Morris Minor Owners Club

Dear all, some help please. The above have different throttle levers on the carbs above. The one on the left is the one fitted to the car when I bought it, and the one on the right is a second-hand one I have just fitted.

The original one I has a place to put the return spring on the throttle lever, which then goes down to the manifold where there's a bracket to receive the end of the return spring.It worked well and gave a good operation to the accelerator pedal.

I have fitted the other carb and wasn't sure how to attached the throttle return spring to the throttle level as there is no obvious place to receive the spring. Then I noticed in the workshop manual the return spring attaches to a small tag on the accelerator cable trunnion and then returns to a bracket on the oil bath air filter.
I have adopted this option although I don't have a tag and have just hooked the spring over the nut on the trunnion until I can make something more satisfactory.

The only thing is the accelerator pedal doesn't operate as smoothly?

Can I adjust the throttle lever, is 90 degrees a normal position for this?

Any advice or tips for the best solution would be gratefully received?

Also another little thing that I am unsure of. The vacuum pipe from the carb is a metal pipe with a small olive which compresses. Is there another way to attach as I can't get replacement pipe with an olive? Or how do you attached the rubber versions?

I think the cable action will be smoother if you get the correct tab, looks like part 24 here: https://www.moss-europe.co.uk/shop-by-m ... 51-71.html

You can join the vacuum pipes together with any plastic piping of the correct size so that its a snug fit (mine is snug over the olive part, but not so snug over the end of the pipe so I made it airtight with self-amalgamating tape at that join)
Or this: https://www.morrisminorspares.com/ignit ... pe-p831074

The 'rubber pipe' which you refer to is probably this, which is just a push fit at either end: https://www.morrisminorspares.com/ignit ... rs-p831075

Brilliant thanks for your help the tag is exactly what I was looking for I have ordered plus a spring