Morris Minor Owners Club

i am having a couple of gearboxes rebuilt, so i can drop one in to replace the current faulty one and then have that repaired. I will have a spare rebuilt gearbox for sale soon, dont think i need 2 spares........... anyway one of the ones im having rebuilt is from a midget i think, it has a reverse ligth which is pretty exciting, but other than that is there any benefit in fitting a midget gearbox? if not i can just have the tailshaft section fitted to a normal morris gearbox so that i have a reverse light.

Depends what box - but if a ribbed box, it has better internals.

yes it is ribbed, so ill go for getting that one then

Internal parts are in short supply, not interchangeable with 1098 box. 1st gear can still sound like a bag of spanners

The top part (not sure what its called) with the reversing switch is interchangable, mine has gone from a midget box onto a 1098 then back onto a different midget box over the years, allowing me to maintain my reversing light.