do you think the actual king pin threads will be worn as well as the trunnion. When i had the top trunnion off i noticed a wobble at the bottom trunnion where it screws into the kin...

Hi Upon replacing the bushes in the upper trunnion on my 1970 Morris Minor i noticed some play in the kingpin suggesting the kingpin or the lower trunnion threads are worn. I rebuild the upper trunnion which is in perfect condition. My question is Can the Lower Trunnion be removed without removing t...

Hi all To answer your question Myrtles Man i agree that using differently heat-rated plugs is very good advice. The reason i have been hesitant to do this is because previously my engine ran no problem with standard plugs so in my mind something must have changed for it to start having this issue. A...

Hi Serowmanmichael thanks for your advice,

I will need to double check this just incase I have the wrong information, but even if the servo was faulty it definitely does not have a air leak as per the vacuum test I did on it so it is not the cause of the engine problem.

Thanks

Hi all Thanks again for all your views on this its much appriceated. So tonight i got a bit of time to go out to the garage and have a look at the car. So i have done the following 1. Run the engine and sprayed carb cleaner all around the intake manifold and union which the servo hose attached and i...

Hi Guildbass Well im certainly hoping this could be the issue. Im thinking its this or the intake manifold gasket. I have been able to go out to the car just 15 minutes ago to have a quick look and i have checked the hose vac hose for leaks and it appears to be crack free, except where the jubilee c...

Hi Thanks for all your replies on this all info much appreciated. Philthehill, thanks for your suggestion and i have checked the spark plug gaps again and can confirm that the gaps are all set at 0.025", think its just the angle i took the photo that makes the gaps look larger than they are. ( ...

Well lets add a bit more to the mystery. I decided to take a closer look at the champion plugs which were in the car for 2 years to fully examine there condition. What i found i was certainly not expecting. I noticed that on cylinder 2's plug a tiny bit of the insulator was missing! I have never see...

Thanks for the advice.

I would say cylinder 1 and 2 plugs are very clean, almost white on the insulator and 3 starts to get a little brown and 4 is dark brown.

Could adjusting the sparkplug gap affect the burning temperatures?

Thanks
Donald

Hi I generally change/ clean my spark plugs in my morris minor about every year or so. Usually when i remove them i notice there is slight variation between cylinders but in general what i would expect. Usually a good colour on cylinders 1 and 2 and a little dirty on 3 and 4 but still reasonable. We...

Sounds like the DVLA wont give you any info these days.

All i can hope for is that someone on the forum recognizes the number plate. I emailed the mmoc owners club some months ago but again could not gain any more information.

Hello Over the past nearly 4 years i have been trying to find out any history in relation to my Morris Minor. Reg WHW 239H 1970 2 Door Trafalgar Blue saloon De Lux. To date i have had not luck at all in trying to find out the lost/forgotten history of my minor. The only pointer i have is i think it ...

Hello again. Unfortunately I don't have any good news to report. I contacted the historical society but unfortunately after they did some searching they could not find any info on this and they don't have a record of fleet only photos which have no useful info unfortunately. So now due to the DVLA b...

Just a quick update

I have now contacted the western power historical society and am now awaiting a response.

Hopefully they may have some answers.

Thanks for all your replies. Just to confirm it is definitely south west electricity board I suspect the car was owned by. I have just attempted to contact the DVLA but their reply is due to data protection they can't give me any information on who owned that car previous or any other helpful inform...