Morris Minor Owners Club

YES, there is a winter/summer setting: The air filter casing can be rotated so that in the summer the intake tube is pointing away from the exhaust whilst in the winter it is rotated so that it draw warm air from immediately above the exhaust. To make the rotation, simply loosen the wing nut on top ...

Sorry, I can;t remember what year your car is, but the earlier cars with a round heater were not very effective. The later rectangular heater boxes for 1098cc engines were better, and can be easily upgraded with a mini based matrix. However, before that, thoroughly flush the heater core using a gard...

The standard answer to your question is yes, drain, flush and refill with Bluecol. Plenty of discussions about this on this forum and loads of anecdotal evidence that modern antifreeze will seep and leak leading to the deposits that you have found.

In case it's not clear from the diagram: Flexible hose to top of front cylinder. Solid bridge pipe between two bottom connections. Bleed screw at top of rear cylinder.

I agree with Phil. I purchased a car with EP90 in it and , although the oil was clean when drained, the box was far smoother when refilled with the correct engine oil. Every Morris and Castrol lubrication guide can't be wrong.

Mike, There is an oil pressure warning light. It should come on when you turn on the ignition and then go out as soon as the engine starts. The switch is located just behind the distributor. The filter warning light appears to be connected to a temperature sender. When cold, there is no earth return...

Good points. At times we all expect things to be standard unless the poster specified otherwise, but Mike is a new owner, so yes, we need to confirm the engine and box fitted to the car.
Mike, could you post a photo of your engine and confirm if the gearbox is 4 or 5 speed; just to be certain.

And to round off, a 1965 car would have a 1098cc engine, so the head would have provision for a sender. The rest of your engine number might give a clue, such as 10MA... You can also look at the fornt left hand side of the block, below the side covers, to see that there is either a plate marked 1100...

The filter warning light used green/yellow. Green/brown is usually used for reversing lights (not standard on a Minor) so is likely to have been used by a previous owner to fit an add-on temperature gauge. The ender has been fitted in the correct place if you wanted to use it, or could be replaced b...

NO! As I wrote previously, the Minor gearbox uses the same oil as the engine. Using EP90 will not do it any good. Only the back axle and steering rack use SAE90. If you have already used EP90 in the box, then drain, flush, and refill with the correct 20/50.

You can use almost any commercially available high level LED brake light. Some stick to the glass, but might fall off and require new pads, or you can use or make a bracket to screw to the shelf. Wiring really simple: one wire to earth, one wire to the green/purple wire in the boot, either side. You...

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. An interesting concept that someone has had a lot of fun creating.

Could you clarify which straps you mean? The only "check" straps that I can think of are those on van doors, and they are made of leather. You have mentioned Newton Commerical, so are you referring to seat webbing (elastic, not vinyl)? What hardware do you need?

Welcome, good choice of car and club, hope you enjoyed the show. There are various equivalent filters that you can use, including: Cooper G714 Direct Components DTF1 TJ FB2099 Fram PH966B Champion C103 Wix WL7098 They all have a 3/4" - 16 thread. I usually find that the Fram is a good one to se...

Could you PM me your MMOC membership number and I'll send you the code with pleasure.

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Indicators and brake lights are earthed through the lamp clusters to body. The horn has a constant supply and earths via the horn push on the steering column, so I don;t think that it can be a common earth.

When fitting a rebuilt engine and filling with oil (including pre-filling the filter), then I always turn the engine by hand to start the oil circulating and will then often use the starter for a second or two without ignition to check that the oil pressure does come up before finally starting the e...

We have somewhat strayed from the topic (how unusual :-? ) but when editing a profile this message is displayed: "Please note that this information may be viewable to other members.", so it really should not come as a surprise. That said, I can understand the concerns about revealing your ...

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