Morris Minor Owners Club

To finish off the restoration on my Morris 1000 I purchased a set of carpets from Coverdale.For the price I was pleased with them,they fitted well and thay were well finished,The old story of you get what you pay for ,hoever I would use them again .I am just finishing restoring an Austin A35,which i...

Hello I have sold the Morris I restored,so now looking for another project .Thank you ,all who answered my questions and helped with the problems I met Thank you Len Cottam

If you had a lead from the starter to the coil,then only when the starter is cranked would you get the full 12 volts to the coil.Couldn`t you then have another lead from the ignition via a ballast resistor to the coil,to supply reduced voltage while running Len

Looking through the previous bills I had with the car a garage he used ,charged him £750 to fit a second hand front wing on the car .This is one he sourced,this is why when the car needed restoring he just couldn`t afford to take it to a garage I have a Balast coil but the Morris isn`t wired for thi...

Received the new capacitor,from Dist.Doc and fitted it,with new contacts .The previous owner who hardly used the car,had new leads and a new coil ( he was charged £28 for the coil) 2000 miles ago,so they should be OK.I noticed there isn`t a lot of movement,when turning the Distrubutor due to the air...

I have ordered a new capacitor ,form Distributor Doctorand I am waiting for it to arrive.I noticed when I was restoring the car and I wanted to time the engine,there are no timing marks on the front pulley.I suppose I will have to find TDC and time it from there .But how much before TDC before the c...

Hello thanks for the info.mine were connected -ve to the coil ( IE BLACK AND WHITE LEAD ) as on modern cars I have now changed them round.

Thanks I don`tthink I have done a +ve car before,and it makes sense thet it should be the other way round.But I thought it best to ask.On mine ,the SW (white wire) went to the +ve connection on the coil In the manual it only shows the wite lead going to the sw and the white and black to the CB.Most ...

Since the Morris is postive earth,does the lead from the distributor still go the the -VE negative connection to the coil.I don`tknow if it changed for a +VE car Len

The engine has only done a genuine 58000 and sounds superb.The Ibs reading on all the cylinders is also excellent

I bought Lucas parts when I returned home.Going for the MOT,I parked in the garage forecourt,it stalled once on the way there.But when the inspector called me in,it wouldn`t start,so we both looked at it and decided it was the points.We cleaned them,by rubbing emery cloth between the points and it w...

When I bought my Morris 1000 off the previous owner,he said thet sometimes on a run and the car was warm it would stall.Having no knowledge about classic cars,he left the car for 20 minutes and it was OK.I have spent a year restoring the car and never had the chance to try it out when I bought is,as...

Just been under the car and sorted it .Len

Sorry forgot to mention mine is a Morris 1000 1969 Len

How do I check the gearbox oil leve land top it up Len

When looking at a restoration project,on a convertable and it`s a non original .How can you tell if it is a"good conversion" Also do they fetch much less than an original,when restored

I have just finished the restoration,but the door latch has broken,the spring does not work on it.Before I start looking for one,are they all the same .Mine is a 4 door 1968 model

Good morning,I restore cars as a hobby,and when finished I sell them on to finance another project.This Morris I have just finshed ,has had the 1 front wing replaced .both front doors/ both rear wings and boot lid replaced.a complete respray in base coat and two pack laquer.the brakes have had new c...

Have fitted the RH one (1969Morris ) the clips were missing.Have now got to source a LH one

I have manage to obtain the RH glove box insert.How do they normally fix in.My car was without them ,when I bought it Len