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[Saxo-Fiesta-Mini]

well bust 2 days and £250 of parts





spent most of yesturday stripping the water pump, fitted the new one, to find the alternator was fubared the pully moved like an egg and was nackered
so i phoned tom and mini sport and got the alternator later that day, then finsihed refitting the water pump and filled with red coolant ,

then i came to start fitting the new pads, took the drivers caliper off and fired out and old pistons and fitted the stainless ones from my old caliper with new seals, fitted up with new mintex 1144 pads and started the goodrich hoses which i might add were a b***ard to fit and made me use more than one choice word took 40 tools to try and get it off 4 of the neighbours tools and ended with an angle grinder but got it sorted, i then had to cut off the old brake hose, and started fitting the new pads on the other side, the shocks were fitted to

Then started with the new alternator which went easy enough, the new nut for the drive shaft had to wait, I then stone chipped all the inner arches, under neath and the engine bay, was 11pm by this point so i took out the relay which was there for the inertia starter as this was pointless which the car having an pre engage starter, I then cleaned the water jets out

then this morning i got a taxi to woodfeild garage got the new union put on where i had to cut the brake hose, I then got the taxi home again and started fiting the hose to find the cooper washers for the banjo bolt were dead this was after i bled the hole system

so cycled tto throthite motor cycles and got some new wahers then back home and refitted the banjo bolt, then borrowed a 36mm socket from the neighbour as i only had a 30mm gunned on the new nut and fitted the split pin, cleaned the discs and bleed the system again, i then changed the cluthc fluid, and touched up some of the stone chip that the brake fluid washed away

then re adjusted the rear drums, refitted the wheels painted under the back lowered the car refitted the bonnet and gril and reversed out of the garage the fan and alternator are soooo much better now its un true i also remove the cold air feed as i broke it hahaha


then my mum turned up with my new type 8 rev meter
i was a happy bunny tested in the coil first and worked great so i took the dash out ran the wire to the coil, redid the dash board as the last attempt was pooooo



I then refittted the dash with new rev meter and gave the car a lil clean and took for a spi
n, went to mini sport as i owed tom some coolant for dropping me the alt and nut off and got some new ht/ lt leads as mine was nackered on lead 3

Fitted in the car park and went for a spin ..........

HAPPY ISNT THE WORD /......



Comments welcome even SHIFTY

[MEhinger]

u normally use hamerite rust treatment gel looks like green snot but works very well

it doesnt look like snot, it is snot! lol

You and your mini are snot, now hurry up and get it sorted green snotty man.

For this thread I must let folks know of a song over on this side of the pond in Tennessee. It is by a guy named Mike Snider and goes like this:

If my nose was runnin money I'd blow it all on you,
I'd buy you a Cadlliac and a new Mercedes too
I'd build you a mansion high upon a hill,
I wish my nose was runnin money...but "itsnot"

Edited by MEhinger, 27 May 2009 - 07:53 PM.

[Saxo-Fiesta-Mini]

That has to be the most RANDOM song ever

I like it hehehehe

no comment on the fact i spent 2 days slaving on my car

ull update with engine pics tomorow

[Saxo-Fiesta-Mini]

well i just went to admire my new dials in the dark and ended up driving to whallet over the tops

i love it

[Retro_10s]

does it change colour all the time or is it dependent on revs?

[Saxo-Fiesta-Mini]

im unsure to be honest only seems to go red when i do over 5krpm but could just be me hahahaha

so pressumably just changes with time i love it goes black and mirror like with no keys in

its purdy and for £12 posted u cant complain

[Saxo-Fiesta-Mini]

hello everyone no major updates cars been running great at usual althought im debating sellin bertie and getting a lupo sport mainly due to my mothers request also cause i fancy a change so if u know anyone interested in a 34k 84 plate mini with well over £800 spent on it in the last 4months send me a pm not urgent as im unsure as to whether im gonna keep him but just puttin the feelers out

[Burnard]

ill give ya £50

[Saxo-Fiesta-Mini]

Unfortuantly burny Id want at least 2k more than what ur offerin

[Junior Mini]

You'll be lucky!!!!

[Saxo-Fiesta-Mini]

well im not 100% on selling it so would need to be enough for me to buy a lupo sport but if i dont get any interest gonna respray the car and just enjoy it and im not set on selling bertie hes the best car ive had

[Saxo-Fiesta-Mini]

so yeah seems like the mini is staying spent alot of time over the last few weeks thinking and umming and arring and to be honest the 1275 pulls like a train, handles awesome and i can forget how cool the mini looks so yeh hes staying and ive started the interior revamp

so here some pics of todays attack












so thats the wing neatened up and im happy with how it looks for now

and for a few week i noticed the engine was alot noiser and came to find the manifold had split clean in tooo so i welded it up






also had a problem with the slave cylinder bolt decided to go south so had to repair that and did so with a new unc bolt and alot of washers



whilst i was doing this i welded in the patch on the rear seat bin and then painted the interior black to match the carpets




and i have ordered new cone washers and hub nuts to remove the lil bit of play in the wheels and part of my dash board plans arrived

in short making a 18mm thick mdf dash with my bro the carpenter / builder, my brother thats a painter will be doing a custom paint job for me and ill make sure it looks good fitted

so yeh shall be fun few weeks new engine mounts, mot, tax and interior spice up

[Calman]

Hi nice project and a lovely car

I dnt suppose yu could post a pic for me could you showing what thoose seats lok like in the car could you?
-Same ones as iam planning o for my car-

Cheers

[Saxo-Fiesta-Mini]

the seats ive got are mayfair seats that have beeen retrimmed in black leatherette oldskol hahaha

the cobras were sold

but heres the pics

[Calman]

Nice one cheers. They look great, why did you sell them?!?! lol

What was the fit like then? was they hard to get in and out of due to the sides? and comfort?

Thanks