Morris Minor Owners Club

This new section is for all your Custom and Modified Register questions and queries. I have, along with Julian Huxham, taken over the Custom and Modified Register as of the new year. Good luck and best wishes with this. A single contact point for info and inputs (?) with a gallery should make for a...

Welome (even welcome) to the Club Tony. Gosh, imagine your first post and you've got the blood flowing even in us oldies. Haven't logged on for a while, (garden, house, duties...!) but have enjoyed the postings and relieved I'd remembered login details!!!

Hope you are right, never knew that there were disc brakes which could be adjusted for back-off. My technical expert (who sourced these Ford Granada/Scorpio rear calipers & customised their handbrake facility to work in the Morris handbrake) assured me that this caliper piston works on a spiral...

Since it is only one side of the rear discs which is binding more then is it down to your dual cylinder set up which would normally work on one front and one rear for each brake piston,(defies logic as your diagonal front doesn't wear out as quickly)!! Wille, Thanks for your comment. Becoming convi...

Thanks Ray and Wille for your comments. The excessive wear on the rear pads points to continued contact bx pad & disc after pedal release and/or more /longer pressure on rear pads than front ones. We now have the wheels on the ground and a short test drive indicates overheating in the rear brake...

Thanks Ray & Willie. Ouch ! Another useful learning point ! Now, here's a related but slightly different question that came up when sorting the "no brake pedal problem". Should really call this excessive brake pad wear. My apologies if this was covered elsewhere. The rear disc pads had...

Halleluia !! :D :D Tonight with 2 recon Marina front brake calipers (mounted with bleed nipples upper most) got pedal on the isolated front brakes ! Linked up the whole system with servo and new m/c cover and got pedal! Still unsure what actually did the trick-so learning not wholly traceable but ab...

Ray, what a diabolical question ! but relevant. It was a struggle at first, the valve fought, but hopefully, yes it was cleared of its internals. I'm not saying different. When a doubt arose Friday, we stripped both feeds from the m/c down to the first T (bout a meter) where they go into one , reame...

No Willie, no affect on brake pedal travel. We created a new cover plate in brass using oe cover for dimensions. The MG Midget dual cylinder m/c has a central top filler cap. We welded a truck tyre valve with a lower profile into a brass plate and with new cork gasket fitted this into the chassis ra...

Rob, will relook at a Midget/Sprite setup. Think there's one down at local garage. Thanks, Ron

With our setup there's lots of ups & downs on the pipework. Didn't bother the system before, but if all else fails might have to change the runs as last resort. Gulp.

:( sounds like a prize pain! Last year similar problem cured by increasing volume being pumped. Problem first arose during rebuild & new dual m/c (plus tries with several 13/16s) was solution. New flexi-hoses were used in rebuild so only one year old now, but will add check of those to our list...

Update: Replaced suspect section of pipe and rebled the system. The Servo was and still is bypassed. No improvement. Will have to relook at the pad travel, m/c and the wheel cylinders. Most skilled technician now off to barbie so work suspended till tomorrow. Thanks again BM & John for comments....

Thanks BM and John, We're relooking at the connections at the m/c, first T piece and the line(s) bx. Have found some resistance on one of the parallel lines from the m/c near the T piece. ( MG dual 7/8 has two input pistons and two line exits-we've hooked both pistons up to solely work the brake sys...

Not getting brake pedal prerssure in spite of numerous positive and back pressure bleeds. No leaks evident in the system, at the m/c or at the wheel cylinders, yet pedal goes to the floor & takes about 2.5 pumps to get pressure/ brake lights. Last year similar problem cured by increasing volume ...

Looking to come over early evening Friday and depart Sunday, bring the lad and do the camping father and son thing. Be interested in a web-camp-site plot too! :wink: What a lucky bunch !! Can only do one day- but hope to browse thru some useful bits and meet some of you there. Couple years back did...

Burgess two pack seems pretty good from my experience and easily available from ESM Agree. We used it with our Moggie. A big plus for the Burgess two pack-the base coat (has UV factor) can be applied even in damp weather conditions to damp wood. In addition to ESM, Woodies (Steve Foreman-the guru o...

Hello all I was just wondering (Yes I have already ordered) what is actually included in an re-upholstery kit? The foamy bits as well? Can I start from bare metal as it were? Like this one: http://shop.morrisminorspares.co.uk/product_info.php?cPath=796_855&products_id=2176&osCsid=cc4498984e...

bmcecosse,

Haven't removed the instruments from the dash yet, but
what aspect of the voltage meter do you reckon could be causing the drain ?

Thanks, Ron

Thanks bmcecosse, The fuel guage is definitely thru the ignition switch but there's other leads back there feeding instruments like voltage meter, oil & water temp guages. Hard to get to now; think we'll have to wait and make that part of the unbundling game. Probably take some time, but will po...

Thanks everyone for the leads (no pun) on this problem. Did the duration test-first at 8 hours and then 24 hours. Engine kicks over in seconds both times-so battery itself probably OK. Using a light probe off the ground pole of the battery, picked up a dim light. Disconnected the radio, dim light re...