Morris Minor Owners Club

Can anyone offer dvice as to how to keep the glovebox lid from falling open when travelling. (1966 Saloon)

I have cleaned the plate on the lid and fitted a better magnet but it still falls?

any one got any mods?

mine kept falling open when u close the passenger door.. I found that by slackening the nuts that hold the hinges on and moving it around a bit solved the problem.
Good luck!
Tim

I went for the blu-tac option.

It should be possible, with a good magnet there to get it into a position where it doesn't fall open - as picky says - you might need to undo the screws on the hinges and move the door a bit...

also I think the magnet holder can be moved forward or back a little if you slacken the screws..
Tim

or just drive on smooth roads

Take it off and pretend you're in an LCV?

that was going to be my other suggestion

Throw out the carpets while you're at it...

did not think of that one

...and the heater!

not forgetting the passenger, oh well and the passenger seat as well, cos you will not need it as the passenger has been thrown out as well

... and it gives you somewhere to keep the spare wheel. Like I say, ALL saloons are deluxe

I fitted a barrel lock and cam arm

The glovebox shouldn't fall open whilst driving... If you've changed the magnet and it's making a good connection, it may be worthwhile spending an hour or so to adjust the hinges and the magnet locating screws, so that it fits just a little tighter.

Is there a metal plate that the magnet is supposed to attract on the later cars, or does it just attract the metal of the lid?

Note to other posters: can we try and keep threads 'on topic' please?

Note to other posters: can we try and keep threads 'on topic' please?

note to Gareth - does this apply to you too? ;-)

Seemed like a VERY brief bit of fun to me, but I'm sorry, please don't give me lines...
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Just thought that 50% was a fairly high percentage of off-topic chat that didn't help the original poster...