Morris Minor Owners Club

It's been enlightening & pleasing to have brought this subject to post & received such great responses thanks all. I ain't had the opportunity to really road test after the adjustments, but she starts & runs well, & hasn't leaked or hissed throughout the day, so in my book that's suc...

Thanks, so that could give reason to very advanced timeing on the ignition, as it was when I brought the car? The timing was set by sound of the running (I think) rather then strobe & carb mixture adjustment as I did.
Thank you for Ur help, & that goes for all.

Well as a 'Newbie' I'd like to push this chat a little further ... If the pressure in the tank could push past the fuel pump & pressurise the float chamber, then could it have an influence on the mixture in to the engine hence making it run rich? The line from pump runs at 3lb so an increase of ...

Thanks everyone for Ur reply & advise. Have checked the filler cap which is the locking type, & there's no vent hole to be seen ... so now there is & as the day has warmed the pressure has not returned :D Ur right though 'geoberni' how did the pump suck against the vacuum :o Or even the ...

New to club but had morris minors before, thought ain't no expert. My 1971 traveller has been getting the fuel tank pressurised with the heat of the summer, so I've noticed a little fuel leaking now & then after a trip from the flexible pipe to the carb & even from the screws that hold down ...