Morris Minor Owners Club

Hi, First question - how can I improve my rather lacklustre wiper blades. Very good at moving water around not very good at cleaning screen. I have 1968 moggy with the silver coloured arms. The motor is working fine, its the force of contact with the blades on the screen that is problem. Second ques...

Hi, Thinking of buying first mig welder. Had a bit of a mooch about on-line, Clarke MIG151EN seems to be pretty good for money, with co2 gas. Haven't welded in 30 years so will start small i.e lots of practice pieces first!! Want to be able to repair my Minor when needs it (going to need cross membe...

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Does anyone know of a good Moggy garage in Devon area?

100mls Is that right? I can only get about 25 mls in, even with lots of bouncing up and down. I've stuck a long alan key in top and bottom opening, there doesn't seem to be any obstruction. Am I doing something wrong?

Thats great, thanks for all advice, brill photo Declan. Just for completion, how much oil should i expect to put in each damper (front and rear)

Thanks for advice, i certainly have the spring but haven't seen any washers. Are they before or after the spring? Have I made a bit of a cock a doodle diddley up?

Hi, Anyone know how much fluid I should be putting into front dampers? I removed the bottom and top plug - got a dribble out. Then re-filled with about 5 mls of compressor oil (working the damper up and down by having a good bounce on the wing)! Was filled up to top. Does this sound about right?? Is...

Anyone know if the Technical CD works on apple system?

Thanks to you all for the advice!
I shall sort this tomorrow, as always fantastic help from this site, really helps us learners.
If you are ever down in sleepy old Sidmouth Devon I'll buy you a pint

Yep the electrics are just for the bulb. So from the the thread; I guess I am ok to splice the red live gauge wire into the red wire (for the panel light switch) and attach the earth to the body.

Ah! I have seen that!
I guess I take the live out wire to the fuel gauge to splice to and then attach earth to body, is that ok?

Thanks for information.
However the electrical feed just runs a light bulb hence why I thought would get away with connecting it in the panel light switch. Do I still need to track down the stabiliser? If so what does it look like? Sorry, new to all this, learning as I go along.

Regards

Rob

Hi, I am attempting to fit a TIM temperature gauge into my 1968 Minor! My plan is to attach the live feed wire (red wire on the gauge) onto the red live feed that goes into the panel light switch (not main light switch). Then attach the black wire (which is earth for the gauge) onto a screw attached...

Great stuff, thanks for all the advice, will start at fuse box first. Electrics not my strong point but learning!! Will be a nice job in garage out of the wind and and rain at the weekend.

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Heres a conundrum. My indicator lights stopped working along with my fuel gauge, and now have magically started working again. No issues I can see with fuses or obvious electrics. Any ideas?
I have a 1968 2 door morris minor 1000.
Any help you can offer me would be great.

Rob

Thanks Phil,

Looks like hard graft awaits me then
Thanks for all the advice.

Best wishes

Rob

Hi Phil, I have a bought a 1968 2 door trafalgar blue morris 1000. My first; I have been after one for a couple of years now and took the leap about 1 month ago! My daughter has named it Mervyn the morris Another great idea using old oil, I guess I could cover underside with this as well. Don't supp...

Hi Phil,

Thanks for the photo's, what a great idea. I will have a go a replicating that.
Got say though, your chassis is a million miles away from my rather tired example.

Best wishes

Rob

Thanks Phil, Really helpful. I am new to Morris Minors so unsure of best way to jack them up. I'm aware they can be fragile wee beasties sometimes. Do you have any pictures of your jacking dolly that you use, as sounds ideal and I could try and replicate it. Thanks also to Richard who also advised r...

Thanks for info Phil, I have the shorter version (CTJ2) which is probably why it looks a little small. To be honest I was going to return it as appears to be used (from Machine-mart) as has paint chips and oil on it. I think I will pay the extra and get the longer version. Yep I certainly wouldn't g...