Morris Minor Owners Club

out with the box of spare parts, springs and things, never judge a box contents by the cover.

thanks Les and Bob, the leak has stopped. now to replace the drums and they won't go on no matter how hard I try. I'm missing something, the snails are slackened right off, the shoes are the right way around, time to take a break and a cup of tea and a think. the cylinders are Borg and Beck, I wonde...

new rear wheel cylinder fitted.


but the banjo leaks, why I don't know, tried re-tightening, used brake pipe sealant, still leaks down from the banjo joint over the boot and drips down onto the newspaper below.

Cheers Bob and Fin, great advice there, Ive actually covered the connections with black electrical tape, not sure how I'd get the heat to the heat shrink without getting boiling water on the electric parts, I've used heat shrink tube for other non electrical areas where I wanted to protect from scra...

I think it's the switch, after Rob over on electricals pointed me in that direction, Ive re positioned the black wire at the power terminal next the the purple wire as it was located wrongly, got power at the black terminal on the switch when the ignition was on, but nothing at the red terminal. So ...

I think you might be right about the switch Rob, I re-positioned the back wire onto the purple side of the power source, then my multi meter shows power on the black wire at the switch, but nothing on the red wire at the switch when the ignition is on, so you hit the nail on the head with it being a...

thanks for you quick reply Rob, i'll try that.

the was pump fitted to the offside engine bay, black to earth red to switch on the dash. http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f327/davidsidebottomsquarepantsdave/connections%20at%20pump%20live%20red%20black%20earth_zpsbkbvxbmz.jpg black wire attached to live feed bar as indicated by arrow. other end to...

the black and red wires to the switch, but when the ignition is on and the button is pressed, nothing, not even a whirr sound coming from the pump. where have I connected it up wrong?

wiring up the wash pump this morning, the black wire to earth against it's own mount, red wire live feed to switch. http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f327/davidsidebottomsquarepantsdave/connections%20at%20pump%20live%20red%20black%20earth_zpsbkbvxbmz.jpg the black wire from a bar on the main termina...

the button for the power wash wipe, finally fits the hole, I wrapped my largest drill bit in wet and dry and spun it in the hole making it larger so the button finally slipped in with a click, now to wire it up to the pump motor and the fuse in the main bus. http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f327/da...

new Lockheeds arrived today, as per the ESM way, arrived the day after ordering them. http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f327/davidsidebottomsquarepantsdave/new%20lockheed%20wheel%20cylinders%20a_zpsjwk4wbe6.jpg replacing the shoes gets easier with practice, that or front shoes are a doddle to fit co...

with a first coat of black, left to dry out.

cleaning up the master cylinder and the hole it sits in inside the chassis, I'm aware that most of the debris down inside this hole is in actual fact the remains of the top coat of paint blistered off by the spillages of brake fluid. The red primer does seem to have been protected by the top coat an...

well without doubt my master cylinder needs a deep clean, but when I replaced the cap and watched for leaks while pressing the brake pedal nothing leaked out, the oil in the chassis was spillages caused while topping up, but still the pool on the garage floor was joined by another flow, and here's t...

bleeding the brakes, and with every depression of the pedal I could hear a squerting noise coming from the master cylinder, then I noticed this huge puddle developing underneath the front axle stands, directly below the front chassis leg. http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f327/davidsidebottomsquarep...

epic restoration thread, with multiple Morris vehicles in your pictures. How did you strip the bonnet, chemical or bead blasted? a very watchable thread I have to say.

sounds like it's coming along really well, but come on Pete, pictures! or it didn't happen .

jakel and biomed, thanks both for your observations, I'll make sure they are dealt with.

this might not be everyone's cup of tea, but after so many failures I decided to motorize the windscreen wash pump, a kit from ESM, so far Ive wired the earth between the clean metal washers of the pump mount, connected the hoses up, just the lead to the switch and then on to the power. http://i50.p...