Morris C8

[Jonathan Moore]

The old girls been sitting there patiently awaiting some attention since i last posted. The engine is now in peices and i know whats got to be done there, everything. The cylinder head took 2 weeks to remove and eventually gave up and come off without damage, by using a sissor lift type thing and the vehicles weight. I have had the top off of the gearbox and freed up the reverse gear that was stuck and now it all works as it should do. I have now turned my attention to the drivers, passengers compartment, I forgot to take pictures of the driver side before I started but as you can see from the passengers side it needs a lot of work. There are a lot of panels that are in really good condition and only need preparing before spraying, other however, are knackered. Its my intention, to leave as much of the original metal as is sensible and to patch rather than make every new panel but some panels will have to be renewed. I have also made a start getting the brake components, the rear wheel cylinders were easy to get hold of but the fronts are causing some frustration. The rubber brake pipes are on order, the next part to find is a new master cylinder.



Jon

[Jonathan Moore]

The partially repaired drivers side.


Jon

[pauldavies]

Jonathon I have a Morris C8 and have the body of the Brake Master Cylinder, it's in good nick and requires the usual sleeve etc plus I have the filler plug welcome to it for the cost of the postage to the UK as I am in Australia. Good luck with the resto everything looks good.
Regards
Paul

[Jonathan Moore]

Hello Paul,

Thanks for the offer but I have already got the existing original cylinder which would of course need sleeving but I have issues with sleeved cylinders and would rather have a new item that is of the same configuration, even if it looks slightly different.

Rust, rust and more rust but I have eventually completed both side sections of the drivers / front compartment.

[Jonathan Moore]

Evening All,


I have had quite a busy week really. All the cab panels have been repaired and reassembled to ensure that everything fits together, before they are disassembled for prepping and painting. I took delivery of five 900x16 tyres, inner tubes and flaps. The rear wheel cylinders turned up from the states, the flexy brake hoses were delivered all the way from Argentina, I found some tread edge from R H Brindle and a new master cylinder was delivered, again from the states.





Jon

[Jonathan Moore]

more pictures.

[Jonathan Moore]

Two more pictures