[Spridgets] Morris Minor 1000 transmission

Glen Byrns grbyrns at gmail.com
Sun Jun 22 21:47:10 MDT 2014


Selector fork.

Glen Byrns

> On Jun 22, 2014, at 4:01 PM, Matt Hendricksen <seaward25 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Any Minor enthusiasts among us?
> 
> I stumbled across a 59 Morris Minor 1000 at a car show that I drove the
> Sprite to yesterday. I've been looking for something that I can take both
> the wife and kid in and I think a Minor might fit the bill. The car was an
> older restoration that presented well. Found some body filler here and
> there, so it's not a show piece, but looked like a very nice driver. Clean
> interior, headliner, new wiring, nice paint... things went downhill on the
> test drive, however. When in 4th gear, as soon as you'd let off the
> throttle it would pop into neutral almost every time.  First, second and
> third all seemed fine.
> 
> The seller thought it might be the selector fork, but I was thinking worn
> box.  Told him I needed to do some more research on it...
> 
> Matt
> '65 Sprite
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