Morris Minor Owners Club

I have a 1951 Morris minor 895?. Side Valve 2 door which has not been started since 1976 it is in very good condition and has been stored in a good dry garage I have removed plugs and found that the engine will crank over using my hands no problem. Have checked petrol pump and cleaned the points after advising me what procedures to adopt before I attempt to start it on a new battery can anyone tell me what fuel to use and where can it be purchased.

First- pump a little oil down the bores to lubricate the pistons and rings - and crank the engine up with the spark plugs out till the oil pressure light goes out. You just use ordinary pump fuel - probably need to clean the ignition points and a new set of spark plugs.

Change the oil after running for a bit.......( i shall not start another argument by then saying change it again!!)

I was waiting till it was running before coming to that bit!!!!

If there is any old fuel still in the tank drain it off (it has a drain plug) before putting the fresh fuel in and give the pump a chance to pump the fuel up (it will stop ticking) and then give it a go

Taking a bit of a chance hoping the drain plug will unscrew from a tank that age - without ripping out !!! After all that time the tank will only have rust dust in there - and maybe small furry animals !

Well last year a pal drained a car that had stood for over 20 years with no problems, but the smell of the old petrol was rather unbelieveable and it came out with the consistancy of a varnish/shellack and took quite a while to drain, but if the plug is impossible to move you could use the pump with the outlet pipe into a container to remove most of the old stuff.