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The Classic Marque

Things can only get far worse in the short term.

I'm not sure they'll get better in the medium term either, and can only hope they will in the long term.

Meanwhile back to the very near term, the local's are going to give Labour a huge kicking this Thursday when the voters dump Labour en masse.

This is very possibly going to finally kick Starmer out, and Theeves too. On ...

I’m pretty sure I also have a ‘new’ one, in a white box, but I couldn’t find it.

Probably better than 'new'.

Bud: I agree with you. Somehow I think I resorted to using a torch to heat up the wire and then pulled it away and used the residual heat to melt the solder. But don't quote me on that unless you try it and it's a success. :-)

Thanks Alan, very detailed and informative.
At the clutch slave cylinder, should there be some free pay at the push rod? I seem to recall that there should be but don’t know why - if the slave piston moves the push rod then I would have thought that the slave piston is only moved back as far as the lever pushes it. I have no free play but the clevis pin is free to rotate so assume no load is...

Drum Brakes to Disc Brakes: converting Midgets & Sprites.



A few years ago I, assisted by John Clark & Ian Cooke, demonstrated how to convert a drum braked Frogeye to disc brakes at the Practical Classics Show NEC. It appears that nothing has been written, nor archived for reference, on the various options available especially with regard to choice of master cylinder.

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Chris, I couldn't guess at how many compatible electrical solder connections I've made in my life. And then there have been the #$%^ miserable mechanical wire ones that I've cussed at. I've tried all fluxes and pastes that exit. Not very friendly. Bud

With a 948 clutch the original MC is 7/8 so, with a 3/4, you'd think the bite point will be lower, because the required pushrod travel will occur later. I have a 1275 in the Frog so I fitted a 1" slave as that is the correct spec. I believe the later individual 1275 MC is 0.7" so my 3/4" is close enough - well it works OK.

I’ve unearthed my replacement switch. It would appear that I’ve had it for fifteen years, although it was manufactured in 1968.

I think I will leave the VW relay conversion for another day.

Thanks for the replies.
I converted to disc brakes years ago and fitted a 3/4” master cylinder. I did find that the clutch bite was nearer the floor but not an issue. This is due to the difference in slave (7/8”) and master (3/4”) diameters and their effective areas.
Also fitted Morris Minor 3/4” rear cylinders.
Only asked the question as someone raised the topic with me so just c...