Morris Minor Owners Club

Good grief Gareth, my saloon was built between 12th - 19th February 1962 and despatched from the factory on the 26th February 1962 - they almost met!

I have used and do use aerosol heavy duty spray adhesive but if you do then make sure there's good ventilation!!!
Should be available from most good DIY outlets.

The bypass hose is there to allow a circulation of cooling water prior to the thermostat opening so I personally wouldn't do away with it.

Yes, there must be a one tooth discrepancy in the distributor drive between my saloon and Traveller. With the vacuum pipe connection at the top the saloon's vac. advance unit is left of vertical and the Traveller's to the right both with ignition timing set the same on each.

Cam - I've dug out an old curved trim which you are welcome to I'll bring on Sunday if i make it. The curved end cut off is at an angle somewhere between the two as pictured in this thread. It's like new but with a trace of Copaslip internally. It was used for only a short time but I reverted back t...

Cam - I use 1/4" BSF set bolts and nuts. 3/16"Whit spanner size. 3/4" long is usually enough but can be cut to length if necessary to avoid excess thread exposure. I also fit a flat washer under the bolt head as well as under the nut. namrick.co.uk are good and have a good selection o...

Yes castellated nuts, without checking, not sure of the size but originally BSF. Wheel nuts are UNF so unless new mountings have been fitted, possibly with UNF threaded pins, then the wheel nuts will be the wrong thread. But ideally there should be some from of security i.e. split pin. I suppose &qu...

As far as I know Shawn you can connect to any ignition switched 12v feed, and then to earth.

ColinP wrote:
"Missing bump stop is not a reason for rejection"

Any car I've had tested with a missing bumpstop has never failed but an advisory has always been given.

13/16" on 1098cc - 7/8" on earlier cars.

Stand some EP90, in a container of just boiled water for a few minutes - that should thin it considerably.

Sorry Cam, no, don't know of any other sources of these other than MM parts suppliers. I'm sure I had one of this type from ESM some time ago which was more like the one in my pic. Might be worth asking them. I personally don't like the shape of that one in their picture. No Onne it's chromium plate...

Here it is - I hope.

Cam, it was a curved finisher that I measured at 32.56mm i/d so give or take a few 1/100mm 33mm is near enough - just as long as it's more than 32mm. :roll: 8) Both my cars have the straight trim (noisier?) and the curved one I have was bought a while ago and never used(made by a company called Saun...

The original cables may have been used by extending them through the bulkhead to the switch fitted on the pedal? So maybe just a matter of eliminating the extensions and fitting relevant connectors depending on year of car.

There have been some of the correct size on eBay recently Cam. The "curved" end type. They sold for a little more than Minor parts suppliers though.
I've found, with those I've used, the "curved" type are a bit tighter fit than the "straight" type.

Is the original still there just behind the radiator and screwed into the front brake three way tee piece? You could maybe utilise that along the lines Matt suggests.

Just measured using vernier caliper - metric - tailpipe o/d 32.00mm diameter, finisher i/d 32.56mm diameter. I'd suggest that 41mm is going to be a bit sloppy Cam.

That's right Tim, the "Magnetronic" fits into the distributor.

On the same overall subject - anyone using Silicone brake fluid ? Does it help to preserve cylinder life ? Silicone fluid pros and cons have been discussed before but I have Automec in both my cars, one for 6 years and the other for 4, without problem (but see below). The concensus seems to be that...