Morris Minor Owners Club

Just on the clutch - what does everyone recommend? ESM are selling the Borg & Beck kit, but I'm reading as many horror stories as I am good reviews, people saying it's cheap chinese rubbish etc etc others saying it's absolutely fine. There's a checkered history of B&B becoming AP Driveline but B&B ...

I don't understand what you mean by "excessive roll on 80 profile tyres"? I have that size on my own Minor (these are the standard size when radial ply tyres are fitted) and have no undue problem with the handling at all despite enthusiastic driving. What pressures are you running? By lowering the p...

SteveClem wrote: ↑

Wed Jan 22, 2020 6:31 pm

If the box is out just do the clutch anyway, you might as well!

I would have agreed with you at one time. However, with SO many owners having problems with new poorly manufactured clutches, I would leave well alone if it was working OK and still has a bit of mileage in it

PoolGuy wrote: ↑

Sun Jan 19, 2020 7:20 pm

With regards to the Royal Family, the rot set in when Harry used an electric E-Type when he left church.

An E type without a proper engine is like a man with no soul.

I saw it on ebay and wasn't surprised it sold fairly quickly. It looks a grand starting place for a project and !'d have been tempted if looking for something to do. There are only so many cars like that. Well done! As David says, just preserve it as much as possible, don't "overdo" it and get it ba...

Myself and a mate replaced the rubber on my splitscreen many years ago without any trouble at all - including fitting the chrome finishers.
I can only guess that the problems owners have now are largely due to reproduction rubbers being of the wrong profile?

philthehill wrote: ↑

Wed Jan 15, 2020 8:36 pm

https://www.caffyns.co.uk/docs/history_of_caffyns.pdf

What a fascinating history.)

Lovely looking car too by the way .

Yes, that is the one I spotted too. As you seem doubtful about the validity, I made contact with them. They are Morris Minor specialists and advertise in Minor Matters. The listing IS current and they say that because the item is generic rather than specific, the listing hasn't been updated recently...

How many of us do you imagine drive cars with "automatic braking" though? Even when we do, cars will still suffer the occasional puncture (as I did on the M4 recently) and some people are dis-organised enough to run out of fuel on the motorway :o. Drivers sometimes become unwell at the wheel, and ca...

I'm afraid my limited technical ability doesn't extend to me posting links Phil. However, if you type "Morris Minor exhaust manifold" into an ebay search, you will restrict yourself to exploring the generally overpriced items for sale on the single marketplace of ebay. If however you type "Morris Mi...

Ebay always seems expensive to me. A quick google search of the same item shows up manifolds at under half the price of that ebay one

Me too. It was the first thing I did to my 1958 Minor. I only have the old "static" belts but actually these, when properly adjusted, are a pretty good restraint and I feel much more secure in the car - especially when I view those early type sunvisors in line with my head :o A 1961 car might even h...

Do you have the heater fresh air intake (below the heater) open? It will mist up if fresh air cannot be drawn in to the car. It isn't as effective as the intake on the later cars but is better than nothing. Otherwise, you will have to resort to opening the quarterlight which is what I do. It IS vita...

You'll need to be more specific. There are a few different styles of door card depending on age and whether a basic model or a deluxe and two different sizes depending on whether your car is a 2door or 4door version.

I really wouldn't worry about it. Our Minor (1000 Convertible) lives outside come rain or shine and is used regularly all year round. I have never used any sort of car cover as so many people have told me about their car suffering under them (rising damp, micro-blistering paint, interior going mould...

Naturally, very few of our cars are still to original specification after all these years. Does it matter? To some owners it does and to some it doesn't. Many owners (and garages!) have simply done whatever they could - often with limited resources - to keep the cars on the road :wink: It is easy to...

Yes, the original BMC wing did have captive nuts in that position. Like every thread in the Minor's bodywork it would have been a BSF thread - the same as That used in the door furniture etc. I was simply guessing that on the aftermarket panels the manufacturer might not have followed that same rule...

I don't think it matters too much what thread BMC used originally in production as the wing pictured is a modern Taiwanese copy. Your guess is as good as mine as to what thread they use ......

Surely it has to be the headlight mounting as the OP mentions the screw thread in a captive nut. It is only the headlights that have a captive nut isn't it.

Not as many Austin/Morris 1100s as I remember as a toddler. Surely that is simply because the film pre-dates the production of most 1100s? The 1100/1300 range was Britain's best selling new car during the 1960s and the roads were indeed covered with them. I don't know what year(s) the filming cover...