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Post by **Garry** » Sun Jan 22, 2006 5:27 pm

I've recently become the proud owner of a morris minor!! Firstly i would like to fit an alternator. Is there a standard bracket that can be used??

Also any info on the fitting of disc brakes would be much appreciated. I know there is an after market kit but wondered if there was a cheaper way

Thanks, Garry

Post by **bigginger** » Sun Jan 22, 2006 6:13 pm

I gather that the alternator bracket from a Mini can be used. I'm not aware of a way of doing disc brakes short of getting a kit

, but I'm sure somebody will be along soon to expound on the virtues of larger drums from a Wolsely 1500

Post by **Onne** » Sun Jan 22, 2006 7:41 pm

Who would that be?

Post by **d_harris** » Mon Jan 23, 2006 1:33 pm

There is a cheaper way than buying the kit. Getting the discs and fabricating the connections yourself, either that or getting a donor minor which has already had it done, swap the braking systems and sell the donor on

Post by **rayofleamington** » Mon Jan 23, 2006 3:09 pm

Certainly the cheapest way to get a Minor with bigger engine, alternator and disk brakes is to go out and buy one!

However, it is possible to get disk brake kits second hand but you might have to wait a couple of years to find them and most people wouldn't recommend using second hand brakes due to safety issues.

With some engineering skill it is possible to fabricate a caliper mounting bracket but you need to pay a lot of attention to strength, therefore most people who upgrade to disks will buy a kit off the shelf.

Post by **Garry** » Mon Jan 23, 2006 4:33 pm

I understand the importance of using new parts for braking systems and never use anything else!! I was wondering if the discs were common to another vehicle e.g. MG midget where I could obtain these at trade prices??
I have been looking on G.S Jones website, his disc brake kit is based
Ford Sierra vented discs and calipers, I am not sure about the hubs though. Might be worth a call.

Thanks for your thoughts, any more info would be much
appreciated.
Garry.

Post by **bigginger** » Mon Jan 23, 2006 5:24 pm

The kits available use the discs from a Marina, Midget or Ford Sierra - though I believe they use Escort ones now. The BEST available kit is the Ford one from JLH, IMHO.

Post by dp » Mon Jan 23, 2006 7:27 pm

bigginger wrote:The BEST available kit is the Ford one from JLH, IMHO.

IMHO too

Post by **jonathon** » Mon Jan 23, 2006 7:48 pm

And mine!!

Post by **Matt** » Mon Jan 23, 2006 7:55 pm

Well thats obvious!!!

Post by **minor_hickup** » Mon Jan 23, 2006 8:33 pm

Whats IMHO?

Post by **Matt** » Mon Jan 23, 2006 8:47 pm

"In my humble opinion"

Post by **jonathon** » Mon Jan 23, 2006 9:04 pm

I thought it was 'honest', rather than humble, either will do I suppose.

Post by **Matt** » Mon Jan 23, 2006 9:25 pm

i knew that was gonna happen!!!

Post by **Cam** » Tue Jan 24, 2006 12:27 am

bigginger wrote:The kits available use the discs from a Marina, Midget or Ford Sierra - though I believe they use Escort ones now. The BEST available kit is the Ford one from JLH, IMHO.

Yes I can confirm that too. I had no end of problems with the kits with the aluminium hubs. Loads of warped disks and vibrations. Also the caliper needed some material taking off to get the wheel to rotate! And the calpiers needed 'shimming' out to the correct location using washers!

In the end (and after a lot of tearing hair out) I bought a new JLH kit. It fitted lovely, has no problems and I just wish I had bought it in the first place instead of wasting money on the inferior kit.

Post by **Kevin** » Tue Jan 24, 2006 12:50 am

Just wondered where Bull Motif are getting their new kits from, because on their website they are now with steel hubs and not the alloy ones.

Post by **jonathon** » Tue Jan 24, 2006 7:37 am

Bull Motif are now selling our kits, several other traders are doing likewise now.

Post by **ColinP** » Tue Jan 24, 2006 8:52 am

minor_hickup wrote:

[quote]Whats IMHO?[quote]

There's also "IMVHO" - In my very humble opinion.

With the implied meaning that I know far better than anyone else on this planet (or any other), but I'm trying to be a nice guy today....

(and I'm not commenting on the disc brakes!)

Colin

Post by **bigginger** » Tue Jan 24, 2006 2:30 pm

Why's that the implication? The point is to say that it's an opinion, NOT a statement of fact. I think you're reading it wrong.
NOTE TO SELF To save any misunderstanding, I must write "Please note that this is my opinion and not a dogmatic absolute undeniable truth" in future...

Post by **Matt** » Tue Jan 24, 2006 3:25 pm

Just put it next to your profile pic