20 Most Recent 1969 Morris Minor Questions & Answers

Hi The distributer should have an offset drive so it can only go back in the same way it came out, As to no spark: Check the contact points Condenser Tiny earth wire from breaker plate to distributer body. Coil Ignition supply and ballast resister. Morris cars originally had a positive earth system on the battery if you change to negative earth you must check the coil connection the Neg - terminal on the coil goes to the distributer and the Pos+ is ignition supply

older choke cables have the knob removable.. look underneath the knob for a very small screw. This screw goes into the brass end of the cable and when the knob is removed the nut on the front of he dash can be undone and the cable assembly comes out from the back.

disconnect battery, remove screws holding floor down, the part covering the gearbox, remove starter motor, unbolt driveshaft at gearbox end, remove tin cover bottom of bellhousing, undo rear mount bolts, remove all bell housing bolts, with front seats removed you can lift the gearbox out of the car, ensure anexact alignment of the clutch plate and pilot bearing in the flywheel when fitting new parts, you can use a small socket and extension bar to align them. reverse procedure to refit components. good luck.

remove the battery lead. remove the drive shaft at the diff flange and remove it from the gear box. undo engine mounts/ cross member at rear of gear box if necessary. undo bell housing bolts around rear of engine. remove gear lever if stick shift . If not remove linkages at gear box Pull gearbox rear wards and lower to the ground . A point of interest here is that when a clutch sudders it is advisable to firstly check all the engine mounts are not soft as this affects the clutch operation especially if you have a cable operated clutch

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Hi sounds like a steering tie rod is worn plus an out of balance wheel get a wheel alignment check and DYNAMIC balance if the tie rod end is worn it can fall off completely leaving you with no steering control. If have a tie rod problem you may also have King pin wear. Very dangerous to keep driving In my opinion get it checked by a proper steering service centre not a tyre fitter.

There is a steel rod at the front of the gear box - lower end at rear of motor. It is threaded with two nuts. Undo the locking nut and adjust. Then tighten the locknut. If you can't get it into gear without grinding the gears, it could require a new clutch.

Disconect battery. Push into hole at front of gear box. Wiggle a little until it slids fully home and tighten the two small bolts. Connect high tension lead and battery then with key on, pull the starter.

what car is this, a Morris bla bla in UK? no country told or what it is. posted to cars and trucks and google never heard of it.

With a little initiative, you could probably research this yourself on Wikipedia. A brief review makes no mention of automatic gear boxes in the article on Morris motors. The first automatic transmission, as we currently understand it, with torque converter and planetary gearsets, was the hydramatic transmission introduced by General Motors in 1939.

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