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[Ben_O]

ha!

 

I wonder if anyone would be interested?

 

I'd have to work on the design though so that it would bolt together instead of welded

[F1L8EY]

Looking good mate, ill follow, as this is looking like the sort of disassembly level mine requires HAHA, keep the good work up

[Stu.]

Thanks F1L8EY. It'll be quite steady progress, but I'll post piccys up of whatever I do and whenever I do it. Let me know if you start a project page yourself and I'll subscribe to it :)

[F1L8EY]

I've got 2 on the go, Cheska the checkmate and £150 PCM challenge, (a 72 clubman very similar state of disrepair) but last year I've been deployed with thte military so much I've done nothing, i get back in FEB and I'm keen to make progress this year

[Stu.]

Subscribed to both. Looking forward to some updates come Feb then :)

[Stu.]

Didn't do anything on Felix today, but I did get this welding trolly :)



So moving the rig around should be much easier now.

Edited by Stu., 04 January 2015 - 03:29 PM.

[F1L8EY]

Loads better... what size bottle is that ?? and are you using Argon ??

[Stu.]

It's 1.34 cubic metres of gas in a 9 litre cylinder. It's Hobbyweld 5, which is a mix of argon, co2 and oxygen. The cylinder is 850mm high roughly. Seems to work very well, I just need to improve my welding skills but that'll come on the more I do.

Edited by Stu., 04 January 2015 - 11:49 PM.

[inkyjamesdee]

Nice project look forward to seeing more. Loving the trolley. I could use something like that I always have crap piled up on top once my welder lol.

[Stu.]

Cheers James. I'll have a read through your project pages later after work.

[Stu.]

I was going to order my inner wing so I could get on with finishing the passenger floor, A post, and fitting of the inner wing, but I'm off to the Mini Fair at the end of the month so I'll be picking one up when I'm there. This means I cant really do too much until I have it, but there are lots of small repairs needed around the front bulkhead and floor so I've got plently to keep me occupied.
 
I had to cut out some corrosion to the A post cover panel and weld in a new section.
 

 
New section ready to weld in with replacement plug welds ready to go in where spot welds were cut out.
 

 
New section welded in, ground down and linished.
 

 
My order from Bilt Hamber also arrived this week, and I wanted to try out the Electrox primer which I purchased in a tin to brush on. Judging by the weight of the tin it's got a lot of zinc in the paint. The technical data sheet says the cured film contains in excess of 90% zinc.
 
It says it provides an anti-corrosion coating without the need for a top coat, so I think I'll be ok to leave the completed areas just with 2 coats of Electrox on until I overcoat with their epoxy mastic.
 
I tried it out on a small area of the A post cover panel after I'd linished the repair and after I had got rid of the surface rust and degreased it. It's gone on by brush very nicely and covers well, although it says not to over brush it.
 

 
The products I have received from Bilt Hamber which I've tried out (Electrox and Deox-Gel) seem to work very well and I'm happy with the results. I'll be putting on 2 coats of Electrox to the areas I complete and will do it in panel stages large enough to be worth opening the tin for, unless it's the fiddly small areas like the A post I'm doing now in which case it'll have to be done in small bits.

Edited by Stu., 19 April 2015 - 07:21 PM.

[Stu.]

I've not done any work on Felix for a while as I've been taking apart an AP Auto engine and gearbox among other things, but I've started on him again now. Not got much done but I'll be ordering an inner wing this week. I did get the bulkhead crossmember void surface rust removed and zinc primed.





More to come very soon. Thanks for looking.

Edited by Stu., 15 February 2015 - 10:54 PM.

[Ben_O]

Any progress is good progress ;)

[Stu.]

I've been getting my head around an Auto box and engine I have in the garage, and while I was unable to work on Felix (long story) I dismantled it to see how it all works.
 
I found it all very interesting and now it's apart I can overhaul the seperate bits and look to re-build it (in between restoring Felix's shell, maintaining Molly and cleaning up all the other bits, so god knows when).
 
If I get it done and its ok, I might consider putting it into Felix to see how it goes. If it turns out ok I think I'll leave it in him and overhaul the other 998 manual I have spare once he's on the road.

I'm keeping a page going on the Automatic Mini Register Forum if anyone wants to keep up to date with what I'm doing on it.
 
You can find it here http://autominiregis...-engine-project.

I've also just ordered an inner wing and some other stuff for Felix so I can carry on with the front end.
 
Thanks for looking.

Edited by Stu., 19 April 2015 - 07:22 PM.

[Stu.]

I received some goodies from Minispares yesterday. Got my inner wing and a few other bits. The packaging was really good too.

Edited by Stu., 21 February 2015 - 11:34 PM.