Morris Minor Owners Club

An update on my horn issue... The horn has been taken apart and appears to be as it should. We have had the horn boss out and I don't have the metal clips which seem to be causing some of you to have the same problem. I think this is because my car is a 1959 model and the horn boss is different - it...

Thank you @geoberni

[/quote] I don't understand why you might think the fittings have been replaced with the wrong ones... What's the back story to this? What bulbs are in there at the moment? [/quote] Because last time I looked at changing to LEDs the ones from Classic Car LEDs were too big - they sent me the measurem...

These cars all took the same Bulbs when they were built, whether Traveller or Saloon; the Lucas L488, as used on the Traveller, simply has a deeper holder than the L594 (the one that has the taller 'beehive' lens). Thank you for this helpful information. It makes me wonder whether the holders have ...

LED indicator bulbs are more complicated. They will not flash at the correct rate with a thermal flasher unit. The Lucas Fl5 type flasher unit can be replaced with an electronic equivalent that looks essentially the same and will flash the LED bulbs at the correct rate. However, if you also have a ...

Thank you both - I tried them last year but the bulbs were too big for the flat lenses. Maybe they have a new, smaller size available now. I will contact them again.

Does anyone know where I can buy LED bulbs which will fit in the flat lenses on the back of my Traveller? Grateful for any help, thank you.

@svenedin Thank you for these really helpful photos and further advice.

I put the slip ring assembly on wrong after removing and replacing my SII steering column. Obviously wrong, because when I went to connect the battery up again, the horn sounded! I had a suspicion it might do that :-? I was then able to see how I had wrongly re-assembled the horn slip ring and did ...

Certainly not relevant, but some years ago, I had a horn issue. "Banjo" type steering wheel with the horn push fixed to the steering wheel with a screw. I had removed the steering wheel for reason(s) I can't remember. Assembled it all and, to my embarrassment, every time I turned the stee...

@svenedin Thank you! All this is really helpful and how handy that you met someone on MOT who knew about this! I assume you are going to give this go too?

@svenedin Thank you for this very helpful reply. Your hypothesis makes perfect sense and (if it gets hot again) I will testing it out. Not sure there is an easy solution though!

@King Kenny Thank you, but we had to take the steering wheel off last year for an unrelated reason, so cleaned and checked it all over then so I don’t think that’s the problem.

We have two travellers on which the horns were working just fine. During this recent hot weather both the horns stopped working. Now it’s cooled down they are both working again. I know it sounds bonkers, but could the heat have affected them?

Thanks all…I am currently with the RAC but, following reports of some dreadful service (lack of) by them and the AA I am wondering whether a change is wise.

Thanks mobylette!

Does anyone have experience of GEM breakdown cover? I’ve only just become aware of them. As well as offering breakdown cover to modern cars, they offer an option for classic cars where you can have the car taken to your nominated classic car repairer. https://www.motoringassist.com/breakdown-cover/c...

Honestly I have no idea! It may be something you can choose to show, but I can’t say that I have ever felt that I needed to know when my phone would be charged

On an iPhone.

It’s not always 4 seconds - sometimes it says 5 or 6. Sometimes it lets me in on the next try, but sometimes I get the message again a couple more times. It doesn’t seem to matter if I’m logged in or not. It’s not a massive problem…I just wondered.