series 3 past its MOT with no advisories and I did all the work myself so I'm well happy , thought I'd treat myself and buy an electronic ignition . Thing is I have a Ducellier dizzy and the kits and not as Ava/cheap as Lucas kits , just wondering if it just the mounting plate that's different...

Just taken old shoes off they had loads of wear left in them probably only about 30 % usage , however covered in brake dust and oil and if you look at the picture you will see that the peg has broken off the shoe and therefore the spring and peg were floating about

Great , thanks .

Final question , there seems to be a bit of a discussion over this , rear shoes , SWB , does the top spring go from backplate to adjuster peg on shoe ( as stated in diagram ) or as many people suggest does it go into the small whole on the shoe?

I'll have a look when I can thanks , just a thought , could I have put the spring on the wrong way around , the spring is as below , currently I have it with the long part hooked to the shoe and the shorter part onto the backplate, just wondered if the other way around would pull the shoe...

Thats exactly what I've done , however do you know why the peg now doesn't touch the adjuster ? I'm assuming putting the spring on the wrong way around wouldnt make any difference ? It's a good 3mm away .

This morning I changed the wheel cylinder to an exact copy ( series 3 , 1982 , rear passenger ) , put it all back together again , peg that touches adjuster in about 5mm away from it , when I opened hub up the peg had actually fallen off so I had to tap it back in , must have happened before I...

OK , ive opened it up and replaced the peg , however peg isn't touching snail adjuster at all this query may solve my problem , the top spring is as pictured , does it go on the back of both shoes or does it go on one shoe (left) and hook on to a peg on the back plate at the right side .If you...

Had a great deal of trouble getting the hub off , when it came off I discovered that the little peg on the shoe that is adjusted be the snail bolt had come off ,was rattling abound in the hub . I have put the hub back on the new wheel cylinder and all seems well , I've bled the system and it...

All sorted , ATS did it for me for nowt , took them 2 minutes but I gave him a fiver for his trouble , now onto the wheel cylinder , no surprises I hope !

Im in south Birmingham , Bournville area .

Just out of interest , I've taken all of the other tyres off in the past , am I right in recalling that I should be turning them anti clockwise?

Thanks for replies , I haven't got an angle grinder , what I was thinking is that garage could use an impact wrench and I could give them a tenner , I know it will fail MOT due to leaking wheel cylinder and I already have the new cylinder to put it , I just don't want to pay garage £45 in...

intentional innuendo there . Series 3 is due for MOT , needs a wheel cylinder replacing , I can't get rear wheel nuts off (I've tried everything , heat , cold , breaker bar , everything ) . Do you think if I go to garage and ask them to loosen nuts so they are manageble with power tools they...

Blackburn , saving my life once again , thanks

Series 3 1982 petrol SWB , I have had to repair front section on exhaust which comes from manifold. I have tried to find triangle gasket to mid section however I can't find one , should there be one ? , Do they exist ?, when I seperate the sections there wasn't one , any help as always will be...

I've solved the problem , as mentioned it was the indicator stalk , some of the connections were missing by less than a mm , spent hrs bending the connection so it just touched , however was a pain because it has to miss/touch so many other connections at the same time . I'm assuming the spark...

Ok I have cleaned connections and it doesnt make any difference ,could I solder a connection between the 2 wires at the point where they meet at the top of the steering column , ive tried this with a paperclip (very temporary just to test , no intention of using a paperclip!) and all the...

Blackburn , I've followed your advice and I think I understand , I have taken cowling off steering column , connected red/blue wire to blue wire (both above indicator stalk , I used a paperclip) and the lights did come on ! I had to replace the stalk a while back because I'd bent the copper...