Morris Minor Owners Club

My info took about a month to arrive but only five days for them to cash the cheque.

Leafie

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Found some old copies of Practical Classics from 1992 at an auto jumble yesterday, at the time they were restoring a 1968 Traveller (RNW 832G). What made it interesting to me was the row which broke out at the time about the welding of the shell by a Minor specialist; quote the car had a “hunch-back...

Out and about in Manchester today, tried to buy some replacement wipers for my Nissan. All the spares shops in my area have closed down. The shop I used for Minor bits located in Wigan closed at Christmas.

Is it me or are spares shops closing at an alarming rate and is it just in the Northwest?

bmcecosse wrote:I believe so - for a small fee - ask them!

I did this on my car I wrote to the DVLA asking for owner history using form V888. I think the fee was £5.00.

Leafie

Traveller looks fantastic.

RogerRust wrote:What a beauty. Makes me want to start on another one I'm going to have a cuppa tea and sit down until the feeling goes away!

Roger,

Can you enter two cars in concours ? It would be a lot of nut polishing.

Leafie

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JimK wrote:

bigginger wrote:Sorry

Nay problem - I can't remember everybody I met either. I didn't know that was Leafy with us, and I can't even remember if I was actually told...

I don’t care what they say about me so long as they spell my name correctly.

Lou wrote:Well, I had a fantastic time and am very very sunburned.

Cold at night though

Does anybody know how much it would have cost to tax a minor in October 1968.

Thanks

leafie

Rob_Jennings wrote:I put this page together on how to fit a solid state one.... only applies to negative earth cars.

http://www.robjennings.plus.com/morris/ ... e_reg.html

you will need a solder iron and very basic skills

Thanks Rob,

Job done, and for only 59p.

Leafie

I put this page together on how to fit a solid state one.... only applies to negative earth cars. http://www.robjennings.plus.com/morris/regulator/solid_state_reg.html you will need a solder iron and very basic skills OK going for it, purchased regulator from Maplin for the princely sum of 59p. Wil...

Rob_Jennings wrote: a 9v battery out of a smoke detector should give near full scale.

Thanks for the info Rob, tried the 9v battery test and sure enough the fuel gauge reads almost full. So the regulator is the likely fault, are they easy to get hold of ?

Thanks,

Leafie

either the gauge is failing, or the 10v regulator behind the speedo is not working correctly. If you have access to a multi meter check for 10 volts there. Thanks Rob, I have taken the speedo out. Is the regulator the small rectangular box bolted to the back of the speedo with 3 wires (1 to the gau...

My fuel gauge shows ½ when the tank is full, by taking the wire off the sender and connected it to earth I get a ¾ full reading. Has anybody got an idea as to the most likely culprit for this fault?

Thanks

Leafie

Willie wrote:It is the things that you don't even consider which prove to be the most difficult to replace such as the heater control knobs, .

Tell me about it! I’ve been trying to find one at auto jumbles for months

Include me please

Leafie

Has anybody fitted the front seats from a 5 door metro into a traveller? I presume the seats will not tip forward as they are. What conversion work was required to the seats? Also as these seats are leather does anybody know of a good leather dye?

Thanks

Leafie

Congratulations. With the wedding anniversary too :D Thanks Onne. Had a party to celebrate 25 years of marriage, we asked people to bring a donation to Francis House a local children’s hospice rather than a present. Raised £335.00 from family and friends, must be rubbing off this ‘’Minor owners are...

Kevin wrote: Just goes to show how much there is in build differences as it would have hit my heater valve and overspilt the battery tray.

Yes but I was glad of the advice because I would never have thought to measure the depth and could have easily ended up with a battery which didn’t fit.

Leafie