Morris Minor Owners Club

Having way too much fun for a bloke who is 62 Tomorrow, selfie taken old school of course, not with a smart phone oh no, with Cannon Digital Camera.

Not sure how we missed this switch, it operates the horn. So all systems are now up and running. Harry does intend to replace the steering wheel by one from ESM, stylish wood one, so he won't have to worry about wiring in the horn push for a while.

welded onto the cross brace and a pin placed through to the bonnet hold up linkage. Works fine, the cross piece was welded together from two bent and shaped pieces, it's only tac welded in so far, finish it off tomorrow. I can put the shotgun cleaning rod away that i used to hold up the bonnet. http...

Next part to be fabricated is the cross brace spanning the bonnet that attaches to the bonnet hold up linkage. https://images2.imgbox.com/42/49/znH6iePK_o.jpg cutting out a cardboard model and holding it up the the original on my Pickup, compared for size. https://images2.imgbox.com/51/55/EJdXTTo5_o...

later on a nice easy win for Harry, he made a bracket to stop the crank handle stop rattling around in the boot using a pre existing bolt hole in the floor to tie it up nice and tight. https://images2.imgbox.com/cb/47/0iPLmysL_o.jpg quite a nice fabrication job. https://images2.imgbox.com/90/45/KIcy...

What a great day, all the welding done, fuel in line filter leak sorted, the fuel gauge is functioning, the wash pump was working but has now given up the ghost. So new one on order. Great test drive along some country roads, she drives so smoothly now, with that clutch linkage swap out. a real plea...

Today was a day of easy simple wins, my new Mig welder is very impressive, it's not even half the size of my old one and a fraction of the weight, yet does a better more accurate job. https://images2.imgbox.com/ce/46/KnJP8SUN_o.jpg first win was the broken off seat bolt, cut the retaining nut with a...

Thank you Stephen, great reply, much appreciated.

Dave

Cheers John, I'll check that out.

Fair logic, thanks again. The pump with water in and out, black wire to earth and white wire to the switch https://res.cloudinary.com/lglcsryth/image/upload/v1748781309/pump_in_and_out_connected_znqtkh.jpg earth from pump to body. https://res.cloudinary.com/lglcsryth/image/upload/v1748781329/pump_to...

Thanks Panky, the switch only has two terminals, from the pump and to the electrical junction box, the switch body isn't earthed to the panel as it's insulated by the original push pump plastic body, do you think I need to earth the switch some way?

the positive terminal from the pump should I think go to A or B, and the Negative to earth with the body, hold on, the other way around the car is positive earth. I think? must be it has a dynamo generator.

the switch is a perfect fit inside the cut out portion of the push pump, no need for resin glue, it's a perfect interference fit in there. https://images2.imgbox.com/50/12/93uGywkJ_o.jpg from the front the switch is recessed inside, it's spring return, so you push for water and release and the switc...

Today was swap out the non working original windscreen wash pump and replace it with a kit from ESM. Unscrewing the bezel that fits the push to the dash. https://images2.imgbox.com/77/73/CEFDmcCn_o.jpg the switch in the kit is a bad fit in the same hole, it's a far narrower gauge, so I need to find ...

fitting a glass in line fuel filter is easy and inexpensive. I've had one on my Pickup since 2009, just fitted one to Charlie my son's two door saloon.

Today my new Sealey Gasless Mig arrives, so I'm indoors all day, under here brushing off the dust and surface rust, rust converter and a coat of chassis black, Dark Grey, my favourite colour at the moment. If a car can look strong and together underneath where it really counts, then the future looks...

then of course my latest project TTB.

then my friend Johnathan's Beetle, a 1972 1200cc wreck https://res.cloudinary.com/lglcsryth/image/upload/v1748248088/front_offside_wheel_and_wing_off_wixq5k.jpg https://res.cloudinary.com/lglcsryth/image/upload/v1748248119/rear_nearside_wheel_and_wing_off_qzum0a.jpg [/https://res.cloudinary.com/lglc...

So it's fairwell to my trusty old Clarke, it's been a good workshop companion, but it's had it's day, lets have a brief look at the hard work it's done since 2009. https://res.cloudinary.com/lglcsryth/image/upload/v1748247715/mig_out_on_it_s_ear_yjkote.jpg https://res.cloudinary.com/lglcsryth/image/...