My early cars had drums, first car drums all round, never seen a design that doesn’t have the little spring loaded pin/clips to retain the shoes back against the backplate, is that how they are on a minor..? 🤔
Exploded diagrams for Morris Minors do not show those little 'beehive' hold down springs and when I stripped down my car they were not present. However ESM do carry them, so it is confusing. Minors had 7 inch front drums originally but later ones were fitted with 8 inch drums; maybe the beehives were only fitted to the later ones? They are definitiely used on the rear brakes though.
Shouldn't the piping go in the cylinders from bottom to top? As in: Inlet on the bottom, bridging pipe out from the top, then in the bottom of the other cylinder, with the bleed nipple on top? If the inlet is on the top, you could have an airlock in the first cylinder...
Thanks for the comment, but everything I've seen shows the bridging pipe at the bottom of both cylinders. Hopefully the bleeding will be OK once I get around to it...
It’s looking good Tim your Morris journey has been great to watch. Great Video.
Thanks!
Old trick was to paint the end of the adjuster white, so you could see it when you turned the drum. All the best with your project 👍
Many thanks, great tip!
Nice job. Thanks for sharing.👍
Thanks for watching!
My early cars had drums, first car drums all round, never seen a design that doesn’t have the little spring loaded pin/clips to retain the shoes back against the backplate, is that how they are on a minor..? 🤔
Exploded diagrams for Morris Minors do not show those little 'beehive' hold down springs and when I stripped down my car they were not present. However ESM do carry them, so it is confusing. Minors had 7 inch front drums originally but later ones were fitted with 8 inch drums; maybe the beehives were only fitted to the later ones? They are definitiely used on the rear brakes though.
I guess there is no disc brake conversion in the works for project Morris Minor.
Not yet anyway! Maybe once it gets moving and I discover what the stopping distance is like, I might change my mind...
Really great these videos are done but it's not possible to see anything due to lighting
Sorry about that. I've been trying to improve the quality. Thanks for the tip.
Shouldn't the piping go in the cylinders from bottom to top? As in: Inlet on the bottom, bridging pipe out from the top, then in the bottom of the other cylinder, with the bleed nipple on top?
If the inlet is on the top, you could have an airlock in the first cylinder...
Thanks for the comment, but everything I've seen shows the bridging pipe at the bottom of both cylinders. Hopefully the bleeding will be OK once I get around to it...
@@goingundersground My own were fitted as I mentioned, I've had to replace one and left it as it was...