Morris Minor Forum

hey guys forgot to ask if anyone can id this engine i believe it was replaced and put in my 1955 morris minor

That is a newer, 1275cc engine. Probably from a Midget or Austin Healy Sprite. I run one in my 56. much more power than the original.I wonder what gearbox you have, I have the newer MG Midget one in my car.

I just crawled under the car and it looks like it has the ribbed transmission,has the long stickshift which is very sloppy and still looking for suggestions on that.

They may have put the smooth case tail on it. I don't know what that entails. You should be able to convert to remote shifter with no problem. Someone already did that to mine before I got it and looks like used a newer center floor pan piece that required a little floor modification.

I suspect you mean a Morris long shifter on the Sprite/Midget gearbox.What you describe indicates a smooth case shifter on the ribcase gearbox. Because the fulcrum points are different (shorter on the smooth case) you have excessive travel at your end. You need a Morris shift lever from a later rib case gbx. It's a direct swap. The other problem I suspect, is that the smoothcase from cover was used. Unless your car is RHD, it's likely been swapped and will have the incorrect fulcrum point as well.

BTW, a 12CJ is a Sprite?Midget engine, used from 8/69 to July '71. You serial number places it around late 1970 or early '71.

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Gerard

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Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 2016-08-23 10:40 PM by pixelsmithusa.

Gerard, I think he meant the tail section from a 803 gear box was attached to a rib case gearbox. It's been done many times but I don't know the details. At the very least the rear bearing of the rib case has a locating pin that would required the rear housing to be modified. There could be something worn in the 803 selector that goes directly into the shift forks.

I think we need pictures. That way we know what we are talking about. As for the wrong smooth case shifter in a rib gearbox, I used a Midget shifter modified with a longer handle.

i will post some gear box pictures this weekend thanks for now