The last car I had with these kind of gubbins was a Skoda 120L in the early 90s. I drove it all over Europe for work, and it was actually very reliable (other than once having a coil burst into flames). I'd love to own one as a classic car, but sadly, resources don't permit.
Aah, the first Skodas. A mate of mine had one, and it let him down. It started and ran well, but it wouldn't move. Tried everything and couldn't find anything wrong, including the transmission. To cut a long story short, the problem was that he had parked on a piece of discarded chewing gum.😊
without fail,when ever my old marina would stop, it was always the points, a couple of minutes of cleaning and resetting the gap and we were away again, but the very best thing you can do is fit electronic ignition, so simple to install and over 20 years later still starts on the button !!
This is why a Moggy is an ideal starter classic, very simple to work on & not much to go wrong! I ran a Moggy van for years, a failure to proceed was usually points or condenser, never had a fuel pump failure or carb issue.
They are brilliant for demonstrating how a petrol engine works, and this particular car has only ever stopped once… was the fuel pump actually! Gave it a tap with a spanner and off it went.
@@badgerlodgegarage I am currently looking for either a 2 door Moggy or an Austin A35, both are great little cars, the A series is a such a simple little engine. I hate modern cars, way too many electronics to go wrong, the engine management on a Moggy is the choke & accelerator pedal 🤣
This video is very helpful to anyone just starting off with a classic , loving the content and your style and the rambling is fine too , looking forward to part two 👍🙂
Glad you enjoyed! I like to keep it open for people that have never done this before , it’s easy to forget that we all started somewhere, and the simple things don’t always seem that simple when your new to it!
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MARVELOUS !! I've run into several issues during my Morris minor van adventure, ... Sometimes managed to solve it myself but sometimes I did need some help from the traffic service. The most weird one was the flying of the sparks timing caused by the wearing of the two parts of the points distribution. The traffic service bloke had to think a bit but managed to solved it temporarily by tiewrap the to parts together, ... it worked well except for the point that you couldn't throttle it quickly anymore. Very nice !! Groeten uit Holland !
For what it’s worth, my Traveller has electronic ignition which runs faultlessly. After leaving it a few years I had problems starting the car caused by the fuel pump gooed up with old fuel. Tapping helped sometimes but ultimately I took the top of the pump to bits & cleaned the valve mechanism - success! The other issue was choke cable corroding & not going fully back home, car running on choke & conking out. Not difficult to fix & so satisfying !!
I think the coil only gets full voltage when engaging the starter as it bypasses the ballast. The low tension wires on the coil will have + & - on them. The + comes from the ignition switch. Old coils were marked sw & cb. Switch & circuit/contact breaker (points). I once see a wiring diagram for an immobiliser that worked by earthing it out. So even if they bypassed the ignition, it still wouldn't start.
10:50, well not quite one of two things, in my case ( ua-cam.com/video/AiqzniEi1jw/v-deo.html ) the issue was an open circuit between the coil and the condenser. I looked at fuel first because I had cleaned and reset it the day prior, but the bugger came of the terminal at the dizzy, but hidden inside heat shrink away from view...
Very useful video to anybody wanting to buy a classic car or already has one. At one time all cars had engine bays like this…DIY friendly, I love the “no nonsense” simplicity of a Morris Minor in comparison to a modern car with its computer, sensors, wiring, pipes etc etc. Thanks again sir.👍
When I was on the road as a breakdown mechanic , most Morris/Austin fault was the electric petrol pump. A tap with a screwdriver and off you go again.
Oh yes, the points in the pump! Everyone at some point has given a fuel pump a whack!
The last car I had with these kind of gubbins was a Skoda 120L in the early 90s. I drove it all over Europe for work, and it was actually very reliable (other than once having a coil burst into flames). I'd love to own one as a classic car, but sadly, resources don't permit.
Aah, the first Skodas.
A mate of mine had one, and it let him down. It started and ran well, but it wouldn't move.
Tried everything and couldn't find anything wrong, including the transmission.
To cut a long story short, the problem was that he had parked on a piece of discarded chewing gum.😊
without fail,when ever my old marina would stop, it was always the points, a couple of minutes of cleaning and resetting the gap and we were away again, but the very best thing you can do is fit electronic ignition, so simple to install and over 20 years later still starts on the button !!
This is why a Moggy is an ideal starter classic, very simple to work on & not much to go wrong!
I ran a Moggy van for years, a failure to proceed was usually points or condenser, never had a fuel pump failure or carb issue.
They are brilliant for demonstrating how a petrol engine works, and this particular car has only ever stopped once… was the fuel pump actually! Gave it a tap with a spanner and off it went.
@@badgerlodgegarage I am currently looking for either a 2 door Moggy or an Austin A35, both are great little cars, the A series is a such a simple little engine.
I hate modern cars, way too many electronics to go wrong, the engine management on a Moggy is the choke & accelerator pedal 🤣
Did my appenticeship with a Ford Main Dealer 70 to 75, when cars were cars, and not computor controlled go karts, give me a 60s to 80s car any day,
This video is very helpful to anyone just starting off with a classic , loving the content and your style and the rambling is fine too , looking forward to part two 👍🙂
Glad you enjoyed! I like to keep it open for people that have never done this before , it’s easy to forget that we all started somewhere, and the simple things don’t always seem that simple when your new to it!
MARVELOUS !!
I've run into several issues during my Morris minor van adventure, ...
Sometimes managed to solve it myself but sometimes I did need some help from the traffic service.
The most weird one was the flying of the sparks timing caused by the wearing of the two parts of the points distribution. The traffic service bloke had to think a bit but managed to solved it temporarily by tiewrap the to parts together, ... it worked well except for the point that you couldn't throttle it quickly anymore.
Very nice !!
Groeten uit Holland !
Thanks for watching!… they joys of classic car ownership!
For what it’s worth, my Traveller has electronic ignition which runs faultlessly. After leaving it a few years I had problems starting the car caused by the fuel pump gooed up with old fuel. Tapping helped sometimes but ultimately I took the top of the pump to bits & cleaned the valve mechanism - success!
The other issue was choke cable corroding & not going fully back home, car running on choke & conking out. Not difficult to fix & so satisfying !!
I think the coil only gets full voltage when engaging the starter as it bypasses the ballast. The low tension wires on the coil will have + & - on them. The + comes from the ignition switch. Old coils were marked sw & cb. Switch & circuit/contact breaker (points). I once see a wiring diagram for an immobiliser that worked by earthing it out. So even if they bypassed the ignition, it still wouldn't start.
10:50, well not quite one of two things, in my case ( ua-cam.com/video/AiqzniEi1jw/v-deo.html ) the issue was an open circuit between the coil and the condenser. I looked at fuel first because I had cleaned and reset it the day prior, but the bugger came of the terminal at the dizzy, but hidden inside heat shrink away from view...
Impressed that the early Morris Minor had a starter button under the bonnet! Great video, looking forward to the follow up!
Glad you enjoyed! More coming soon
Really great video and very useful, thank you!
Glad you found it useful! More to come.
@@badgerlodgegarage can't wait! Would love a feature called Living with a Moggie and a Regal on a daily basis!
Very useful video to anybody wanting to buy a classic car or already has one.
At one time all cars had engine bays like this…DIY friendly, I love the “no nonsense” simplicity of a Morris Minor in comparison to a modern car with its computer, sensors, wiring, pipes etc etc.
Thanks again sir.👍
Loving the content sir!
Glad you are enjoying! Thanks for watching.
This video was such a reminder from my days at College and our tutors teaching us lol. I do love old technology, new stuff just baffles me!
Too many ECUs these days!
@@badgerlodgegarage Too right, there's too many bloody sensors for this that and the other.....more to go wrong!!
Once again you explain things very well