Morris Minor Owners Club

I would like to thank the unidentified gent that many years ago installed a rear wing and greased the bolts that hold it in place, after all the horror stories narrated to me on removing said item, it came off with the greatest of ease.
And yes, on refitting it I regreased all said bolts liberally, so in years to come someone can thank me.

It really is common sense and good practice to lightly grease body bolts that you know have a history of rusting in place on a particular model. It doesn't take long to do it and, as explained above, the future benefits are enormous.

One of the things to annoy me about "Wheeler Dealers" - apart from that annoying
cockney twit - was the dry old nuts & bolts were never greased upon re-assembly!

Even better if you are able to put a tap down the hole and a die nut down the bolt before greasing with 'Copper Ease' and re-assembly.

I'm on rebuilding a 2 door saloon that was first rebuilt 15-20 years ago but had since had an accident on one front corner. That corner was repaired by a Morris specialist. The previous restoration work has so far come apart easily with copperslip on almost every bolt. The work done by the specialist has needed heat and all sorts of force to get things apart!

Even on my everyday modern car I use copperslip where needed just to make life easier for next time. Its just good practice