Morris Minor Owners Club

Im sure that i'm all out! doing 50 on the speedo and i recon i'm actually doing 60... its all ratio's and its out. What can be done to one test the speed and two fix it.

Borrow a Satnav and get someone in the passenger seat to compare it whilst you're driving.. Don't be tempted to take your eyes off the road to check!

Follow some trucks on the motorway - they will be doing 56 mph.......

What diff have you got in the car and what is the TPM (4 figure number) on the dial?

will reply on the 4 digit number when i go and wake her up next, and as for the motor way... i dont know if i want to get up to 56 mph!

and why not! i regularly take mine up past 65 and apart from the gearbox sounding like its about to explode theres nothing to worry bout!

you'll know when you're doing 88 when you end up leaving two lines of fire behind you, and end up in the 1950's

the tip with the lorries is a good'un. or follow a friend who will travel at a pre-arranged speed. or find a sign that flashes up your speed, ideally one that tells you exactly how fast you're going (although i did go past a broken one that said i was doing 7mph...)

SN4477/OOA 1504 does that mean anything to you? i like a lovely fuel steady 40mph

That's the speedo for a 4.55 final drive. Is that what your car has?

If your car still has the 948 engine, box and 4.55 diff then that is the correct speedo. If it has been changed to a 1098 with 4.22 diff then you need a 1408 speedo

aaargh! yes, shes got a 1098cc engine in her and shes originally 998cc... ok, is that change just a change on the dashboard or alot more?

depends if when the 1098 was fitted if they changed the diff too!

i'll ask my old man!

It's a simple speedo swap - start looking for a 1408 tpm - IF the car has the 4.22 final drive fitted. BUT - it's only a 6.6% inaccuracy and quite frankly when new the speedos were often ~ 8% inaccurate anyway - see any of the period roadtests!

1098 engine, that's good for 70mph. 40mph gives Morris Minors a bad reputation. They sound frantic at speed because they do not have the sound proofing of modern cars.

Mine sounds just as frantic at 40 as it does at 70! More gearbox woes than engine, but there's no excuse to keep it at 40! I do more than that down windy country lanes.

got mine up to IGN when i first got it

i'm far more sensible now!

i'm aware of a 10% inaccuracy of my speedo, and i just go past speedcameras accordingly. it means i can happily go past a 40mph camera at an indicated 44, even after 3 years of it, i have to think twice!

if it were me pyebibby, just find out how innaccurate it is with the help of a friend or a satnav, and calibrate your mind accordingly!

yh sounds like the cheapest option! and my speedo is in such good condition (suppose they all do under the glass?!) haha

Th speedo would be in good condition if the 40 - 90 mph part of the dial has never been used

that is VERY TRUE!