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rubber buffer front wing/valance

Posted: Sat Aug 03, 2019 8:58 pm
by seriesmm_1
Can someone tell me when the rubber buffer between front wing & bumper valance came in to use & when it stopped,There are 2 off per wing.Its ESM part no EXC131
Thanks
BrianR

Re: rubber buffer front wing/valance

Posted: Sun Aug 04, 2019 9:04 am
by ManyMinors
As far as I know every Morris Minor had these fitted originally. They are often not refitted when the wings are replaced. I think they were secured with a bifurcated rivet originally.

Re: rubber buffer front wing/valance

Posted: Sun Aug 04, 2019 10:31 am
by geoberni
I really had no idea what you were referring to, since ESM don't give overall diagrams. That's the one problem I tend to find with their site, it's a case of know what you're looking for in order to find it. There's no Illustrated parts catalogue to browse to find a 'bit'.

But I now know its #5 at Charles Ware....https://www.morrisminor.org.uk/parts/77 ... e-size=all

I shall have to take a look to see if I have them... :wink:

Re: rubber buffer front wing/valance

Posted: Sun Aug 04, 2019 12:45 pm
by jaekl
I don't know if there was a time there were no buffers, but I do know only one per side was used fore a long time. Most likely the inner one was added when the larger side light started since that is when some tooling was changed, but a simple hole could have been added at any time.

Re: rubber buffer front wing/valance

Posted: Mon Aug 05, 2019 8:53 pm
by seriesmm_1
Thanks for your info folks,
BrianR