Morris Minor Owners Club

Hi all,

I am currently working my way thru the jobs list on my 1969 2 door saloon and yesterday's job was the boot lock. When I bought the car it was fitted with the early boot lock sans locking barrel(!) with its original late boot lock and barrel disassembled in a bag. As always the history of such innovation is sketchy, but that was the situ I inherited when I bought her. Along with the bag of boot lock bits.

So, yesterday I looked through my workshop manual and scoured here and online for either a description of how it fitted together or an exploded diagram but drew a blank. I attempted it anyway and fitted it all. It all fits and looks fine. Unfortunately though the handle still turns when it's locked so summit isn't reet. Hmmmmmmmm.....

So, would any kind soul out there fancy posting either a description, exploded diagram or both to help me get this job off my list?

Many thanks in advance, cheers, Mike

Best I can help with is the Moss Diagram.
http://www.moss-europe.co.uk/shop-by-mo ... tings.html

Thankyou Richard, that's the closest I got too. Ideally I was after seeing if there was any alchemy involved in terms of placing the spring washers beneath the bell shaped bit but no luck. I'm now getting an itchy finger here and hovering over the 'Buy' button for a whole new lock assembly. The only thing that is stopping me is the lovely patina of the original. The previous owner said he'd replaced the handle as the one on it was not long enough to reach the lock mechanism. The reason was apparent instantly if you look at the car, because it had the deeper early style fitting on the boot lid. It's always baffling to buy a car that has a long, murky history and many owners as who knows why such things were done originally. There was obviously a reason once upon a time....

Cheers, Mike

You really don't give us any information. A photo or two would be helpful. When you turn the key, does the square bar slide out? Does the mounting base have the bosses to prevent rotation? As for that square bar, it can be assembled backwards (half the cars came that way) and will not lock unless the handle is mounted upside down, so will it work if you rotate the handle (or base) 180°?