Morris Minor Owners Club

Two bolts on Dynamo slackened - bracket that holds ignition coil undone...Dynamo should slide down, right? It won't budge. Bolts don't look too bad and I've greased em to try and free them up...

Haha yes, it's been my first day off. I've slackened the two fixing - just need to locate the slide bracket...

Thanks for the manual tip!

Can I be annoying and ask where exactly these two nuts are that I should slacken for the fan belt? I'm looking and see two that hold the dynamo in place, not sure where the adjuster pulley is? As if you're at front of car looking straight at engine, I know it's to the front and see the three pulleys...

Thanks for your help guys. I've found new Bridgestone 145-80-14s online - I think I'll opt for them to stick with the same size that's on it. They're only £35 a tyre with free delivery, seems quite reasonable to me.

Thanks David! Sounds simple enough! Have ordered the 'Emergency Kit' from Bull Motif Spares, which includes the new fan belt, and hope to have the thing back up and running before the weekend. I also see the car is on (ageing) 145, 75, r14 Firestone radials. Am I right in thinking the same original ...

Good Morning! I'm new to Morris Minors, having bought one yesterday for £1650. It's a 1963 four door saloon, 1098cc. I managed to drive it from Yorkshire to Scotland, and was only 15 miles from home when the fan belt broke. Still, first 180 odd miles went relatively issue free, though I can't say I'...