Morris Minor Owners Club

As for the hose, I would be tempted to replace it. Yes, you could cut the end off and re-fit, and you could try and tape something over the split, but it suggests the hose is perishing and likely to break down again. Who knows how old it is? Always worth periodically checking the condition of all ho...

But no overheads like garage rental, business rates etc. if spraying on someone's driveway! :lol: Seriously though, there is something a bit odd about this thread - both 'Col. Chestbridge' who wanted a re-spray, and 'Key Shawn-Johnson', who claimed he had his car re-sprayed for £700 have disappeared...

Its a good idea.Alternatively, you can buy a magnetic plug: https://www.morrisminorspares.com/engin ... er-p830179
BTW - I use classic car oil from Halfords.............

The problem is discovering exactly where the leak is - and it may be very small. It is not unusual for Minors to have a bit of a petrol smell, especially after filling up - which suggests either the fuel sender gasket or the filler hose (hose itself, or tightness of the hose clips) I have had proble...

I'm much more relaxed about it. I keep a mental note in my head and roughly follow the schedule, but this is quite flexible and I don't work to specific dates, so its a bit rough and ready....nothing gets left too long though

I find 30psi all round is good. Anyone run on more than that?

Astounded? Its only two pages. Using the choke is a much more simple operation to fitting beehive springs and that thread ended up at nine pages! I suspect it would have been even longer had it not eventually been locked

I doubt that piece of rusty metal is original. As for 'old man mods', it does seem Dr. Frankenstein has been tinkering with it, but not enough to prevent you from rectifying things. Nice seats as well

I once rigged a Morris Minor horn to the doorbell push. Didn't half make you jump when someone came to the door!

Oh, I forgot to mention above another brake issue which was seized brake cylinders all round - but, again, nothing to do with beehive springs.....

Are they really necessary? I've never had them fitted in over 40 years of Minor driving and never had any brake problems other than a master cylinder failing - which, of course, is nothing to do with the beehive springs.

I found the red ESM tool to be useless as it didn't fit properly and the bend is too far back to get good leverage. I now use a socket wrench without issue.

Quite so. And there are previous threads on here by people who decided to 'fix it', even though it was not broken - and were then beset by problems!

The price of most things seem to have skyrocketed!
One option might be to post in the 'wants' section here - you never know if a good second-hand one is available. I have both bought and sold good quality second-hand chrome stuff on here before....

Thanks Stephen for your guidance, it has certainly got me thinking though. The car runs good anyway,I was just considering future proofing it.I am about to give it a full service etc so it should be ok for a while. Thanks again. The car is 56 years old and still 'runs good'. So it was 'future proof...

Maybe its chrome-plated brass and you've got down to the brass?

But from 'classic car's post it sounds more like the pedal suddenly went to the floor - i.e. something in the linkage broke.

Yes, the trafficators are the same but the brackets are different between the 2-door and 4-door.

Hmmm, yes, previous owners often have a lot to answer for! As we all know

A little tongue in cheek, perhaps. Believe me, Bill, I am not advocating such an approach to night driving, of course not. But once was out of necessity as the battery was no longer being charged. And it was in deep rural, no towns, no villages, just the occasional farm house and I knew the lanes li...