Morris Minor Owners Club

Hi

Just noticed the above noise in the last day or two, seems to be either coming from the fllor pedals or Engine.
Its fine for the first few miles in the morning and then gets worse.
When you press on the accelerator it seems to get worse.
Just wondering has anyone got any ideas??

Thanks,

Switch engine off and try pedals!!

This will identify which is which. Maybe the accelerator pedal needs lubricating, or maybe there is a problem with the clutch pedal/brake pedal shaft.

Have a go and report back!!

Sometimes the clutch or brake pedals touch on the side of the cut outs in the gearbox cover that they pass through, and cause a squeak.

you don't mean a light metalic pinging noise by any chance??
Only there when you accelerate,disappears when you ease off
the pedal??======Pinking
Willie

Yeah what I have noticed also is that its appears worse when I turn the Wheel..
Its hard to describe the noise Willy ?? it is metallic maybe but more squeeky...I feel its something that needs oil.

Whats pinking ??
thanks,

Willie wrote:you don't mean a light metalic pinging noise by any chance??
Only there when you accelerate,disappears when you ease off
the pedal??======Pinking
Willie

similar to what cam said...... I finally realised a similar squeak when I depressed and released my clutch pedal..... behold it was the pedal rubbing against the metal side - annoying I can understand

Pinking is caused when your mixture burns at the wrong time within the cylinder, producing the characteristic metallic high pitch tinkling noise and very high cylinder temperatures.

This is usually caused by incorrect timing, very lean fuel mixture, too low octane fuel, high engine compression, or a mixture of all four.

In extreme cases it can melt the top of your aluminium pistons and/or erode your valves to the point of not sealing in their seats.

If it is more of a squeak then it probably is not pinking.

obviously if you test your pedals, steering, brakes, etc. with the engine switched off, you will find out if it is engine related or not.

Thanks.,.
Think it is more of a squeek,, thanks I reckon it is accelerator padal.
I will mess around and see can I pox in fixing it
Thanks for the info re Pinking.

PS Got a new Digital cameara will have photos shortly for ye all

Good stuff, 56.

It is always nice to see piccies of a '56 splitscreen.

We will have to get the gallery section working!!

The annoying sound seems to have dissapeared thank god.
I pressed on all the pedals qite heavily and this may have fixed things.
Happy New year to ye all !!

56 Splitscreen wrote:Hi

Just noticed the above noise in the last day or two, seems to be either coming from the fllor pedals or Engine.
Its fine for the first few miles in the morning and then gets worse.
When you press on the accelerator it seems to get worse.
Just wondering has anyone got any ideas??

Thanks,

This squeeky noise has adopted a bit more bass in the last few weeks and its a tapping noise. Should I bee concerned..Its driving fine though. Battery went a few weeks ago and I got her recharged.
Winter is a curse isen't it,

if you say "my battery went" it would normally mean that the battery
became incapable of accepting a charge and was,therefore,useless
and had to be replaced. If having it recharged cured the problem then
your battery simply went 'flat'. The noises could be almost anything!
You can only apply a bit of logic......are they there when the engine
is off,are they there when the car is stationary etc etc.
Willie

My Moggie has developed a noisy speedo cable - squeaking and ticking from the dash/parcel shelf area.

This is related to the car speed - not the engine speed, gear, or pedal operation, and goes away after a few miles - sound familiar?

The speedo needle also twiches....

The cure (and I'm waiting till the cold weather's gone!) is to remove the cable from the back of the speedo, pull out a few inches of the inner and add a few drops of light oil (e.g. Carburetter damper oil). Make sure that no oil gets into the actual speedo.

I think it's an easier job on my '67 2 door than the earlier models.

Have fun,

Colin

Yes, sounds familiar. Had a similar problem. Tried lubricating, no good. Tried re-positioning the cable on it's route from gearbox, no good. Fitted new inner and outer cable using original routing, now o.k. Couldn't see a thing wrong with original inner cable but there could have êeen something wrong with outer cable.
Sorry to be so pessimistic but try a bit of thin oil first. It's probably cable related. DON'T do anything, including oiling, to speedo unit.

Olonas,
Sounds exactly like what our '60 4 door is doing. It's ok sometimes, then starts up after hitting a bump and responds to road vibrations thereafter.
Very annoying and will have to wait till I've wired in the rear window demist, reversing light...moved the radio... checked the trunions.... blah, blah blah.
Grrrrrr I hate these short days.

Yes VERY annoying. It didn't happen all the time. Was worse usually when first driving off from cold, went away and for no apparent reason would start again. I was beginning to suspect there may have been a problem with speedo unit or even the drive in gearbox. I lost count of the number of different cable routing permutations I used.
At least if you can bear the torture it's not the end of the world!

SPLITSCREEN....have just re-read your clues..it is obviously only
there when the engine is 'on'. I once had a baffling squeak, just like
that from a balloon when the air is escaping. This was caused by the
fixing nuts for the carburettor being very slightly loose,allowing the
suction to produce the squeaking noise. Worth checking that they
are done up tight??
Willie

Willie..

Its gone from squeeky to tappety tap almost something banging off something.It is hard to know where its coming from. It only happens when the the engine is on and the car is moving. Also from recent experience if I have not driven her if a few days she appears to have mended then shes bak to her bad old ways of making that noise.
Its hard to track down as I can not investigate while driving. I would possibly agree with the lads here that she seems not as bad after driving a few miles but most of my runs are short ones.
If I was to hazard an uneducated guess it sounds like its coming from one of the pedals.

I am bringing it for a service this Monday. Do not know much about the garage but was recommended because other classic/vintage owners go there. There is no MM centres in Ireland and I am at a big disadvantage in this area. I am going to look at this site shortly and take a list of what has to be done.
I have had the car over 6 months or so and its still love. I see guys in 94/95 cars having problems non starting this has only failed to start once due to battery going dead. I have piccked up slight rust on bumpers unfortunatly.

PS My Brother in the UK got me a nice AA badge for her for my Birthday hope to put her on tomorrow.

PS ..Willie If your ever if Ireland pop in for tea and I would value your diagnosis.

Well I had a light tweety noise until the steering collumn bush dried up so it was replaced by a very loud squeal every time the steering was moved.
Having done the steering collumn, the original sound is still there!!
It seems most obvius at low speed on bumps, but I had ignored my twitchy speedo.
Olonas, I'll owe you a pint if it turns out to be the cable.
Should it be oiled? I have greased them on previous cars but now I'm not sure.
Lots of oil in the speedop would be a problem, but I once had a speedo failure when the bearing dried up and wrecked itself - I've tended to give each of them a touch of WD40 since then if I happened to have the speedo out for any reason.

Ray, re steering column bush, please don't be offended but did you soak the felt in rear axle oil prior to fitting?
Hope it is the speedo cable and nothing more, only one pint?
Don't know about the grease, I've always been led to believe a light oil only should be used.