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[grahama]

Am after one myself, but they seem to be going for about 300 quid on fleabay at the mo. Missed one for 99 quid the other week !!! Hope the wedding all goes ok pal, up to 20 yrs this year, bloody hell that's a lot of nagging under the bridge lol.

Graham

[Carlos W]

We're getting married in Sri Lanka, then on to the Maldives for the honemoon! She is great, she bought me the mini, and I get loads of time to work on it!

[husky2010]

got yourself a keeper there with the sunday roasts buying u a mini and letting you work on it :) unless theres a catch some where down the line haha

great thread so far mate your work looks great keep at it will follow you on this :)

[Carlos W]

She is great, she brings coffee, Bacon sandwiches, etc down to the garage!

She works shifts so when she's at work I have loads of time to play on the mini!

[husky2010]

you lucky lucky man

[hughJ]

Hey Carlos congratulations - all the very best with the wedding and honeymoon. Than its back to reality - welding that Mini.

Hugh

[Carlos W]

The aim is to get into the garage tomorrow or Wednesday evening to do some grinding, then Thursday (I'm off work) should involve fitting the rear valance!

I was going to do it tonight but my arms are too sore from my holiday injections!

[Shep76S]

A trip to the Maldives is worth any number of injections, and I hate them. Which island are you visiting?

[Carlos W]

Filitheyo, 10 days all inclusive!

[jackmason]

The hole in the bottom of the flywheel housing it there to drain any oil that may get into the casing through a dodgy primary gear oil seal. It stops the casing fill up with oil and affecting the clutch. And also makes it obvious there's a leak by dripping the oil all over the floor.

[Carlos W]

The hole in the bottom of the flywheel housing it there to drain any oil that may get into the casing through a dodgy primary gear oil seal. It stops the casing fill up with oil and affecting the clutch. And also makes it obvious there's a leak by dripping the oil all over the floor.

Thanks for that mate, makes perfect sense now!

I've been down to the garage for an hour after work this evening to do some grinding back of welds and take some snaps!


The hole where the battery box came from (hole for the cable still to weld up)

Can't remember what this bit is called

New holes for subframe bolts

This is my latest 1275 block (standard bore) I've oiled the bores then wrapped the whole thing in cling film

I've got lots more grinding of welds to do, I may do another hour tomorrow night, the ear plugs make it far more bearable!

[Carlos W]

Today was the day to fit the rear valance!

Challenging was not the word!

The main issue is the car has had one of the rear corners replaced at some point and it's not quite the right shape, and I want to go for the debumpered look so it's being seem welded from the inside then the lip will be removed!

So after lots of clamping, tacking, clamping, tacking it's in the correct place!

I'm also going to partially remove the vertical bit which is right at the bottom of the valance.

It's not at the stage where I'm willing to show this to anyone so no pics yet!

I'll get back on it on Saturday as the Mrs is at work and I'm off! Only a tiny bit of gas left, so I'll get that used up and get some more ordered!

[J960mayfair]

wealder ok matey?

[Carlos W]

wealder ok matey?

Yeah, it likes more of a distance from the tip to the place you're welding, but that's not the end of the world!

It might not be the prettiest thing but it's certainly doing the job!

[Carlos W]

Got about 10 minutes welding done today before I ran out of gas!

I'll get some more ordered on Monday so that we can crack on a bit more on Thursday

So, I decided to wash and polish the Mazda!