Morris Minor Owners Club

Hi thanks for the information and link, yes that looks like the pin I need, no my pin is not threaded but does look like there would have been room for the anti rattle washer in the exploded diagram, I assume this has broken or rotted off in the past and has caused the handle to become loose. I will...

Hi just an update, I have managed to reduce a lot of the leaks so now only a small amount coming in, unfortunately I have had to mask up and run a bead of sealant around rear window and rear quarter window rubbers both to bodywork and glass, there still seems to be tiny drips in channel below rear w...

Does anyone know of a supplier of the pin for the quarter light window handle, I have just got some second hand stainless door tops but one of the handles is very loose and the end of the pin is hollow but not really peened over so the catch is not very tight. I'm going to try to punch the end over ...

Thanks for the advice, I tried Captain Tolleys again giving it 2 applications and allowed to fully dry, unfortunately checked again today and still a small amount of leakage although not rained too much on it yet, so looks like I'm going to need to change the screen rubber, with that in mind can any...

Hello I'm currently chasing down water ingress into my 2 door 68 minor, I seem to have got most but don't seem to be able to seal the rear screen, the car was restored around 3 years ago by the previous owner and had all new window rubbers fitted which are slip soft and supple, the glass all seemed ...

Hi Graham As others have done I used various fine screw drivers and seal picks and moving on to a wire coat hanger with various bends to get as far around the block as possible. I then used a citric acid solution for around a week, I have since flushed several times and scraped with screwdrivers and...

A final follow up on the overheating, I did remove the block drain plug and sure enough no water came out, after 10 minutes digging sludge out water flowed out freely, filled with citric acid solution and left to clean out, flushed several times and now running far cooler. The new radiator cap had n...

Hi everyone thanks for all your help again, it's been a while before I could get back to Molly, I took her to An old school mobile engine tuner who reset the timing which was well out, reset the mixture as she was running very week, found a split pipe in the vacuum advance and stripped the carb as i...

In answer to the high temperature at the top of the radiator, yes the temperature was taken above the waterline on the outside too of the tank. The cap is a 4lb cap and the new thermostat came from ESM and is marked at 82 degrees.

Hello everyone finally got around to looking at Molly again, I got her good and hot and tried taking various temperatures with new thermometer as suggested, readings as follows,do these sound reasonable, top hose 89c, bottom hose 77c, top of radiator 104c, water in radiator 92c, hose into heater 84c...

I will be checking timing and valve clearances when I get back off holiday, all brakes free has disks on front and I have fitted a new genuine master cylinder and removed the seal before fitting, new rear wheel cylinders and shoes, no binding and no hot wheels, already checked that one as brakes wer...

Thanks for the replies, it is a 1098 engine, 82c thermostat and 4lb cap. I have changed all water hoses as all hard and cracked and flushed through all ports in block both ways when hoses off and flowed through quickly. After a run of around 30 minutes and engine turned off you can sometimes hear a ...

More fun times with Molly, she seems to be running very hot, I have changed water pump, fitted a thermostat as one wasn't fitted, I have done a compression text and all good, used a sniffer kit on the radiator which didn't change colour, I confirmed kit works as I then tried it in front of exhaust a...

All sorted now thanks for your assistance, it had blow the fuse and I did put new fuse in but no joy, didn't check the connection before fitting new fuse as it was working fine before but I had but the new fuse into a patch of over spray so no contact cleaned all connections and all good again, a fe...

Hi yes those 2 don't work either, unfortunately electrics really are not my thing but I do have a meter, so I put feed from a known live to one side of fuse and other side of fuse to an earth on the body and it gave a 12v reading so assume it has not blown, tried both fuses like this. I will clean a...

Hi more problems with Molly today, unfortunately I put a dead short in the switched system while fitting a new gauge, I have lost indicators,wipers,stop lamps and fuel gauge. These all run off the one fuse which works when ignition switch is on, all fuses tested and ok, all wiring seems good, short ...

Thank you that gives me something to go on now for getting an adapter, I really don't like not having a temperature gauge fitted especially on a car I don't know.

Hi, does anyone know what the threads are for the temperature sender in the block of a 1098 engine, mine has a smallish electronic sender fitted into a larger brass plug just below the thermostat housing, the car is still positive earth and the current gauge doesn't work, I have tried 2 senders alth...

Hi all just an update, brake servo now moved and re piped so it works on all 4 wheels, unfortunately on stripping the master cylinder to remove the seal for the disc conversion I found heavy pitting so brand new genuine cylinder fitted. After the fun of bleeding the brakes I took her for a run and a...

Hi all thanks for the advice and the picture, not sure what type it is yet as buried under the distributor, it does have the air valve mounted at the top and definitely not doing anything and the pedal doesn't dip on start up as it should with servo brakes. Busy weekend ahead