Morris Minor Owners Club

Hi all I'm looking for some advice on a rear brake matter for my 1969 Morris Traveller. Last year we overhauled all the brakes (drum), including the brake lines and fittings. We got new banjo fittings for the rear wheels, including copper washers etc. We discovered last week that the copper washers ...

Hi all I have a 1969 Morris Traveller. I recently sanded and oiled the wood with Osmo Oil, but unfortunately it was the wrong colour. I am now looking to remove it, but am keen to avoiding sanding, as I have already sanded her twice in the last year. A wood specialist recommended Timberex Oil & ...

Thank you for your kind words!

It also works on the sun vizors as well: Best wishes

Alex

Hello all I just wanted to say thank you for all the advice and posts about how to clean vinyl seats. I had a go today. I followed advice and started with Vanish powder in warm water and scrubbing gently. After only 20 minutes I could see a huge difference, and within an hour both seats were transfo...

Hi Simmitc

Thank you for the reply - it's a relief to know that it's not just me! I will do as you suggest. Hopefully I will be able to coax it into movement!

Thanks again!

Alex

Hi all I'm doing some repair and restoration work to my 1969 Morris Traveller. A mix of big and small issues, of which this is probably the smallest (and so the most annoying!). The rear sliding window of the back on the passenger side is completely stuck. All the other sliding windows in the back (...

Hello everyone Thank you for your help. We managed the clutch change yesterday without taking the engine out. We lifted the floor plate above the gearbox and managed to lift the gearbox up through the hole into the car. We then replaced the clutch. The reason for this update is to let you know that ...

Hello all

Thanks for your help. After a bit of exploration, we were able to get it undone - we managed to get a coathanger through the front grill and hoooked through one of the holes in the release mechanism. So all resolved, but a useful lesson definitely learnt!

Alex

Hello everyone I am the owner of a 1969 Morris Traveller and have an emergency! The split pin holding the bonnet catch release fell out, so that when I pulled it to open the bonnet, the bonnet wouldn't open - and I just pulled the release straight through! I now can't open the bonnet at all and am i...

Hi guys That's really helpful thank you! In fact the clutch isn't original (I had to get the original replaced about 10 years ago) so l am open minded about replacing it! If there are any better makes around than B&B I'm open to suggestions! We're also considering the best way to go about it. I'...

Hi everybody. After long last the traveller is up and running again and the engine is running sweet, but i can't help noticing that the thrust release bearing is a tad on the noisy side, so i wan't to get that done as soon as possible. I don't intend just replacing the bearing itself, but it as a ki...

Hello everyone We finally removed the kick plates today! Hooray! Following the very helpful advice received on here, we had a go this morning. We managed to undo two of the bolts on the passenger side by hand. The first sheered in half (not entirely unexpectedly) and the second came out clean. For t...

Hi guys Thanks so much for all your help. We did successfully manage to remove the rear wheel hubs yesterday! Thanks to your help and advice, I managed, with the the newly purchased spanner from ebay and a large rubber mallet, to get both bearing nuts off! Then with my friend Russ, who is much more ...

Hi guys

Thank you - that's really helpful. I will check that the locking tabs are completely clear and then try again. Clearly undoing seized nuts on a Morris is as good as going to the gym!

Thanks again

Alex

Hi all I had a lovely day working in the sun on the car today. Managed to get both half shafts out and then got onto the big nut holding the bearing in place. Each had one locking tab which I flattened out to get the special spanner on - then no joy at all with undoing the nut! I had checked previou...

Hi Rob

Thank you - that's really helpful. I will blow up the picture and examine carefully. Both of mine seem to be so covered in rust and dirt that it's hard to even see what they look like - so it's good to know what i'm looking for!

Have a good weekend

Alex

Hi all I've got a 1969 Morris Traveller and am overhauling the brakes. I'm doing the back ones at the moment, and would like to strip them down, replace brake shoes etc. I'm just struggling to understand how the handbrake cable is attached to the brake shoe actuating lever. I couldn't find an explan...

Hi guys Thank you for the advice - really useful! I have bought the spanner from ebay and look forward to having a go. I had a mini play yesterday (I was meant to be working) :wink: and managed to get the half shaft out - in fact it came out very smoothly and I wasn't quick enough to move my foot ou...

Hi guys

That's really helpful thank you!

I will read and have a go and report back!

Thanks again

Ale

Hi Phil Thanks for your reply. I've got the Manual and am going through the website and t'interweb. I was just wondering if there were any practical tips from hard earned experience, as i've learned the hard way that there's a big difference what's meant to happen on the page and what actually happe...