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[Ell.s]

Hi All,

I thought I'd start a thread for the recommissioning of my RSP Cooper (number 863).

I have actually owend the car since early 2008 when I was 14 my dad bought it as a project for us to get back on the road. It then had been off the road for 8 years dry stored in a garage.

The car has a cracking history file with many receipts including all the genuine JCG accessories including dash board and door cappings.

We had to do all the usuals brakes etc but the shell is on all it's original panels and paint.

We had a few years fun in it and I even daily'd it for a few months. It then went away in the garage in 2013 and is only just seeing the light of day again. With the battery charged,The car fired up on 7 year old fuel!

- The steering rack needs replacing (a minor accident with a pot hole which caused the mini to go away for a few years).

- The front rubber cones have collapsed and left the front very crashy.

- There is a 90s immobiliser/alarm installed that falses and immobilises the car if the fuse is ever put back in. The wiring also needs removing as it looks a mess under the steering column.

In the early 90s is was converted to have electric windows at a cost of £597! The passenger side window motor seems to have become lazy. Hopefully a good lubing will sort.

The drivers recline has got stuck in a very uncomfortable position.

There are a few very minor patches of rust showing. The worst of which being the drivers A panel. Excusable for a 30 year old Rover Mini.

There is more but enough of my waffle here are the images. Will update as I work through getting her back on the road!


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[Ell.s]

Well tonight I had half an hour spare so made a start tidying the wiring up by removing the alarm/immobiliser. The mass of messy wiring under the steering column and the sounder cluttering the engine bay has always bugged me.

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[Ell.s]

Well tonight I had half an hour spare so made a start tidying the wiring up by removing the alarm/immobiliser. The mass of messy wiring under the steering column and the sounder cluttering the engine bay has always bugged me.

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[exuptoy]

Love it. I had an RSP in green. Yours looks in remarkable condition.

[Bdshim]

Nice rsp, hopefully mine will look the same one day,

[MiniJosh92]

Looks lovely!

[Ell.s]

Thanks guys! It is somewhat of a survivor when you consider the state of most 90s minis. It's certainly the only one out of the 3 I've owned with original rot free sills.

[Wise Old Elf]

Welcome. Good to see another RSP being revived.

[Ell.s]

Welcome. Good to see another RSP being revived.

Definitely. Not quite as big a task as your revival!

[Wise Old Elf]

Welcome. Good to see another RSP being revived.

Definitely. Not quite as big a task as your revival!

Mine is a long term project. I am hoping to paint the front half in the next few weeks.

[slidehammer]

Very nice looking RSP Cooper. Good luck with the work you are doing to it.

[Ell.s]

A couple of little bits done tonight.

I have fitted a Richbrooke Dis-car-nect, taking the negative off the battery all the time was starting to get at me and the terminal is about knackered. This was reccomend by someone on another thread and I must say I'm impressed. One turn of the knob and the battery is disconnected. You can also take the knob away with you as an anti theft device.
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I then set about the temp sender I broke about 10 years ago. I managed to source a new old stock item for 25 quid from a guy on Facebook called "Mini Dave" he has tonnes of NOS stuff so always worth a shout for the hard to find items.

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I cannot recall the correct cable routing for this sensor, I have it running behind the Rad currently but this doesn't look correct to me. Would anyone with an RSP be able to help?

Edited by Ell.s, 06 August 2020 - 08:32 PM.

[Cooper Mac]

Mine isn't an RSP, but it does have the same temp sender! I remember it being a pain to get one of these from Rover, back in the day, as they said this part didn't exist!

 

Here is the routing on mide before strip down:

 

 

It does a U turn under the top hose, and then fits under the clip on the Radiator support bracket, then goes behind the expansion tank (now as just 2 blue wires) to plug into the loom.

 

The replacement one I had from Rover (in the end...) came with bullet connectors, as your's does in the photo, which I had to cut off and solder onto the 2 way plug on the loom.

 

Could you send the the detail of Mini Dave as I'm not on Facebook, but will need one of these for my spares!

 

Cheers!

[Ell.s]

Thanks Cooper Mac, I will try and find his number for you I've since realised its actually Mini Mark (god knows where I got dave from) . Interestingly the RSP loom has the female bullets.

Edited by Ell.s, 07 August 2020 - 08:53 PM.

[Ell.s]

Mini Mark 07729380300