Adrian wrote:
HI Dave

On Wed, 04 Jul 2007 14:59:30 +0100, "Dave Plowman (News)"
wrote:

In article ,
Adrian wrote:
It's also great fun to drive g
Yup. The steering feel of a Minor is quite superb. Something denied to a
Prius driver.

Kind of a 'direct' relationship with the road....
you get very adept at spotting / remembering the little imperfections
in the Irish country roads, and taking evasive action..

Bumps that you wouldn't even notice in my RAV4 become
quite 'noticeable' in the Moggie....

...hence the need for those d-ring luggage retainers to stop my
market stall & associated bits from joining me in the front seat...

On the subject of Moggies - anybody know why mine has a tendency
to 'run on' for a few seconds after the ignition has been switched
off? Somebody told me it was to do with the unleaded fuel - she's
originally a leaded engine that the Morris Minor Centre in Bristol
'unlead-ised' with the aid of a 'magic' thingy that fits in line with
the fuel - apparently they've been fitting them for 20 years..

Not a big worry - the 'running on' - fairly comical, actually...


It's red hot exhaust valves, or carbon thereon.

You get a sort of glo-pug compression ignition.

Probly needs a decoke and a shade of ignition advance..that keeps the
valves cooler. Set the gap correctly, and then loosen the distrubutoir
and rotate while idling until it start to slow down, then set it as far
advanced as possible without slowing..a shade of over-rich also helps
keep the valves cool.




Regards
Adrian