Morris Minor Owners Club

Hi all,anyone got a water jacket,that`s the aluminium housing that the dynamo bolts to?Or know where I can get one without having to sell my house to pay for it

I've got some ratty ones that I will TIG (when I get the chance!) but there ay be a good spare in the new garage. Might take a while. How urgently do you need it?

Hi Rob,not at all urgent.Just getting the old girl together for my grandaughter.She has fallen in love with it ,so we are gradually getting her ready for the road so she can use it.Thanks for the reply.

ESM sell them but you may need to remortgage your house. Or to put in perspective, two Morris Minor tanks of petrol and I know which will last longer

Cheers Mike.As I suspected and I,too,know which would last longer!

I might find one. Where do u live?

Hi,I am in Rainham,Essex.Cheers for your reply,John.

Jonno I have two. An original one which is sound but needs bit of bolt drillling out on one of the dynamo lugs £20 plus p&p or a shiny new pattern one £35 plus p&p. Proceeds to charity. If u like u can collect from Kingston, Surrey but that will cost at least half of one of those tanks of petrol.

Hi All,

I have a 1937 Morris 8 with a Minor MM engine fitted. The water jacket disintegrated on removal - it had been leaking. Does anyone out there still have one available please? Thanks. Howard

Doesn't the dynamo on a Morris 8 bolt on to the top of the cylinder head? In which case you can use the water jacket off a WD engine which does not have a dynamo bracket and is iron so no corrosion problems.

True but the the problem is finding an ex WD one!

They are probably discarded when the alloy one is fitted. Try asking for one

you can make a blank one from a piece of flat 1/4" plate and file it to look ok on a Morris 8, and like you say the dynomo bracket bolts to the top of the cyl. head. You can also fit a series "e" head and a shorter top hose, it has a dynamo bracket cast on the RH side.

mike.perry wrote:They are probably discarded when the alloy one is fitted. Try asking for one

Possibly a stupid question but who do I ask? I thought that this was the best place to do so.

smithskids wrote:you can make a blank one from a piece of flat 1/4" plate and file it to look ok on a Morris 8,

I hadn't thought of that. Would the water circulation then be the same as that on the original Morris 8 engine?

My MM has been running with the alloy mounting plate blanked off with a stainless steel plate for 15 years and now it has a proper water pump it is great. No problems with over heating.

howardws wrote:

mike.perry wrote:They are probably discarded when the alloy one is fitted. Try asking for one

Possibly a stupid question but who do I ask? I thought that this was the best place to do so.

Indeed it is, start a new topic - wanted w/j from ex wd engine

smithskids wrote:My MM has been running with the alloy mounting plate blanked off with a stainless steel plate for 15 years and now it has a proper water pump it is great. No problems with over heating.

Thank you, that seems to be the best bet really and probably much cheaper than any other! Thank you to the others of you who have taken the time to reply.
Howard

met an Aussie Series E owner last week who has an MM block in his E and he told me he was getting some water jackets made up in Oz, albeit without the dynamo brackets, for about $30. Asked him to see if they could also make with the brackets. Hopefully he will remember and contact me when he gets back home. He also told me about a guy who has around 20 Lowlights and Highlight MMs on his farm somewhere in NSW.

Bryan, If you come across any more ex WD engines it is probably worth removing a couple of water jackets for such circumstances. The last WD engine I had had already had it removed