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[mini93]

got a little done after work today i was even working through snow how hardcore!!!!

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chopped the end of the sill off and explored, im so releaved that the heelboard is fine, just needy tidying up

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can see the subframe mounts here tho the bottom ones a lil rusty seems alright realy

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can see the patch on the left needs cleaning at the edge, chopped a little section out where the metal was less than 1mm thick there was also a little hole here, ill patch it up with a bit of metal from another part maybe floor that need replacing anyway

need to chop a little at front end but realised i was covering neighbours car and thort best leave it, also at this time i was getting covered in snow and all numb, still happy i got that little bit done

[Bean]

Well done you!

[stevesmini]

You will have to replace that other slightly rusty panel if you want 3000 in my opinion

[mini93]

might want to read properly....im keeping it now anyway, also the pannels fine, just needy tidying still has offcuts of other pannel on

[mini93]

rightie ho! started welding today not bad at all
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got the patches at the rear of the sill done,
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got the patch at the front wheel arch done

and one near the seat belt ancorage in place. no pic of this tho painted all the patches in hammerite so stupid rust wouldnt appear

got a few more patches to do before i can start putting the sill on, was going to do today but started to spit with rain so i packed stuff away n stopped how RUDE!

after i packed away found it stopped i fitted the accelorator cable, which was made overly difficult when the cable attached to the bulk head got stuck, drifted that out and holding bit went with it, doh! so faffed about with that for like 45 mins lol hardest bit was getting the holding bit back on to the bulk head, finaly got that in place and my accelerator actualy move now!!! what a novilty

anyway tomorrow, finish the patches off, get as much the sill welded in place, and then if the sills finished off go for a drive down the road

[mini93]

well today i finished patching up the inner sill, or at least what im doing from the outside (there still a bit to do from inside the car)

done a total of 13 patchs so far on the sill, got a few i found on the passanger floor non which are too bad. hope to get them done in the week now the evenings are lighter

also just as i was about to pack away i found my keys (which id lost) battery dead so jumped off the civic and the engine ticked then died to choked the carb and broom again so i guess he doesnt like starting in the cold which will be fine when it gets tuned and RR'ed

also found an old MOT sheet last on the road in 2001 unsure.gif sad.gif poor mini so now i kinda have a list of thing what it failed before

offside front subframe mount seperated/unbonded
both rear sills corroded (out sill) done-ish
all front mounts on rear subframe excesivly worn
excessive play in nearside radius arm
both rear shocks excesivly weak
front floor corroded within 30cm of subframe mount
front brakes and inbalanced
front washer jets unoperational
incorrect fuel cap

all seems relitivly simple

piccys...
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small patch done n ground down, no ferosity there
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welding looks a little rought but has penitrated to the other side
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nice big patch in place
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next to the jacking point, all welded couldnt grind down due to space tho
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all done n hammertited, dont want stupid rust back!
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and sill tacked on, ran out of gas 1/2 way tho so just put some bad ones to hold it in place perhaps get fully tacked tomorrow and start seaming it

[mini93]

well yesterday i just did more welding on account of having no grinding disk's so i got the full length of the sill welded but still need to do the floor side edge thats only spot welded in place at the moment, also did some patches on the passenger floor, some quite nice welds when im not upside down, also poked about a bit found another hole at driver area sill and driver footwell which can be patch

today was just grinding took like hour and 1/2 just to take down the edge of the sill and not even finished yet!, found a few tiny holes when doing it on the lip should fix them with just a zap of the welder, anyway after doing almost all the sill it was food time so i just quickly painted the sill up to prevent rust, not looking bad if i say so myself.

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O/S sill rear section, theres also a hole up near the driver side next to the floor that needs doing so new sill there! not looking forward will be fair hard with the messed up floor
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the drivers floor :S can see just about where the hole goes through aswell
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showing the genral crappyness of the driver floor also see a little of the hole in the driver sill
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as the N/S sill stands tonight, not lookin that bad

so theres seam welding the backside of the sill
passenger side floor patching
driver floor new one
driver wheel arch prod and patch
O/S sill new one
rear valance

late nights soon aswell ill try to borrow flood lamps so i can work till 9 get all welding done ASAP then i can start placing interior back and making it run right and look nice

[mini93]

just a quick update to say iv fully ground the sill lip down now to the required size/shape how ever u look at it...
also done a patch on the passenger floor

and after all that just put some more hammerite over the top as i could still see rust coming up even though it was dry when i did it before, oh well ill just slop it on till its fine, only temp till a respray some time in the future

[mad4mins]

getting there!! are you using 'lead loading'??? ive not used it, but only seen some folks on here using it.. how does it work??

[mini93]

lead loading? i havent even a clue what it is lol any info...should i be using it?

[mad4mins]

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sorry dude i thought that was lead.. lol.. ive not used it either.. just curious.. lol.

what i gather its lead thats heated up and fills gaps better then filler.. dont know .. could be wrong.. lol

[mini93]

oh right...no thats welded patch and ground down
yeah iv heared of that before very old way of doing it, some cars can go around with soo much lead its just stupidly heavy

[minivanman]

Was talking to someone the other day who had driven a car in the sixties that had had a big dent in the roof filled with concrete! He almost rolled it going round a bend it was so top heavy!

[mini93]

haha thats a bit crazy, wouldnt want that

[mini93]

damn n blast! crappy rain! i got myself a maniflow system today just take the old one off come inside to take pics before fitting and woosh comes the rain and i doubt it will dry up any time soon even after it stops raining. So im not happy as i already have a tight deadline as it is

so todays pertchase...

Small bore maniflow LCB
Maniflow link pipe 1. 3/4
Maniflow backbox side exit outward roled lip
The general gubbings and fixings gasket etc
O/S sill
Small bore engine bottom hose

Also got myself a new carburettor off BMM a HIF unit tuned for his 1100 with K&N filter and Maniflow inlet manifold