Morris Minor Owners Club

Just thought it would be interesting to see what everybody has in their Morris Minor tool kits?
Mine is..
A tool roll of 2 screw drivers,pliers,spark plug tool,locking wheel nut tool,
spare set of points and condenser, wheel brace and jack.
Im always trying to keep tools from rattling around so I wrapped them in a towel.

Well, as regards toolkits, this is what came with the car when I bought it:-






I was told by the PO that it is a full Morris Minor toolkit but, as I have no real use for it I'm thinking of putting it on eBay - any suggestions as to what sort of sum I should reasonably be looking for?

Wow thats a very impressive tool kit, I have a made up kit that is nothing like this unfortunately so I guess its time to start collecting tools.

In emergency - break glass.

And polish tools

Get you home kit - pliers, screwdriver, a length of wire and gaffer tape

A decent pair of water pump pliers - probably the most used tool in my tool kit over the years, from gripping a wide range of items, to pressing in scroll pins, undoing spring pipe clips, etc. That and a set of appropriate spanners, screwdrivers, a selection of cable ties and jubilee clips and a roll of copper wire for binding loose things. All kept in a roll made by my daughter from an old curtain!

A selection of hammers; after all, if you can't fix it with a hammer, it's an electrical problem and for that you'll need a new coil.

I have various spanners tape jubilee clips wire pliers a hammer and a dizzy, Plus my AA card.

Long Nose Pliers, Wire Cutters/Strippers and 31 in 1 Screwdriver Set

A mobile phone to ring the RAC?

Quite a bit as I over-prepared for the 2018 Minors on Tour when getting home would have been 1,000 miles.

A spanner for everything up to the eyebolt size, screwdrivers, ignition parts, fuel pump repair kit, fuses, carb springs and float, spark plugs, ignition leads, brake cylinder seals, a brake flexi, radiator sealant, bypass hose and jubilees, a fanbelt, fuel hose, a starter solenoid (new ones seem to die), a heater valve blanking plate, an exhaust hanger and clamp, electrical cable and tape, and CABLE TIES!

Blanking off the heater tap should Include two short 1/2" shouldered bolts (or similar) to block the heater hoses if the tap or one/two heater hoses fail.

Most of the above stuff - but includes an ancient 'magic' Ford spanner which will undo any nut that all my other spanners fail to do....I have no idea what size it is (its quite small) but it is brilliant!

y philthehill » Fri Apr 26, 2019 4:11 pm

Blanking off the heater tap should Include two short 1/2" shouldered bolts (or similar) to block the heater hoses if the tap or one/two heater hoses fail.
Sounds like a must have piece of kit< Do you have photo's of these

The bolts are just 1/2" UNF outside diameter and are about 1 1/2 in in length, part threaded.

Always a good idea to take a load of tools and spares on each trip to hope fully save a lot of grief .

I probably lug around too many tools and spares. Ideally, the bare minimum reduces weight and hence improves fuel economy. It does depend on the trip though. Local driving is very different to going on overseas on trips of several thousand miles. Luckily, quite a few spares are tiny and very light (e.g points, condenser). It is amazing what can be done with a bit of ingenuity. I remember when I was working in Kenya. Our Land Rover caught fire in a very remote area at considerable altitude on Mount Kenya. Unfortunately, the electrical cables around the ignition switch had burned. We managed to get the vehicle going by scavenging electrical cable from systems we considered superfluous such as the interior lights and horn. We did get back safely!

Stephen

I blocked up my hose with a bit of wood taken from the hedge row. I remember reading once that a young chap drove his Minor to India. Somewhere in Africa he had to strip a blocked carburettor. When he put it back together he could not find the throttle needle. He noticed that a nearby bush had very long thorns. He picked an appropriate size and fitted it in place of the original. He continued his journey all the way to India without problem.

A 10 for that.