Talk Morgan Forums Thread Like Summary - New-to-me 1975 4/4 brake rebuild advice

Dear TalkMorgan,

Firstly, thanks for having me, it's great to be here! I'll post in the welcome subforum soon, however first I have more pressing matters...

I've just acquired my first Morgan, a 1975 4/4 1600 crossflow model. I'm absolutely chuffed to bits with it as I got it for an incredible price. Whilst it was running it wasn't running well, and spat its coolant out on the way home, so this weekend it was treated to a new Head Gasket, Intake Gasket, Exhaust Gasket, Rocker Cover Gasket, Water Pump, Thermostat, Thermostat housing gasket, Coolant Change, Oil & Filter Change, and new plugs. It's also about to get an accuspark electronic ignition conversion. The valves were all far too tight so with that all reset she's running well, and I want to turn my attention to the brakes.

The car has been sat for quite a while (It's done about 200 miles in the last 13 years...) so various things are in need of a refresh, the brakes being high on my list. They work and none are binding, but for peace of mind I think they're worth a rebuild.

My thoughts are to go ahead and fit new rear drums, wheel cylinders, shoes, and springs along with brand new front callipers, pads, and discs. The car has steel wheels (though is getting conversion hubs from MWS very shortly, but those bolt on to the existing hubs) and I think I've managed to find the various parts through mogparts, but I was wondering if anybody knew where the parts originated from? I would guess they were Triumph or Ford parts originally, and I was wondering if there was a part number equivalency I could look up?

Whilst I'm diving into the brakes, is there anything I should know or be particularly aware of that's Morgan specific or can I treat it like any 1970's braking system?

Many thanks in advance and happy motoring!

Thanks all for the advice. Having looked at the front brakes they seem to be in far better condition than I imagined with basically brand new pads, decent discs, and what look like refreshed callipers (though probably many years ago). I haven't stripped the rear drums yet but the wheel cylinders also look pretty new from the back and I'll have the drums apart to inspect when I change the hubs to wire wheel ones. All in all the mog is running great and I had my first proper drive of her today - she's everything I wanted and more!

Many thanks again, appreciate the input!

"And be very pleased that you have the best model Morgan ever built (opinions do vary)"


Not in this house they don't!! 🙂

K

Arwyn, good luck with the house move, it's more stressful than owning a Mog !