Morris Minor Owners Club

... mine don't work, and I'd like 'em to. I reckon it ought to be a nice first project on the car for me to do after my final exams next month.

I've found a couple of suppliers of appropriate parts, but they don't seem to be covered in any of the books I have (Haynes manual, Lindsay Porter, a couple of servicing guides) - where should I go to find out all about them? Get myself a copy of the MMOC technical manual (probably a good idea anyways)? The original leyland Workshop Manual? Any particular tips on what to do/avoid?

The car's a 1960 saloon, 4-door, if that makes any great difference.

wiglaf wrote:... mine don't work, and I'd like 'em to. I reckon it ought to be a nice first project on the car for me to do after my final exams next month.

The trafficator is fairly basic in it's operation. I would try putting a meter on the coil, and determine whether it's open circuit circuit or not.
The hardest bit, I find is keeping the arms straight and aligned after them being knocked etc. I would strongly recommend putting a cut-out relay on them, so when you open the car door the trafficator retracts.

-Grant

Thats a good idea Grant I'll do that! Just feed them through a normally closed relay going open when the interior light operates and provides an earth to the circuit. The power for the relay can come from the trafficator feed.

My Trafficators didn't work when I first got the car.

A bit of WD40 and very carefull manual operation ( you release the arm by pulling on the solonoid plunger that goes through the coil) and carefull attention to the connections. You can adjust the lock so that they latch down if you want too. Mine now have a very satisfisfactory clunk when they operate!

Nice idea! Shame that the courtesy light's currently only hooked up to the driver's door (I think)... but the way that jobs spread them selves out a bit's half the fun, isn't it? It certainly is when I'm making reenactment kit!

At present one trafficator can be flipped up from the outside, which I assume is a bad thing (not exactly 'careful manual operation'), so getting them to latch down and stay there when not in use sounds a good thing.

I've had a couple of interior panels off, and the wiring's still in place - I only lose track of it somewhere under the dash as there's a dirty great heater in the way, which is heartening.

thanks
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Wiglaf

wiglaf wrote:but the way that jobs spread them selves out a bit's half the fun, isn't it?

wiglaf wrote: At present one trafficator can be flipped up from the outside, which I assume is a bad thing (not exactly 'careful manual operation'),

Doesn't sound too good, but you never know..

I best thing I find is to take the trafficator off the car, and put it in a vice and use a 12V battery (alarm type - something with some grunt). This way you know that the arm is not fowling on the aperature of the car, and you can see what's going on. You might have to "help" the solenoid a few times; if you use oil on it, use it sparingly.

Good luck

-GRant F.