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Re: What Did You Do To Your Minor Today??
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John in Eugene John Quilter
Eugene, OR, USA   USA
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1951 MG TD
1960 Morris Minor 1000
1960 Morris Minor 1000
1965 Jaguar 3.8S    & more
I always run a second test. I have heard that sometiimes removing a spark plug will dislodge a piece of carbon that gets stuck in the valve seat and causes a false reading. Well, you can always hope.

John F. Quilter
Eugene, Oregon USA

In reply to # 65892 by K1MV Did a compression test on my 948 Morris this afternoon here’s the result:

Cylinder 1 90 PSI
Cylinder 2 145 PSI
Cylinder 3 145 PSI
Cylinder 4 144 PSI. without oil

Cylinder 1 92 PSI
Cylinder 2 160 PSI
Cylinder 3 165 PSI
Cylinder 4. 160 PSI using 1 teaspoon of oil in each cylinder

Looks like Cylinder 1 has a valve problem the others look pretty good. Any suggestions as to how to fix the low compression on #1?. Maybe pull the head and replace the valves?

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Re: What Did You Do To Your Minor Today??
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52MMaurice Marc Darisse
Salem, Massachusetts, The Witch City, USA   USA
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Valve


Compressed air into #1 cylinder. Listen at the exhaust pipe (most likely) or the air inlet (carburetor) Least likely.

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Parthuman Gold Member Mike H
Sacramento, CA, USA   USA
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1958 Morris Minor 1000 "Morristein"
1959 Austin-Healey Sprite
1969 MG C-Type Midget
Just drive it and then recheck it, probably just a little rust on the valve / seat from sitting open.


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K1MV Steve Freeman
Durham, ME, USA   USA
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Parthuman, good suggestion and that’s what I’m planning to do. I reset the valves today they were all tight, car seems to run great so I’m just going to enjoy it. It is getting cold here so she’ss be up on jack stands soon.

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Parthuman Gold Member Mike H
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1958 Morris Minor 1000 "Morristein"
1959 Austin-Healey Sprite
1969 MG C-Type Midget
Turn the engine over by hand i/2 turn every 2 weeks to prevent rust from forming on the valves or seats. Odly enough when an engine is shut off it will usually stop in the same position almost every time causing the same valves to stay open to the elements throughout the storage season - allowing the evil rust mites to attack.


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Re: What Did You Do To Your Minor Today??
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John in Eugene John Quilter
Eugene, OR, USA   USA
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1960 Morris Minor 1000
1960 Morris Minor 1000
1965 Jaguar 3.8S    & more
That is a good practice but I try to use all my motor cars at least 25 miles a month year round. A little harder to do with the MG than the two Minors which are my transportation.

John F. Quilter
Eugene, Oregon USA


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Re: What Did You Do To Your Minor Today??
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ZL1BBW GAVIN WILLIAMS
WHANGAREI, NORTHLAND, New Zealand   NZL
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1972 Morris Minor Series II Saloon (2-door)
The other thing with valve clearances is the feeler gauges, if someone has tried to check the tappets whilst it is running, the feeler gauges will have been hammered a bit thinner.

Using a dial gauge, can provide some interesting results, with cupped components.


Gavin, Whangarei NZ.
1972 MM 2 door with 1140cc A series, worked head and 1/2 race cam.

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johnnyw637 Silver Member John Warner
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1964 MG Midget MkI "Flying Midge"
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In reply to # 65908 by John in Eugene That is a good practice but I try to use all my motor cars at least 25 miles a month year round. A little harder to do with the MG than the two Minors which are my transportation.

John F. Quilter
Eugene, Oregon USA

Nice to see some photos from you John

I love the T

Johnnysmileys with beer

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Paladin1962 Curt Lee
Hernando, FL, USA   USA
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1957 Morris Minor 1000 Saloon (2-door) "Nigel"
I finally hung the rear wings on the '57; used the old welting from one of my '60 donor cars to copy new beading... apparently Morris moved the bolt holes on me.... the piece i cut to fit, using the old one as a pattern, did not fit as advertised. Bugger. One side has a welting, the other does not, as I intend to buy the correct pieces now. Now to work out the correct sequence to refit everything....


Why don't you knock it off with them negative waves? Why don't dig how beautiful it is out here? Why don't you say something righteous and hopeful for a change?

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Re: What Did You Do To Your Minor Today??
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Rick406 Richard Newman
Bozeman, MT, USA   USA
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1959 Morris Minor Traveller
What will you use to fill the gaps (if any), after it's in, body putty?

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bigaadams Big A
mytown, Middle GA, USA   USA
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the correct welting should more than fill any void and dress the fender to the body.....if not the makers of the welting will need to address their product.


I've seen better days but they have cost me more money..!

5 out of 5 people usually think the other 4 are idiots....

If you always do what you always did you will always get what you always got.

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Paladin1962 Curt Lee
Hernando, FL, USA   USA
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I have a second piece of welt I will try to get the bolt spacing correctly done on. Can't figure out why the '60 welt didn't line up with the '57 fender... anyways; unlike last month, it's too darn cold to be outside today.


Why don't you knock it off with them negative waves? Why don't dig how beautiful it is out here? Why don't you say something righteous and hopeful for a change?

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johnnyw637 Silver Member John Warner
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1964 MG Midget MkI "Flying Midge"
1964 MG Midget MkI
Commercial and leisure/Pleasure vehicles have different rates of road tax in the UK. Back in the 50s and 60s it could make big difference to price and use.



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Ole blue Louis Hudgin
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We just bought a Morgan F Super that was once owned by an uncle of mine in the early 1950's. We picked it up in our Ironhorse Twobike trailer and it just barely fit so we traded that off for the slightly larger Widebody trailer and used the Morris truck to move it around the place.


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johnnyw637 Silver Member John Warner
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1960 Morris Minor Traveller "Boris 2"
1964 MG Midget MkI "Flying Midge"
1964 MG Midget MkI
Lovely bit of kit, I guess powered by a Ford Ten 1172cc side valve engine.

My old eccentric friend Barry has a 1930s Morgan 3 wheeled with the V Twin JAP aircooled engine.
He built himself a sand racer with the agricultural version of the engine during lockdown, for an annual event we have called Race the Waves at Bridlington. If interested bough are in this video at about 6 and 8 minutes in.

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Johnny

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