Morris Minor Owners Club

Got a 67 2-door saloon. how do I tell the engine size / were they all 1098 by that time?

Thanks,

Graham.

Yes, it should be a 1098. There is usually a plate saying '1100' on the exhaust side of the engine towards the front. Also, what is your engine number?

Don't know engine number Cam, and it's very dark! Reason i ask is I just had the whold thing overhauled, and on a slight downhill stretch today I was struggling to get it to 55mph!

Graham

Could just be a poorly set up 1098. I can't see why anyone would fit an earlier 948 engine, possible though, but unlikely. Even with a sidevalve you could do 65 downhill (just!).

you could? I am going to test that. As soon as I find a hill that is.

You might have to come over to the UK for that!

Yes probably. the highest hill around here is the speedbump in my street

Take it back to who-ever did the 'overhaul'. What exactly did they do ?

What they did...recon gearbox, tele shockers front and rear, anti-roll-bar, overhaul clutch, clean out carb, new points / plugs, new seatbelts, bushes everywhere, linkages all renewedm, re-done, servo for barkes, new trunnions everywhere, new brake cylinders....oh, new seatbelts and mp3 radio fitted!..

I'm broke (and I think the car is a wee bit sluggish!).

Graham.

So... very little to the engine then. Best to take it back as has been suggested if it's only recently been done.

Ah - so not an engine overhaul then. It's probably the weight of all the stuff you've added that's slowing the car down. What's an MP3 radio ??? And how do you listen to a radio anyway in a Minor ? My only hope would be when coasting down hill !

I can listen to my radio in the minor. No problem at all. And I don't have any soundproofing on the floor except the carpets.

I've got no problem in mine either. And she's even lacking soundproofing she should have (the anti drum panel on the roof is missing).

It's my quality Waltham speakers, that's what it is...

I must get around to fitting the matching 8 track. I know it works now, although the head alignment seems to be a bit iffy, I think it might get better with use though... Of course, how much use it'll get is a bit questionable.

messing with the carb and changing points, plugs etc... is an easy way to make the car so slow (if something was done wrong).
Your 1098 should be getting up to 80 on the flat.

Onne wrote:I can listen to my radio in the minor. No problem at all.

mines OK up to 50mph and then the stereo needs to go up way too loud. I lose the base first and so listening to music is like listening to someone next to you with headphones on REALLY loud. It just seems to add to the noise rather than helping me relax when I'm driving

I sing to myself and it sounds really good ;-)

Oh, you should try it when you're driving too... ;)

Oh, I sing too. Not well, you understand. Or indeed in tune.

But I sing anyway... As I fear poor Onne will find out ;)

'RELAX' when driving a Minor ? I need to hang on for dear life - but maybe I'm trying too hard ?