What's this all about?

I have now owned my Morris Minor for 10 years. When I aquired her she was in bits so I embarked on a long and endless journey of education about these wonderful cars - with the aid of my Dad and various other Morris Minor enthusiasts who are always willing and eager to work on the fabulous cars! I have much experience of using the various publications on offer when carrying out maintenance/repairs on Moffy. They have included the ever popular 'Haynes Manual', the Morris Minor 1000 Workshop Manual, and the Glovebox edition of the Handbook. But all of these don't seem to include stuff I have needed to fix/break/cry over during the years. Also they can be quite difficult to follow for a lay person who isn't a mechanic in their spare time! So I have finally got round to doing this webblog that will hopefully serve to provide information/source of amusement to anyone who is having similar problems with their MM with details and photos as I go about maintaining/improving(hopefully) Moffy.

Wednesday, March 21

Replacing the side light bulb

This is a pretty easy task – supposedly! It also included an occurrence that appears in the “Idiots guide to the Haynes Manual” spot which :)


I twisted, pulled, pushed, rocked, scraped away, sprayed WD 40 (all with something around my fingers in case of glass breakage) and eventually managed to remove the glass part of the bulb!

So then I used pliers, a knife and brute force to yank that out. The reason for the resistance?.....



So I cleaned up the rust as best I could – blocked hole in the base with a small piece of rubber, dried it, sprayed WD40 and put the new bulb in. It’s loose but does come on, however I’ve decided to replace the whole unit sometime soon! Apparently the rusting is quite common.

Cost : £0.50
Time: 1/2 hour – with cleaning
Difficulty: Easy
Injury Level: nada
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