Morris Minor Owners Club

gonna start this tomorrow, my Haynes manual i ordered hasnt arrived in the post yet, so not sure how to do this as i have never done it before. but been told by a mate and a mechanic thats what i need to have done.

Gimme 10 minutes to type it and you'll have a PM Ben.

Main thing to remember is to drain the coolant before doing anything else. Otherwise you'll spend ages soaknig water up out the cylinders, and really ought to do an oil change too (though if you have to scrape bits of old gasket off the block the oil should be done anyway).

There's a pattern to undoing the head nuts to stop the head warping, but to date I've never bothered with it, and never had a warped head - But I'd recommend finding the order and sticking to it all the same!

It's really very straightforward though - I got it down to roughly 45 mins on a Mini, sometimes including the nasty hateful exhaust clamp that isn't such a nightmare on Minors

The tightening sequence is in my PM, forgot about the oil change though Thanks for adding it Packedup

Lee

This is from the Pearsons guide, hope it helps

I did post a guide earlier - follow it and you won't go wrong for taking it off. Order of undoing the nuts is not that important - just be sensible and undo them all slightly- then a bit more - then take them all off. I'll be surprised if gasket is the problem.