Morris Minor Owners Club

I think the pear version gear knob is correct for your vehicle. Mine is an early 1098 and this has a pair version and has had since the 70s for certain. It could have been changed before this, but it's not something I have fet is incorrect

Someone told me the standard marina filter set up did work as it hit the r bonnet cross member. I have not tried it so I don't know for certain and itight be incorrect

The flat mini type fits as is routinely fitted

I found swapping from 155 to 145 on standard rims made a significant difference to thr ride. I had a set of Nankang which admittedly were over 10byears old, but a set of Bridsgatones made a significant change. I have never had Toyo tyres but I understand from others the side walls are a bit soft. Yo...

I had this issue back in the 80's -its not a new issue i am afraid

If its a standard system I would suspect your regulation valve in the float chamber needs replacing. Occasionally the float can be an issue but valve wears which is often not visible.

As Phil said above you do not need to split this joint. If you are just doing the bushes it is best to keep as much connected. Particularly important is keeping the brake hydraulics connected Before you start I would spray the torsion bar to lower wishbone joint with plusgas or similar and let this ...

Back to the question about re securing back together I drilled a hole in the square shaft just to the right of thr domed piece in your photo and put a split pin in it. I used a couple of washers to take up the play. There is a lot of clearance in the boot aperture so this does no foul. As an aside I...

I know I have posted this before but look closely at the flexis. My car sailed through a mot(wolseley 1500 fronts) buy were far from convining. Eventually changed thr flexis and the difference was significant, especially on hills . I would recommend you change all of them while you are doing this an...

Hi sorry i should have been clearer -the wear is on the casing that the handle rotates in. The barrel will probably be fine. If you go down the route of a replacement handle, you should be able to swap over the barrel and keep 1 key. Turning the handle upside down means the lock works on a different...

I found it was wear on the casing. I found i could get it to work by turning it upside down, but in the end i replaced the handle to bring back the originality.

I resolved a similar fault by changing all the HT leads and earth straps. I could not find anything wrong with the leads but they were all very old.

New shoes all around will take a few miles to bed in. I would keep going with the work you have done and rrive it for a couple of hundred miles 1st. Initial use of new shoes can be very poor as only a limited shoe area touches the drum.

In a smiliar vain if you need to change the points I would not take the dizzy off the car. Its relatively easy to swap in situ, and avoids other issues that could go wrong if you remove the dizzy

I am not sure how long you have had your car but the way I use the choke varys quite a lot in the colder weather. From cold I always start with full choke, but push it most of th way in when it starts in thr hot weather. After I drive it thr end of my road it goes fully in. This process takes longer...

Most likely to be air still in the system.

I have 2 minors which are very lighly modified. I would recommend the following simple mods LED stop/tail (High quality ones) -15 minutes to swap these over and others can see you Front Halogens -if you ever use it at night, change to these and they are not expensive... Temperature gauge (this saved...

I would recommend fitting led stop tail bulbs. Quality ones are so much brighter-next time you follow a minor note how poor they are compared with other cars on the road. The same could be said for indicators but this is a bit more work. I would also consider a hazard warning light kit jus in case o...

Different aize belts for alternators and dynamo I believe

Well done.


You should benefit now from thr reliability of you new components

I recall my dad's 62 had a metal clip. My 63vwas only a few months apart but it had a rubber clip. I have no reason to think its not original in both cases