Morris Minor Owners Club

I prefer te pressure bleeding kit myself. I feel that the one way valve kit must allow air to be drawn back into system when pedal is lifted via the threads in the bleed nipple.
Glad you got your brakes sorted though

Wondering if we need to send someone over to check David is not stuck under his Pickup waiting for help, licking condensation off the chassis to survive!

sorry everyone, Ive been wrapped up in the unprecedented cutbacks at work, I'm minimally effected but for some of my closest colleagues it's redundancy or early retirement, very sad, they are loosing so much experience to save money, still, on with the preparations for Christmas now, I'll get the pickup on the road and through her MOT early next year. She has given me a reason to take my mind of the orrible events happening all over this poor blighted land, recession like...
Still on a brighter side, I'm still really looking forward to my first drive in her.[frame][/frame]

David
Hope you had a good Christmas. Hope the New Year looks brighter!
Look forward to seeing progress as you are pretty close to a useable vehicle.

Happy New Year

I spent this sunny morning making a visit to ESM, very nice country drive, they are well out in the sticks. I actually parked in the wrong place, I wanted the spare parts counter and I wrongly parked myself in the workshop area run by another company, next door.[frame][/frame]

As you would expect, they are a hospitable lot, I asked if I could take some pictures for this site and they were only to happy to let me.[frame][/frame]

Nice small but busy workshop.[frame][/frame]

they had a saloon on a body roller..[frame][/frame]

here it is from the other side...[frame][/frame]

The ESM parts department is next door with ample parking for visitors, these are cars parked outside, they might belong to staff or visitors. I think you'll agree, a nice selection, just adds to the whole Morris Minor experience when you visit.
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These interesting examples are parked right outside the parts department, the door is on the right of the frame, I can't believe these are staff cars, the lowlight convertible is lovely, but the interior is in a right mess with torn seats. Looks very original though, I wonder if its up for sale? I would have taken a picture in the parts dept, but I thought they would think me a bit strange, they were very helpful and knowledgable fellas behind the counter, fixing an antique paper shredder between customers, why not, better than the one I got from Argos.[frame][/frame]

back to my own pickup project, The new headlamp buckets replace the incorrect one's Ive fitted, thanks to advice from the ESM lads, Ive had minimal outlay to correct the headlights.[frame][/frame]

I try to get all my parts from ESM, always great service. Good to see a company busy.

minor65 wrote:I try to get all my parts from ESM, always great service.

Same here!

David, did you originally order the three-adjuster-screw bowls for the insertable non-sealed-beam headlights? Would the sealed beams have fit? I ask because my Mog has the three-adjuster-screw kind, and all we have over here are sealed beams (aside from halogens), and I need to order some replacements. Badly.

The way I understand it now Fin is, the three adjuster buckets go with sealed beam type headlamps, the two position adjuster buckets fit removable bulb type together with the silver half bucket you see in my picture above. In the picture is Lucas Halogen headlamp with removable bulbs.
Sorry Fin thats not what you wanted to hear, it sounds like you made the same mistake as me by purchasing the more modern three adjuster buckets.
Maybe someone will be able to advise you better than me on how you can proceed, at minimum cost. Some cutting may be needed to modify the bucket.
I also purchased this rather pritty passenger side mirror. So I have one wing mounted and one door mounted, hope it won't look odd, but I had a hole in the wing already, and the original drivers side wing mirror, I didn't want to drill a hole in my passenger side wing.[frame][/frame]

But I understand I will need to drill through this door gusset to fit the new door mirror on the passenger side.[frame][/frame]

Aha -- no no, David, that IS what I wanted to hear. Mog uses sealed beam headlights, so the three-screw buckets ARE correct! I may repair the ones I have, but honestly they're so far gone (original to the car, I believe) that it might be easier just to buy new ones.

The mirrors will look odd, yes, but wing mirrors these days look pretty odd anyhow! Probably a better idea to drill into the door triangle anyway, because triangles are much less expensive (if somehow it's butchered) than wings.

good news there Fin, I'll drill through the door triangle later on, but for now I'm changing over these buckets, the internal spring and adjuster screws fitted ok, should be able to make fine beam position adjustments now.[frame][/frame]

the only niggle that slightly bothers me is the chrome bezels don't come up flush with the headlamp Nacelles. Is this a common fault?[frame][/frame]