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I'll give Woo's suggestion a try before I start taking things apart. Now all I have to do is find some switch cleaner :) Butdon't use penertating oil, like WD40 or such, as this will just form a film over the rheostat slide and coil. You can pick up electro-static contact cleaner from maplins or su...

All Smoke Grey Morris 1000s had a very vibrant blue line, like a light primary block-blue: http://home.ripway.com/2004-2/76758/Morris%20Minor/SmokeGreyStipe.bmp http://home.ripway.com/2004-2/76758/Morris%20Minor/SmokeGreyStipe.gif Mine, on the other hand,had been resprayed at some point and was not ...

Take the heater out and I'll renew or clean up the pot' and surrounding electrics.

plastic_orange wrote:Handling was ok most of the time, but in the wet could cause understeer, and obviously rear wheel spin.

So, with many people saying about these adverse effects on the Minor, surely the W and R 1.5s' had the same bad handleing charecteristics?

Chris Morley wrote:The splitscreen models date from 1956 or earlier.

Vernon wrote:Trafficators were replaced by flashing indicators in October 1961.

'56 <-- yours --> '61

Yes, so could well be a '59.

Well, before you start, no, I'm not being a newbie and asking if I can fit a B-Series into my Mog, I'm just wondering why it is that if the Wosley and Reily 1.5s, which had the same floor pan/chassis and suspension as the Minor/1000, could handle having the larger weightier engine in, and not the Mi...

Kevin wrote:Mr `A` Series aka Rob is in your group Dizzy

Yup, sure am, but have only got until March until I move up a catagory (sp?)!

I'm younger! Was 18 when I joined this board, am now 19.

Not that I know of. I hunted 2-door blue carpets last year and only found full sets. New ones are never a perfect colour match anyway so may look odd if you keep the originals in the rear.

I agree.

Yes, but is the metal case of the CD player touching the metal of your dash/shell/etc... If so your car may not be negative earthed and your's just shorting the whole car battry through your CD players case. Easy way to check polarity, which battery terminal does the braided strap connected to the b...

Cam wrote:If it's a '68 then it should only have 2 fan blades anyway.......... sounds like someone has added an extra set of blades.

In the winter I used to block off about 3/4 of my radiator with tin-foil wrapped round the grille, but I had the standard thermostat fitted.

Ditto to both comments.

My's a shiney gun-metal colour. Must be half way to transparent.

I use the "Cut the old rubber's edge off" idea too.

I've found that if you lift the water hose up from the bottom of the water bottle so it's held in the middle of the bottle, that can cure and problems with water not rising up to the pump. Either that or your pump is bust.

Dan and Sewing Machines sounds much more camper to me! ;)

'tis a grand publication.

Ah, I see. Get out yur sewing machine and turn them up, ....but that'll probs make 'em too short for the window then,...hmmm.

Why would you be wanting to sit on curtains anyway???

I'm 6" and there's loads of room for me in my 2-door, even when I was stripping m 4-door, that was fine. Have you moved the seat back? That'll give you more room.