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[mini93]

i want another mini but condition my mum said is i have to sell the clubman and then she can sell my current daily driver the dreaded civic (its registered to her)

so things to do to my clubman aaaare:

make engine work (not starting)
N.S sill need replacing
rear valance to be replaced
driver floor to replace
clean up engine n give a lick of paint
install new interior clean up the metal chromie hubcaps basicly smarten up ready for selling

i bought the car for £200 and depending on final finish quality i would like to sell for £3,000 im hoping to be done by mid april or earlier

i will get pics tomorrow in the day light (iv had it for months and still not round to to getting any lol)

[wilcooper]

cool, bit ambitious with the sell price, or is that just me?

[mini93]

clubmans are worth more remember and the engine only has 30k odd miles aaand i *think* only 1 owner who is a hairdresser lol

[Retro_10s]

I nice, unmolested clubman could get £3000 just like any mini, but it really will have to be in tip top shape.

[minivanman]

use the clubby as the daily driver and flog the civic. Problem solved.

[mini93]

civic's gona be used to pay back money to my mum, money from civic to pay for a mini

im hoping it will be in top shape....just trying to set points i had electronic ignition befre and its catching me out!

[mini93]

noticed the back plate in my dizzy was bent, im sure that was helping it not! seems as thought that the contacts werent even on the dwell, well iv straightened that out anyway put the contacts back in and set the gap using a feeler gauge of .38mm i have a dwell tachometer tester just i dont know how to use it

anyway just before it pissed it down i had to jump start off my civic and.....no luck, not fiering it hoping iv unplugged a lead from somewhere because its anoying me not!

[mini93]

well heres the pics of the clubman

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the bent plate inside the dizzy, iv straightened it out since

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and just to show what im contending with...
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im gona start cutting it tomorrow i think, might try avoiding starting for a while, its a bit frustrating!

[mad4mins]

what needs doing 93?? is it just the sills?? because the a-panels and scuttle looks ok?! nice colour too

[mini93]

ooh, the weekend so i can get on with it *even sunny at the mo*

still gotta get the engine running grr gona fiddle with dizzy poitioning and fiddlw with carb so if anything amiss there
sill,
rear valance probably would clean up, but im just gona chop it out and put a new 1 in

part im not looking forward to...driver floor anyone advice about doing this one?

iv never seen another mini this colour before and its original, not even seen it on mini colours site

[mini93]

nto that great day....STILL the engine doesnt run, checked timing (roughly) not with a strobe seen its sparking nicly with plug rested against the block
anyway if placed the starting problem down to the fueling now...so i took carb apart and damaged sumin so i think im gona get a replacment carb i hope its a HS4

anyway chopping the sill out because i got anoyed at the enginei found was fair good under except 1 spot next to the jack slot thing, also bit bad up towards the heelboard

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[mini93]

it runs based i down the carb some time ago and pick a hs4 off a friend today swapped just the needles and after a long while of cranking it revved up, now its not goin very well, will need RR-ing i guess seein at the carsb off a 998

also development plans, mum said today instead of gettig another mini instead of the civic i should keep the clubby, which i wanted to do just didt think id be able to....now i have till riv run to get it done
think it may need a new starter motor aswell as tit sounds as though the pinion isnt returning when the engine started
also throttle cable snapped so out came the string to fiddle with and also drove it back and forth on my drive remembeing not to mich as sill is off :S

the engine puffed blue smoke for a while after beeing started and revved but i think thats to be expected after a few years sitting

so bloody pleased!!!

tomorrows job i think is to at least get the sill tacked into place, unless its bloody raining grr!

[mini93]

well...it did rain so got nothign done sunday anoyed me very much so....i was going to do it today aswell...no chance because rain it sucks big time, ill get to it one time this week im sure, if not ill work like a dog on saturday

[lew]

keep the clubby

[mini93]

i am doing i am doing, also keeping herb tho