Morris Minor Owners Club

i think my startermotor has given up the ghost,is it easy to change.also ho hard is it to change the solonide,mine is the small type mounted on the bulk head.i went to cambridge to meet them at the meauseum ot technolegy and it went clunk and that was it.thankyou for the starting handle

From memory its a bit of a fiddle if its in situ in the car. But its do-able. Just undo the two bolts holding it to the gearbox casing and the earth cable attached to the back. Should pull straight out.

YG

Piece of quiche to do a starter, just the wire and two bolts to sort*. Dunno about the bulkhead mounted solenoid, but the later version lower down is dead easy too

*I only know the later vehicles though, before someone points out any stupidity

bigginger wrote:Dunno about the bulkhead mounted solenoid, but the later version lower down is dead easy too

Its just the one nut i think, but it was about 9 months ago i took mine off!

If it went 'clunk' then good chance it's just a poor battery or earth connection. Check them all out first before rushing into starter changes. But yes - if it needs doing it really is dead easy.

bmc good news its not the starter,its the battery it just failed plain and simple,so ill get a new one in the morning.i usually get a bit of warning ie the starter slowing down,but there was none of that never mind

Dunno is that's 'good news' - working starter are v cheap, battery not so cheap! Sure it's not just terminal damage ?