{"id":5720,"date":"2026-05-09T13:35:30","date_gmt":"2026-05-09T13:35:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eurotuningnews.com\/?p=5720"},"modified":"2026-05-06T13:36:27","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T13:36:27","slug":"mini-spares-thermostat-housing-for-early-minis-and-morris-minor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eurotuningnews.com\/?p=5720","title":{"rendered":"Mini Spares Thermostat Housing for Early Minis and Morris Minor"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"821\" src=\"https:\/\/www.eurotuningnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/MiniSp-Early-Housing-1024x821.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5721\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.eurotuningnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/MiniSp-Early-Housing-1024x821.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.eurotuningnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/MiniSp-Early-Housing-300x241.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.eurotuningnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/MiniSp-Early-Housing-768x616.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.eurotuningnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/MiniSp-Early-Housing.jpg 1261w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Over the years alloy parts in an engine\u2019s cooling system &#8211; particularly the thermostat housing &#8211; tend to corrode leading to unsightly green oxidation and eventually, coolant leaks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fortunately Mini Spares can offer a direct-fit replacement thermostat housing for early Minis and the Morris Minor. The Mini Spares part comes complete with a threaded take-off to fit a temperature sensor or electric fan controller, (just like the housing originally fitted to deluxe versions of the 850\/998 Mini until 1968 that came with a temperature gauge).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This alloy thermostat housing can be ordered as part number 12A408 at \u00a354.00 inc. VAT.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If the take-off is not required at the moment it can be blanked off with a Blanking Plug (ADP210 at \u00a34.79 inc. VAT) and washer (1B3664 at 30p inc. VAT) both available from Mini Spares.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For more details contact Mini Spares on<br>+44 1707 607700 or visit their website: www.minispares.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over the years alloy parts in an engine\u2019s cooling system &#8211; particularly the thermostat housing &#8211; tend to corrode leading to unsightly green oxidation and eventually, coolant leaks. Fortunately Mini Spares can offer a direct-fit replacement thermostat housing for early Minis and the Morris Minor. The Mini Spares part comes complete with a threaded take-off &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurotuningnews.com\/?p=5720\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Mini Spares Thermostat Housing for Early Minis and Morris Minor&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eurotuningnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5720"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eurotuningnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eurotuningnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eurotuningnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eurotuningnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5720"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.eurotuningnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5720\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5722,"href":"https:\/\/www.eurotuningnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5720\/revisions\/5722"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eurotuningnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5720"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eurotuningnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5720"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eurotuningnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5720"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}