Morris Minor Owners Club

Thanks both - I think you are right: I'll try to schedule in some workshop time to pull the gearbox and replace the fly wheel. She'll have to last a little while on the new bendix though: got to get to work somehow!
Jim

Thanks all - the bendix was indeed jammed and took some persuading to come free (using the timber method prescribed by your good selves - obvious but I didn;t think of it)! Unfortunately the flywheel has chewed off bendix teeth so I'm now fishing around trying to get as many little bits of metal (th...

Mildred has really thrown me a curve ball this time! On trying to start her this am I got the old clunk of the starter motor jamming I think - the solenoid still clicks. "No probs" thought I "free it up and when you get a mo pop it out for a bit of bendix love". But that's when t...