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Running with airfilter temporarily removed.
Petrol filler cap is loose (certainly not air tight)
Oil in dash pot
I will check full throttle travel tomorrow.

1. Fuel flow tested and ok 2. Carb float chamber clean 3. Fuel mixture seems OK by checking plugs...might be a little lean 4. No leaks apparent. Doesn't have a pcv, tube from the fixed metal canister attached to valve chamber cover, goes from that canister to a port on side of carb. Still hesitates ...

Oil in damper and needle holder ? drops with happy clunk.
I will measure fuel delivery when I get from work.
Cheers

Many thanks I will work through the useful suggestions. Cheers

1970 traveller. Runs well except.....when accelerating in 3rd gear, it is as if it is not getting enough fuel, coughs and hesitates until I change up to 4th. Recently, it has started to exhibit similar 'starvation' issues randomly when idling, pulling choke out prevents it from stalling but runs ver...

I have had several breakdowns resulting from fuel pump failing. As usual, a bang with a spanner got pump working again. But, it got to think about a short term temporary solution to 'get me home'. To this end, as a test, I temporarily rigged up 1 litre plastic motor bike fuel tank about 10 inches ab...

Thanks for replies, I will give the mirror suggestion a try, if thats not successful, I will repaint more accessible marks as we also suggested. Many thanks to all.

Has anyone got any tips for easily using Timing lamp ...... I find it very difficult to see timing marks on crankshaft pulley, tried using mirror etc
...but right pain. Any suggestions would be welcome

I guess this has been asked before, but..... I want to fit a hazard warning light setup. I am reasonably competent with electronics/electrics so I am pretty confident I could lash up a solution using 555 timers switches and relays etc. But....I don't wish to reinvent the wheel so if someone has a so...

Not sure if I pressed the 'submit' button, so try again. Apologies if I have double posted. When out and about in my 1970 traveller, anything I carry in space behind rear seat is visible to all and sundry ....including low life who might be tempted to break in and steal it Obviously I can cover item...

Many thanks for all replies, very useful for a new Morris owner.

Clutch works fine, no slip etc When engine cool, (first 10 miles or so) clutch action is fine. However, when engine fully up to temp, I seem to have to depress clutch further, hard to floor, to avoid crunching when going into first. I think i have clutch rod adjusted correctly, it's as if the clutch...

My fuel pump is fine (1970 travelor) but I have a spare pump so I thought I would fit that temporarily to check that it worked for use sometime in the future. It works fine.....with one issue....when engine has been running...swith off ignition to stop the engine. When ignition is switched back on, ...

Thanks for advice, I think I have found the fault....the replacement points set I fitted.....were faulty, the movable arm binding on its pivot at random intervals. Refitted old set of points...problem fixed !. A secondary issue I have is....plug colour suggest mixture is lean. Lifting pin causes eng...

New dist cap and rotor arm already changed. I will retard ignition a little and check if any difference. Could running too lean cause similar problem, new plug centre elecrode very white, old plugs were cream to chocolate before I routinely changed them, same type of plugs.

Many thanks for useful suggestions,.

I have recently acquired a 1098 1970 traveler. Runs fine except.....annoying engine miss when labouring, just before changing down say from 4th to 3rd gear. When engine is running freely on flat etc, no problem, missing only appears when engine is lightly laboured. I have sequentially changed all th...

Good point......I will leave it a few days .....in case it is residual and recheck. Level drops very very slowly, if at all.

Thanks for that, but I have checked both these, and they seem innocent. Part the problem is brake fluid doesn't show up visually verty well. To detect the leak I put a small piece of white card beneath the mc, on the floor of the chassis member....but of course the fluid will probably run to lowest ...

I have replaced the original mc with a new one from ESM after first removing too hat valve as required with front disc brakes. Brakes bled fine, nice good pedal action. I fitted an extension brake resevoir. BUT....I have a tiny fluid leak coming from SOMEWHERE in the mc. Have inspected as best I can...