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[Carlos W]

Good effort Graham. Get the glass in.

[Cookiez]

Well done Graham

Keep going, soon be done

 

I have followed your project since the start.

I too was building a Mini for my Son.

Some of the stages of welding we were doing the same stuff

 

Great work, Would love to se it when its done.

[grahama]

I take it from your post you have had better motivation than me and finished lol ?? Is the next one for yourself??

[steeley]

Looks like a good starting point looks in great condition for the year

[Cookiez]

No Graham its not for me

 

The first one was involved in an accident

 

I'm starting all over again with a new shell, then putting all the bits back on that one.

[grahama]

Hi all,
 
been a while, again but hopefully I have found my enthusiasm again !!
 
Wheels now like this,  just need lacquer
 
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I had an issue with a leaky brake caliper that ruined my nicely painted caliper  I used some brake line sealer on the sealing bolts and bleed nipple aswell as cleaning the seats properly,  seems to have done the trick,  but paint job need a bit of work
 
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The mini had become a Winter dumping ground so this morning I cleaned it out and voila
 
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clean as its been for a good while so continued on with the sound deadening I started a long long time ago, same flashing tape heated and smoothed into place.
 
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I was on a roll inside and got carried away so I put the interior inside.
 
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The interior being in has given me the boost I was lacking and I can now see the end in sight.  More fiddling tomorrow in the engine bay which should bring the MOT soon.  However a few years on the car without moving leaves the ******* rubber these days like this
 
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As I have said before,  back in the game lol
 
Graham

Edited by grahama, 20 April 2016 - 08:17 PM.

[danie garry]

was thinking about this build earlier, good to see its still on the go

keep at it!

[alex-95]

Good to see an update, must be pretty close now. bloody annoying about the rubber parts these days, I had to replace 2 year old brake pipes as they had perished.

[Cookiez]

Glad to see you back on the Mini Graham

 

not long now.

[grahama]

Hi all,

 

thought this was behind me lol....

 

 

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went to check the electrics after burning the wires when i tried to start the mini with it wired up wrong.  Hazards, interior, brake test circuits not working, and blowing my power supply fuse.  So after an afternoon of trial and error i decided to whip it out and strip the section around the fuse box and look for a short.

 

 

no burnt or shorted wires so checked and checked and then finally decided to look at the fuses. The hazard fuse under the scuttle was showing ok when tested but didn't work, very confusing, but once swapped it worked fine.  The brake test switch was a combination of poor switch and a wire wrongly connected, all sorted.

 

i decided to move the connections for the rear and front loom and fuses inside while the loom was in bits again, seems sensible to have them inside and away from the elements.

 

 

 

all re wrapped and changed about.  

 

I have thought about changing the mini switches for toggle ones as my switches are crap and temperamental.  I worked out via internet help some diagrams, hazard being the worst to sort but here it is, and it works fine.

 

 

Wired up the relays and found some 3mm banana connectors to fit into the existing blocks as didn't want to remove them just incase i wanted to go back.

 

 

 

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Wrapped up and ready to install when I sort there dash and get the toggles

 

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At least it is sorted now and toggles on the way to replacing the crappy switches i have.

 

Moving on again.

 

Graham

Edited by grahama, 29 April 2016 - 08:23 PM.

[MrBounce]

I have just read the whole thing over the last two days! Fantastic work sir! 

[grahama]

Thanks a lot,

I have procrastinated a lot over the last couple of years to be honest, blaming the weather etc, but I just lost heart a bit. I am back on the case now and want it running this summer.

I have some time off now so as long as the weather holds I can get on, but am stuck inside at present fiddling with the loom, changing switched and sorting a dash. Pics to follow soon when I have an update worth posting.

Regards,

Graham

[lawrence]

I like the hazard mod but you could have made it so much easier for yourself by simply adding two diodes from the toggle switch output like I have mate :)
Keep up the progress tho
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[grahama]

If only I knew lol. It's been a faf altering the switches and making a loom to convert especially when parts have to be ordered but glad I did it. Can you post a circuit diagram of your circuit plz, just for interest.

[lawrence]

I can't do a wiring diagram but I can explain it. One Flasher unit------ two outputs. one to indicator stalk one to hazard switch. Indicator leave as normal. Hazard switch output split two ways and add the diodes. Then tap those wires into the left and right indicator wires. The diodes stop the back flow of current thefore indicators work as normal. Simple, tidy and very cheap :)