Yes, Wayne, get back to work LOL, love the Mk1 Morris Cooper 'S' had one way back in the late 60's, I couldn't get in or out of one these days though, cheers Dennis
I spent the morning at Qld Raceway with the Jaguar drivers Club track day. here are a few of the cars there .
Now it is back to work on the S1
Yes, Wayne, get back to work LOL, love the Mk1 Morris Cooper 'S' had one way back in the late 60's, I couldn't get in or out of one these days though, cheers Dennis
OK , OK Dennis , this afternoon was quite productive , I jacked up the rear of the vehicle & removed the brake drums to find booth side oil seals leaking but wheel cylinders OK.
Then I removed the pinch bolt at the bottom of the steering column so I could remove the steering wheel centre with dip switch & horn button. I gave the bottom of the brass tube a spray with CRC then genteelly pulled up on the top while twisting it so I wouldn't brake the centre. I found I needed to open the back of the tilt to give me enough room to pull the tube all the way out of the column. ( I need to clean the horn contact) I now removed the steering wheel after removing the pinch bolt. ( it also needs some repairs )
Once the steering wheel was out of the way I removed the floor & gear box tunnel to reveal quite a clean gear box , looks like selector shaft seals are leaking or grease I have packed around the bottom of the gear stick has melted when running the PTO to drive a water pump for a display at car shows.
My mate in Tasmania is dismantling his 88" S1 at the moment ( he started a week before me) so we are going head to head sending each other photo's of our progress. he is ahead of me at the moment but I think I will soon catch as he has major chassis repairs to do & his is the fires strip down since it left the factory .
That's as far as I got today it is my grand sons birthday today & they have just turned up. Not too bad for a couple of hours work.
I will have to start reading through Dennis's restoration to see how he did a few things like repairing the steering wheel. Hope to get fire wall striped today so I can get one of the son in-laws to give me a hand to lift it off over the weekend.
In the last photo of the top of the steering column the indicator switch is missing the green plastic light cover , I''ve been looking for one for 26 years , if any body has one I would be interested in buying it. I want to keep this switch as it is self cancelling , the new ones you buy now are not.
There is a guy at the markets who sells it in clear or colour . Trouble is since I retired I don't have access to a lathe . I thought about buying one of the new ones & taking it off it.
Saturday morning I removed anything from the firewall that would stop me from lifting it off the chassis . I just have to wait for somebody to give me a lift . You will see I have only cut all the wiring as I have ordered a new harness from Vintage Wiring Harness, should be here in a couple of weeks , ordered it with the extra wires for indicators. The last time I made my own , I wouldn't do that again . I was going to get one from UK , but after 6 email's trying to get a freight cost I give up.
The next job will be to remove the rear tub & seat box.
BUGGER ! I forgot to click the upload button for the photo's.
No work on LR today , wife has been vomiting all night , must have caught some sort of bug off somebody
It's a holiday tomorrow & son in-law wants a lift with the trailer he is repairing the rust in so should be able to get him to help me lift firewall off.
The firewall has now been removed , now I only have to remove the rear tub .
I can give every thing a proper clean & inspection .
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