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[pickuptruck1994]

Im glad my thread didnt lose anything after that hack. Feel sorry for people whos threads did get damaged in the proccess. Right I still havnt done any more mini as normal all my a levels are taking all my time away with teachers telling you that their subject is important than the others and should spend all your time working on that subject. Bla bla bla boring I just want to be free of my a levels now. well after the 15th june which is my last exam yay, the mini will be getting all my concentration to get it finished and be put on the road just a few big bits.left to do now the can start rebuilding it with all the new parts
Any way
Welding on
Jordan

[pickuptruck1994]

right i think i have gone a bit mental as gone and got myself a bmw k100 engine for next to nothing. im not going to be converting this engine to it i will be keep it and doing it on a spare engine that my friend has or i will be keep it and using it as a collage project when i start in September after finishing my a levels. when it is finished i will probs put it in this mini and get some good fast fun out of it :)
welding on
jordan

[pickuptruck1994]

well nothing much has been done on the mini and to help with the progress my saxo has made its mind up to pack up yay, started where i went round mates house picked up his spare 998 to help rebuild mine, set off back in to weston and got about 5 miles down the road stopped at some traffic light and just cut out and will not start again so waited for 2 hours for my mum to come and give me a tow all the way home, crapped myself not have a servo working tho :s not going into sixth form tomorrow going to work at home pop down and see my mums friend and borrow his 16pin code reader to see whats up. and also for bad luck my mate who i was with mini brakes failed on him driving to work so i think he had the bad luck and made my car to stop working lol
will try and get some more mini done soon as its so much cooler and cheaper and easier to work on and more fun to drive
getting through the hard times
jordan

[pickuptruck1994]

right update on the heap of junk saxo looked into it got spark fuel so took the top cam cover off and turned it over and the cam didnt move yay not got a new cam belt coming today going to time it up and hope for the best i think fingers crossed :S

[pickuptruck1994]

good new the saxo is working :) timed it all up and turned it over by hand and it was fine turned he key and fired back in to life, one thing i gota do is the tappets as they are a little lose :s any way im back on the road and will be working on the mini again soon /:)
getting there
jordan

[lucas1amps]

update jordey!

[pickuptruck1994]

finally an update lol. as I have been working full time now since September its taken it toll as for the first two months I was working 7 days a week working two jobs so the mini was left for a while.. anyway some progress has been made..... the drivers inner sill has been repaired and new outer sill.... battery box has been done I am now doing the n/s sills and other rust issues yay not....... picture time....

[pickuptruck1994]

more and that is all so far. and through all that my angle grinder blew up so rebuilt it with new bushes that came with it, it then blew up again after about 10 min so went out and got a 1000w one which is amazing. also ran out of welding wire so got a 5kg roll and another gas bottle but need to get a big one when I can afford it :) which mean I can then weld hours on end. also needed to get some more welding tips so I got some but the threads were to small so then got some that fitted and carried on welding after a week of looking for tips that will fit. welding on Jordan also if any one has advice on the arch would help a lot. I don't want to replace the whole arch so might see if I can just get the bit that has rusted out and leave the bit in where the shock mounts

Edited by pickuptruck1994, 24 November 2012 - 09:03 PM.

[pickuptruck1994]

right not much of an update right finished welding by the rear subframe mount started cutting out around the end of the cross member but going to leave it now until I fit my new door step so I can get up under it once the door step is removed but in the mean time I got to work on one of these beauties that's it for now welding on Jordan

Edited by pickuptruck1994, 02 December 2012 - 11:10 PM.

[lucas1amps]

whos K series is that? keep going mate be worth it london to brighton 2013 game on!

[pickuptruck1994]

right got a bit more done now but ran out of gas and low on money again but will be have a clear out soon to sell bits and bobs to get money to put in to the mini as I just want to get it finished now !!!!!!!! bored of it just being sat on its side looking sorry for itself.... right update time lined the new panel up to see how it will look. most of my time at the mo went in to painting this one my misses is going to be driving it soon so need to get it finished. right a patch has been put in a patch has been welded back in to the seat belt mounting area but have now finished it yet as ran out of gas, also whats the best way to weld the selt belt mounting plate again ??? advice will be grateful welding on Jordan

[pickuptruck1994]

Right bored of buying the little gas bottles now so went out and ordered a gas reg and big bottle. So i can get some weldi.g done without running out all the time. Need to get it finished now as want to have it realy for london to brighton.
Will update soon
jordan

[pickuptruck1994]

right bit of an update seat belt mount not taken apart bit fuzy but my new big gas bottle finished prepping door floor pan weld cleaned up and painted seat belt area mount patch where the door step rot was inner sill patch pic of the inner sill so far. going to be doing some work on it tomorrow as got a free day sp hopefuly I can get inner sill finished and make a start to finish the door welding on Jordan

[steven]

nice project

[pickuptruck1994]

cheers its getting there jordan