Morris Minor Owners Club

I asked around my local independent garages as to who could fit and balance tyres that I would provide. Many tyre places are quite 'arsey' and won't fit tyres they haven't supplied, those garages that will do the work often want around £15 - £18 a tyre or more. In the end, I got a quote from my loca...

In many old types the arm length could be changed slightly, pushing it into the body or pulling it out in a form of interference fit. Modern versions are fixed as to length with a rivet. Although the esm type are made for the Minor they are adapted from the Mini ones so the bit that fits over the s...

Well engineered. :tu1: It only takes a steady hand. I've often pondered about how I could do something similar for the Flat Screen Wipers; I've even looked at other Classic suppliers for alternative vehicle options, such as the Ford Anglia, but they have the same 'flat screen' wipers... :roll: I'll ...

Well I've never had all mine apart to that degree, but looking at it logically, I would say everything you have there is hanging down too much and the Front Suspension height, off load, should be correctly set before attaching the Steering Rack. Set the Torsion Bar as per K.3 in the Workshop Manual....

Chief wrote: ↑Mon May 27, 2024 10:24 am

geoberni wrote: ↑Mon May 27, 2024 10:10 am The same maintenance tip might help you with the Double Hand Pull situation....

True, I did wonder about it. Of course, it's only been doing it for 14 years or so now

The Pull Start is simply you pulling against a spring pressure to manually close a set of heavy duty contacts. You could try a little electrical contact cleaner on the 'button' part of the mechanism (on the switch under the bonnet, not on the Pull Sw in the car) to see if that seeps down the shaft t...

Be careful, the wipers posted by Old jalopy will be the right length but they are effectively Mini wipers which will wipe the screen effectively as the springs are great. The trouble is that they tend to foul on the bonnet when it is opened. There are plenty of original Series III wiper arms availa...

One possibility is that the original purchasers of these vehicles stipulated that they wanted gloveboxes fitted, and if the dealers were happy to oblige there may only have been a handful of these particular cars with this combination of features....... Yes, they were available as spare parts, so a...

I'm just going by the details in the AKD 3542. Unless someone can provide definitive proof that the Parts Manual is wrong, and let's face it for many years that's how people brought parts (so you'd like to think the details are correct) by providing their car number, glove box covers were discontinu...

What is this info based on? Well here's an infographic I made last month and posted to facebook, basically because there were so many posts about glovebox covers... I made this up by using the car number details for change points, given in the original Parts Manual. So as your car is Oct 62, that's...

I’m not sure if it can be edited. For some long standing reason, apparently not to upset a seller, a reply is not possible, otherwise another post could be added with the required withdrawal message. Personally I think this ‘no reply’ is counterproductive, however that’s the way it is. Hi Les Yes, ...

Dryad wrote: ↑Fri May 24, 2024 6:33 pm How do I remove my ad for my '63 4-door Minor in 'Cars for sale'? I've decided not to sell it yet (or maybe not at all!).

Can you not Edit it, to say no longer for sale?
If you can't, then contact ' simmitc ' using the Private Message facility on the top right.

jaekl wrote: ↑Fri May 24, 2024 12:01 pm Wasn't the duotone interior only used on deluxe models?

Yes, from Oct '61 it was part of Deluxe spec (according to Ray's Book )

Many of our old cars are not as original as we like to think are they. Very true, from the limited documents I have, I've worked out that it was as late as 1999 when a PO decided to fit indicators when fitting a new loom, and chose to fit the interim '61-'63 style.... which probably makes him fairl...

stevie25@me.com wrote: ↑Wed May 22, 2024 3:20 pm Hi can I get help how do I contact moderator to change my user name from my email address to Mercmancdi.
Thank you.
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Contact " simmitc " using a PM... unless he sees this in the meantime....

4 way flasher units which operate both the flashers AND the hazard lights have been around for donkeys years :wink: Yes, for OE use, designed to do both at build. Hazards were offered in the USA in the 50s but not mandated in the UK until 1986. What I meant was Hazards certainly weren't a common fe...

I cannot possibly imagine a combined Indicators & Hazards Flasher in one unit 40 years ago. I'm not even sure they'd do it now. The most plausible '4th connection' is a separate Earth. However, it might be that the original owner at some time fitted a Flasher Unit made for a car with a pair of '...

So my upper guess was close Phil , when I was a mechanic we used to call them "too late lights" :lol: I think it's fairly common that the Pressure Switch for the light is going to be a fair bit lower that the pressure at Idle speed. You don't want it flickering like the Ign Light does whe...

I agree with Stephen, you set everything up and then went and changed the air supply configuration.
It's no wonder it's playing up.
Repeat the setting it up with the pipe connected.....

On the grease question, in recent years I've brought a couple of tubs/tins.
The earlier purchase, the tin (I forget the brand), didn't have one, the more recent plastic tub (Comma) did.