Morris Minor Owners Club

hi there do you know what colour vaccum pipe,dynamo,starter motor and fan blade and hub will be on a blue sealed engine

i know of silver and gold seal engines not blue.. tell us more

well i am doing a replica of the blue seal engine that a very few morris minors had

Actually Gold seal was a full rebuild ie, block and head, silver was a short block rebuild only - and someone cleaverer than me will no doubt know what a blue seal was

I knew that gold was the full rebuild, but isn't blue the standard Ford engine colour?

My 1275 Sprite engine is blue. Whether that was its original colour or not I don't know.

Only Blue seal engine rebuild I can find:
http://www.hawkerpacific.com.au/Engine_ ... eset-1.htm

could it just be an austin engine? the a series (from what i remember) was an austin invention and their engines where blue, mg's red and morris's green. This was all before bmc came about when it became all green, with the exception of mg, which retained its red livery for a while.

bpr81a wrote:Only Blue seal engine rebuild I can find:
http://www.hawkerpacific.com.au/Engine_ ... eset-1.htm

fitting one of those in to a moggy i will have to see

how can you tell if its a original gold, silver or blue seal engine??
by the engine number maybe??

Gold and Silver seal engines had different numbers stamped on them - I've still never heard of a blue seal so can't comment....

ive heard of blue seals before but dont know what extent the rebuild is on them.
is this engine number a gold seal lov/189e/h39994??

No its a standard 1098 engine number - it isn't "lov" it is "10V" (10 for 1098 and the V means it's a late engine). I've got a manual on engine numbers. If you want it pm me your email addy.

thanks for the offer but i think i might have a book similar, some where

There is no 'blue seal' A series engine - but just paint it all blue and your's will be the very first! ........

Hi,

I have 2 803cc series II engines and both originally came painted with Blue Blocks. I believe they are just paint colours and had something to do with the Austin works?? Anyway, I thought I would just let you know that there are a few out there that go back to 803 and I have also heard of a 948 painted the same, this is the first time I have heard of a 1098 painted in these colours :-0


Hope this info helps.

Paul

MADMOG

Correct - Sidevalves and some 803's came in a light blue and also grey colours but this was standard, not as inferred by Josh to be a recon of some sort.... Not sure about the Austin connection to the colour (accepted it was an Austin engine) either as the sidevalve was used originally in the Morris 8 and the early 803's were the same colour so probably done that way for continuity....?

Well here's a thing; with the Minor I bought two days ago came a spare 948cc engine in bits, and the cylinder head is...blue! Interestingly, there is a black sticker, most of which has been torn off, with (I think) advice about installing the engine. So maybe there were reconditioned A-series engines painted blue out there, but not done by BMC but by some other engineering works. Here's the pic;[frame][/frame]

Hmmm, that's interesting. It's a shame that sticker is damaged as it might reveal more info !!
However, that is definately NOT the blue of the sidevalve motors....

Could this be a blue seal 1275 engine on eBay??? http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1275-Series-Engin ... 23088fc547