Morris Minor Owners Club

Could someone do me a favour please. I need a new window winder for my AEC Militant and I think it may be the same as that fitted to the Morris Minor. If someone has got one handy, could they take some measurements please. This is what mine looks like. http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1315/776203014_b...

Going back to Chris's original post and the point about turning the engine a couple of times before trying to start it. This also makes doubly sure that it is not in gear. Starting an engine with the handle while the vehicle still in gear is can be a very unpleasant experience, as this tractor owner...

Well it all came apart OK without any damage and with the same bearings back in the right way round there is now no play at the rim.

Thanks for the replies. Don't worry, I wasn't going to drive it in that condition. I bought a new bearing kit from a car spares place today just in case I can't get it all apart without damaging something. The new bearings have got "thrust" written on one side. I bet the ones I fitted on T...

I changed the front wheel bearings on one side of Helen's Minor yesterday without checking the manual first. I'm used to lorries and Land Rovers with taper roller bearings, ball bearings in the hub is new to me. After I had fitted them I noticed there was about 2mm of play at the rim. At this point ...

Thanks Scott, I should have said I meant the ordinary maintenance free type, not the lead calcium or gel type. Kevin, that's me three weeks after passing my driving test and three days after buying my first "car", a V8 Series 2. It didn't take me long to find out a Land Rover is no match f...

Thanks for the replies everyone.
If the only difference between a normal and a "sealed" battery is how hard it is to get the tops off, I'll just get whichever they have got in stock.

It's time for a new battery on Helen's minor. I've lent her a spare Land Rover one for now, but we will have to buy a new one soon. Now, I seem to remember being told that the modern sealed, maintenance free batteries should only be used with a modern alternator. Something to do with dynamo voltage ...

I have heard that modern unleaded petrol is more prone to vapourising than good old fashioned 2 star. I think most modern cars have an electric pump mounted near the tank to eliminate the sucking vapour problem. One exception was the early Range Rover which had an electric pump under the bonnet and ...

Imperial sized tyres are measured across the tread contact area.
Metric sized tyres are measured across their widest part, about half way up the sidewall.
That's why a 5.00-14 tyre is the same width as a 145R14 (5.00" = 127mm)

Thanks 57traveller. That's exactly the information and pictures I wanted.

Sorry, I should of mentioned they are inertia reel belts to go in the front and it has never had belts fitted before. Although, I think when I did some sill repairs a while ago, I remember seeing a captive nut on one side at least. The door pillar looks too narrow so I suppose they will have to go o...

We have bought a pair of seat belts to fit in the present Mrs Militants 1961 two door saloon. I could work out, by holding the belts in place and seeing what looks and feels right, where to drill the holes, but it looks like one of those jobs where I will look at it afterwards and think "I wish...

Thanks for the link, Grainger. I thought I had checked all the parts suppliers links on the MMOC site, I must have missed that one. As we have got the old flat type clamps, the new U bolt type wont fit without the little curved plates, so for £7.50 I might as well buy the complete kit and have new s...

We need the rearmost clamp for the exhaust on a 1961 2 door saloon. I'm working from the "Morris Minor Centre (Bath) Ltd" parts catalogue as it looks like an copy of the original complete with original part numbers as used by most other parts suppliers and also because they have got the mo...

Thanks for that, I will try the spare wheel clamp tomorrow. Maybe I could glue a bit of old inner tube on the back of it where it levers against the wheel.

Hello everyone, I'm new here. My girlfriend, Helen, has got a 1961 two door and it's my job to keep it roadworthy. This weekend I painted a spare set of wheels and then had the good tyres swapped over from the old rusty wheels onto the newly painted ones. As the old rims were pretty tatty anyway I w...