Morris Minor Owners Club

Hi there, I know this is a far-fetched idea but my car was off the road for nearly a year while I tried to work out what a very loud metallic ticking noise was - it actually turned out to be that the rear supporting arm for the oil pickup gauze in the sump was bent slightly, and was knocking lightly...

Does anyone have any photographs of the production line at Cowley towards the end of the Minor's production around 1968 onwards after BMC became BLMC? I can't seem to find anything other than very early photographs online and a couple of aerial shots from the 70's... It's 50 years this April 10th si...

Thanks for all the suggestions - the clutch fork did have a reasonable amount of play at the pivot, so engine has come out (again!) and replaced the bush inside the fork pivot - so that is nice and tight now. Once again separating the engine from the gearbox showed no obvious signs of where the nois...

Yes you can feel a juddering through the fork when you move the thrust bearing into contact with the clutch bearing - then as soon as a small amount of pressure is applied the noise and judder fades away gradually depending on how much force is put through, until eventually it disappears completely ...

Thanks - I'll take a look again and see if theres anything I missed

Yes pretty sure its coming from the clutch area judging by the sounds of things! I think the engine will have to be taken out again - I haven't been able to find many similar situations on the messageboard so i'll be going into it blind! All I can say is I know it can't be the clutch assembly as the...

Had the engine out a couple of times since the noise appeared - once to replace the clutch (made no difference!) and having looked around there didn't seem to be anything out of order! Little play in the input shaft but nothing noticeable with the clutch... That's what made me think it was an issue ...

Had this issue for a while now and replaced clutch/thrust bearing and no difference - thinking it could be a bent input shaft rattling around inside the spigot bearing due to the harshness of the noise? It only appeared after removing engine for oil pump change then putting back in car... The noise ...

Recently had the engine out (gearbox left in) on my 1970 Minor to change oil pump/clean up the block etc. All went well refitting clutch back to engine with alignment tool then putting it all back together on the car. However when it was started for the first time after the job the clutch appears to...