MG
The Classic Marque

I buy my brake cylinders from C & C Parts. https://ccparts.nl. They are the largest brake cylinder manufacturer I know. Their quality is fantastic and they are cheap because you buy directly from them. Unfortunately for the UK, there are some border issues.
That thing with the clip is a recurring problem. I tap a thread in the place of the roller pin and screw a bolt into it.

I put a wedge - actually a wooden door stop wedge, between the cylinder and hub. That holds it firmly in position freeing up 2 hands to use with 2 flat bladed screwdrivers that just lever the edge of the clip into position. Takes seconds. For some reason I have never found it difficult. I think its one of those things that needs a 'knack' and I was just fortunate to hit on it early on. But I do sy...

After years of struggle l splashed out on one of those little circlip fitting tools. Simples.. l know you won't use it every day but when you need it...
Put it in the "special tools" drawer
Dave

Phew, job done. The replacement that I ordered arrived minutes after I finally got the clip in place on the one borrowed from a friend.

I have always struggled with that clip and obviously hadn't got it on properly previously as the old clip was missing and the cylinder was not just loose, it had moved far enough out of place to be fouling the hub.

What surprised me was that thi...

Re-instate the Witanegemot l say...

Apparently, the Rolls Royce Silver Shadow was originally going to be called Silver Mist, until someone realised it had an unfortunate meaning in German.

On the subject of scrapping things historic, ---

You don't see Ford Monarchs these days. Most were likely to have been scrapped long ago.

Is it now time to scrap the British monarch, rather than continue to give it exemptions?

The not so classy Harry, and his equally grifting missus, are 'coming home'. Unlike the absurd football mania recently, I doubt most will welcome...

We're still on copper wire here
Fairly poor/slow
My home phone is through broadband---voip--it's ok
The modem has dual output bands 4g/5g but the output being delivered through the copper broadband isn't good enough to drive the telly it keeps pixelating so at this stage the telly is running off it's dedicated rooftop ariel
Mobile phone though is a much better deal, I'm through So...

Havent we all compressed a bendix with molegrips at some time? Im sure I have.

Trev

It's been said that I'm a bit dim before, I should have thought of loosening the back plate, it is such an obvious way of doing it - and with no risk of losing axle oil.

Thanks to the wonders of the Spridget owning community, I have already acquired a brand new OEM brake cylinder courtesy of a Midget owning friend just a couple of miles away so I should be able to sort it in the morning ...