Morris Minor Owners Club

Ok thank you everyone, I think my best bet is to get a bigger fuel tank maybe or go by Matt's nugget of information by going at around 50 mph .

Hello fellow Young Members, If I wanted to increase the mileage of my Morris Minor; how would I go about doing it? A while ago I calculated using Carfolio.com that the mileage of a Morris Minor 1000 is around 262 miles on a full tank of petrol, whilst outputting 44 mpg. I know the obvious solution i...

Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire .

I can meet up with somebody over the summer but not between 13th-28th July as I will be away, but PM message me if anyone would like to meet up, my car's getting repaired during next week or soon, but I'll let you know when it's repaired .

If the traffice lights were covered by the tree is that the Council's fault? Sorry I didn't mean that how it sounded. I meant that if the tree was covering up the lights should the Council be responsible and therefore compensate you? Long shot I know!!! I suppose, but our insurance is covering the ...

Glad that you and your Mum were ok, but what a nasty incident. Have to say I hate going to MK and I always seem to get lost on my way home! I know it's supposedly a logical road set-up but I don't go there often enough to familiarize myself and so never seem to find the same route home as I have ta...

Thank you, I'm sure the council will notice it, but we've learnt that it's there now .

I'm sure my car will be fixed up soon enough .

Matt Tomkins wrote:i meant july - what did you mean? :p

(I'm in the Young Drivers Scheme group though).

- which one's that?

Ok, I can come then hopefully, I thought you meant this friday, sorry I didn't really see the dates right .

Also, I am part of that group that you linked to me aswell .

Matt Tomkins wrote:if it's fixed in time, let me know and i'll add you to the route
btw, are you on the facebook group?

I don't think it will be fixed for tomorrow, or do you mean in July? If July then absolutely . I'm not on the Facebook group but I will join (I'm in the Young Drivers Scheme group though).

Matt Tomkins wrote:i see you're in leighton buzzard - if you're going to national on the friday, see the thread on here 'growing convoy for national'

Ooh I didn't know, I don't think I can due to the condition of the car, sorry, but I do hope that I can come on another one, it'd be great!

Alex'n'Ane wrote:Oh dear doesnt seem the best road design. Are you fully comp or will there be alot of work for yourself?

Yes, but we'll get the engine fixed and send the car to our local bodywork specialist to get the wing repaired .

oh dear :/ - i often go down that way, so i'll watch out. :/ glad you're okay. as for the car, make sure you get it properly checked out - aesthetically, the wing might be the only thing needing replacement, but the impact could have caused servere underlying issues :/ Thank you, we'll be handing h...

Let's just say that the main road is a bit dangerous because the bus lane comes out at the side, so please do be cautious when doing down there, basically we didn't really see the traffic lights on the driver's side, but it was visible on the passenger side.[frame] http://mmoc.org.uk/mbimage.php?src...

Alex'n'Ane wrote:wow looks like it could have been alot worse. Am glad your ok though His fault i presume?

Thank you, we were all fine, no I'm afraid it was our fault.

Hello again :-), Yesterday, tragically, I was in my Morris Minor with my mum going to Milton Keynes Central to watch a film. When we were driving through Avebury Boulevard, we got hit by a Scania 8-wheel flatbed on the left rear wing, sending us across the road. Here are a few images of the damage t...

Ok thank you muchly everyone .

I shall try and get round to finding a local paint supplier and bring in a sample so that they can mix the paint to suit my car's colour, and I will bear the paint code in mind, too .

Hello again :) , I have been searching the internet for Trafalgar Blue paint for my Morris Minor as it has a few patches of rust which need tending to, but all I have found is spray on Bull Motif. Does anyone know any paint suppliers that sell Trafalgar Blue paint in a can rather than spray paint? T...

Found a better link this is the earlier book & has the axle section in a preview http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=2_QQtv4pFoIC&pg=PA17&lpg=PA17&dq=fundamentals+of+motor+vehicle+vol+4&source=bl&ots=J6buzyVDpP&sig=RRoUGOlcA-l9K2SIgH94Slz1fhs&hl=en&ei=JrwUTbecAcGA...

Hillier's Fundamentals of Motor Vehicle Technology will have the necessary info ( should have thought your college would have a copy) http://www.waterstones.com/waterstonesweb/products/v-a-w-+hillier/peter+coombes/hillier27s+fundamentals+of+motor+vehicle+technology3a+bk-+1/4673862/ Was a required p...

Hello again ,

Does anybody know about Semi, Three Quarter and/or Fully Floating Wheel Hubs? It's for my work at college and I can't seem to find any definition to it. I've also been told not to refer to Wikipedia due to its unreliable source of information.

Thank you .

if the water pump blades have rusted away (or broken off if the water froze) then the symptoms can be similar to a blocked heater - the pump won't produce enough pressure to create flow in the heater. The engine will get thermo-syphon flow which is probably enough in mid winter unless driven hard -...