Morris Minor Owners Club

so the story goes! i was moving my morris the other day whilst sanding it on the road when i noticed a strong smell of petrol and the fuel pump ticking. i found that the bonnet was ajar and my fuel hose had been disconnected? the jubalee clip had been chewed up i live in a quite road and wondered if anyone would know why someone would do this?

To steal petrol?

Surely they would just take the pipe of the petrol tank? Or could it be a lazy criminal using the fuel pump

Or just put a screwdriver through the petrol tank? - that's what they were doing round our way a while back

Yeah or that! I do have a few people who dont like me, maybe they thought it was a brake pipe? Trying to clear garage today to park her in there now

Did you leave your keys in the ignition switch so that a would be thief could turn on the ignition/fuel pump and wouldn't you have heard someone pop the bonnet as presumably if you were sanding the car you weren't far away?

i always keep my keys with me although the car doesnt lock on drivers side and there is a few of my tools laying about eg screwdrivers and im usually at college in the day and not many people down here in the day :/ im mythed

In your own interest may I suggest that you change the lock on your door so it does lock - not expensive to buy another barrell for it and make sure you don't leave any tools that could be "useful" to a thief lying around. We don't want to lose any more cars do we?

Its the latch on the door thats broken just checked! And iv tidyed all my tools up fuel has been taken as its run out now