Morris Minor Owners Club

Your engine looks a work of art, but if you'll allow me to comment on one detail: I notice that you have chosen to fit one of those "easyfit" bypass hoses. Experience has taught me never again to fit one of those because they tend to perish and fail, and I just use a length of heater hose instead. A...

What a good looking car. If that is all that requires attention, then you have been very fortunate!
Enjoy your new purchase

I don't think he's talking about engine or gearbox parts I would use a body caulking strip I think.

Perfect!

I cannot think of any logical reason for changing it either. The later design makes it harder to remove the thermostat. I prefer the earlier arrangement.

Mike, all Travellers had a coachline from the factory. I'd say the coachline would be red on an Old English White car - although it possibly depended on the interior colour? I remember a friend having a 1960(ish) OE White Traveller which had a light blue interior but I can't remember the coachline c...

Before you decide on a colour, DO have a look at one or two in the original Dark Green. It is very striking I think and quite rare now having only been offered for a relatively short time.

Great to hear that another Minor is back on the road and that you're champing at the bit to drive it! Unfortunately I'm a long way from Devon/Cornwall and don't get out much but enjoy the drive and hope you get some support

Glad to hear that you will soon be making further progress on your Morris. Don't give up on it. I can see that there is a lot of work still required but you will win in the end. By the way, the colour of your car is indeed BMC Dark Green (colour code GN 12) which was used on very late Minor Series11...

There is a lot of utter rubbish on the market in the way of new parts. It could be that your drums have been replaced at some stage with poor quality replacements. A few years ago I found that my brake shoes had become worn and bought new ones. Once fitted, I couldn't get decent adjustment and suspe...

Van and pick ups Never had glove box lids. The lids from cars will fit but, as you say, you need the chrome plated trims from a donor car as well to finish the job off. You don't say what year your van is but I assume a late one as the earlier models didn't have these trims anyway - the lids being a...

When you think that the Minor was introduced right back in 1948 and was a pretty inexpensive car, I think the design (and execution) was quite remarkable. My own Minor 1000 is a comparative youngster at a little over 60years old but is still perfectly capable of reliable daily use. I really don't th...

The drivers side door handle shouldn't have a "locking lever" on the inside anyway. They were only fitted to the passenger side. I'm not sure which part of the locking handle wears out - or if it can be replaced - but my old Traveller used to do exactly the same once the handle became worn. The only...

Welcome to the fold. Quite rare now, Travellers of that age. Never many on the market. Let us hope it doesn't need TOO much attention underneath

OK. So surely the thing to do if your heater is constantly on, is to disconnect the live wire to it and then see if the fuse no longer blows when you turn on the ignition? If it still does, then try the same with the fuel gauge etc etc until you eliminate the cause? "Surely the thing to do" after I...

It looks as if your parcel shelf is missing. As Phil has already said, the control cable for the vent it attached to the parcel shelf so was probably discarded with that :cry: In order to reinstate it all, you'll have to do some searching around the various parts specialists. Somebody will have the ...

OK. So surely the thing to do if your heater is constantly on, is to disconnect the live wire to it and then see if the fuse no longer blows when you turn on the ignition? If it still does, then try the same with the fuel gauge etc etc until you eliminate the cause?

I'm confused by the OP stating that the fuse blows immediately he turns on the ignition, yet suspecting the trafficators. Unless items such as the trafficators are switched ON at the time, they cannot be causing the fuse to blow can they because there won't be any current through that circuit? Surel...

I think with a bit of planning and the right tools, you could do it over a weekend. Before you order a loom, think about any modifications you have or wish to fit in the future. These can be incorporated in the new loom which will be a much better job than adding wires afterwards

Mike, If your pump has contacts in it, then it won't be polarity sensitive and will work either positive OR negative earth. It is only the electronic pumps which are polarity sensitive. It isn't unusual for pumps to "give up" after a period of inactivity. It can probably be brought back to life agai...