Morris Minor Owners Club

Hi,

Just wondering, were there different exhaust mounts depending on the age of the car? I have a 1961 four door which the exhaust mount has broken off and I was going to order something like this: http://morrisminorspares.co.uk/shop/pro ... 200790ff4e mounting set with rubber hangers but on closer inspection the current set up which has broken is nothing like this at all!

Firstly, there is only one mounting, just in front of the rear axle near the springs. Secondly there are the U bolt clamps, but these are then attached to what I can only think to describe as a large rubber bung type which is then attached to the underside but due to age that has now broken in half leaving the exhaust dangling! (the previous owner rather thickly undersealed and this is obscuring how its actually attached).

I guess my realy question is, if I order a 'standard' mounting kit, will I have to make holes to attach it? Or will they be somewhere and have just been covered up? If not, any suggestions for how to reattach my exhaust?!

Thanks

The exhaust is held in front of the axle with a strap hanging down from the floor -and again at the very rear of the car with another shorter strap hanging down from the boot floor..

Ok thanks,I thought that was what was standard, on mine that is not the case however!

Looking at the ESM link the only difference in the exhaust hanging fitments is how the straps are fitted to the exhaust pipe. The original clamps were different in that they fitted around the exhaust pipe with the hanging strap fitted between the two vertical faces of the clamp above the exhaust pipe. A bolt passed through the clamp/strap/clamp and held the strap in place. A bolt passed through the clamp below the exhaust and when tightened held the exhaust. The two original strap hanging holes can be found (1) under the rear seat squab on the Near/Side and at the base of the cross member/seat support. (2) Just inside the boot on the near side adjacent to the bumper iron and on the sloping surface looking forward. You should have no trouble as the parts ESM have supplied are interchangeable. Just place the 'L' brackets on top of the exhaust pipe secure with the 'U' clamps around the clamp and exhaust pipe then attach the strap to it and attach strap to body . Job done. I always find a smear of grease on the faces of the front clamp/ manifold/exhaust pipe helps to pull it all together. The grease soon burns off.

Thanks for that! I will have a hunt round for the original holes because the current broken mount is not in either of those places!