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You've got a '68, try doing the rain in a Split Screen... :lol: But seriously I can't imagine fitting a 2 speed is difficult on a 1000 at least the motor is easy to get at. Of course, what the relative speeds are, and whether it's actually a big improvement or not, is a good question hopefully someo...

I used a tube of MANNOL WINDSCREEN SEALANT, currently about £12 for a 310ml tube on ebay. I had a leak somewhere along the edge of my '55 windscreen, leaving a puddle on the passenger's rubber floor mat. I put a bead of this all around it and no problems since. I just looked up when I brought it and...

My Clamp on, from ESM, is fitted as shown.
(Photo originally taken to show the Parking Light I'd obtained from ebay)

You can make out the scuff marks where a PO had fitted one, but it wasn't fitted that well and it was too high for my liking, obstructing my view.

I noticed as oil went in to the spark plug there appeared to be an air leak at the plug.Have I got the wrong plugs I was running my car's engine after an oil change, having spilt a dribble of oil that went around one of the plugs. I noticed a miniscule little bubble appearing, presumably on every c...

Just make sure that there is good metal to metal contact between Tank and Body Shell somewhere, DON'T just rely on the screws to perform that function.
Otherwise you'll be wondering why the Fuel Gauge isn't working, or it's reading wrongly.....

Unlike you I would be most concerned if the connections were flush. How can you be certain they have correctly screwed down if they are flush? I had a 37 year career in aircraft engineering and I would never expect to see a flush pipe Union in the way you speak of.... :-? I can't think of any brakes...

I was driving just out of Chesham going towards Great Missenden this afternoon a road I've used loads of times even on Saturday when I just happened to look left and there was three Morris Minor saloons in a field and looked as if they have been there a while. There one of two other cars one was a ...

Removing the Carburettor, and refitting it, is quite easy, I would say the fiddliest bit is reconnecting the Throttle and Choke Cables correctly. Especially the bit about twisting the Choke Cable, or 'mixture control' as the Workshop Manual calls it (see fig B18 in the Manual). Perhaps 'famous last ...

That's pretty strange, all I can imagine is a problem with the 'Self Park' aspect in the Wiper motor. The Wipers are powered as soon as you turn the key on, when you operate the switch, you're actually providing the Earth to the motor. So there must be a stray earth somehow being applied to the motor.

DJC wrote: ↑Mon Apr 08, 2024 12:56 pm Thanks for the comments, when you say complete assembly, do you mean the steering box as well?

Thanks

Just the Column Assy.
If you don't have the Morris Manual, AKD530, do a web search and you'll find it downloadable in pdf format from several places.

According to the Workshop Manual, the actual Morris one, not the Haynes, .... Section JJ for the 1000 model, it needs to be the complete assembly.

Well, ESM stocks 'reconditioned' 7" front back plates at £35 each, so I would hang onto them a little while yet, perhaps a little bit of cleaning up and painting might be worth it. New pattern 7" drums are readily available as they're the same as the rear. Now whether an original in good c...

Yes, trafficators on a switch on the dash and indicators on the stalk OK, so they've diverted the Trafficator Wiring to a 'new' switch, and connected the original Stalk to the Indicators. You mentioned only 2 wires connected to the Flasher Unit. Has it got a 3rd connection terminal on it? Or is it ...

Trafficators are on a separate switch OK, sorry to drag this out. I re-read your original Question.... Indicate left and it works but no light on the stalk but I can hear indicator clicking , when using right indicator , no indicators and the stalk light is on So have the Indicators been put on the...

I have found the indicator unit, it currently only has 2 wires connected to it, shouldn’t it have 3 and possibly one has come off? It simply depends on what sort of after market system was installed. Here's just an example of how they could be connected. Indicators.JPG Since you have 2 different fa...

What year car, what Indicator system?

From the sounds of it, almost certainly the Flasher Unit is faulty; but you can always do some electrical fault finding with a Multimeter or test lamp....

(basically anti-vibration?) On the '63 cars it's a piece of plastic so I think it's just there to make it turn smoother through the bracket. Mine was a very similar experience to MIke, The rubber sleeve holds the metal bush that is the 'bearing'; when I got my car, I thought the steering was a litt...

That is not a standard SII arrangement. That's all part of the cover. Here's my '55 SII. 20230501_095007.jpg Basically what you have is that entire dirty grey sleeve has somehow been fixed to the Column Bracket to enable the Stalk to be fitted. I've never seen that before. It will also serve another...

The down side of (anti)social media is the short attention span, the randomness and nastiness of people. I used to have a Twitter account when I ran my business, but when I retied, I closed the X account because I simply hadn't used it for 2 years. Too many nasty people on there. The MMOC FB Group i...

Yes, they can get pretty well jammed on over the years with corrosion. Often, giving it a good soaking with penetrating oil/diesel/ATF, etc. for a few hours beforehand helps. I gave it 2 -3 days spraying it in several times from the back, each stud hole and the centre boss, it just wasn't travellin...