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[BronkoMini]

Cleaned and waxed him

[mattkjsmith]

Valentines day clean!

[surfblue]

All the painting of the engine and gearbox components completed, new water pump on, drive couplings on.

I would really like to have carried on building it up as a complete unit but the car is 25 miles away at my parents house, if I did that I wouldn't be able to lift it on my own into the back of the Discovery so I'll take it all over next weekend build it up in their garage and hopefully get it back in 

 

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[IainStallard]

Drove down to Portsmouth and lost my friend for an hour, and I couldn't call him as I had his phone, out of pure luck, we met again at a roundabout

[Craig89]

Went for a road trip to collect eBay bits. The noise in the cabin is really starting to do my nut since changing to a centre binnacle.

[Midas Mk1]

Well yesterday.. was time for some fresh air.
 

Edited by Midas Mk1, 16 February 2014 - 06:30 PM.

[silve1999]

toweled all the water out off the car and then cleaned it. stupid floods.

[a_woolhouse]

Treated him to some new decals for when he's resprayed and some oil so he can be serviced  

[Craig89]

dismantled my mk1 heater unit ready for refurbishment. Went to get some abrasive out of my pit for my sandblaster and found this:



Half full of water, did not expect that!
So spent the rest of the day sorting that out

Edited by Craig89, 16 February 2014 - 06:55 PM.

[Brians special mini]

What did I do to my Mini today?  I bought it!  I drove from Brandon to Derbyshire to pick it up!  The seller called it a 1979 Mini Special, but having looked through some of the pictures, I don't know if it's accurate.  Did love the drive home though!  

Edited by Brians special mini, 18 February 2014 - 08:06 PM.

[wile e coyote]

Shamed into action by fatass's problems .....

3 years ago I acquired a mega low miles spi engine - wasn't after yet another engine at the time but at a price of "free if you want it" I wasn't about to pass it up..... trouble being I only have a single garage - full of mini and several other lumps, tools etc ....a lame attempt at an excuse for..... leaving it outside for three years - and for various reasons I wasn't living at home for two of those.... so despite loosening the head / rocker gear to ensure valves shut and chucking a tarp over it . Time came today to deal with it.......hopes not high...and expectations of rusted up bores sky high gallon of diesel purchased.....

 

and ....... its bloomin perfect totally chuffed!!!

[freaker]

tried to start my engine...

 

but no luck in starting it, giving up hope on the engine...

 

freaker

[surfblue]

Got the engine built back up. Just clutch and flywheel to go on and will maybe get it dropped in next weekend.

Well pleased with how its looking so far.

 

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[md7708]

tried to take my bonnet trim off (mk 1 style) only to find rust (what a surprise) and ruined my bonnet

 

looks like i'll be upgrading to a fibreglass one sooner than i thought! 

[old original]

New manifold gasket fitted - absolute a**e of a job -