Morris Minor Owners Club

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Thanks Guys, I have just had a copper head gasket delivered and will start the process tomorrow. Last time. a couple of the studs came out with the bolts seized on to them. I didn't try to get the bolts off but put the studs back in and torqued the whole lot down. Was that a mistake?

Evenin' all, this topic will probably have been discussed many times but I can't seem to find the posts. Basically, I bought an 850 engine two years ago that had been fully restored.............34 years before! The chap who had it was driving back from London when his engine let go so the car was to...

Sadly, I cannot attend this years rally because the rules state I should have registered by the 20th. Why are we holding a rally where the security concerns require us to pre-book weeks in advance? I cannot be the only member, through work commitments/family commitments etc. cannot plan months ahead...

Hi, thanks for the advice. I worked through it and the horn has started working again. I can't say I'm absolutely sure what it was but cleaning, tightening and generally wiggling things appears to have done the trick. Many thanks!

I remember a few years ago, a local character asking me a lot of questions about my Moggy such as "Are they easy to MOT?" He then started to collect a few, always a bit worse for wear and needing serious work. The thing was, they were always the same colour and pre suffix registered. This ...

Good evening team, I wonder if someone could advise me regarding a problem with the horn on my 1954 series 2? I took it to work this morning after the usual hibernation and it all went well. However, on the way home, I had to use the horn when someone swerved into my lane and found that it worked fo...

Ta, did that, Turns out to be the rear offside indicator! One strand of copper wire poking out from the joint. Replaced and working fine now. As ever, in debt to the team and especially Simmitc.

Hello Gang! Once again I am asking for assistance with a fault on the Mog, now only 6 months away from its 70th birthday. So, on Thursday, I was driving home and chucked a left indicator out. Trafficator deployed with a healthy 'clunk' Indicator started flashing. Three seconds later, another 'clunk'...

Hi Steve, you do yourself an injustice. That is the best, most easily followed set of instructions I could have wished for. I have spent yesterday afternoon attempting to find 'TDC' using a small screwdriver. Then, on my back, trying to align almost invisible timing marks, only to find the engine ba...

Hi everyone, I hope you are all well. Finally, my much abused 1098 started running on three last Wednesday and as it used 2 litres of oil per week, it is time for a replacement. Reality kicks in, The engines I spent £50 to £100 on 15 years ago no longer exist. In their place 'fully reconditioned uni...

Renew.....................Or we send the boys round! :

What about antipasto then?

Guys, gals and Trans/non binary and those members who do not identify as any specific gender (NSG) Thanks for your help. The evil Desmond is now fighting fit until the next, inevitable crisis, when I shall come, wailing as usual, to tell the members about some disaster that will cause me to threaten...

Further: Eye wateringly expensive. £ 17.30 With discount for piece of plastic worth no more than 40p. I bought it but it doesn't make me feel happy that someone ripped me a new As****e.

Yep, you're right of course, Mea Culpa, a hissy fit on my part. In my defence, This damn car is like an Albatross around my neck. sometimes I wish I had never seen it. I bought it 30+ years ago, just to get to work. It was cheap (£850) and running well. I sold it about 6 years later and suddenly, ma...

Hi, yes that's the part. I did try to upload a photo using the instructions but something went wrong. I'm not usually this hopeless! Anyway, I have ordered the part despite it being eye wateringly expensive. The simple fact is they have one and I need one. A friend offered to 3D print one, using the...

I rang ESM and a very helpful man suggested that the inner cable is normally not an issue and to look at the outer cable where it meets the motor as this can fail. Bingo! there is a plastic tube about 1" in length with one end clamped in the end of the motor and the other held firm by a clip on...

Thanks Mike, I'll order one tomorrow. Again, I was probably looking in the wrong place on their website. It makes sense to renew it. I've had a good look at the wheels and both appear undamaged. Does anyone know if the outer cable is only anchored to the bulkhead by the wheel boxes and motor bracket...

Ok, thank you for reining me back in! I have now had a Guinness and calmed down. I think I had just reached a point having had a half shaft break on me two weeks ago, plus other assorted issues over the last two weeks, that left me asking myself, "Is this worth it?" I have examined the whe...