Morris Minor Owners Club

myoldjalopy wrote: ↑Sat Nov 02, 2024 9:29 am Just to be on the safe side - don't try starting the engine/driving the car with a blanket still in the engine bay!

Or your moggy in the moggy

Probably you would need full choke and it may need to be some way out for longer but as was noted earlier damp can be more of a problem than cold. If everything else is right it should still start easily. There are a few other winter tricks to try ( a blanket in the engine compartment for example). ...

Glad to see your car is behaving better. The advice on here all seems a bit involved. Moggies do seem to have their own quirks but once you know them they usually start very easily for you.

I thought I'd sent one before Alice

Will you tell me if a pm came through

Best wishes

I agree of course - I suppose I was just trying to say that you can give yourself a problem if you don't take advantage of choke but you can have issues if you over use it too often.

I'm sorry if I deflected the thread by the starting handle thing but there are a couple of issues here. While it was clear that Alice was trying to get used to how to use the choke I haven't seen any warnings about the need to be careful with it. My experience is that if you regularly overuse the ch...

I think being able to use a starting handle is a no brainer. If you are always lucky and there is a friend nearby to let you use your jump leads that's fantastic. But when you are in a hurry or when there is nobody around why wouldn't you want to get away in two minutes??

I think it is a useful trick to have up your sleeve because there is never a convenient moment to find your car won't start, is there? It may be a little like kick starting a bike or scooter. It seems to take loads of tries to get the knack but once you get it, it seems to click somehow and you find...

That's strange. It's obviously physically a little more challenging but in terms of sharpness the handle is usually much more reliable. A battery can sometimes have enough oomph to turn the starter motor over and fool you into thinking it's sharp enough. With the handle the battery can be flat. I th...

Hi Alice,
Have you learned to use the handle for when the battery is tired or the engine is cold?

When i had an issue with a Victor that hood stood for too long I put a teaspoon or so of petrol down the wrong way. Seemed to clear the vapour locks etc

Thanks for the reassurance. Take the point about the starting handle, if you dont get the technique right they are not very user friendly!!!

Can anybody tell me if there is any reason why modern boosters (jump start packs) should not be used on an older moggy if her battery is flat??

I've been trying to find a pic but no joy so far. I think you'll find that you simply unplug or unclip the condenser and replace. Had this problem with other morris cars but not my moggy.