Morris Minor Owners Club

the key turns and pretends to lock it. Some one said my boot handle is upside down (1970 2 door saloon)my horns point downwards,could this be the cause?

The 'horns' are on the bottom side of Mog's boot handle, too (not that that means it's correct!). I think it shouldn't matter which way it goes.
"Pretends to lock it" means there's a locking feel? There's a 'clunk' of sorts?

my boot lock is like that to you tuen the key and dosnt lock i was wondering what to do then this came up i was going to get a new barrel and see what tht does

Mine is the same.......clunks shut but turning the key makes no difference, it still opens.

Locking it should stop the handle turning, if you can still open the boot the striker plate probably needs adjusting.

thanks for that just checked the lock with the boot up and it works but when i lock it when the boot is closed ,i can still open it so it looks as if the striker plate is out of poition ,i hope I wounder why i never thought of that

Being old and having seen lots of the different ways things fail helps a lot .
The Minor boot lid isn't a very stiff structure which can leave scope for the catch to be defeated.