Morris Minor Owners Club

On the good advice of forum member I took my new (to me) 56 morris to have a Mock MOT to see if it was a death trap.

And these were the issues:-

Front wiper blade smeary
Front to rear brakepipe chaffing
Under bonnet wiring insecure
Front brakes binding sightly

So all in all a huge success in my book. Wiper blades are what they are. He bend the brake pipe a tad to stop the chaffing. Other two issues can be dealt with.

A result in my book!!

I am pleased for you, apart from the chaffing of the brake pipe all minor issues!!!! excuse the pun

I think I should regard as a success? Not sure what others think?? I know the doors need new panels - and given my current welding skills( see my other post) may wait a while or get someone better to do them. When you buy a car and don't have a mechanical background like myself you do sometimes worry that even with the best of efforts you could have boughs a nightmare!

I hope the brake pipe wasn't too bad - I guess he would have said if it was. As a preventative measure you could put some fuel pipe around it or even cable ties to stop it rubbing in the future.

Loose wiring sounds more an observation than a potential mot failure.

He said he'd sorted that - so hopefully he has.

Pleased to hear nothing wrong structurally - so thats the main thing. Can be driven safely while I try to make improvements etc.

Well done...did he charge you the full MOT rate for the job ??

We get a discount anyway as we take four cars to him!!

Hey - I thought you said I'd be able to get those bolts off that piece under the door sill.....

There has been much cussing to myself this evening! How useless am I - can't even get a few bolts off

At least you know that you are not driving around in a death trap

Mike - yes - thanks - well worth doing as suggested.