Morris Minor Owners Club

hi everyone
can anyone identify this engine. the engine number is lov/189e/h39994.???
im not sure what cc it is so ill add some pictures
and is their a way of telling if its been rebored in its life???[frame][/frame]

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It's a late 1098 engine - and the original pistons are still fitted.

thanks for that, so just the standard parts will be needed
the head number is 26202.
someone has painted it in the past. theirs a gold sort of colour under the green paint. is this like a base coute someone has used??

The engine will be 10 V ..... and that head is 12 G 202. Gold would suggest a 'Gold seal' engine - but I would have expected that to have oversize (ie rebored) pistons - and these are standard pistons - Grade 2 from the mark - but that's not important! Take off the centre main cap - and take pics - and look at the back of the shell bearing to see if the crank has been reground.

what does a 10v mean??
so it could be a possible gold seal or just a normal green one??
how do you identify a gold seal??
sorry about all the questions (never rebuilt a moggy engine)

10 V is just the later engine....... I doubt it's 'gold seal' since it hasn't been rebored - and anyway, I think they had their own unique number. Tell us about that centre main!

i havent got round to taking the pistons or crank out. where is the number located??

You don't need to - just turn the engine over - and remove the centre main cap. Then prise the shell from the cap - and look at the back of the shell to see what's stamped on there. Probably will say 'STD' = Standard size. If 010 = 10 thou oversize etc etc But let's see pics of the crank - and that shell.........

will get some pics up when ive got the right tools to remove the bolts and time
whats the proper size sockets for the main cap and big end bolts??

From memory - mains are 5/8" AF - big-ends 9/16" AF Be SURE to keep the big-end caps with the rods they come off - this is absolutely critical. Take pics as you go - so you can be sure everything goes back exactly as you find it......

yep will do
ive been naming and baging everything as i go.

All engine components should be laid out on a clean workbench in the order they were fitted in the engine. Ensure that bearing caps are the correct way around