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[THE ANORAK]

New fan belt

[matty...]

Made some lightweight door hinge spreader plates and new header tank with overflow tank.

[Batmini]

Reverted back to the 11 blade fan + aux fan. Tried the 'hot climate' fan but didn't make much difference to my overheating and didn't give me enough room to fit the auxiliary fan (rad had to be moved further into wing due to big offset on tropical fan).
Next trial (before rolling road) is with a 74 degree thermostat.
(Anyone want a nearly new tropical fan, pm if interested )

[Fast Ivan]

Another day, another ******* issue. Dunno whether to put the standard damper back, not impressed by this MED component..
 

What's wrong with it?

[GusRox]

Replaced the petrol sender unit, and finally I know how much fuel is in the tank instead of playing petrol roulette. 

[59 Speed]

Another day, another ******* issue. Dunno whether to put the standard damper back, not impressed by this MED component..
 

What's wrong with it?

That looks like it should clear when it goes into the pulley groove

[Stiggytoo]

Over the past few weeks I've sorted all the ball joints, replaced a number of bushes around the front end, new track rod ends, welded/repaired the door step, sprayed front end in Modena red, added pinstripe to match, fitted front arches, bonnet, lights (mostly), indicators, fasteners for front end, tightened up steering column support (as previous owner left it loose), also fitted throttle pedal stop and two missing bolts to pedal box (again previous owner). Replaced a bunch of metric bolts with imperial (yep previous owner)

 

And to think the previous owner was in training to be an RAF engineer...

 

Jobs left are to dig out an engine and fit it, also exhaust, do tracking, bonnet straps, refit door after floor repair is complete, fit interior, side repeaters, recondition one radius arm and set ride height. Then MOT! 

[alex-95]

Bled twice, once when fitting a new knuckle joint by smashing my knuckle when trying to remove the nylon cup and 2nd the brakes after rebuilding them yesterday. also got my goodies from DSN

[59 Speed]

Made a lowered damper bracket the other day.

Bought a pair from Mini Spares years ago, could only find one. So because I'm a a cheap bugger, instead of buying another pair, I made the other side.

Can you tell which one I made? 😊

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[mk1coopers]

Got a set of new plugs and front pads to fit, but as it looks like it's about to rain, and I can practically guarantee that by the time I get it out of the garage, jack it up, put axle stands under and take a wheel off it will rain I might just settle down and watch the GP instead....

[nicklouse]

Stuff.

[minifreek1]

Fitted a Vauxhall Corsa B beesting aerial to the rear of the roof, which involved drilling a ruddy big hole in the roof and removal of the rear window....

 

Was a good excuse to replace the rear window rubber and chrome trim.... that aint an easy task, even with the insertion tool....

[Northernpower]

Throttle bodies, injectors and fuel rail fitted.

[benm]

Engine bay prep for micra engine.
Took delivery of some new shiny bits :)

[ap0llo_*]

Replaced the blown bulb in the right wing repeater light.

 

Completely drained and flushed the red coolant from my MPI Mini - which looked like it had never been replaced! Filled her back up with some fresh blue glycol based coolant. :)