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[pickupmad87]

I wouldnt weld because of the heat generated would peel and bubble the paint in a bigish area. I would personally grind the stud carefully back flat with the bulkhead. Starting with a 2 or3 mm bit drill through the centre of the stud. After this keep stepping upthe size untill the hole is big enough for the bolt. If the engine isnt in u should be able to acces the hole ti put the bolt through. When drilling try and wedge a piece of wood between the subframe and the bulkhead to stop the drill bit damaging the subframe.

[crazirob]

That means subframe out then to do it as its right behind a tower ! So pissed off ! If I do lots of little welds and allow to cool down it shouldn't damage the paint too much ? The stud sits flush in the outer of thr braket so that should take some of the heat so that way I'm welding the remaining part of the stud back to the braket so hopefully won't get too hot.

[DugganC17]

i have had this problem before and had to weld it as a tempory fix but i wouldnt recommend it as is a pain in the ass to remove after

Dan

[crazirob]

Got a little bit done today went to mini speed to collect my brake Line kit was very good, also got distracted with other goodies, t bars for the rocker cover, a facet solid state fast road pump, ad also re adjusted my carbs as the jet wasn't centred properly,first went shopping for bling ! Got home and go most of the rear brakes in and run properly, ton moto's to finish them of and run the fuel lines too !

Maybe an update tomorrow, does it matter what way I have the fuel pump, I know they only flow one way but could I have it upside down ? Thanks

Robbie

[crazirob]

Problem, I'm using a twin banjo bolt and 2 goodridge hose to do a direct split from front to rear, however the banjo bolts I have been supplied go into the brake unions, but once tight don't seal, as if the don't go deep enough, anyone done this before thanks Robbie

[ToM 2012]

looks superb this does excellent build and nice and clean. 

[baker_boy]

really like the project build on this, looks great! on a side note, does the pickup use just a standard saloon rear subframe?

[DugganC17]

yeah use the same rear subframe as a saloon

[yeti21586]

were you the guy in minispeed the other week, who had to go and sit in his car to decide wether or not you wanted to buy the more expensive item or the cheaper ones, while i was buying gaskets etc???

 

YetI

[pickupmad87]

Have you put the copper washers either side of the banjo?

[littlenelly69]

so first things first i decided to attack the engine bay ! so i went to halfords brought a wire wheel brush to go on my grinder 2.5 litres of red oxide paint from tool station for £8.74 and some white primer paint.

yesterday i started to attack it! mwahah ! rust here i come ! >


The first job i had to do was to remove eveything from the engine bay, main problem being the old master cylinder was still on and wouldnt budge, after a quick shout on here i was given the awnser and it was all resolved, clevis pins out, pedals out, cylinders out. i then started to sand and after about 1 hours of grinding (sanding) i had this.



majoraty done but i had to get under the scuttle with sand paper and my hand ! LONG !



this is the state it was in, i sanded down everything so there was no surface rust and i then used a halfords paint preporation wipe to get ready for the Red oxide paint.



i no its running down the undersealer, but i will redo this.

whilst the paint was drying i tidyed out the cabin, which was full of paper shreddings due to the mouse that had made its home in it.
so i managed to take out the seat belts, that is it, i came up for a coffee and got writing on here, so i will go down now finish of the cabin, and then prime the bay for tommorow,

should i do 2 coats of red oxide ????


Cheers Robbie

I wasn't to sure what primer to use on the bare metal on my Clubby, would you recommend the red oxide and where's the best place to get it? Fantastic build by the way :)

Edited by littlenelly69, 28 July 2013 - 10:34 AM.

[olds_kool_lews]

Really annoying day today, went to fit the handbrake it's and the wrong Clevis pins too fat do though ill fit the accelerator pedal and snapped off one of the studs ! Very anoyed either have to take the subframe out or just weld the pedal plate on to the snapped stud .....

When this happens to us, we just use a punch and knock the remaining bit of stud out (need to drop the subframe) as the studs are pressed in, not welded, then knock in a new stud :) hope this helps!

[crazirob]

Well much to my disgust I had to drop the subframe out! LONG ! I have put a new stud in, I haven't fitted the offending pedal as I need to clean up the other stud, ill show what's happened lately !




Got these goodies from swiftune







Massive news I GOT ENGAGED !!!!





So that's what 700£ looks like in mini bits :-( wanted more for the money lol











So far so good !

80% of my wiring is now done and complete, also my beautiful rocker cover has failed me, it doesn't clear the alloy inlet manifold......... What a shame time for a shines steel maniflow on that does allow clearance


Thanks and questions if u notice anything wrong please let me know thanks

[domdee]

Bloody hell, you'll have no money now if your planning a wedding!

ours just cost us (my in-laws) £25k and that was budgeted and kept cheap!

 

Just tell her, 'after the mini is finished, we'll start planning it'

 

and dont let her make you sell it! hahaha

 

the pick up looks fantastic though!

[mahesket]

Great build, the pick up looks class.

 

dominicdee: You must be mad spending £25k getting married!!! Ours was £6.5k and £5k of that was the honeymoon lol.