Morris Minor Owners Club

When I bought my Elva it was registered in ny with the four character vin plus part of the engine number. Maybe the ny DMV didn’t think four digits was enough. It was also called a MG. They told me Elva didn’t exist because they didn’t have any in their computer. Took about a month of phone calls a...

Nice work

Standard items are generally Ign related, i.e. Plugs, Points, Condenser, Distributor Cap/Leads, and a Coil. Then there's the Fuel Pump, while dirty points in the pump can sometimes be encouraged to work by a sharp tap on the pump body, replacement is a quick roadside fix. Back in the day, that list ...

It appears that one cable guide still exists but it’s rotated out of contact with the cable. If I can get it out it should be a pattern for a reproduction. Looks like the right side one is worn thru. I’ll need to jack up the truck to get a closer look. I thought my shift lever boot was just torn. I...

Yes Autosparks sell all of the correct BS-AU7 colour coded wires as do Auto Electric Supplies. It is a pet hate of mine to see cars with awful bodged electrics using an old bit of wire in any colour. Then the owner will post a picture of a rats nest of all black or all red wires or whatever and say...

Thanks, found them. I had these on my work computer but lost them when I retired. It’s a bit challenging to find anything on a 2-1/2”x5” phone screen though. I was searching ESM’s site last night for pictures of the front shelf with no results. There was a problem with my English to English transla...

Thank you both. Im up early, insomnia. 5:45 am here. Aluminum makes it easier to machine. I found some delrin in my garage stash when I made that carburetor spacer. That might be even easier. Very low friction no corrosion problems. Rain in the forecast today. Probably not much will be accomplished...

The original part number was AAA1630, which doesn't give any significant returns, especially in your part of the world. FYI, I believe the images Les provided came from here: https://www.morrisminorspares.com/brakes-c42/handbrake-c49/handbrake-cable-guide-aluminium-van-pick-up-2-required-per-v-p829490

Thanks for your reply Phil. Unfortunately, Travellers are only in small numbers here as they were never officially sold new. That is, we only have privately imported ones. So finding 2 Traveller sets in good condition would be unlikely. I don't intend to carry big loads, so maybe I could get by wit...

I bought a couple of similar springs for the Discovery 2 which had a similar problem. Firstly I couldn't get them to fit and secondly the springs were so strong I was terrified that if one of them slipped whilst I was trying to fit it then the windscreen could get cracked. They went in the bin. :lol:

Bill_qaz wrote: ↑Tue Sep 15, 2026 4:05 pm
It was meant as a joke solution
They look awful

I did wonder, but there is clearly a market for them somewhere, as they seem to be widely available.
As most moderns seem to have black wiper arms, they wouldn't notice on them.

les wrote: ↑Tue Sep 15, 2026 1:45 pm

sorry.

Easy mistake

While these springs are certainly the basis of a good idea has anyone considered the appearance and fitment for a Minor? They don't look particularly large on a modern wiper arm, but at 2.55" width and almost 4" length... :-? A Minor Wiper Arm, depending on model year, is around 1/2" ...

The MM and Series 11 had nothing to stop dirt being thrown up by the front wheels and through the gap between the bottom of the front wing and the front bumper valance. Therefore, a strip of material was added to the bottom of the front wing to stop the muck. On later cars and replacement wings, an...

See the MGA Guru website. Downloads of the 'Lucas Technical Overseas Correspondence Course'. Section 8 includes Trafficators; it's not a lot of detail, but it might give you more knowledge than you currently have and it was the extent of Lucas training on them in the late 50s.... https://mgaguru.com...

I wouldn't put the Coil in the Ultrasonic. Given the age, the insulation might be 'OK' at the moment but give it a micro-beating in an ultrasonic bath and the insulation could easily beak up. After all, the wire used on electrical coils is thin copper with an even thinner coating of electrical varni...

The clips fit to the vertical right hand side of the radiator, to secure the overflow tube (looking from the front) the tube vents to the ground. :D I was asking taupe about the ones that are only on the MM/SII as per the illustration I posted from the parts book. They seem to hold a bit of 'wire' ...

:-? What did they actually hold in place?? They were ADA 2657.... I found them in the LCV parts book I have, which covers all years. They are listed as ceasing at the end of SII (chassis #49767). ADA 2657.JPG . I found a discussion about them, with this image from 2021, on an Austin-Healey 3000 Foru...

As John says, the later s5 Horn has little clips around it.
They weren't separate in the original parts book, they came fitted to the outer ring.

I bet any Minor 1000 has wipers at least 100% more effective than flat screen MM/Series II ones.
They are probably no improvement over the wipers on a 1920s vehicle; wobbling around on their rubber peg..
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