Morris Minor Owners Club

Hi,

I'm looking for the best way to cover the large hole behind the battery. I've just removed some very torn thin rubber sheet that was loosely glued there and I wondered if there was a better option. I have a 1970 Traveller so the earlier rubber bung won't fit, I think. It doesn't look like there's anything specifically available so I'm looking for innovative ideas!

Thanks,
James

Early cars had the rubber bung as you mention. I don't think the hole size ever changed (?) so I imagine you could use that but later cars simply made do with a black plastic sheet glued over that area. That is what my car has and it has worked perfectly well all these years
If you want to reduce noise levels, you can probably purchase a modern material and cover the entire bulkhead with that, cut to shape and carefully installed?

Hi,
I think this is what you are after (link below).
Best wishes,
Mike.

https://www.morrisminorspares.com/elect ... 70-p829864

Hi,

I had seen that rubber bung on ESM but I'm not sure if it would fit as it says MM and series II only. I wonder if that means it won't fit for some reason, or if it just wasn't used originally on Minor 1000 models. Has anyone tried it?

Thanks,
James

Ten quid for a rubber bung? Likely a plastic, not rubber, too.

I expect a 3-D printer could knock out equivalents at little over a tenth of the price. Check out “Thingiverse” (or other sites) to see if anyone has a file for printing them. At that price one only needs to make as few as a couple dozen, or so, to pay for a machine!

Yes, ten pounds for a rubber bung. Or do you expect someone to go to the trouble of remanufacturing it for free, or on a charitable basis?

The Morris Minor 1000 was fitted with 'Seal-Split-Hole-Dash' Pt No: ACA5518.
The material used for the seal was similar to rubberised paper. The seal was stuck to the rear of the battery box and sealed the large round hole.
The hole was there to allow the shaft of the roto dip process machine to be fitted through it. The shaft carried and supported the body when carrying out the roto dip process.

Hi Phil,
That's the stuff that mine had, like rubberised paper. I've kept it as a template but it's very split and degraded so needs replacing. Do you know of a similar material?

Thanks

This may be what you are looking for:-

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/303672739674 ... SwUE9fT5OG

A piece of wide damp course will do the job stuck to the rear face of the battery box.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/274332002636 ... SwJPRejz0a

This is what I did - belt & braces! The plastic liner in my 1970 Traveller was disintegrating. I already had the bung, so used it, covered with the sound deadening material and then lined with grooved rubber sheet.

I made a plate with a swaged edge, it will have a smear of sealant behind it and be held on with self tappers once complete.

I cut a disc of aluminium and glued it on with PU body sealer.

This is what I did - belt & braces!

Very neat solution, I've used rubber matting, as well as the original bung, too.
It also shows that (whatever the site description) the bung will fit a later Morris 1000's hole.
Best wishes,
Mike.