John,
I'm not sure on the Saloons and Touers, but the Traveller and pickup
have a tube in the filler neck that has an air gap around it. I think
the gas overflows when it gets into this air gap.
I'll take a look at my Saloon later and see if it's the same.
Gerard
At 12:18 PM -0700 6/5/04, John Quilter wrote:
>Fellow Morris drivers;
>
>Does anyone have a method to fuel a Morris sedan or convertible using the
>modern vapor recovery service station fuel pumps without having the last half
>cup of fuel run out on the ground? I have tried holding the nozzle straight
>up and pushed fully home, horizontal and pushed fully home, tapering off the
>flow as the tank gets close to full. Nothing I have tried seems to work.
>All places have vapor recovery systems now as required by law but a Morris
>seems to defeat these by always spilling fuel on the car, and on the ground.
>My Austin 1300 (America) has the same diameter filler and same cap with chain
>and it does not have this problem but the filler is mounted higher on the car
>in relation to the tank.
>
>This is not a major problem but I thought I'd tap the knowledge out there to
>see if anyone has figured this problem out.
>
>John F. Quilter
>1960 Morris convertible
>(original family ownership)
>Brisbane, California
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