now that the clutch clevis is in, I'm using the Jim Ding method of setting my toe in. Steering wheel was not centered and wheels looked like someone with a lazy eye. I found the lock nuts on the steering rack to tie rod ends were loose. Finally got the toe in set and took it for a spin. I thought!   R front caliper is locked up. Either the piston is seized or the hose is collapsed. Pedal is hard right at the top, making me think it's the hose. But the hoses are new with shiney ends. Maybe something stuck inside? stay tuned. I'll be driving it before Christmas-I'm sure.

brake clevis in and I've found no clevis pin in clutch!  DOH!  I've drilled the end with a small bit and hot glued an 8" piece of stiff wire into the end. Makes it much easier to insert the pin. Once installed, I just wiggle the wire out and shave off the hot glue.

Chuck,
As you well know, that's one of the advantages of a Moke. Getting at the clevis pins, split pins or R clips are a doodle....
When I was tearing mine apart, I had heard all the horror stories and happened to have a handy piece of plywood to lay across the seat mounting bulkhead. Turned out to be much easier to just kneel alongside the Moke and work from there... no door to get in the way.
Took less time to remove the pins than setting up the plywood I didn't use.

The hitch pins/R-clips, or whatever you would like to call them will work fine as long as they are they are not too long. If so, as the clevis rotates the pin can get pushed out.

Step one when replacing the brake or clutch pin: remove the driver's seat.

Several years ago I started using SS hairpin type clips. I use them on both clutch and brake and have not had any problem. Over the years I have found clevis pins without cotters in the master and hand brakes. I'm no longer surprised at anything I find on the little cars.

Steve (CTR)

hmmm. I was gonna put a D ring in there, as they're so much easier to install. Maybe go back to the old sytle cottor pin and fold it over.

When the Racines drove the LeMons mini (it's second ever race) they battled "no brakes" for much of latter half of day 1. We bled them, checked everything and there was pedal but only near the bottom and not enough to lock em up. We finally discovered that it was the clevis pin had fallen out because I had used a spring style cotter pin that somehow got pushed out of the clevis. 

Embarrassing problem, but I learned my lesson about using anything but the correct cotter pins to hold in the clevis pins now!

The pushrod must have been nicely tucked up against the top of the pedal during your brake bleeding.  

This is one of the few (and I mean very few) areas where our Triumphs are easier to work on.  To access their clevis pins you pull the boots up/off the bulkhead in the engine compartment while you sit on the front tire.  Easy to access without the awful under-dash contortions required for the Mini.

Hang in there Mike.

amazing thing is that I bled the brakes 2 x with no indication of

the missing clevis pin!

some of you may have been following my posts on a recent clubbie I picked up.  Going through the project, freeing up clutch, brakes, checking altenator, swapping rad, adjusting valves, building oil pressure. New shocks now on the front. Today I put tags on it and took it for a spin. The other day I heard a clunk and the brake pedal kind of sunk but I was just going up and down the block. Tonite, I'm on the pedal, still in a poor state of tune, and go for the brakes, and Cluck, the pedal goes to the floor.

Turns out, the po, never put a clevis pin into the pedal/brake pushrod.  Got a spare at work, but just ate, and not going to do the handstand on my head with a full belly trying to slip the clevis pin into place.

stay tuned for more adventures of shaking down the clubbie.