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[yeti21586]

thought i should start a project page as this is turning in to one by accident

so here goes nothing.

were to start.

forgot about mot, so me and my dad were getting him ready for mot and noticed that the top subframe mount bolt wasnt in properly. so we tried to put it back in, it wouldnt go in it just rotated so we tryed to take it out and it just rotated. ahhhhhhh

so after to hitting with hammers we got it out and then realised that we had knackered the thread on the bolt and on the subby so have had to take the suby out to re cut thread.

my dad disconnected everything that was needed to be disconnected (thanks to someone on here who sent me a list of everything that needs disconecting) while i was at work last week. so today i finished work early and started to take it out.

it didnt go quite to plan and i broke something on the back of the engine



and then this happened



it fell over forward.ahhhhhhh

so i had to work out how to lift the engine to its up right possition by my self.

this is wen i discovered that the engine mount thats on the clutch case is broken. so i borrowed a lorry jack fron my neighbour as the trolley jack was under the car. in doing this the engine fell off of the jack and one of the spark plugs hit the jack and snapped

so i lowered Vini down onto axel stands and used the trolley jack to lift it.

so now he looks like this



and have also noticed that there is a crack in the subframe that is gunna need welding.

and to think i thought that this was gunna be a quick get it back on the road how wrong was i!!!!

Edited by yeti21586, 07 June 2010 - 03:10 PM.

[yeti21586]

i havent posted on here in a while mainly because i havent done anything on vini, untill 2 weeks ago when me and dad finaly got the shell stripped of everything!

here are the pictures of how he is now







i love the fact that in certain places you can see the original funny brown colour he was.

and also what are these numbers for??

Edited by yeti21586, 07 June 2010 - 06:50 PM.

[yeti21586]

i also got some goodies,

a innocenti sump guard from my sis as a late birthday pressie




and some 8 inch spots from mars red mike



im hoping to get a friend to come and diagnose the rusty and how much it'll cost and how long and what pannels i need soon so will keep this updated

YetI

[E-Tizzle]

how did it turn from need to rethread that bolt on the subframe and put the engine back in, to complete strip-down of the car.

[yeti21586]

i found a hole in the floor so thought i would find all the rust and cut it out and change the colour and change

[E-Tizzle]

id love to do that if i had the time and money.
good luck

[yeti21586]

yeah wish i had the time and money!!! its gunna take a while and begging and borrowing from my mother (24 and still living at home does have some benifits lol) and shes happy for me to pay back when its back on the road.

but im really glad that im doing it, ive found so many things that the previous owner has down badly/ dangerously.

like one of the bolts on the rear subframe wasnt long enough so they had put poly filler in the hole then put the bolt in just to make sure it held, i found lots of things like that!!

grrr makes me soo mad

[E-Tizzle]

yeh that similar to mine.
i dont think that anywhere on my car has the correct amount of bolts on it.
the boots held on with 6 bolts - mine has 5 and there are 4 different sizes on there.

[yeti21586]

lol the joys of owning a mini with someone elses "repairs"

Edited by yeti21586, 07 June 2010 - 06:29 PM.

[mighty mini jack]

Looking good fella, might want to remove the Vin picture though. (4th photo on second post)

Keep up the good work!

Edited by mighty mini jack, 07 June 2010 - 06:38 PM.

[yeti21586]

cheers jack didnt no what it was but i do now and have removed the picture

[E-Tizzle]

i think you removed the wrong picture. i think the one still left is the vin number? not 100% tho.

[yeti21586]

i thought i would do a mock up of the front spots/fogs on the grill too give me an idea of what they would look like on the front and i like how it looks



YetI

[E-Tizzle]

looks nice.
how do you attach the middle on? does it go onto the grille with some kind of U Clamp.
surely not cable ties?

[yeti21586]

i havent even thought about that yet there just laided on it at the moment, will probably make a braket.