Morris Minor Owners Club

Nothing I am aware of that you can treat them with to reverse the brittleness. I only have personal experience of the later types. What I would say is, don't try to remove them in cold weather or if you must, try to warm them up first with a hairdryer or something. They are extra brittle in the col...

King Kenny wrote: ↑Wed Aug 12, 2026 3:51 pm Short answer is, no. The later ones are plastic. The early, banjo type are a sort of bakelite and bakelite is prone to cracking if abused.

If I was being pedantic...I would say 'Bakelite IS plastic!' The later ones crack too. Anything they can be treated with?

Am I right in thinking that the horn push surround (the bit that always brakes when you prise the horn push out of the steering wheel) is made from Bakelite?
If so, is there anything that it can be 'conditioned' with to stop it being so brittle? Bees wax, or furniture polish or teak oil or something?

Reduced to £30.

For sale, some chassis bits and brackets etc, plus other spares. 8" front drums 3 hinges (not sure if van or traveller) parcel shelf padded rail radiator, has a putty repair but held water when I put it away pedal shaft,very worn filler pipe front panel, lots of rust damage painted dash panel P...

Can admin please move these political posts to another section. I'm 100% sure brake shoes, asbestos or not, have nothing to do with covid or politics. This has gone way off topic and my original question :tu1: Sorry Bill. I won't do it again. :oops: Back to brake shoes. I remember years ago having ...

It is disappointing to see that a public servant whose work on HIV and COVID has no doubt saved millions of lives is being victimised for political rather than evidence-based medical science reasons. Who can blame him for refusing to give republicans a chance to put a him in jail. A lot of people w...

Stuffedpike, The senate hearing the other day has exposed him as an ego driven fraud. I think he’s lost his lustre even among democrats. The question is will he ever face criminal prosecution for his misdeeds. Thanks Bill. His diaries seem to be the best evidence against him. He does not seem to be...

During the fauchi flu fiasco the N95 mask was being touted as the preferred personal protection. The box explicitly stated “not for asbestos”. If it wouldn’t stop asbestos fibers it certainly wouldn’t stop the much smaller virus. Short of a true respirator probably not much you could do. Lots of Fa...

Just saw it on ebay Mervin.

Moss have got vacuum units in stock. The part number they give is 517251.
Is that the right unit for a 1098 minor?

Comptons 2000 in Birmingham U.K. make tilts.

I have posted before how one minor I owned performed better than all the others. Over the years I have put 13 minors back on the road. Some of them I did not own, or drive for long....just buying them, welding them , Mot ing them and then selling them. I don't know why the 'good' one was so good. Co...

I could buy six Chinese distributors complete with rotor arms, points, condensers, caps and vacuum units for the price of one D.D. reconditioned distributor. Just saying, that's all. You could. Or you could support British businesses and buy the best. Martin Jay (Distributor Doctor) spent a long ti...

I could buy six Chinese distributors complete with rotor arms, points, condensers, caps and vacuum units for the price of one D.D. reconditioned distributor.
Just saying, that's all.

ESM list one vacuum unit, with push on pipe.

Would this definitely be right for a 1098, or is it just a generic one?

Bump!

There are not as many model engineers and live steam enthusiasts around as I thought.

Anyone needing a piece of cheap brass....I have got plenty left.

P.M. me. Thanks
John.

Voice of doom here..... A few weeks ago I accidentally nudged the heater knob with my knee as I got out of my minor. I never touch the heater knob, and always leave it open all year round because I know they can be a problem. Next time I used my minor I went to my local tip....a round journey of les...

Very hot here in the East Midlands. I'm not driving anywhere. The scary thing is that the super El Nino this year is not set to influence our summer weather until next summer. The El Nino, along with the removal of sulphur from shipping fuel in the Mediterranean since May 2025, will mean that next s...

Thanks Bill.

I find it hard to believe that all the Minors that I have owned since the 80's had knackered distributors....but maybe they did.

I might splash out......