Morris Minor Owners Club

Awesome, thanks. I'm 100% sure about the battery connection so the other must be the ind light. Unfortunately i need a slightly bigger V belt now so ill have to fit that tomorrow. Grrr.

Ok got another question (surprised?)

I have chucked a new alternator in. The new alternator has the terminals B+ D+ and a D-

The B+ is obviously the battery

Would the D+ be the indicator light?

I have no idea what D- is, it doesnt have a spade connector or anything.

Talked to an auto electrician who basically said that the alternator must be stuffed, something to do with rotors (i forgot the exact explanation quickly). But his answer was to swap it with a new alternator. So i got one with an internal regulator which ill try and fit tonight. Other people though ...

EEK! Right i think ill get a pro to look at it! Thanks for the help!

So here is what i have come up with. The guy had the aux + going to the regulator then powering all the aux gear. Part of my aux gear is a voltage meter which returns to the battery. The voltage meter shows no charge thus i think that there is a bad connection and charge isn't getting back to the ba...

Ok now im really confused because this just doesn't seem right to me. The alternator has 3 connections. It has Aux + which is running from the alt, through the regulator, through the fuse box and then to the ignition ??? this doesn't sound right to me! There is a IND connection running to the indica...

well i put the new regulator in and ran the car for about 10 seconds and the damn thing was already overheating again so replacement didn't help. If its overheating that quickly could it be that voltage is going in and not going out? Certainly will have to check the wire to the battery. The regulato...

Picked up another regulator for $20 (australian), going to put it in tonight. The electrician couldn't think of any reason for it to catch on fire, im pretty confused too. Anyway ill hook this new one up carefully and see what happens.

I was told that the engine is a nissan 1200 motor. Haven't really spent much time messing around with it yet.

As for a new alternator, i think that might be the go but ill look at that when i get a sparky to check out the wiring.

Right, found out that its a Bosch RE55 External Alternator Regulator. Obviously ill have to check out what sort of alternator it has now. The car has been running for ages without issues so im guessing the regulator just packed up. The fact that it caught on fire is very disconcerting though. The ca...

Wires from the black relay are all related to the headlight. Blue to alternator, so far ive only been able to backtrack the thick red wire to the fuse box, having trouble from there. Will have to take off the dash etc to find him.

No stereo at all, nothing that would suck watts. Checking the wires out now.

Hi all complete greenie here. I bought myself a '53 morris the other day and am having some electrical issues with it and i know very very little about electrics. I bought the car as a project for myself to learn how to do basic mechanical things on and seem to have gotten more than i bargained for....