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[willava182]

They are pretty ugly to be honest, big plastic sheet hard to get on and off, are there any alternatives to them?

Cheers :)

Edited by willava182, 27 April 2014 - 12:32 PM.

[alex-95]

put a peice of plastic on the grille, put a marigold glove over the top and cable tie the fingers..

[willava182]

put a peice of plastic on the grille, put a marigold glove over the top and cable tie the fingers..

What exactly do I need to cover? :)

[Ben_O]

 

put a peice of plastic on the grille, put a marigold glove over the top and cable tie the fingers..

What exactly do I need to cover? :)

 

The Distributor i would imagine 

 

Ben

[willava182]

Yeah the dizzy, what about spark plugs?

[Ben_O]

Spark plugs should be ok, Just give them a liberal dose of WD40 or something like that.

 

Ben

[willava182]

Spark plugs should be ok, Just give them a liberal dose of WD40 or something like that.

 

Ben

 

Okay cool, someone did mention these to me, but not sure if they actually make a difference :)

http://www.minispare...px|Back to shop

[Ben_O]

I wouldn't know about them myself but they look pretty good.

 

Ben

[willava182]

I wouldn't know about them myself but they look pretty good.

 

Ben

 

Heres a question for you, could i just cut off and use the bottom part of my current shield... looks like this (its upside down in that photo) 

Edited by willava182, 27 April 2014 - 01:41 PM.

[Bungle]

when we were young a marigold glove on the dizzy was a must do mod

[Ben_O]

 

I wouldn't know about them myself but they look pretty good.

 

Ben

 

Heres a question for you, could i just cut off and use the bottom part of my current shield... looks like this (its upside down in that photo) 

 

I don't know if you would have any benefit by doing that as surely the water would get up underneath. Plus you would need to fabricate some way of attaching it at the bottom that was easier and quicker to remove than the whole shield otherwise you may as well just carry on with the full shield.

 

I like the idea of fitting something behind the grille.

 

I am pretty sure that some Mini's had a plastic moulded shield that fitted behind the grille in front of the dizzy?

[willava182]

I don't know if you would have any benefit by doing that as surely the water would get up underneath. Plus you would need to fabricate some way of attaching it at the bottom that was easier and quicker to remove than the whole shield otherwise you may as well just carry on with the full shield.

 

I like the idea of fitting something behind the grille.

 

I am pretty sure that some Mini's had a plastic moulded shield that fitted behind the grille in front of the dizzy?

 

 

I mean using the bit that covers the dizzy and attaches at the bottom.

 

Every time I want to remove it i pretty much have have to remove the grille, i can't slide it down the front easily

[Ben_O]

Yeah, that's what i was talking about. You want to cut of the narrow bottom bit so you are just left with the top wide part to cover the head. What i was saying is that with out the narrow bottom but to fix at the bottom, you will only have the top bit which would let water up under it and would need some kind of fixing to hold it down along the bottom.

 

Ben

[Cerberus]

I made my own weather shield out of some plastic sheet and just zip tie it to the brackets on the rocker cover bolts.  No fixing at the bottom.

 

All I have to do to get it off is snip the two zip ties and pull it out.

If I just want to check oil or something, I can just pull it up and hold it out the way.

 

 

[willava182]

Yeah, that's what i was talking about. You want to cut of the narrow bottom bit so you are just left with the top wide part to cover the head. What i was saying is that with out the narrow bottom but to fix at the bottom, you will only have the top bit which would let water up under it and would need some kind of fixing to hold it down along the bottom.

 

Ben

 

Sorry   i meant only using the narrow bit