South African Mk3

I agree with Brian, they look like new. Except..........they're not black !

Thanks guys. I promise, if I could have gotten black paint I would have. All they had in stock at the time was silver, which was good enough to use on the master cylinders. I'll just have to see how they look on the car I suppose, but I don't think they're too bad.

The master cylinders are now finally done, after a little difficulty, with new seals etc. and ready to be fitted when ready.



Only the back brakes to rebuild and the system to bled at some stage and she has brakes again.

Your Master Cylinders will look great Jared but I am curious......
Are the Master Cylinders identical to each other ?
If so are they interchangeable ?
I've owned 5 Mini variants over the years (a 1960 Austin 7 ; a 1962 Austin Cooper 997 ; a 1963 Riley Elf Mk.I ; a 1965 Morris Cooper 998 &
a 1965 Morris Cooper S ) They all had the same feature where the master cylinders were concerned in that the clutch Master Cylinder was
considerably smaller than the brake unit. I've often wondered why this was so - do you or does anyone know why ?
David2010.

Thanks for the comment mate.

In regards to the mater cylinders, there are many different ones. The first ones, up until about the mid '60s, had a larger bore than the second version, whether this was for both the brake and the clutch master cylinders, or just the brakes, I can't say. With the second version, like these, the bores were identical, but there were differences. For one, the mounting plate on the clutch master cylinder was smaller than the brake version. Also, the casting at the top, where the pipe connects, was shaped differently (can probably see this in the recent picture I put up). Lastly, from what I can see, the cylinders are made differently so as to sit facing different angles in the engine bay. So, to hazzard a guess. I'd say they aren't interchangeable, for the small differences I pointed out above.

The only size difference I know of on the earlier cars is the brake having a larger capacity over the clutch, like so :



These were on the Cooper S and earlier GTs as far as I know.

I hope this helps a little.

Jared

I had this turn up today :



The 12G295 is quite a rarity in our little part of the world, so I'm happy to have this one.

Hi I have a Wolseley 1000 1966 that is in 100% original condition that I got from my grandfather after he passed away and I would like to know what is the value of the car.

Thanks

Sorry 1967-01-01 model

Post some pictures on the forum, that'd help a lot.

Not much to report of late. Got a small package from my Minispares postman with oil seals and rear side window seals that I wasn't able to get before. Just waiting on wheelbearings though, the Timken suppliers didn't have stock to send here to Kokstad, should hopefully get those this week and finish up the front subframe etc with brakes. Then to spray the engine bay and finally get her back on four wheels again.

Swapping over to Clubman window winding mechanisms, as the originals are incredibly stiff, even after a de- and re-grease. Hoping that these work now, the only difference is the actual drive, mine being the square the the Clubman the hexagonal shape.

Cleaned up the window mechanisms - what a mission.

Before :



After :



Ready to be greased up and fitted. They seem to run smoother than the originals from the car. Just need the correct handles now.

Finally have the doors complete. The Clubman mechanisms didn't seem to work well, pushing the window up at an angle, not matter what I did. So, two days of intense cleaning and degreasing were wasted on items that won't be used, but hey ho, at least they'll be ready at a later stage for other projects. I then reverted back to the original mechanisms from the car, found they had been placed on incorrect sides (previous owner at fault). This helped with the "up" movement, not having to force them anymore. With a proper clean and grease like with the other pair, they now work perfectly.

Just realised, the only pictures I have of the car before it was taken apart are these from the MiniWorld :



I had so many others that got lost after a corrupted flash drive . . .

I finally got the engine sprayed in some primer, much needed after not being done at the panelbeaters :



Now to get some body colour and some black in there, then the subframe can go back on.

Some of the bits polished up, ready to be fitted at some stage :

Finally received the much needed wheel bearings, at a bargain price too, now to get them fitted :

Bought myself a Christmas that arrived the other day :



NOS headlight covers. Not sure how legal they are, but I doubt there's many in this country.

There arn't many here either! I used to have a pair to "Bend" the light to the right to avoid blinding oncoming traffic in France. I sold them when I changed my car as they said they would either melt to the new lights or let them get so hot it blew the bulb filament!

I just really hope that doesn't happen to me . . . I want to use OSRAM bulbs.

Just drive faster to keep the cool air moving over the lamps.

That's one way of putting it  

Testing out the light covers on my brother's Clubby :

Finally, a little progress on this. After a long wait (a longer than necessary wait), my bearings arrived and I had them fitted up :



One less thing to do.

I also got pictures from the previous owner of the car. He bought it way back in the early '80s in this condition :



Then fixed her up and used her, before I bought her looking like this :



And I finally have decent pictures of the interior of how it used to look :

Finally, some progress, both shafts completed :



All new boots, CV grease and paint and the disc CVs.

Had these dropped off today, set of inertia reel belts and some new rear shoes, along with a couple odds and ends :