Morris Minor Owners Club

I fully accept the points about supporting local businesses and going for the long-term solution, but the last estimate I had from Derby Plating, who are my local outfit, for two bumpers and four overriders on the wedding car, was around £1800. OK, they're bigger than a Moggy's, but even if they cha...

Go here (the Government website) and download the Information Sheet on A Frames and dollies. It's a dreadfully written document, not even proof-read properly, but my interpretation of it is that A Frames can be fine, provided that the combined weight of the A Frame itself and the car being towed is ...

For what it's worth (usual disclaimers) I agree completely with Richard (IslipMinor) on this one, on the orientations of both seals and bearings. I found the diagrams and photos extremely clear and helpful, and enirely consistent with my own experience. I'd sooner believe a considered judgement, bac...

A new messageboard member (though well-known as a parts supplier) recently overstepped the mark and advertised some new bumpers here. His post was duly moderated to oblivion, which is fair enough, but so were a couple of follow-ups, without the courtesy of a note to the other posters. So let's try a...

Insurance contracts, unlike, for instance, contracts to sell things, are contracts "of utmost good faith". In other words, the insured person must tell the insurer anything which would reasonably affect his decision on whether to accept that risk, and at what premium. There are various exc...

But certainly a trailer is an option - or a flat bed / recovery truck if you can borrow or hire one. Drive down overnight and back up next day - could do it easily on a 24 hour hire... Oh, come off it. Thick end of 800 miles without a proper rest? And to do it within a 24 hour hire, without allowin...

When you know the date it will be ready, try shiply.com or anyvan.com. They offer the particular job around, and you may be lucky enough to find someone with an empty space on their transporter. In any case, firms will bid for your business. Be careful who you choose - there are some cowboys out the...

Thanks, Mike. The combination of your description and a photo of the underside of a bonnet that's appeared on ebay have, between them, explained it. I'll put up a "wanted" for a bonnet; either a good one, or one with a poor skin but sound skeleton. I can't imagine welding the crossmember i...

There's no bracing or reinforcement of the underside of my early 1959 tourer bonnet, hence nowhere to fasten a bonnet stay to. I can't make out from the Mossalogue how or exactly where the Anti-drum Strip, Crossmember, and Bonnet Stiffener Rods fit. Can anyone explain, please? A replacement bonnet m...

After a gap of 25 years in Minor ownership, I've finally rejoined the fold: I collected a 1959 convertible this morning. I think it's an original convertible, probably not the original engine and certainly the wrong (later) interior, and it's been off the road since 1988, so it needs further recommi...

It runs at 9 volts.......so during normal running it is fed through a ballast resistor (of about 1 to 1.5 ohms) which limits the volts seen at the coil to 9 volts. But during starting - when the battery volts are dragged down to ~ 9 or 10 volts, it is fed directly from the battery (via a relay oper...

You could easily do more harm than good by trying to change these cables. Unless the connectors are visibly loose on the cables, your new connectors are likely to be less well secured, especially if you use those nasty pre-insulated crimps, or use the wrong-sized connectors for the cable, or don't u...

All excellent advice so far: I'd add two little extra bits. Apply the brakes a few times just before you start to unscrew the switch - the master cylinder is designed to leave a very small residual pressure in the system, and it's easier to deal with a bit more fluid spilling than to deal with the o...

If it weighs 1160kg on the rolling load, and if its MAM is 1240kg, as POMMReg says, then that only leaves 80kg for driver, passenger, extra fuel, and any load in this "custom body". Not much in hand there, is there? It must take some doing to build such a heavy body. Bullion van? Armoured ...

Have you tried the obvious places: SU and Moss, for instance? Try Googling for AUC 1426 or AUC1426 (i.e. without the space) to see if that's the right one. ICBA to find the Morris catalogue on Moss's site, and the SU site (formerly Burlen) makes me lose the will to live. Ditto for the screw (AUC2104...

... unless you've gone/fallen for the waterless coolant option, and ever need to drain your system, say to change the top hose. In which case you'll want to save every precious drop, so a decent drain c*ck, with a short hose extension, will be of benefit. It also makes life easier if you have cats o...

What were the coils' part numbers? It would be helpful for us all if you could measure the resistance between the two terminals (+ and -, or SW and CB). Roy and I have both banged on about the absolute need to measure this resistance before you fit any new coil, regardless of whether the sticker on ...

I owned a 1968 Midget 1275cc for fourteen years, and a few months ago offered it for sale or swap for a Minor on here. It's now gone to the USA. Roy is right (how often do we write that?): 1500 rubber bumper Midgets are horrid things, quite apart from costing money to tax. Some purists like the real...

The confusion over kerb weight is understandable: the old UK definition was of the vehicle with a full tank of fuel, all other necessary fluids, and any loose tools normally supplied with the vehicle; the EU definition has 90% of fuel but allows 68Kg for the driver and 7Kg "tools". There i...

Excellent result - well done! An easy fault to introduce, then overlook (not saying that's what happened here) is to push a spade (Lucar) connector onto a terminal, but for the male to (Oh God I'm getting into trouble here) go into the wrong hole - that is instead of being gripped tightly (I knew I ...