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[_mini1000_]

Pickupapickup you are right it is that way round and yes if you fold that rubber seal up the arm whilst you get it in place then you can slide it on down then the arm is all done up it was a fiddly job to do your best bet is to get an sc parts cataloge exploded diagrams of everythign and how hey go back together


Engine update i have got a quote to get the engine bored +060, honed, valve pockets done and resurfaced,

trying to source an unleaded 1275 12g940 or even a 1275head from the mg metro as it has bigger valves

once this is done i just need to look for a good set of pistons dunno what is best flat tops or dished.

i currently have a lightned fly wheel but would like the lightest i can get which i beleive is 4.028kg

minispares do a 3.8kg flywheel as used for racing:)
http://www.minispare...=...5440&title=

if you dont mind me asking, how much were quoted to cut the valve pockets into the block and what size of pockets?
i was thinking of the 1275head/998block route but thought it could turn out expensive
thanks:)

[crazirob]

pm sent mini 1000

thanks for the info on the flywheel but it says on their not to be used on the road lol so i will try and get a lighter one that the one i have well i have painted the block (proberly will get stripped off when chemically cleaned at mini speed)

but i cant waint untill london to brighton, auto jumble! and obviously other stands also deals and the fun expericance of a l2b run. but most importantly after l2b i can start work on BODY WORK !!!

[Tyrrell94]

YOUR SO LUCKY!!
IDE DIE FOR A PICKUP
ive only got two roundnoses - im 15 lol
but yeah!!! Ill get one soon!

[crazirob]

Today is the only real day off i have in 2 weeks must have mug written on my head ....... Do i ??? lol

So on my day off today i have done a couple of things i woke up really late, lol like you do.

Once i was out and about i then decided to go and do a few jobs on ze car the first thing i wanted to do was to attach the rear plates of the drums the correct way round, this Meant removing the shoe, hub and then the back plate, on removal of the hub the bearing fell into alot of carp and hay/dust on the floor,

So i then put a plate underneath them so i wouldnt get any thign else mucky, but i removed all the dirt and regreased and then preceeded to get the them swapped over, so they Were the correct way round.




Finished!


Now for the fun stuff of the day i started off with block on my bench looking very grubby and sorry for its self,



After a couple hours cleaning it up and removing various rubbish from the previous gaskets and with a quick attack with a wire brush and a lick of paint i was left with a rather good looking block !



Then i had a brain wave i wanted to look at what the Yellow cylinder head and Black block looked like. (998 head is a tester for colour as i will be buyin a 1275 head)



I really like the colours as they are in the speedwell theme, they match my subframe and also my poly bushes !!!! =WIN

Once i had done this i i then turned my attention to my hubs as i had painted the steering arms and also the nuts and tab washers so they looked the part Not that im sad




So once they were put on i attached them to the sub frame



Passenger side



Drivers side



Passenger side head on.



Complete subframe



Passenger with yellow Poly



Drivers with poly and subframe bolt



Complete subframe




In the next couple of weeks i intend to get

New brake discs
Grease nipples
Grease hub caps (for rear hubs)
Nuts and bolts set ! (who does these ? )-----------------------------------------PLEASE SUGGEST SOMEWHERE TO BUY IN BULK
Getting the block sent away to be rebored, honed, valve pockets put in and chemically cleaned,
Trying to find a 1275 head that is unleaded


then after london to brighton the body work list will start to become smaller and smaller,
with the main proirtys being the pickup bed, inner door sill, rear bulkhead,


Jobs that i intend to get done in the next couple for weeks is ..........

1. Clean out my Sludgey gear box, then paint the outside of it

2. Smarten up the gear linkage and remove and polish the kad quick shift then repack with lots of lovly grease hmm lubey

3. Get Rid of stuff i dont need ! will be a list of bits to trade on the swap /selling section soon

4. Start attacking all the unseal/ stone chip off the bottom to see how everything it under the car.

5. Try and arrange to get drive shafts + steering rack and colum from the donor car so i can get penny rolling


Robbie

[crazirob]

today and yesterday i did a couple of pretty jobs not really essential but never the less i wanted to do it for personal satisfaction so anyway what i did today was to clean up my clutch housing photos show the various stages,



so this was it all dirty and a bit minging



after about 5 minites rubbing down,



All cleaned up



i managed to get a mirror finish with the special pastes that i used, had a rubbing down paste and a finishing paste which is about 2000 grit the finish is awsome i dont no if i can put some sort of laquer on it keeping the shine.

this the top part of the plate fully polished



i then did the back plate thingie



again messy and icky !





side is messy 2



half finished



All finished.




i then decided to test it on the engine











Once i had finished

i then had to check the bores using a bore gauge (got my freind to do this ) but i was in for a shock

we did it and found out that all bores had worn 1500th of an inch one way and between 3000/3500 thousanth of an inch the other way so i have oval shaped bores ! arrrrhhhh





so now im deffinatly boring the block to +60 thou and looking at powertune pistons made by minispeed

just need to find a head

and i have just seen the seat i want for sale but i dont have the money

[Kaison]

I love the bold colour choices!
It all goes really well!

[crazirob]

litlle update after a fantastic day out at london to brighton got a few bits that i needed so i was pleased, saw hundered of beautifull minis but a couple to me really stood out, photos wil be upload later

mananged to get new 7.5 cooper discs, 4 core plugs for the block, grease nipples 1 bolt for my missing rear hub bolt,





bit dissapointed on the stands that were there really all same stuff nothing different something did catch my eye which was a extended centre binnicle that could have a tacho in it but the sold out , i couldnt see anybody selling Yellow silicone hose sets (do they exsist?) or yellow leads from the dizzy to the plugs. i felt there was alot more on offer at brooklands. o well next mini show isnt too far away

so anyway on the way home i realised i cant even attach my new shiney discs on becasue i done have any driveshafts

i need to get this donor car over soon


will get photos uploaded soon



and does anyone have a picture of how harness would attach to the pickup ? as i would like to have a nice set of schroth harness's

[crazirob]

Afternoon ladies and gents after a loverly day at L2B i felt a BOOST of enthusiasum, so i left my house and walked down my garden to my workshop, and aimed to get as much done as my body would allow me, this resulted in being down there from 11m to 9.30pm with the occasional wee & coffee break i maangeed to get far more done than i antisapated

firstly i painted my flange as they had started to surface rust once again, so i sorted those out by wire wheeling them and then painting them, i then put them on my nice new shiney shiney discs



the i thought to go with my discs i would find my calipers and paint them so i found them cleaned and painted them

nice and yellow to go with the polys and the speedwell theme im gettin abit obbsessed about colour



i then decided to attack my gearbox i cleared out all the guck and nasty horrible oil and made it nice and clean, once this was done i clean the outter parts ready for painting





once i had done this i made a mock up of what the engine was going o look like, so all the major 3 parts together

and i came up with this





i then decided with the gearbox being made all pretty i would make the gear linkage loo more presentable,

so i removed and polished the quickshift and the bottom plate removed all the old horrible grease and packed it with lovley new stuff and i then painted the actuall linkage rods and then the housing itsself.








once i had done all of this i then decided to take a look at the bottom of the pickup and make sure that everything was allright.









so i lifted it all up and check everything, aprt from a few dodgy welds everything looks good, so i put the mini back down and then relised that i have dented the rear panel !!! hoping it will just pop out

another update tommorow

[mtjm]

i couldnt see anybody selling Yellow silicone hose sets (do they exsist?) or yellow leads from the dizzy to the plugs.

don't know if you've seen them before, but Moss sell "Bumble Bee" copper competition plug wire. You have to make the leads up yourself from lengths of wire and the end caps, but they are yellow (although with a black stripe).

They're here: http://www.moss-euro...teIndexID=12564

really nice work on the pickup by the way!

Mark

[Mini-Mad-Craig]

Brilliant mate. Are you going to show us any pictures of your new hoody?

[crazirob]

as requested by certain people my hooodie





rite a little bit of an update nothing to exciting today, however ! i did get to order my panels:D so i have a replacement bed coming on thursday, so its going to be cutting out old and in with the new !

with regards to colour brought a tester and tried it out and it was way to light and not dark enough ! it actually looked like a grey rather than a very pale blue. so he are some piccys.










also trying to find a high level gear linkage, are kad the only people to make this kit ?

Robbie

[mighty mini jack]

Awesome! Loving this & the hoodie!

[crazirob]

just gone out too look at the paint an it has got darker which is nice Wehay !

[crazirob]

Got home today and there was a present...........



Gosh what a BIG one i have .............................. i mean box obviously





got the panels from mini machine seem quite good but will have try them on, also i went to tool station today and brought 10 metal cutting discs for 3.62 BARGIN ! ill just have to wait and see how long they last

So i will update again when i start cutting bits out and re welding the new ones on

Robbie

ps the hoodie is cool although for some reason the letters are peeling

[BenH]

Fair play Rob im well interested to see how this is going to turn out.
Hard work colour coding everything isnt it! and then youve gottas keep on top of cleaning it all!
Looking good so far.Didnt know you went L2B either! must of walked past each other and not noticed!
Keep it up mate!