Morris Minor Owners Club

I am presently taking instruction to try something differant as my engine has an oil thrower which does,nt appear to be doing any good,i,m attempting to fit an m.g. 1275 engine rubber front seals soaked in a special sealant as i,ve practically give up sealing my disasterous front sump/crankcase oil ...

Icannot beleive the position of the distributor on andrew stones left hand minor,massively retarded,if i put my distributor in this position on my mm,. my engine would conk out.

Car tested recently and oil leak still persists,after making enquiries i found out that the person who fitted the timing case back on has admitted that the oil thrower is missing and so i will have to look for an oil thrower for a sidevalve engine,how essential is this oil thrower to stopping an oil...

Thanks for all replies,i will keep in mind all suggestings,i received my carb. back today and fitted it to my mm,so far no leak,what was fitted was a replacement cork seal,i thought that the series 11 803 engine carb had horizontal manifold stud fitting.

Thanks for reply,i,m hopeless at making anything,my modeling is restriked to basic stuff,i,m not in possession of my carb. at the moment but my friend says the upper bearing in his mg has no spaces around in which for petrol to escape and is a tight fit where mine is a loose fit,what do you suggest ...

carb. now stripped and report is not good,butterfly is excessively worn allowing air to enter carb,. the upper jet bearing appears to be of a less circumferance than it should be ,this allows petrol to leak down to the brass adjusting nut below carb body,what do the experts think?? maybe be better t...

The person doing the job is pretty good with morris cars,he has three sidevalve engine types,the timing chain seal kept moving downwards causing the pulley to jam,we kept pushing the seal up with a flat screwdriver and were lucky after a few goes to get the pulley to slide in,i also do hope thats th...

worth a try,i,m waiting on report back from person stripping carb.

That means the petrol leak will still be evident again even after fitting new cork seal just as before,i tightened up the large nut below the body of the carb which only made the leak worse,may have to scrap carb. and purchase another h1 type as everything has been tried but the leak always persists.

job now done mike,sump not required to come off,only difficulty getting the pulley back on as kept fouling rope seal but managed after some effort,was going to replace timing chain but decided not to as no removeable links on both chains would have meant very difficult job ahead,attempting to remove...

carburettor has at last come off for examination,found cork seal broken at three places,this seal was recently replaced new,what could have damaged it so??.

would now like to remove timing chain cover to replace curved rope crankcase seal,bottom curved seal on sump did not stop oil leaks when renewed,any advice after radiator is out would be appreciated,is it straight forward job or have many problems,at present three runs of oil running down sump as fa...

well,job has now been done,my brother turned up on sat.and offered his help,tre came off with one blow of a hammer,tricky to get gaiter over lip but managed and sealed with plastic tie,been suggested 20 strokes with small "wanner gun"with grease,somebody else 12 strokes.

Thanks mike,i will attempt this but may be a job to add to the many now awaiting professional help.

I found my n/side steering gaitor burst and releasing all that hypoid everywhere,i have ordered a new gaitor but how do you fit a new one,,?,does the trackrod end have to be taken off or unscrewed at one end?,also does one use oil or grease to refill the new gaitor,i have a small standard wanner gre...

oil is streaming down in three separate runs from the crankcase area,this run extends as far as gearbox plug and is messy and i lost a pint in a distance drive of 20 miles.to combat this i replaced all the sump gaskets and bottom rope crankcase seal,this made no differance so i was informed the timi...

well i intend to have the timing chain cover removed in order to fit new chain an attempt to eliminate crankcase oil leak,.. sump gaskets and bottom rope seal did not work so i expect gasket to be the one,timing case to flat plate,would appreciate if you have one.

Thanks mike,that would be about 3 and 1/2 i would think,do you know where i can get a timing chain gasket,ian harris has none.

The cooling system of the sidevalve mm i believe is 13 1/2 pints,what would be the safest amount of coolant antifreeze to add for maximum protection,some say 50/50, would too high a concentration promote leaks from head or water closet.i added frosts "cool it" recently and also k-seal as c...

You certainly put a lot of effort into morris motoring,i take it you dont like originality,i much prefer it myself,too many good morris cars have been ruined by upgrading and improvements,my friend just fitted a tank engine to his morris 38 tourer.