Morris Minor Owners Club

Now, if only someone would come up with a 5-speed conversion that fits in a standard Minor gearbox casing, that would really be worth reading about!

I have a problem with one my front alloy hubs (supplied with a Ford front disc brake conversion) where the outer bearing cup has worked itself loose on the alloy hub (it should be a nice tight interference fit, however, on mine there is approx. 0.5mm of play at each side). I was wondering if anyone ...

Yes, it does. According to Paul Skilleter's book "Morris Minor", your car is a 1963-built car, although DVLA has it down as first registered on January 1964.

Looks like an interesting conversion, although you'll need to find another thermostat housing or rotate it so it joins with the Minor radiator. Now, that's a long dipstick you have there! :o I currently have an ex-Maestro 1.3 HIF44 carb and alternator on my Traveller's 1275cc MG Midget engine, which...

Glad I spotted this, as I have an Eezibleed and a couple of spare ventilated and non-ventilated caps kicking around!

I have a 1970 Minor Traveller, on which the little corner brackets at the back of the wood frame (described as "Lower Bracket-Locates Rear Bumper Stud" by ESM) have both rotted to the point where the bumper is getting loose (i.e., can be waggled up and down). This item: lower-bracket.jpg D...

Goodness knows Les. I wouldn't consider removing the gearbox to change the clutch. I'd much rather remove the engine - and I don't have an engine hoist either. The engine is easy enough to remove once the front panel is out of the way :wink: Indeed. I changed a release bearing on my (1275cc MG Midg...

I recently replaced a rear slave cylinder because I was also doing the hub seals and new brake shoes, but the one I took off (a Delphi) didn't look too bad. I was thinking of a way of testing it, and possibly others, off of the car, and also found a spare Lockheed master cylinder in the garage, whic...

I had some old(ish) Hypoid oil left over from draining and refilling my Traveller's back axle recently, and today I used it lightly brushed on to the (wire brushed first) leaf springs while it was jacked up and rear inner wheel arches, also removed the rear chassis rail felt bungs in the boot floor ...

Indeed. I must make a mental note to check them every year or so now!

Yes, agreed the axle flange oil drain hole is important and it should be cleaned out when the hub is off. Stephen I'm glad you mentioned this: I've currently been having an issue with oil leaking onto the o/s/r brake shoes, to the point that today I removed the hub (which had a broken wheel stud an...

Great picture - your mutt certainly doesn't seem to mind drooling over it! I also have a similar problem, having replaced the driver's seat covering in my 1970 Traveller some years ago.

Pity, it was quite an interesting conversion...

Did you make any further progress on this?

I feel I'm being right royally ripped off by Scottish Power. I used to pay a regular £30 or so per month for electricity only on a 1-bedroom flat (no gas). This then mysteriously rocketeted by six times that to over £120/month following Putin's invasion! It was at this point I got them to install a ...

The dizzy advance should be 3 degrees at 400rpm, 7.5 degrees at 1,150rpm, 13 degrees at 2,800rpm, according to this chart: https://www.starchak.ca/tech/pdfs/lucas.pdf I have now fitted the correct Lucas 41270 MG Midget 25D4 distributor (with Lumenition Magnetronic) and it goes quite well, though not...

I struggled in a cold garage this weekend having to refit the front end of my brother's 2015 Ford Fiesta back together following front end repairs after a 'mate' of his borrowed it and managed to tear off the front bumper, dislodge the bonnet hinges, etc. What a PITA working on modern cars can be! S...

Would MGB GT V8 Metalastic Front Wishbone Bushes (BHH1123) be suitable for doing the rear springs on a 1970 Traveller?

I don't see why that would the case, since most of the VW Beetle engine itself is made of a magnesium alloy, which doesn't rust. However, the surrounding tinwork possibly would, but probably no worse than the infamous heater channels, etc.

The steering wheel looks similar to that fitted to the Austin 1300GT.