Morris Minor Owners Club

I wouldn't personally bother fitting new seals for the reasons mentioned above. The other thing worth mentioning is that there is a cheaper "pattern" master cylinder available. My Minor had just had one of these fitted prior to my purchase - they have a square filler plug. It started leaking soon af...

I agree that the master cylinder isn't SO much of an issue. The steel quality used on the early cars was pretty good and I think even the first cars were rotated in the "Rotodip" paint tank but they certainly weren't "plated". In the interest of accuracy, the brilliant designer was surely Alec. Not...

It's not so hard to get to the master cylinder really, you just put a jack under the torsion bar and push it up out of the way to access the bolts. The earlier minors were dipped in a plating tank after the spot welding had been done so were relatively rust proof. When I scrape off some of the orig...

Yes, Always black.

When replacing the dynamo brushes the commutator segments must be parallel not uneven where the brushes have worn them (usually rectified in a lathe) and the commutator segments must be undercut. See BMC wksp man Fig. N5 for details. Just replacing the bushes is only doing half the job. Phil, If th...

Although I have Bridgestone tyres on the Minor I drive most, I have Nangkang tyres on the other one. The Nangkangs are the larger size (155/80/14) and were less expensive. For the money, they have been a good tyre and will be perfectly adequate for most purposes and the larger size gives slightly hi...

Don't worry. I've been perfectly happy with my dynamo equipped Morris Minor all these years. I put some new dynamo brushes in some years ago (an easy job) but apart from that I have never had an issue with it. The car starts up every morning and carries out its duties without ever a flat battery or ...

The handbook for our Traveller says 26psi all round, but that was for Crossply tyres. With Radials the recommended pressure is 30psi all round. Those pressures may differ for saloons. That's interesting. Which handbook is that? I still have the maker's handbook supplied with my car when new and tha...

On my renault 4 the air intake could be positioned either over the manifold or away from it, and this was for summer or winter. My MMs2 has the old silencer type air intake, and there must have been many variations since then. If the weather is too cold i imagine that could cause problems. The Mino...

When you say that "for reliability" you're going to fit electronic ignition, do you mean that you've found the original set-up to be unreliable? In almost half a century of Morris Minor driving I have never had a problem with the points. It is just a matter of purchasing good quality parts and spend...

You could shorten it I suppose but if you wanted the proper part and that's what you asked for, you should have been sent one. I would contact a few more specialists and find the correct item if that's the best they can do....... I didn't have any trouble obtaining a starter cable for mine so they A...

That's a worthwhile improvement The price of new gloveboxes is crazy!

I fitted my mirrors exactly as suggested above: I cut the stud down so that it was no longer than needed to attach it to the triangle. It looks untidy to drill a hole through to the inside although a grommet could be fitted. I did this by finding a piece of wood to place inside the triangle to drill...

In the matter of 'racing lorries', I had the good fortune to know the late Vaughan Davis and, through his kind generosity, I was present at the record-setting meetings that took place at Millbrook and which were reported on in the linked article. To say that the whole experience was impressively un...

It is quite a big car which would have been expensive. Mid to late 1930s? Lots of coachbuilders around still in those days so possibly an unusual body. Something like an Alvis possibly? MG also made some large saloons. The rear lamp is similar to that on the (pre Jaguar) SS cars so possibly one of t...

Russ, I can't remember where I bought mine from but several sellers on ebay list them "Lucas style wing mirrors" etc. and I think quite a few Morris Minor specialists also stock them. Make sure you order convex glass though. Very easy to fit: You simply undo the 2 self tapping screws holding that tr...

For myself, I found any of the clip-on mirrors pretty useless and threw mine away several years ago. I now have the "Lucas replica" door/wing mirrors which are widely available and inexpensive and have fitted them to the triangular panel in front of the quarterlight as many other owners have done. W...

That's a good choice I think. I've been very pleased with my Bridgestones. The original BMC handbook suggests tyre pressures of 24psi front and 26psi rear with 145/14 radial tyres fitted. I've seen no reason to deviate much from this and run mine at 26psi all round. I know there are some forum membe...

They are Mk1 Ford Transit mirrors. I should think you'll find you're knocking into them all the time! You do need some sort of decent mirror on a van though.....

Your Firestone tyres will be pretty old simply on the basis that they haven't been available for many years. The Bridgestone tyres are excellent and suit the Minor very well. I have been very pleased with mine. Whether the Pirellis are worth the extra money who knows? I have no experience of them bu...