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[minimuk]

Looking good, congrats with MUK! Would love to have those kind of roads over here in the Netherlands!

Hi Rick, yes I do remember they are rather flat and slow,..might come over with him end of May and see f there are any speed camera's.

How is your HL doing, all welding done yet?

[Risky]

Nothing yet unfortunately, the floor will be done as soon as possible I hope.
It is a shame that it's rusting, but I'm glad that he's driving very good so far. About 1000 miles ago I replaced the head gasket because the old one was missing quite a large piece between cilinder 3 and 4... The disk brakes are working great as well!

I managed to get a pair of original Rover wings to go on my Mini (70 quid for both, not bad I think).

[minimuk]

Nothing yet unfortunately, the floor will be done as soon as possible I hope.
It is a shame that it's rusting, but I'm glad that he's driving very good so far. About 1000 miles ago I replaced the head gasket because the old one was missing quite a large piece between cilinder 3 and 4... The disk brakes are working great as well!

I managed to get a pair of original Rover wings to go on my Mini (70 quid for both, not bad I think).

Not bad for those wings, was that in Holland?is the head an origional one or a 1275 head, should not blow gaskets,......

[minimuk]

used dwell meter for the first time today, interesting piece of kit I wish I had that one month's ago,....adjusted points to speck, from 44 to 54 degrees, corected timing +5degrees and carb idle to 850-900. all good and smooth.

[Risky]

Not bad for those wings, was that in Holland?is the head an origional one or a 1275 head, should not blow gaskets,......

Yes that was in Holland, via a forum member of the dutch Mini forum ;) The head is an original 998 item, don't know why it blew but it looks to be fine so far with the new head gasket


A dwell meter, what kind of tool is that?

Edited by Risky, 26 February 2012 - 06:56 PM.

[minimuk]

Not bad for those wings, was that in Holland?is the head an origional one or a 1275 head, should not blow gaskets,......

Yes that was in Holland, via a forum member of the dutch Mini forum ;) The head is an original 998 item, don't know why it blew but it looks to be fine so far with the new head gasket


A dwell meter, what kind of tool is that?

dwell meter is an electrical tool to measure the dwell angle/time between the cam lobes in the dizzy and closing the points between them. all to do with the strenght of the spark into cylinders,...Mechanically you set the points with a feeler blade, however a dwell meter is accurate.

when you blown the gasket(s) have you ever skimmed the head and top of the block?

[Risky]

when you blown the gasket(s) have you ever skimmed the head and top of the block?

No haven't done that, I was told when a head gasket blew, and the engine didn't overheat, it should be fine to fit a new one without skimming, but I've torqued the bolts to 72Nm instead of 68Nm. So far he's doing fine

[minimuk]

when you blown the gasket(s) have you ever skimmed the head and top of the block?

No haven't done that, I was told when a head gasket blew, and the engine didn't overheat, it should be fine to fit a new one without skimming, but I've torqued the bolts to 72Nm instead of 68Nm. So far he's doing fine

Might be worth looking at the head, a skim might just what is needs when gasket goes again,(hopefully not), would not over-torque the bolts to much, to often, engine gets hot and needs to expand,......4Nm is not a lot but could be to much.

[Risky]

Might be worth looking at the head, a skim might just what is needs when gasket goes again,(hopefully not), would not over-torque the bolts to much, to often, engine gets hot and needs to expand,......4Nm is not a lot but could be to much.

Will do that when the gasket goes again, but I hope it won't!

[minimuk]

Might be worth looking at the head, a skim might just what is needs when gasket goes again,(hopefully not), would not over-torque the bolts to much, to often, engine gets hot and needs to expand,......4Nm is not a lot but could be to much.

Will do that when the gasket goes again, but I hope it won't!

,what is your cylinder compression on all 4?

[Mini Mad Drakeley]

finally got round to reading this thread right through and you've done an absolutely cracker job mate especially since it was your 1st project and looking at the pictures of how it 1st started out haha

just need to read through evy's thread now but well done mate

[minimuk]

finally got round to reading this thread right through and you've done an absolutely cracker job mate especially since it was your 1st project and looking at the pictures of how it 1st started out haha

just need to read through evy's thread now but well done mate

cheers, appreciate your comment, Muk is up and running but still needs nursing now and then(its a mini afterall), Evy is in the same state as Muk was only Muk all was covered up, while EVY all rust ,if there is a panel, is right in front of you, so all more planning rather then a quick fix, but you will see what I am up against now,....

Edited by minimuk, 16 March 2012 - 08:23 PM.

[minimuk]

Having shown MUK to his mates at Malvern last Sunday,



he had a good run, but not that happy with his pulling power and driving form felt like he was holding back on me, so yesterday I got finally my Dwell meter from fleabay, and started playing with re-tuning and timing today.
set Dwell on 54 it was on 64, no wonder,.....re-set timing at 8 on 1500RPM, 0+2 on 750 Idle, then the CO2, at 3.1%, So theoretically should be spot on, He sounds good will have him on the road tmr for a test run,hopefully it will be the last of it......snow tday

Edited by minimuk, 04 April 2012 - 02:57 PM.

[minimuk]

Have decided that the Sportex Dual exit exhaust has to go as it is affecting the engine's preformance, its a 998cc engine, 2" exhaust pipe creates to much back pressure, although it sounded fab and looked good, it is time for a change.

put MUK on ramps and stands,



final check and say goodby



off with it



Recieved today from somerford mini's, Maniflow single box 13/4" exhaust system+kit, hopefully all goes well and will be offered tomorrow.

[jagman.2003]

Looking like an excellent project. Hope the exhaust works well.