Morris Minor Owners Club

one other problem is that the split screen gass was toughend not laminated as per today and the laminated glass is slightly thinner and does't fit the screen rubber properly.Made that mistake myself when I had a laminated glass made up cos I couldnt get an original . Had to silicon it in temporarily...

sorry peetee I don't quite understand what mistake you made. If the new springs were indeed new(Fitted mine about 5 years ago still good)Can't see how they settled to the Right shape and hit the rail again clearly not the right set up since they didn't hit the rail when the car came off the line bra...

yes too right, it can sag to the point where the rear shackle will hit the chassis rail and you get a clunk when you hit a pot hole.caused by the length of the spring increasing as it sags and straightens out.Relatively cheap and easy to change but don't be tempted to buy secondhand they could be as...

I'm with ray complete set of wood about £500ish then all the other work could be a money pit,ok for free then probably worth a go.

If it was only cutting out I would say the tickover speed needed increasing to overcome the extra demand on the charging system but lights going out as well needs a bit more thought. You must have a short to earth . Maybe the brake warning lights

do a search been discussed many times

matt you may be able to help. I have a windsurfing centre and the lake chokes up with weed and as a result we cut it with a cutter blade dragged behind a power boat. The cutter is a two bladed tool made up of 5 foot long by 4 inch by 16th spring steel.I have tried to obtain some new lenghts of steel...

its when your NOT married that you need bounce clearance

If you're really stuck and need the car on the road NOW, it's possible to solder wires direct to the bolb and sort it out properly later. Not recommending it, but if needs must... If its just the sprung bit that contacts the end of the bulb just do as above solder to bulb and to the sprung base. di...

don't know about the cheap bit £70 each for the later chromed ones,I would try to repair first,unless the chrome is done for and you are wanting pristene condition,The last one I did I soldered wires up to make the connections.

popping on the overrun is the clue,reset the points,its easy to change the timing after a points clean.

do you want to come and do my tax return

Just been reading an article in an old practical motorist mag. circa july 1961,about how to look after a morris minor convertable,and thought there looks to be loads of adverts on full pages,so counted them up,then did the same on a new practical classic mag... 1961 119 pages 78full page adverts. 20...

before you strip it out make sure that the clamps at each wheel box are tight had the same problem on mine and found that the tube was moving in and out of the box ,tightened the clamps and now perfect

have you adjusted the tappets lately

Not clip on ones but I've seen some that where mounted through the chome on the bottom of the quarterlight, looked smart and according to the owner work as well as his modern cars ones. (No holes to drill in your lovely bodywork) I've seen these at tom roys looked very neat and very little mods to ...

used to use permobel, years ago to do a quick flash over because you knew that there would be no reaction with the paint underneath,But takes ages to go off and you get loads of dust and flys in it,and hard if not impossible to flat down.In thoughs days of bodge it and scarper,was involved in a back...

every one i've seen ,and the way i'm going to do it, is an angle iron accross the bumber irons with a supporting strap to the boot floor and the ball coming through a hole cut into the bumper. The only thing I'm not sure about is cutting a hole in a brand new bumper. Might try to weld up some sort o...

take the filters off and make sure the throttle plates are closed start engine and see if they are now open alowing high revs,if they are then the throttle return sytem( springs) are not doing their job. It can't rev at full throttle if the plates are only opening enough to set the idle speed.

I go with bm if the box was so bad that it was causing power loss then I would think it would sound like a bag of hammers and be obviously coming from the gear box. Compression test will tell all.