Morris Minor Owners Club

Little update, the guy has agreed to send me some photos and all the info he has on the car. I'll put whatever i get up here.

ok, I'll get some more info from the guy first. If he hasn't got back to me tonight, I'll give him a ring tomorrow.

I've dropped him a text, see if he comes back to me. I'd be happy to write up something, but it might be suited to a more experienced writer. If he is willing to meet and talk about it, I'll get some good notes, and some decent photos. Where would be the best place to submit it?

yeah, he doesn't live far from me at all, so i'm going to keep an eye out for it for sure.

cool, i'll see if i can find a copy to have a look at. Thanks very much.

So, I just sold my moggie (sad face) to a nice bloke who lives near me, he's a welder, has a couple of minors himself, seems to be a fanatic (i imagine he is a member, not sure if he's online), and the car has gone as his daughters first car (which i think is ace). Anyway, we were having a chat befo...

So if is fitted I need to use it?
Might just take it off.

I thought I'd been fairly on it keeping the revs up a little to keep the dynamo going if sat in traffic, but possibly not enough, and if that reversing light I have isn't wired up properly, it was on for about 8 hours. I'll see how it goes with the battery, my order of business at the moment is chec...

Lovely blue Pickup, outside the Westgate hotel in oxford.

I'll have a look at that tomorrow. But as you say, not accurate equpiment, and will tote up nearer 15 end of the dial of I sit and rev it for a while.

False alarm, took her round the block, parked up, turned off, tried to get her going again and nothing. Well, a splitter, then a white when I pulled the starter, then nothing but the dash lights dipping. Started easily on the handle though, this time, maybe I've cracked the knack. I'll go for the ea...

NO, I will check that.
Well, I just jumped in her, to try another crank start, firstly my earlier information was wrong, about 13 on the volt meter in normal running, not 15. But she started. No crank. Thought I'd try her, and with a cough, she came to life. What does tthat indicate?

True, I'll charge the thing up, disconnect the reversing light, see where we end up. Is there a possibility of the dynamo working but the charge not reaching the battery? Or is it be dead?

Electrics are not my strong suit I'llbe honest, but I am keen to learn this stuff. The lady wifes dad used to work as an engineer in Formula one, and is willing to help when I get stuck. Was a god send when it came to getting the most out of a 948 minor.

Definitely will check the battery Tomas, but as I'm going to be driving to and from work in the dark for the next month or so at least, and possibly longer, I'm thinking alternator might be the way to go anyway.

Just a switch on the dash, there is a fog light switch next to it that doesn't work, and to be fair, I have never bothered to check why. I'll have a goose at whether the reversing light is hooked in to the ignition, but by the state of some of the things that have been added to the car I've come acr...

Thanks Alec,
I'll bang a charger on tonight and see where we go. It looks a fairly old battery, so a replacement may be in order.

I don't mind charging the battery, but if an alternator is easy to fix in, then I may think about it.
At least what you're saying is that its not uncommon to run the battery down like that.

Last night, as I was reversing the car in to a tiny space, I stalled the engine (it was very dark, and yeah I'm an idiot), and it wouldn't start again. I got a splutter from the ignition, but nothing else. I assume this is just a dead battery, but I tried cranking it to no avail (although, I've had ...

if it is not too cheeky, I'd be interested in this, my speedo died, pretty sure the damper had gone as it was whirling around like a loon, I got lucky, and found a second hand that was the same and worked, but if I can get the old one working I'd happily donate it, as I know how expensive new and re...