How to fit a morris minor distributer

Question edited to add full year.
Question moved from Misc to 1960 model Morris Minor.

Ah, a lovely old school car from the days of my youth. The days when cars were simple to work on. I had a mechanic friend that has on with a Triumph Spitfire engine in it and was in the car of another friend that rolled one with me and two other in it when the front suspension tie rod broke in a bend on a country lane.

If you only JUST got it back from the shop, I would take it back.

Things to check

Fuel pump operation.
Ignition timing.
Spark Plugs and wires.
Distributer and Distributer Cap.
Strip and Clean the carburetor.

Backfiring is usually from lean mixture, not enough gas if it backfires through the exhaust. Unburnt fuel vapor sits there until ignited.

Buy and fix 10A a car noise suppressor filter box.This will will filter and eliminate noise.

To the best of my knowledge the Morris Minor was built before the vin number system was born.
What you will be looking for is the BMC chassis number which is stamped on an aluminium plate riveted under the bonnet and also stamped in various places into the bodywork.

Google will provide images showing examples.

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

If the vibration is at the front try getting the two front wheels balanced.

contact a morris club for a good idea as to the value. Remember the car will only have value if restored to as new condition using genuine parts. I would start at around $30.000.00 aud

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