Morris Minor Owners Club

We may both be right re the passenger-side locking lever. I have seven of those genuine levers here, and only ONE has the spring-loaded pin as an additional retainer to keep it in the lock. Finding the (untagged) wishbone clip is hard enough - working almost blind inside the door with thin/nosey pli...

Do not recall the locking swivel-lever having any other retainer: just the wishbone clip did that.

I attach a loop to the wishbone clip (for the future) after which with a bit of swivelling the lever comes out and so the handle assembly can be removed, after it's bolts are dealt-with. Good luck!

For anyone still needing these chrome clips, please see my suggestion made recently under "Wanted" and the discussion string relating to "Searching for the holy grail of MM parts!"

Phil, Melbourne, Australia.

I may have a spare woodruff key for an MM if you still need it....would not be too costly to post, even from Australia!!

Phil, Melbourne.

It sounds now as if you may not have centred the jet, so that the new/changed needle is sticking and not sliding smoothly as you accelerate. The SU carby is usually pretty simple and reliable, once set-up correctly. Do you have details of how to overhaul one (from the Workshop Manual), or can I scan...

Great-looking and DIFFERENT car you have! Did you get your running problems fixed? It was all good advice given to check the air-filter, then the fuel mixture. One or all of those adjustments would make a dramatic difference to how the car performs. Any small parts can also be sourced from over here...

I do have the rear-bumper joining section, and it appears the same as the front but without the crank-handle hole. That - as needed - could be drilled and shaped as necessary I suppose. I'd need to research a price (they are "as rare-as"), and then there is the postage from Australia. Phil...

Yes, that sounds a pretty good price for a runner, even out here in Australia where the slowness of the Series MM means they are in limited demand. BTW, I have a super-rare chrome surround (in GC) for the rear window of a saloon/sedan. I believe they were only fitted originally to Export cars, and o...

You will need to search for the specific radiator for that model. It has a rather large water capacity (while being low-set in the car) to compensate for the fact that the side-valve engine did not (by it's design) have a water pump. I'd imagine that someone in the Club may well have one that can be...

I see this characteristic of the software has been raised before......

I have three PM items sitting in my Outbox, and it seems they do not move/cannot move till the addressee opens them up. Strange.

Phil

A friend here in Australia simply ordered one of the ready-made hoods from a supplier in England. He fitted it himself, but was never happy with how tight he could get it, and its tendency to flap around in the wind as he drove made him very displeased. As a result, I had a local, experienced "...

Not imported officially, as far as I am aware, nor from my observation of the secondhand Traveller market. Out in Australia they are scarce, and only come up as the occasional private import. An acquaintance of mine sourced one into Melbourne out of NZ during the last decade simply because there wer...

Do not have any Factory data from Zetland, Sydney, but have been on the Morris Minor scene here in Melbourne for 40 yrs.....No Travellers were built here, and only the Tourers/Convertibles during Series MM and Series 2, nothing later. NZ seems to have been different. It is my impression that any Tra...

So, will need a reminder as to your address.......

can you do PayPal for the postage cost, when that is known?

Phil

I have a spare pair of the shields you could have for the cost of postage (from Australia) if you want them.

(I previously sent you a drive-shaft section for the distributor).

Phil, Melbourne.

That is a protective cover to go around the accelerator cable where it passes through the bulkhead, so is located just above the clutch pedal area, roughly. It is crucial that it be fitted, as otherwise an object lying on the parcel shelf could roll over there and jam the throttle open. Phil, Melbou...

Great to see that you intend to restore this Series MM to original. I am in Melbourne, Australia and have found useful MM parts in NZ via Trade Me, and also that UK needs (wants to get back!) parts for the early cars! In those days it was "export or die"! I have a correct early MM bonnet l...

I agree, the hinges show significant variations, and I have had lots of 'fun' trying various ones for their effect on door fit. I've removed paint (where it will not be seen) smoothed the backs of hinges by grinding, and hammered the area where the hinges fit onto the pillar, etc. Yes, the stainless...

You can sometimes get new chrome pins that the latches swivel upon. So, you then take out the glass, change the broken latch for another and use a new pin, which I guess has to be peened over in some fashion. (Have never done that bit though!). Then reinstate or re-set the glass, using modern black ...

Hello Webmaster, Have you been able to perform this editing of my Messageboard ID's yet, so that I can insert/cite my correct email address? The correct address is pplumbe6@bigpond.com.........and that - at the moment - is linked to an obsolete User-name. I realise that with you it is Summer and tha...