Morris Minor Owners Club

Disc brakes are much over rated (and no need for a servo - it's a small light car...) I prefer them for the relative ease of maintenance compared to the standard drums - I was forever having to replace sticking wheel slave cylinders to get it through the MOT each year; with my Ford Escort/Sierra di...

Weller can supply wider steelies for the Minor:

http://www.wellerwheels.com/shop/index.aspx?cid=153

Various Minor specialists also supply a modern version of the LP917 4.5J van rim, which has a bead to secure a tubeless tyre.

Certainly sounds like an avenue worth exploring. What sort of price(s) would he be asking for Mild and Stainless versions?

Interesting to see some of the BMC stuff now reaching giddy prices.

Agreed, some modern cars can be a pain in that respect. I recall having to get a replacement alternator for my mum's Isuzu-engined Vauxhall Cavalier 1.7TD, which had some sort of oil pump on the back of it, unique to that engine - had to venture into a London breakers yard to get hold of one. :roll:...

I presume you mean the HIF44 (there were HIF38 and HIF44). I also have had one fitted to my Traveller since the mid 1990s and it's been excellent.

Perhaps it's just the effect I noticed with the twin-carb setups I had on my Triumph Vitesse Mark 2 2-litre, 1275cc MG Midget engined Minor and an MGB GT then - all seemed a bit jerky when trickling along in traffic, no matter how much fettling I gave the carbs/linkages.

You can remove the rubber inspection bung on the side of the gearbox bellhousing and inspect the bearing with a torch.

Yes, adjusting the clutch may help...

I have also found that the carbon bearings wear rapidly with a 1275cc Midget engine fitted, which I suspect is down to the rather heavy diaphragm type clutch (I have a hydraulic setup on mine). The only lasting solution probably is to fit a roller-bearing type one, or at least, a heavy-duty carbon o...

Another snag with the twin carbs, not often mentioned, is that the throttle linkage setup is a bit 'loose' with them, which can result in a kangarooing effect if you're trickling along in traffic - the throttle response tends to be a bit jerky. For this reason, I ditched my 1275cc Midget engine's tw...

Another possibility is that it is down to the electricity supply to the gauge varying, rather than the temperature of the engine - I take it you wired the gauge to the little instruments voltage regulator behind the speedo?

Perhaps you have an 80 deg C thermostat fitted, which should normally keep it at around the 80 deg C mark, but at higher speed, combined with chilly winter air, it can't quite make up it's mind on the temperature...

I'll let you off lightly this time - an easy mistake to make.

No, it's 399991 (four '9's, not three).

Are you sure it was a Minor and not the larger Oxford, which also came as a Traveller variant with the rear doors you describe?

The Minor Traveller wasn't introduced until 1953.

Some Travellers were indeed converted to horizontally split rear doors, though they are rare.

You can also look at the glass, and decipher the Triplex code stamped on it:

http://www.bobine.nl/turner/01-general- ... ate-codes/

I got given my 1970 Traveller in 1989 for my 18th birthday - a hand-me down from my mum, after the front suspension collapsed and she got given a new-fangled 1982 Austin Metro instead. I've carried out much work on it since, as a never-ending 'rolling restoration', and it's now covered 156,000 miles...

What sort of green - the same colour as the body, i.e., Almond green or similar? As for paint, you need something durable to last on wheels, so some form of enamel type paint or smooth Hammerite would be best. Thin spray paint such as from aerosols will be showing rust through in no time at all, unl...

I remember back when I first started driving in the late 1980s, I was given a 1970 1098cc Traveller (which I still have), while my pal had a 1968 VW Beetle 1300. While his really struggled on any steep hills (particularly motorway inclines), mine would sail up with ease. I also vastly preferred the ...

Also, remove and clean out the little filter gauze underneath the fuel pump body, as it may be silted up.