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[AndrewJ530]

Cheers Jack.

[analogue_radio]

Good luck

[AndrewJ530]

Thanks Luke .

[AndrewJ530]

Well... she failed!



It's not all doom and gloom though because it's pretty basic stuff what she has failed on:

Offside side repeater not working - new bulb.

Both CV joint gaiter split - new cv joint gaiter.

Excessive CO emissions (4.33% when it should be 3.5) - Turn the mixture down a bit.

Offside front brake is binding - bleed front brake.



I did get some advisories though (again nothing to get het-up about):

Both offside tyres are worn - get new tyres

Rear wheel bearing has slight play - fit a new wheel bearing



So all in all, it wasn't really a bad MOt consaidering. He said she's structurally very sound which is what i wanted to hear really.

Cheers,

Andrew

[analogue_radio]

That's alright all quick easy fixes, everything cheap apart from the tyres!

[AndrewJ530]

Yeh that's what i thought. Got some cv boots on hold at a local motor spares shop aswell so i might be changing them tomorrow morning depending in the weather. Not changing them in the pouring rain lol.

[AndrewJ530]

Well i got some boots for the car on friday and fitted them on saturday moringing/afternoon. Here's the pictures:













The strip light worked a treat aswell . If i mount it under the sill i could pretend to be a chav with those strip lights they have under their cars .

Is this the mixture screw on my carb? It's a HIF38 but i'm not sure where the screw is:





Cheers,

Andrew

Edited by AndrewJ530, 07 February 2010 - 12:46 PM.

[mini_mad69]

I use a big twin tube light like that as my lead light aswell. Yes mate that is your mixture screw aswell.

[AndrewJ530]

Gives so much light it's brilliant. Cheers Ben. Which way do i turn it to weaken the mixture off?

[mini_mad69]

Gives so much light it's brilliant. Cheers Ben. Which way do i turn it to weaken the mixture off?

Screw in too create a richer mixture
and obviously screw out to lean out the mixture.

[AndrewJ530]

Cheers mate, i'll screw it out a couple of turns and take it back for the mot.

Cheers,

Andrew

[mini_mad69]

Cheers mate, i'll screw it out a couple of turns and take it back for the mot.

Cheers,

Andrew

Give it the beans on the way there aswell! Just make sure it's not too lean and going too run too hot.

[AndrewJ530]

I'll take it for a run out before i go to the station. Fortunately my mot doesn't run out till the 26th lol.

[AndrewJ530]

Hell yeah, she's passed! . Went round to Dave's house from the club because he has a CO meter so we set it around 2.5% CO and that's what it came out at in the MOT station's meter .

I'm going round there tomorrow to set it back properly to about 4% so she should be running sweet by tomorrow night (going to sort dave some hobgoblin beers aswell for the trouble ).

Andrew

[AndrewJ530]

Okay, so i've sorted the mixture now (and i've also sorted dave with some bobgoblins so everyone's a winner ).

Now for a another problem...NEVER PRESSURE WASHER A MINI!

This is the result of pressure washering a mini and leaving the area exposed for about 2 weeks:





With the bumper off so i could see the full extent of the damage:







I know it doesn't look like much but i'm glad i've caught it like it is because this could have gotten a lot worse, very soon.

Thanks to my dad, i have a nice, freshly painted bumper lip (i forgot to get pictures with the bumper off after i'd cleaned it up):







In the last picture i think you can see where he's tidied up the bit next to the indicator where it got scratched taking the grill off before. Hopefully this should keep the rust at bay a little longer.

Cheers,

Andrew