Morris Minor Owners Club

I don't remember them ever being black and white - and I should be something of an authority, having had an important role at Lancashire Police Headquarters in Hutton in 1965 when the attached article says they were introduced (I was the paper boy who delivered the evening paper to the canteen :) ) ...

You are clearly a braver person than me, I was frightened to death of putting a mark on the main shaft and you have yours clamped in a vice and a G clamp as well. :D Only sat across the jaws of the vice, not clamped, and the tiny G clamp was gently tightened enough to stop the ring escaping while I...

I managed without any special tools - but very difficult and if I'd know about this I'd have happily spent the £26!

Mine came from Steve Foreman at Woodies three or four years ago, don't know where he sourced them from. Not a great photo, but think you can see the lip you are looking for.

My 1275 Midget engine apears to have been fitted with liners at the factory and subsequently bored to +030. It is a thick flange with the casting window, so probably a CE - number lost as usual!

Slightly irrelevant, as I can see this is for an earlier car, but for the benefit of others the rocker cover plates for 1098 engines were glued, not riveted. According to Ray Newell's bible!

Don't even think about driving it! Worn trunnions and swivel pins are the reason so many older people ask "do the wheels still fall off?"

I fitted the same one last week (didn't manage to repair the one I'd messed up ) but I had to reduce the length of the outer cable to allow the inner to reach from the bracket to the lever.

The supplier of my diaphragm, a well established Landrover specialist, advertised it as new, not NOS. Didn't quibble about a refund, though, and didn't want it back! I've still got it if anyone wants it...

Slight digression on NOS. I bought what I thought was a new SU fuel pump diaphragm, because I wanted to do a comprehensive precautionary rebuild and also thought that a new diaphragm would be more ethanol resistant. When it arrived the box looked quite old - careful examination of the label showed i...

Thanks, that's easily reached. I was in Padiham not long ago collecting a classical guitar from a chap called Carl, who turned out to be a Morris owner. Don't suppose you know him?

Thanks guys, very helpful. Southam Mini sounds like the right sort of place and the location isn't out of the question once I'm allowed to stay with my friends in Banbury, whenever that will be. JJ - that's very kind of you and if I don't get sorted elsewhere I may well take you up on it. I'm planni...

There's some danger of my Traveller seeing daylight soon. Has anyone a recommendation for somewhere with a rolling road and suitable experiene of setting up SU carburettors? Preferably within a couple of hours drive from Leeds, but further possible for somewhere particularly good. Conversely, if you...

Well done Mike. The first one is from the same people as the mini one I'd looked at, but my search hadn't come up with this. Pity it's £20 more than the mini one, but I've ordered it as I know that faulty self cancellers will drive me mad. (I've just given up on the choke cable repair and ordered on...

Hi Darren, Further to my advice to check the front torsion bar settings, unless your car has been recently restored or very well maintained you will not find it an easy job to reset them as everything tends to rust together. As a quick and easy check put the car on level ground and measure the heigh...

Thanks, if it was just the shorter stalk I could cope with that, but need to know if it fits the cowl. I know the column diameter is the same, as the bush fits. Not really interested in second hand, could probably get the existing one to work a bit better but everything is a bit loose. I've tried th...

Column indicator switches for late Minors seem to be out of stock everywhere at the moment, but similar looking Mini Mk1 swiches are available. Does anyone know if these fit or not?

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Mark

Thanks, great help - should get this sorted tomorrow.

I've just trimmed my torsion bars correctly - I'd left the suspension set very approximately after rebuilding (in the garage, not being driven!). I'd been a bit worried about how uneven the back looked, but with the front set correctly the back is now perfect.

Thanks Mike - that confirms that at least I did manage to deduce the shape of the missing springy bit! I made one out of the thin spring steel blade of a filler knife, but it doesn't work reliably enough. Might try again now I know the shape was correct. I assume yours is all back together now, but ...