Morris Minor Owners Club

Thanks for replies, we have pretty much decided to keep her for the winter, we have a friend who has an empty garage which just needs the door mending(!) apart from that its dry and quite well insulated so she should be OK in there. Good idea to get a quote for fixing the paintwork as the rest is ve...

Yes, in hindsight we did pay over the odds, unfortunately the scratches have been inflicted by me, when we bought her the paint work was immaculate :oops: I think we will put her in store over the winter and make a decision next year, a good compromise! As you say, after several months of driving a ...

I have decided that using Geraldine (1969 2 door saloon) for work every day is not a good idea, have bought a modern car which is much more suitable, but am now faced with the dilemma of what to do with my Moggy. We don't have space for two cars, or the budget to run them! I would prefer to try and ...

I have been using my Minor for work for the last 8 months, I'm a mobile cleaner and managed to get all my stuff including a Henry Hoover in the boot (albeit with the back seats down!!). However I have just bought a modern car because although I was intending to do any work needed on my Minor, I have...

I am thinking of getting a modern for work, we want to keep Geraldine and are hoping to use a friends garage. I have looked up a list of things to do when laying up a car but just wondered if there are any special tips for Minors.Or if I keep her on the road how often would I have to drive her to ke...

A couple of weeks ago I had water leaking from the engine when I got home from a short run, she was going into the garage anyway to have rear seatbelts put in, they checked for a water leak but found nothing. All OK until Friday when the engine overheated after quite a short run, only about 5 miles,...

Yes I do mean the heater valve , looked on spare website and gasket is 50p, so hope it is that!

Came back from a short run this morning and found water dripping from the engine at the back around the water pump. Someone very kindly stopped to have a look at the engine and said it was probably a gasket gone in the heater, hopefully an easy thing to fix! Also have been getting juddering when rev...

Thanks, sorry to be so ignorant, but what is the "gaiter"? Tried needle nosed pliers through the hole, but as you say it has to be loosened first!

I need to remove the grease nipple as I have an oil can rather than grease gun, but have no idea what to use to do so! Presume it can be done through the access hole in the floor rather than from underneath the car?

Passenger side - 3 map books, owners manual, wind up torch and a toothbrush(!!???). Drivers side - spare fanbelt, pliers, phillips screwdriver (my window winder keeps coming unscrewed), pen, notebook.

Having read all ther comments I do agree with both points of view! I am very aware that my car is not up to modern standards as regards brakes, suspension etc and drive accordingly, as do most classic car owners. I very rarely go even on dual carriageway and my maximum speed is usually a comfortable...

Thanks for advice! It will probably be the summer before I have a go when I have some time off work. Will be getting a restoration manual soon, and found a good article in a back copy of Minor Matters about respraying so hopefully it will be OK. If it goes well will put some pics on!!

I use my car every day for work, which only involves local driving, and so far have had no problems. One or two of my colleagues are a bit alarmed by the fact she squeaks and rattles a bit, being less well insulated than a "modern", but are impressed by the way she runs. I am used to havin...

I have unfortunately damaged both my rear wings, one is just a couple of scrapes and the other was dented. The dent has been beaten out but the paint has crazed and come off. I have bought some spray cans, one of primer and the other topcoat. I wondered if I would have to respray the whole wing, pro...

Geraldine has about 63,000, but she was in a garage in bits for the best part of 20 years so probably genuine (1969)!!

Have just used up loads of spit on the " time honoured method", (didn't ask because I thought this was taking the wheels off an laying them flat :oops: ) couldn't see any bubbles, was hard to get spit to stay on the valve stem long enough! Valve stems are all very shiny and new, haven't go...

Am going to get a jack asap, luckily she passed MOT today so no extra expense there thank goodness. Will have to see about new valves then, hubby still says just fit inner tubes, I think we are about to have a domestic over this!!

No I haven't checked the valves, I am ashamed to admit that at the moment I don't have a jack for the car, so can't get the wheels off - also would need hubby's help and he is very busy at the moment. If it is the valves leaking what would be the solution?

Am now not sure about these inner tubes! My husband says it makes sense to fit them, he uses tubes on his 1957 motorbike. His reasoning is that when the car was manufactured it would have been fitted with tubed tyres which does make sense, but I can see why putting tubes into modern tubeless tyres w...