Morris Minor Owners Club

I've been insured @ Footman James fully comp + recovery etc <£150 (2000 mile limit). Now I'm private tutoring about 5 x per week in my local areas, so I need to include "business use" (not "commuting to a single place of business") but still maximum 3000 miles/year. Best quote I'...

bmcecosse wrote:The battery is flat! Charge it - or start the engine on the handle.....

Thanks. You've been my Occam' Razor on this one ! Me and my car crash of ideas (!) - "maybe if I change the seat covers it will start"

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I tried shorting the large terminals. The motor turned a few times (lots of sparks) now nothing
Battery reads 12V but my multimeter only goes up
To 10A.

A) charge battery?
B) replace/piggy back old solenoid?
C) eat humble pie & take to garage ...?

I need Moggie on the road

Thanks Andy. Your photo is really helpful. I'll do some cleaning where the solenoid bolts in and check power from the ignition cable.

And yes, randomly coloured wires held together by sellotape are a right pain!

Best,
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Is this the correct wiring? [frame] http://mmoc.org.uk/mbimage.php?src=1449248953_24492 [/frame][/quote] I was told I had the main connections the wrong way round (I assumed battery -> solenoid -> starter). But my diagram is correct insofar as the bolt closest to the bulkhead connects to the starter...

Thanks a lot.
I had it right the first time, but there were obviously other connectors still dirty.
Then I read about someone switching them over (which did the trick for him) & did the same...

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A thought. This solenoid came with no instructions of course, but is this the correct wiring?

...or am I being thicker than a whale omelette??


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All very confusing - the Ign lights should be on at first key position - yet you say they come on when you turn the key to 2nd position?? And the 'big end' buzzes ?? You got me there... Big ends are either silent - or they rattle.... So - have you wired in the new solenoid EXACTLY the same as the o...

Hi - A few weeks ago my 1968 Moggie got temperamental (lights ok, turning ignition key didn't turn over engine, but ignition lights were on, so we could push start it). I installed a new solenoid, because the old one looked like something from the Titanic. Not having a garage, and the deluges and li...

I've started having intermittent problems with my '68 Moggie saloon failing to turn over. Ignition lights etc come on, but nothing happens when you turn the key to ignition. This has twice "fixed itself" now - I hate it when things do that. It also conked out in a traffic jam (really great...

Fantastic ! All fixed.

Now I just need a label for the horn switch for the MOT - one of those plastic strip punchers (what are they called?) should do the trick

The picture below shows the side light fuse as indicated by bmc above The main fusebox is in top right of photo . [frame] http://mmoc.org.uk/mbimage.php?src=1442521671_15987 [/frame] This is on my 66 Traveller so should be the same on your 68 Hope this helps Yes, it does! EUREKA! (Except my fuse ho...

At the risk of making a nuisance of myself (!) your suggestions raise more questions... 1. I grounded the "non-standard" (dashboard button) horn to the battery housing (as the new fuel pump, fitted by Chertsey Minors, is grounded on the opposite side, and there are lots of holes to which t...

I does need to be labelled for the MOT. And has nothing to do with side lights/speedo lights or indicator lamp - all of which need to be working for the MOT. Well, that's good to hear, because the push horn was a major pain once I replaced the wheel & needed to make endless adjustments to stop ...

Hi All. I have a 1968 MM 1000 and have fitted a wooden post-sale steering wheel. Couldn't get the horn push to work completely reliably (scraping away enamel on Boss helped, but it wasn't ideal). I also replaced the indicator stalk, which was starting to disintegrate, and the green bulb was only spo...

Aha! I know exactly where you mean. (Pointing an LED headlamp into the wiring, with the sun in my face made the colours look bizarre)

Thanks!

Hello there, I'm new to the Club, just got my first 1968 MM 1000, but not yet too savvy on the MM wiring. My indicator stalk was falling to pieces, so I replaced it with a new one from eBay, and I wired everything up as close to the original as I could. Indicators work except the green light on the ...