Morris Minor Owners Club

Just noticed you changed the title to "32 years" WoW!
Agreed that if you get the ignition lights then your supply from the regulator to the ignition switch is okay. If you get 12v on the white/red at the solenoid when you turn the key then it may be the solenoid at fault. If not you want to checkout the ignition switch.
The fuel pump is also fed from the ignition switch and your oil light is coming on so you are getting power to the whites at the fuse box. You may have a problem between the white connection at the fuse box and the white at the fuel pump. Do you get 12v at the pump? Also check the pump is earthing properly.

Thirty-two years? If I weren't on the wrong side of the ocean I'd love to give you a hand just for the fun of it. That's a long, long time -- of course it also means that it has 32 years less wear and tear on it. What year was it made? Do post pics when you have time.

i wish you could give me a hand it is stamped 29 january 1965 2door it was last on the road in 1980 and i bought it on the 23 dec 2011 i have all the paper work to prove it also it is a local car on which has been dry stored since 1980 just 3 streets from my home ok guess your wondering how i found out about it well this is how my dad has a morris minor traveller and i took it to the local tyre centre to get it up on ramp to check exhaust wwhere young fella working there came over to me saying his friends grandad had one like it in a garage but he wouldnt tell me where so i put an advert on local web site saying morris minor in garage etc with street name left my details only for 4 weeks later to get acall saying your enquiring about the minor went round after getting told the adress met the owner who then told me it was his dads car and when his dad died it was stored so i asked why u selling it his reply was well my mother died few weeks ago and im selling the house when i asked how much he simply said make an offer i said how about 200 pound he said deal i towed it straight round to my dads drive way and paid the owner who then gave me the paper work and also came back the other day with more i also got a board off the garage wall with every service written on it it has only got 2 owner from the guy i got it from and the guy he bought it from

That's amazing - longest sentence I have ever seen with absolutely no punctuation!

Perhaps his keyboard is faulty

well i took of fuel pump. and cleaned points put it back on and its working fiddles about with starter selinoid . and now i have got the car turning over from the ignition key . when i tried turning it over from key my dad said the pulley with the yellow fan on was not turning . so tapped it with a stick and hammer now its turning free cant under stand why other pulleys was turning . but top one wasent but it is now so ill have another go tommorow to see if i can get it to fire upall in all a decent day getting it to turn over from ignition key and getting pump working suppose thats not bad for some one who knows very little on cars lol . 1 more question the metal fan is it suppose to be turned both ways as mine does i can turn it clock wise or the other way

The fan turning both ways is fine, in operation it will only turn one way and has the water pump on it.
Take the air cleaner off and chuck about an egg cup full of petrol down the throat of the carb.
If that doesn't result in at least a short burst of running then take a spark plug out and rest it on the engine with the lead attached. When you turn the engine over with the ignition on you should be able to see a spark.

The top pulley is the water pump -- and yours may be toast. Mine was so corroded inside (after sitting for ten years) that the impeller broke free from the shaft. That may have happened to you, or you may have just broken the corrosion loose. At any rate, you probably should pull it and have a look (this can wait until after you've got it firing over -- but don't run it for long without checking). Post when you get to that point if you need some advice on doing the water pump. Sounds like you're getting closer!