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[Risky]

Looking good, 10" wheels and 7.5" brakes are the way to go! I also changed my rear light to MK2 items.... way better!

[rob963]

If you suspect water is coming through from inside the door then check to make sure the drain holes (three of them) are clear.

thanks for the tip
checked them this weekend, all clear, so I suspect the missing check strap seal

Looking good, 10" wheels and 7.5" brakes are the way to go! I also changed my rear light to MK2 items.... way better!

Thank you! always nice to get positive comments about my mini from people
yeah after i changed to 10''s it made a big difference
and I agree that mk2 rears are awesome!

[rob963]

I thought it would be a good idea to do a 'little' update...

First of all,
The exhaust fitting:
I happened to get the pleasure of using a 2 post lift for this




but being silly old me,
I forgot to put slits in the down-pipe before fitting it to the y-peice, so as soon as I took it out for a test drive,
this happened:

so I put some slits in it and fixed it right up

Since then I have had some intermittent running issues with the car randomly losing power throughout the rev range.

I changed the distributor cap and rotor arm and that certainly improved the situation but didn't solve it..
but then my exhaust decided to separate again, so whilst i had it on stands to fix that, I though I'd see if the ponts were actually opening or not, turns out they weren't so i adjusted them very roughly so that they just closed in the middle of the flat part between the lobes... and guess what?

SOLVED IT!

I also decided to change my rocker cover gasket at the same time as the old one was a tad ruined...
before:

after:


finally managed to solve something by myself, I'll still be replacing them when I can but it is running very well now

And finally,
this!


(obviously except the gauges)
and this:

[BrAd2012]

Way, you finally got a new rocker cover gasket XD the dash board and centre console is looking good. cant wait to see the before and after pictures. would be intresting to see an actually dashh, not the one you made XD XD

Edited by BrAd2012, 13 November 2012 - 12:18 PM.

[rob963]

Way, you finally got a new head gasket XD the dash board and centre console is looking good. cant wait to see the before and after pictures. would be intresting to see an actually dashh, not the one you made XD XD

woah, woah, its a rocker cover gasket, not a head gasket... read properly next time!

it certainly does! and I should hope so, was not cheap!
haha very funny, you are funny man. you do stand up now.
I know mine is bad, but no need to openly insult me about it...

[BrAd2012]

If its cheap, it may not be worth it so . so i think its money well spent .

i know, i cant help it .

i didnt say it was bad lol. I said it would be nice to see a propper dash . yours is good, if you want it to look more spartan

[rob963]

If its cheap, it may not be worth it so . so i think its money well spent .

i know, i cant help it .

i didnt say it was bad lol. I said it would be nice to see a propper dash . yours is good, if you want it to look more spartan

Yeah I think it was too
Looks even better in person

Hint: that was sarcasm.

Well seeing as you used the word 'proper' I can only assume that you don't think my current dash is a proper dash! If I wanted it to look Spartan, I would take almost everything out!

[BrAd2012]

Well ok, "propper" was the wrong word lol. Your getting a custom dash better :-P

[rob963]

Well ok, "propper" was the wrong word lol. Your getting a custom dash better :-P

*proper* yeah I know I am, and it is going to look much better

So a little update now, decided to have a bit of my christmas present early:



Fits perfectly! And looks awesome
will look even better when the dash goes in too, hopefully this weekend

That's all for now, other than that I need new points

P.s. I was warned that I may have troubles with room between the console and the clutch pedal, but mine is fine

Edited by rob963, 20 November 2012 - 11:33 AM.

[BrAd2012]

Looking awsome!!

May consider getting me one... as they do look pretty cool

You need to get them new points dam it

Edited by BrAd2012, 20 November 2012 - 03:47 PM.

[rob963]

Looking awsome!!

May consider getting me one... as they do look pretty cool

You need to get them new points dam it

Haha don't go copying me with it! but they are pretty cool to be fair...

Haha I know, need money first. damn bank people.

[BrAd2012]

Well you copied my with the centre clocks lol they sure are

ok fair enough, but when you get the money, get the points sorted

[rob963]

Well you copied my with the centre clocks lol they sure are

ok fair enough, but when you get the money, get the points sorted

I genuinely thought you meant to have the 3 clocks in the middle!

Haha! You can't say anything! You had better be getting that wheel bearing sorted today!

[BrAd2012]

I genuinely thought you meant to have the 3 clocks in the middle!

Haha! You can't say anything! You had better be getting that wheel bearing sorted today!

i know don't worry, i didn't really make it 100% clear .

YH i can, haha, as i HAVE the the part.....i just need the time to do it

[rob963]

i know don't worry, i didn't really make it 100% clear .

YH i can, haha, as i HAVE the the part.....i just need the time to do it

I know you didn't! I mis-understood you!

Haha time is money, and in your case, possibly destruction of various parts of your car