Drum Braked

I’ve never been a fan of drums but I’ll admit the ‘65 Minor has a better rear drum setup than the ‘89 Mini… go figure. I pulled off the rear passenger side siezed drum in a mere 30 minutes or so. Pads changed, rust wire-brushed out, sorted. Once you’ve done one the rest are all easy I reminded myself. If only. 45 minutes later I’d moved the driver side rear drum about 2mm and had snapped one of my flathead screwdrivers. Dowsed in 3-in-1 I left it for a surprise attack several hours later. Still no luck.
Tomorrow I’ll find the most leverable and invasive tool I can find and give it the balls. If that doesn’t work I’ll set it on fire and/or blow it up and convert the whole damn thing to discs… or a landrover subframe. Hmm!

To be continued…