Morris Minor Owners Club

Happy New Year to you too! Welcome back to Morris Minor ownership :D I'm sure I am not alone in looking forward to seeing pictures of your new steed and reading many more posts from you about your new experiences. You never get Morris Minors out of your system once they've bitten you! :evil: :lol: :...

Do you not have a starting handle? Every Minor was supplied with one. They are a very useful thing!

Yes, I have one too but they are not common. I was simply pointing out that the item you posted a link to is surely a workshop manual and not a parts list.

Just a workshop manual I think? Still worth having if an owner hasn't got one but the parts book is very rare

Good stuff. Have you opted for the Heritage wings or pattern ones? My Minor saloon had new pattern front wings fitted and they very quickly rusted in the usual areas :cry: . I would always pay the extra and purchase the Heritage wings another time. Either way, well worth giving the new wings a few c...

One of my Minors has had a new coil supplied by The Distributor Doctor. It was fairly expensive but has been on the car several years and covered several thousand miles without a hiccup so well worth it. The original coil failed and so did the (inexpensive) replacement. My other car still has its or...

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Sun Jan 17, 2021 11:34 am

Hi

Mine are 1/4" BSF..

T

On second thoughts, I agree and think you are correct. They will be 1/4".

It is indeed the same thread as the screws holding the gearbox cover down - 3/16 BSF.
As a general rule, all the threads associated with the body are BSF and those associated with the mechanical parts (engine, gearbox and axle) are UNF. It is well worth getting hold of some BSF taps.

Yes, that is how I remember them too.

It is easier to use a screwdriver on a Series11 wheel because of the different design of the hupcap retainers. From memory though, the Series11 was supplied with a wheelbrace which also acted as a hubcap remover and a seperate starting handle which was a rather better design that the later Minor 100...

There is another van project on ebay at the moment - apparently a 1963 with only one previous owner and 9,000miles form new :o It is already bid at £3000. Needs more than a weekends worth of work on it but an interesting project for somebody with the facilities and the time and the knowhow and some ...

As Stevey said earlier, the one in your second picture is the one which BMC included in the Minor 1000 original tool kit. Each new Morris Minor 1000 was also supplied with an owners handbook to explain the use of the tools provided....... It might be a little flimsy but mine still works perfectly we...

He must be having a clear-out. He sold a pretty sound GPO engineers van recently on ebay too.

I would say that your worries are unfounded and that running an engine for a short period could even do some harm. I would think that a good compromise might be to regularly turn the engine over on the starting handle if you wished? You could even squirt a little oil into the bores first if you wish...

Goodness! How complicated it sounds having a garage
I'm glad that my Minor lives outside all the time and is free of all this worry

You have a lot of work to do there! Good for you if you can get all that done in time for the summer
Great garage by the way - that'll be a big help.
Good luck with it and remember to post pictures of your progress

That is a beauty. Very few early cars in the UK now. I suppose the MM Register is the only source of information really? Our climate and all the salt that was put down on our roads during the long winters didn't help the survival of old cars. Cars quickly became of little value once a few years old ...

Well spotted . Poor old car looked a bit neglected even then and probably a bit worse now!

Tiger