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[jinjrich]

Got the dash sorted:

[crazycoleman118]

love it! looks real tidy! i really want wellers

[jinjrich]

A little update... bonnet is finished.. just waiting for my new arches!

[RossKnight]

Looks amazing Just out of curiosity, are the brakes easy enough to fit, you've made me want 10" wheels for my mini now... haha

[jinjrich]

Looks amazing Just out of curiosity, are the brakes easy enough to fit, you've made me want 10" wheels for my mini now... haha

Yeah its not a difficult job. I was lucky in that i renewed all the brakes 2 years ago so everything came apart easily. The biggest problem is brake lines corroding onto the fexipipes etc., and you may also have a struggle bleeding the brakes if you've never done it before. All usefull stuff to learn. Oh, and one more thing, you might want to change the wheel bearings while its all in bits. Just follow the haynes book of lies.

Edited by jinjrich, 03 January 2011 - 03:57 PM.

[jinjrich]

All ready for his MOT this morning.....

[Danny_California]

Looks great, not a bad job on those sills! Did you pass?

[jinjrich]

Passed! No advisories either so pretty chuffed. Just given it a blast and its certainly not feeling right, i think the wheels are to blame as i'm getting a lot of vibration under acceleration. Gonna get them rebalanced as when i bought them i took the guys word they were ready to go on, but i did notice threes no weights on a couple of them.

Might as well service the engine as well.

Hopefully that will sort it! Ready for Bingley hall.

[jinjrich]

So i decided to service the engine, and found a LOT of mayo underneath the rocker cover. I mean LOADS.....

SO i've taken the head off and the head gasket doesnt seem so bad.... going to check the head isnt warped tomorrow. Does anyone else have any other ideas?

One of the valves is black bright and the others are all pretty white.... bit worried about this!

[CaptainBland08]

hhhhmmm you got a picture of the head gasket?

could be the valves stem seals have gone... try whacking some of the little black rubber seals on them...

[jinjrich]

I'll post a pic in a while.

That might explain the colours of the valves, but not the water in the oil. Must be something i've missed on the gasket

[jinjrich]

Heres a couple of pics of the cylinder head and gasket... and one of the dreaded mayo!!! What do people think?

[jinjrich]

Engines all back together so went for a drive today into the East yorkshire countryside... took a few pics:

[myredmini]

Beautiful mini !!!

[OllieTheWelder]

WOW Lovely mini! Hopefully mine will be like that someday... I've yet to see you round York

Ollie.