Morris Minor Owners Club

Thanks all, heelboard liner is my new word of the day - i guess thats calcaneumtabula navis in Latin? I will fit the new carpet for now, and longer term try to create an authentic replacement out of Millboard!! i have several "extra" holes in my floor, not rusted, but drilled through, what...

Hey folks, I have scuttle panels at the front of my car, made of a hard cardboard material, then i have two more pieces made of the same material, i cannot find the part name for either of them. The first is underneath the back seats (only half has survived): [frame] http://mmoc.org.uk/mbimage.php?s...

Thanks folks, I watched this video on removing studs via the double nut method (which I hadn't seen done), sprayed a little wd-40, tapped it with a hammer and hey presto all done.
http://youtu.be/66ATKL4G04M
Thanks a lot for everyone's help.
I have completed my first oil change!

Hey folks, I am also struggling with stud removal, I don't have access to a gas torch, so any other top tips on how to loosen the two studs? I am presuming that they screw out clockwise? Currently I am stuck with these two sticking out and and not oil in the engine.... Thanks a lot, Greg[frame] http...

Thanks folks, i have made some progress, corrected some dodgy screw fitment, but still not got my levers in the right place to start levering! In the diagram below, i have tried to match the four ends of the levers to their correct lever points. Can someone check them and tell me if they are right? ...

Hey folks, I have just stripped, cleaned and replaced parts on my carb, I am now trying to resemble it, but can't work out how to get the two lever springs in the correct place to apply tension. Has anyone got a photo or diagram showing them correctly assembled? Thanks a lot! Greg[frame] http://mmoc...

Hey folks, Sorry for the delay in replying! I got my chassis number from the original registration document that i have for the car -it goes back to its first registration on the road in NZ and quotes the body number as 399991. The letter i have from Gaydon that i got verifying that body number conf...

Hey folks, Hello from sunny Singapore! Kevin the Morris has made it safely to Singapore, but the eagle eyed chaps at the LTA (Land Traffic Authority) have started poking into some dark corners of my cars past, to ensure that it is correctly categorised here. Here are the facts as i have it: First a ...

Hey folks, My wife has got a transfer to Singapore, so we are packing up and heading off to Singapore to live. Obviously, Kevin will have to come with us, as we have no planned return date and I cant leave him in a lock up in West London for the next 10 years. Importing a classic car into Singapore ...

As always - thanks to all for their advice. I am off camping with my scout troop this weekend but will hopefully get some time on Sunday evening to start tracking down the issue, i will check how rich he/she is running, then take her for a run and listen to the fuel pump to see if its sucking too mu...

Hey wise minor owners, I have been enjoying some nice longish drives in Kevin my 1956 minor, covering 60 miles in the last two weeks, but I have quite a serious complication! My car starts fine, first thing in the morning and idles well for the first 10 minutes or so, but as my journey goes on and I...

Hey folks, Just a note to say thanks to all on the forum for their help and advice, today after 30 odd years off the road, i am happy to say i drove Kevin 12 miles to work, and we both made it safely! Here he is parked up in my work car park... [frame] http://mmoc.org.uk/mbimage.php?src=1402922920_1...

Hey folks, I am looking at purchasing some nice black and silver plates for Kevin. I have found some correct shaped Minor plates here: http://www.chestnut-registrations.co.uk/vintageplates.aspx Can anyone tell me what the best way to fix them is? The current plastic halfords plates that i have are s...

Thanks chaps, after initially thinking it was a joke product, I have ordered some Captain Tolley's Creeping Crack Cure and will throw it in the gap and see what happens! I have also ordered the grommet cover - i always had thought that grommets were small things, so i discounted the one listed on ES...

Hey folks Thanks as usual for all your wisdom and advice! i have two questions i would like some help on: 1st holes in the floor As shown in the picture below, my car is missing two plugs/blanks/covers from the gearbox. Can anyone tell me the part number of the left hand side one, i have looked on v...

Thanks for all the information, i feel like i am unpeeling a many layered onion here! I wasn't planning to replace my brake pipes, and i have managed to get the brake pipe separated, so am i OK to leave the brake pipes in place and replace all the brake cylinder parts (including banjo and washers), ...

Thanks BMC, i wiggled and jiggled and got it out, now the next challenge, to separate the brake pipe and banjo. I have spray liberally with WD40 and will give it some time to loosen up!
Thanks a lot.
Greg

Hey folks, I am in the process of replacing my rear brake cylinders, following lots of tips on the forum. But i am facing a problem that others have not mentioned, though i can loosen the brake line from the cylinder, i cant get it out. Picture attached. I have loosened the back plate and got the cy...

Hey BigJim, That makes sense, have only recently got the car, i have only tried to lock it once, and that's about the time the door started playing up. I have tried to unlock it, but its not working - i might need to take a more patient approach and keep wiggling it till something happens! Thanks ve...

Hey wise folks, As usual thanks to everyone who is helping me with my challenges! Todays challenge is the drivers door handle. From the inside it works perfectly, locking and opening smoothly, but from the outside the handle doesn't open the full way, it stops solid after only a short amount of leve...