Morris Minor Owners Club

I had to cut one of mine off...

got it out, going to fit new one now, how do you fit the spring on back of pedal.

I find long nose pliers work best to hook the end of the spring over the bracket and then pull it back to the clevis pin. Unless you have very tiny hands you can't get in any other way....

A while ago rayofleamington described a technique that he said made it a lot easier. I think it involved using a piece of string or wire to pull the spring back.

thanks guys.

Edit ... removed post as I've just noticed you have managed to get the bolts out anyway.

got that spring on. just ordered brake pipe that fits on back of mc.as it has snaped.is it esey to replace.

Easy enough, but put a peice of masking tape about 1"behind the nut on the mc end as its really difficult if the nuts ends up right down inside the chassis leg! I also cut away the triangle of floor that is covered by the gearbox tunnel to give some more room to get the nut started.

bleeding the brakes today on my car pedal feels pretty solid to me but cant get brake lights to come on all other lights work. Can anyone help?

Check the bulbs are OK. Check and make sure you have good earths and tight clean bullet connections. Brake switches also fail so if all else is OK it might be a new switch that is needed......

The switch is situated by the horn on top of the brake pipe union... if you didn't know ;)

brake lights working now.but have no brakes what should i do?

got new brake cylinders today.how do you fit them.thanks.<br><br>

Fairly straightford. Get the drums off, remove the shoes and undo all the brake pipes.

and to quote the infamous haynes motto "re-fitting is the opposite of removal"

nice easy job. Make sure you bleed the brakes after though....

thanks dan for your help.

how do you fit this. and how do you get the old one off thanks.<br><br>

nicky573 wrote:is there another way of doing this to the back of car. and is it safe.<br><br>

Not seen that since the seventies, its not very clever as the rear seats become unusable if the angle is too much it also does nothing for the handling and put lots of strain where it was not intended, so personally I would say its not a good idea at all.

nicky573 wrote:how do you fit this. and how do you get the old one off thanks.<br><br>

Hi Nicky you really need to get a manual as its just a set of points that will be found in the distributor held in place by a small nut and small screw, do you know how to use feeler guage's to set the points.

no. i cant get that screw out.it will not move.

Is the screw damaged? If not get some releasing oil sprayed onto it and leave for 24 hours. You may need to persevere.