Morris Minor Owners Club

It was all damp but not as damp as the 2 cars in that picture.....the fuse box has been cleaned up and all working again, not badly corroded just got mucky again. The Lucar connectors on the wires themselves are the difficult bits to clean up . Thanks for the help folks

Many thanks will double check the fuses and contacts in the light tomorrow. Not been so long since I cleaned them all up but the weather has been pretty filthy recently.

Just been out in the car, windscreen wipers suddenly stopped at the end of their travel and stuck there, indicators, fuel gauge and and heater blower also stopped working. Lights were still working. Stopped at the side of the road, all fuses and connections looked ok, wiper blades suddenly parked th...

Saw an advert in the paper the other day, they were looking for a salesman to sell playground equipment. In the end I didn't apply for it, I needed a steady income and suspected that it might be a bit swings and roundabouts.

I joined a local Buddhist group not so long ago. I was told that the idea was to meditate and also to try and get rid of my attachments. I wasn't very good at meditating but I did manage to get rid of my attachments, however this has now made hoovering the stairs very difficult.

So I needed to replace both wiper rubbers on my late saloon and also a couple of wiper rubbers on an old boat, they would accept the Morris rubbers as well if only they were available separately. I had a pack of cheap universal wiper refills for modern vehicles, you can see the difference between th...

Thanks for the advice folks, finally sorted. Managed to get a small adjustable spanner on the shank of the bolt and by levering against the steering column and turning the bolt with a spanner it eventually came out. There wasn't much leverage but couldn't get anything bigger in there, bit of a grunt...

Thanks Phil, yes the holes seemed to be lined up ok with the groove in the spline, the bolt went all the way through just to the end of the exit hole but now refuses to go further or go back. Not sure what has happened, struggling to get the thing out now. Easy enough to turn with a spanner in eithe...

Hi I fitted a new steering rack today and track rod ends, final bit was to replace the pinch bolt on the bottom of the column, it went a fair way in, in fact the end of it is exactly flush with the exit hole,problem is it will now go neither forwards nor backwards. It's kind of loose but with tight ...

I did one not so long back, see post: https://board.mmoc.org.uk/viewtopic.php?t=76740 This was a late saloon/ESM rubber. One of the more awkward bits was fitting the rubber onto the screen prior to fitting as it tends to collapse a bit while you are trying to get it on. The glass handles were really...

The bulkhead bolts used for the Grumpy's engine steady bracket are 5/16" BSF. Grind a lead in/taper on the bottom of the bolt or use a wing bolt which already has a lead in/taper on its bottom end. If you do not have a 5/16" BSF tap just file a flat on a 5/16" BSF bolt and that will ...

Hello, I am having a problem fitting the Grumpy engine steady that I recently bought for my 1969 saloon. Last time I had one of these was years ago when I fitted one to my van and it was no problem at all. Now, however I can't for the life of me get the bolts provided into the unused holes next to t...

Thought I might share this as I know a lot of people struggle dreadfully. A friend was due to help me with the job but unfortunately she was unwell and the job had to be done. Managed it on my own, 2 hours from start to finish including removing the screen and cleaning up. I already had a glazing ha...

Thanks very much for posting that Philip, that is really useful info cheers

I know there are a lot of Minors in the UK and Sri Lanka, also a fair few in New Zealand , Holland, some in France and the USA, but where were the main export markets? Is there any data on surviving cars abroad or are there any owners clubs in countries you might not expect? A recent post about impo...

geoberni wrote: Can't see a point to them myself at least as far as Minors...the A Series engine can be started by a starting handle, so why treat it like it's a Main Battle Tank Engine... :roll: Not quite a Main Battle tank but here is an offgrid chap, a blacksmith going by the name Maximus Ironthu...

I got this idea from an old post by bmcecosse regarding improving the heater output. He suggested removing the air intake trunk from the stub and directing it at the back of the radiator. The hose is actually a bit short but I extended it using a yoghurt pot with the bottom cut out of it. I also pul...

Another option is to use the mounting point for the heater control valve, make a wider bracket that will accomodate both heater control and a switch as well. No new holes to drill in the car.

What myoldjalopy said about the RB106 is interesting and although the OP has an alternator maybe it is wired up using the RB106 as a junction box? Mine is and I noticed that if I pressed one of the contacts down it stuck down, there was current flowing. I didn't like the idea of that so bent the con...

All good tips! Really like Phil's idea of adding the master cylinder plate to the other side. One thing I also like to do is to fill a syringe with runny waxoyl and carefully run it along just under the headlining either side of the car squeezing gently as I go to protect the channel under there. On...