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[Bean]

Yeaaahhh - Didn't get chance to do that!

Then K's Mini needed a new head gasket - Which turned into a mammoth job! ... which we weren't able to finish this weekend!


So - K's on a course in MK this week & needed to get there ... only option? Nora!

So, a couple of weeks ago, I had a large arguement with Nora's insurance company - Which resulted in me cancelling, so I've not been able to drive her. Today, I frantically bought some insurance (£180 cheaper!!!).

Nora and K went on their way - Leaving my parents house at 7:15


At 8pm, Nora cut out and had spluttered her way 15 miles and only got K to our house!

So now, she's sitting on the driveway - With Reggie, who has a blown gearbox, and Ronnie, who is a shell and now has a massive dent in the back.


Bloomin' cars! >

[bamby]

oh Hell!! not a good weekend in the Bean household then?

Well I hope it does pick up for you miss ! minis will be Minis

[Bean]

It's just what happens in the Bean household!

You really wouldn't believe some of the things that happen to me, if I told you!



Including the time we went to a Mini show in 2 minis & broke down in both of them! - Got home at 7am the following morning - Just in time to get ready to go to work!

Then there was the time I got crashed in to on the way to a Mini show!

... And then again, in the same car, 2 weeks later!!


I swear ... the list is endless!! You learn to live with it after a while, once you've realised it's not just someone taking the mick!!!

[liirge]

Good luck!!

[Bean]

Thank you!

Problem now, is that she's got a full tank of fuel!! Lol

[bamby]

oh crikey! i know that feeling - best laugh I had was just filled mine up and she refused to start nearly killed me pushing her out of the way at the petrol station!

Fingers crossed mr K can sort it out

[Bean]

Gutted, lol - Might just swap the tank out for another one & then transfer the fuel! When we swapped Reggie to MPi, he had a full tank of fuel in him (not by choice!), so we're used to faffing about!

Yeah - He'll sort it!!

I spent most of my weekend taking the Golf apart, just to fit a new bloomin' headlight! What a stupid, stupid set-up!

[Bean]

Well, we've not had chance to do anything on her recently. K's Mini needed new suspension cones, the headgasket finishing, a service, new headlights & the exhaust re-fitted!

So that's done!!


I've managed to get Nora back to my mum & dad's this evening - Still with her blockage.

We'll work on her on Thursday, methinks. She needs to be ready for SMD!


She needs:

Blockage finding and removing,
Brakes seem to be made of cheese - They've got really bad - Think there's still air in them
Clutch needs bleeding - Her biting point is about 1cm off the floor!
I think she's got a headlight out
She's running rich and fast



I think that's it!

[Mini-Mad-Craig]

Not too much then! Hopefully see you and Nora around over the course of the weekend then!

[Podman]

Just seen this post, awesome job.
What did you cut the paint back with?

[bamby]

best of luck with sorting the jobs, see you at the weekend will look out for nora )

[Bean]

Hey Podman,
The paint was cut back with Meguars polishes and 'Scratch X'!


Bamby & Craig - Sorry, didn't get to catch up with you at the weekend - Had a bit of a nightmare SMD, to be honest - Didn't get to see much of the show - Spent most of our time in A&E!



But - On a different note ...

Nora broke down 21 (ish) times on the way to SMD! Took us 10 hours to get there - That's gotta be a record?


Pikey & K fitted a replacement fuel pump, at the side of the A361! Thinking that would solve the problem, we plodded on - Only for her to break down 15 minutes down the road - Turned out that the valve in the float bowl was really badly worn and was sticking - nothing a bit of careful sanding wouldn't temporarily solve!

Unfortunately, she kept spluttering and coughing - More and more violently!


Aaannyways - We arrived at Bewl water at 11:30PM Pitched the tent in the dark, nattered to some random Essex mini club members & settled in.


Fast forward a couple of days and a few hospital visits later, it was time for us to go off on holiday in K's Mini & Pikey was to take Nora home. She'd had a new valve and seemed to be running really well.


At our hotel in Folkestone, I get a text that Pikey had got home - And only had to stop 12 times on the way home!!

Pikey then had Nora for the week and did a helluva lot of work on her, righting a few wrongs and bringing her up to speed! (Fankoo!! )



Bad news is ... she's still playing up and we don't know why!

K & Pikey have narrowed it to either the coil or the dizzy, but it'll take some working out - She's so inconsistant!

Anywho - Managed to get her home last night and arrived at 2PM - Then collapsed in bed, and immediately fell unconscious!



Hope everyone else had a better SMD, lol

[luiji89]

dude this is really strange!

i had exactly the same problem with my car on the way to SMD and the day before my float valve was messed up too, and i fitted a fuel filter on the side of the road!

high five bean :L

[Bean]

Ooops - I meant to say 'fuel pump', lol

I fitted a fuel filter the day before, when I had the whole tank out, and the air line and made sure there was no way on earth that there was a blockage in it!


Sounds like you had a great time on the way to SMD as well, lol

[luiji89]

oh yes it was a lovely relaxing drive, having to use the choke to get up hills >< due to the exhaust being loose!!