Morris Minor Owners Club

No its definetly 850 on the side and the 803 gasket is round and small

The shape of the pump on the car is like a hedgehog shape and its bigger they are different sizes.

following on from last time ordered a 803cc new water pump gasket & bolts from ESM they came next day , removed the water pump and the gasket ESM sent was different to the pump fitted , so I went to check the plate on the engine no plate !!! :( looked for other marks on the block only ones I cou...

No the bolt does not appear to be snapped just thread stripped off the end I will find this out when I get the new bolt I wil be ordering a compelte new set of bolts do the lot at once. Thinking about it as well I suspect that putting the new fan blades and the like it has disturbed the bolt plus an...

well thats what I will do

thanks rog

Having "Lottie" the split screen morris off the road since November doing new wings ,trunnions etc I have renewed all the hoses ,had the rad cleaned and painted new fan blade etc painted the engine etc etc. When I filled up with anti freeze and water today no leaks on the hoses but the wat...

Willie I have a 56 split screen someone has put a normal flick switch in I brought this bakerlite indicator switch at an autojumble and I am trying to figure out how its wired to get it to work with my trafficators,the switch is shown on page 28 & 46 of Ray Newells book on the morris minor. Keit...

Does anyone know the colour wiring for a trafficator switch with the bulb in the middle as I have conflicting information , the switch I have has the following wires hanging out of it 1 red & 1 black into terminal 2 1 red linking terminals 3 & 4 1 red wire into terminal 5 the books says diff...

Someone told me that the rear seats from a 2 door are not suitable for a 4 door , is this corrrect?

thanks Kev may pop down on the 11th.

chassis number is 384695

Well just pulled "Lottie" off the road for jobs to be done (new wings leaking screen and AHHHH a new headlinning a nasty job so I hear) Lottie is a 56 split screen and the heater also blows warm most of the time. :oops: I noticed that the heater hose comes directly from the rear of the blo...

thanks for the replies , if this proves unsuccesful then I might change to a ford brake light switch, fitted onto the brake pedal behind the dash on a spring and this is adjustable , will mean altering the wiring though

just come back from the MOT station when I was told the car had failed on one item, the brake lights did not work, they were checked when I took it down as I was pulling out of the garge forecourt my wife flashed me to and said they worked as I stopped, I walked back to the tester and told him but h...

hi can anyone tell me how I can identify the size of an engine as I have just picked up a gold seal engine & gearbox and the previous owner is uncertain of the size .

I have took this set of numbers of the top of the head B(OR8)G ES 8435 it came out of a 58, but it is a recon.

hi all been on hols for a few days Brixtonmorris to remove the handles ,do the following take the door and winder handles off, and very gentley unclip the top part of the door card from the door just enough to get your hand in, you will then feel two bolts with nuts attached using a 1/2 inch spanner...

many thanks here is where I have got to with this. spoke to newton commercial and in their on line cataloge shows a pull handle/arm rest on the series II 4 door They are not sure which models this occurs on but can recover the old ones as the man said these handles are very rare no replacements are ...

hi all looking for an answer to this one I have finally renovated the doors on my 56 split screen 4 door and have fitted them all , on the rear doors of the existing doors is a round arm rest/pull handle. not a leather pull strap and this is bolted through the door card. now where the bolts are fitt...

many thanks to all,the impact driver done the trick (few battered knuckles in the process)

trying to remove the hinges from the doors Iam renovating someone suggested an impact driver anyone got suggestions what size bit would I need for an impact driver as they are large screwheads, someone else said use a blowlamp and heat them out any suggestions?