Morris Minor Owners Club

The Coke trick is probably down to the acid - Which I happen to have about half a gallon of in a more concentrate form kicking around :) One of todays jobs was getting the engine to run better, as it needed to and it might help freeing the clutch. Replaced the suspect 1.5" carb with the origina...

I'm not tremendously happy with the squishiness of the n name poly ones I bought from a well known supplier - But I am content I got my moneys worth, if that makes sense? If funds had allowed, I would have fitted Superflex, and if I do keep the pickup then one day if I ever have spare funds, I *will...

The clutch would have gon eon around the time I first signed up to this board... And has never actually had a pedal attached until yesterday! I don't need to budget for a new plate though - One went in my Midget just under a year ago, and as I've now dropped a different engine in there the nearly ne...

Fitted the clutch linkage to the pickup today (doesn't work though, seems the friction plate is stuck to the flywheel after being stood for years - Typical, the engine has to come out again!) and I'm not sure about the spring. I've hooked teh srping between the end of teh fork and the hole in the en...

If you can find the money, Superflex are the only ones to consider IMO. If you can't, then the no name ones are the ones to go for. I wouldn't touch rubber (unless I had to, in the case of the pickup), when fitting that new spring to my old 4 door one rubber bush tore going in, and all of them were ...

My Midget pretty much sits on the bump stops at the rear - And is as little nervous on anything other than a perfect road as a result. The back end just skips and hops across the surface rather than gripping it, not good. I would replace the springs, but it involves welding as some genius has welded...

I don't think it's "poorly" it just seems unseemly to go faster than 60 in a Mog....actually I've never tried. Wait til you send the needle off the clock. Its thoroughly wrong in every way but you'll probably never experience such adrenaline. They're actually remarkably smooth and well be...

wibble_puppy wrote:
I'm attempting to use the funky new "upload picture" function to show a view of my own pile of rust, being disassembled

That's less rusty than what I'm putting back together!

The joys of rescuing an LCV and having no time, money, skills or space to do it anywhere near properly...

Can I just stick a wire on each terminal of the horn and touch them to the poles of the battery? Yes. There's no relays or anything as standard, just a pos to the horn, and a wire that runs up the steering column and is earthed through the push. So there's no problems just wiring it to a battery, o...

Not sure if that helps? :) Oh dear, I'm not making myself very clear am I? :( I have the thick metal plates that go on the springs (because I'm using the old springs). But the axle doesn't seem a very snug fit when rested on them. One side isn't too bad, but the other side is a little sloppy - It's...

They are situated on the top and bottom of the spring, located by a hole in them that sits over the bolt that holds the spring leaves together. The top one locates on the axle bracket and the bottom one sits on the shock absorber mounting plate. ie the spring is sandwiched in between. Actually, re-...

They are situated on the top and bottom of the spring, located by a hole in them that sits over the bolt that holds the spring leaves together. The top one locates on the axle bracket and the bottom one sits on the shock absorber mounting plate. ie the spring is sandwiched in between. That's the on...

I made a start getting the back axle on today - And can't remember what goes where! With not having rubber saddle bushes, do I need the plates still? The axle feels a loose fit without them, but they foul before everything's flush if I fit them. I can't see how it doesn't use them as without it does...

I agree, but 16mm/ 5/8" AF seems to fit very nicely on some of the fasteners, and 15mm is perfect for others. I don't worry about what the threads are, as it seems different replacement parts come with different fasteners - The fitting kit for saloon rear springs I had even had the same thread ...

IIRC the heater feed is off a bullet, but the bullet is fed from the back of the instrument stabiliser! There's a green wire (ign switched fused live) goes to the back of the stabiliser, then on the same terminal (double male) another wire comes off and into the loom, appearing again a bit further d...

Sorry this doesnt answer your question but another method could be to fit the switch on the outside of the casing? make a small braket that would use the three bolts to hold the top ring on (That holds the stick in) to hold the pressure switch so when it is pulled right over the the side it pushes ...

I've found 15mm and 16mm metric sockets have a habit of fitting the more obscure sizes on Minor suspension pretty well. The rear shackles and U bolt nuts tend to be one or the other, and whatever isn't generally works OK with a 9/16 AF

the worst bit's over, dude :D well done, and have a nice long sit down and cuppa tea 8) I had an early night, a takeout, and a couple of glasses of plonk instead. No time for sitting around today though, this has to be done in a very short time so much as my body said no, the guy who's drive it's o...

I know its a long shot but you can find the chassis number from an old MOT cert. An old MOT should be traceable using just the registration number. That said, I dont know the process for acquiring a vehicles history but I assume it involves a fee to DVLA. :( It was last on the road 20 years ago - T...

The pickup came to me with no paperwork (it's being chased up, but I'm not holding my breath). I do know the registration number, but of course the chassis number has long gone with the door card fairies (and it appears the chassis number I did find is for a different vehicle). I notice the V62 asks...