Morris Minor Owners Club

Hello everyone, I'm shortly going to put four new boots on the Minor, and will be replacing ratty old crossplies. Like the OP I'm torn between replacing with new crossplies or similarly skinny radials. I understand the differences in levels of grip, wear rate, expense etc. I wonder if the OP, or any...

Thanks to the new coil I can move the Minor-else it would be staying put and the 'Pile of Junk' would be driven away

A quick update: The coil connection was broken-somehow. No spark was forthcoming. New parts included a dizzy (knackered vacuum unit and the small difference in price between the vac and a whole new dizzy) coil, HT leads and some considered common sense meant that the Minor starts and runs a lot swee...

Thanks, both. I also feel that to keep the original is by far the preferred option, and will discover when I get lead and coil together whether this is possible. Thanks for the link to the pictures, it helps to ID what I'm looking at/for. No danger of too much or too basic information here, thanks f...

Hello again. Then plan is to confirm the connection on the new HT lead (in the post) and attempt a good fit into the old coil but, if it appears the breakage is inside the coil and a new one is required, I plan to go to the (local to the Minor) MG Owners Spares place in Cambridge and grab one. So, t...

Yeh, I have been lurking for a week or so! I took the old King lead from the old cap and pulled from the coil to inspect and clean. The rubber shrouding covers a copper spade connector and, on refitting, the electrical connection seemed a bit haphazard to say the least-seemingly waggling about in mi...

Hi all, I've recently got a Minor jointly with a friend, with a view to halving the costs (and skinned knuckles). However our tinkering so far has been a mixed success (at best) and despite me telling my friend that it is 'never' the coil, it seems a new coil might be in order. However, before I com...