Morris Minor Owners Club

Brand new from reputable minor specialist. No, it was literally one pull on the starter and a brief spin over of the engine, then bang and failure. Wires from starter and to battery very hot. Can’t see any obvious signs of bad earth, all earth points nice and Clean and when checked for continuity th...

Engine turns freely. Yes. Not seized and I e turned it over using the starting handle.

So. My minor which has sat idle for many many many months wouldn’t start or even turn. It’s a 58 and has a pull starter. When pulling the starter knob the dash lights dim. I checked the power to the starter motor and sure enough there was no power reaching it. I bridged the connection on the switch ...

Well with regards the Starter Motor It was that causing the problem (see pic) has wound itself undone! I'm guessing it was seized and then the retainer just broke. With regards to the viability of the restoration. The sane answer is no...it's beyond economical repair BUT I've got it and I need to se...

Your 58 2dr with a red interior isn't 518UXH is it ?? My old car. The car is SORN every year in July but seems to have vanished off the face of the earth, must be hiding in someones garage, last seen in Leeds. Not recognised by the MMOC, not on any facebook forums and the DVLA refuse to forward my ...

I see it does require a little fettling then to make it work. That guy from the other forum didn't fit the rear seats however and I'm considering fitting the set of seats. My wife thinks it will be criminal to fit 'modern' seats to the Minor so I have already divided opinion within the household! I'...

I'm midway through a restoration of a 58 2 Door Minor. The interior is shot to pieces and totally beyond saving my opinion. I've scoured the web for a replacement like for like match (Dark Red with white piping trim) and aside from the £1500 at Charles Ware for a new interior kit (not an option), I'...

:D Yep, thanks for the heads up about the correct use of the crank handle. I'm a newbie to these cars but not to the crank handle which I've used on a previous car a long time ago. Good safety advise none the less! At this stage I'm morel ikely ot put my back out tugging it over. Won't even cough us...

:lol: :lol: Yep, it appears to be the starter. Before I decided to remove it, I cranked it over a few more times and randomly it then fired over, ran (badly) and then conked out. On trying again, horrible noise again, then several more cranks and then out of the blue it then fires over. I'm assuming...

Possibly the Bendix gear is sticking. It sounds as if the starter is spinning but the gear is not moving forward to engage with the teeth on the flywheel. Take off the starter and give the gear a good clean. With luck, it's an easy fox and nothing serious. I'll try that Brian, thanks very much for ...

Hi all. Acquired a very very very sorry Minor 1000 1958 2dr a while back and today we've tried starting it for the first time. It's been sat for around 20 years. We've done all the usual stuff, new pints, plugs, leads, oil, fuel, cleaned carb. Initially the starter was turning the engine over nicely...