Dropped the good lady off for her shift at 7am this morning so was in the workshop by 7.30.

Changed the steering column on my 1968 Plus 4 as the original had an annoying leak which would be picked up by the MoT tester for sure.

Whilst the dashboard was out I checked the wiring behind the dash, remade a few terminals which looked a bit dubious. Indicator switch was a bit doubtful so swapped that one out for a new old stock one from the spares store.

Checked the wiper motor only to be rewarded with a blown fuse. Removed the motor and you could actually smell the burnt windings. Checked eBay and as luck would have it a bloke breaking Morris Minors about 5 miles from me had one listed for 20 quid on eBay. An hour later, I'd stripped cleaned and painted it, not to mention, drilled and helicoiled the stripped threads in the mounting lugs.

Checked the gear wheel and noticed it was a 140 degree one when my Lucas parts book says that the correct item should be a 130 degree item. Robbed one from a scrap wiper motor but worked out a way of converting a 140 to a 130, will make up a jig to help future conversions.

Dash back in and fired up for a bit to get the oil circulated.

To maintain domestic harmony, cut and split firewood until it went dark then set the D type gearbox casing up on milling machine to carry out a mod to increase oil flow to the front bearing .

All in all a productive day

Arwyn