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[E.L.M.O]

Hooray, I can imagine Neil's uber happy now

id be alot happier if i handt spent ages ripping the engine out for no reason!

wasnt there oil under the car on the motorway? where did that come from then??

you're getting confused with the old engine David, you silly boy

The engine on riv run was the 1293 that put a con rod through the engine. that didnt seize. that wrote everything in the engine off. this is the MG engine i had sitting around. I paid to have it fitted before L2B'07 but iy seized after turning over a few times, or so i thought. turns out it was just the wrong starter motor.

poser

that he is, that he is

Oi! i was actually trying to keep warm. it was del wanting the pics. It was bloody freezing!

[mini93]

aaah right...would also help if i didnt get confused about the dates os L2B and rivi

did you get piccys of the 1293 then? cause of failure bad build? bad components?

[E.L.M.O]

There was a fair few minis in Sinclair road today.

As well as Dels little collection mainly made up of my old minis (The Hobbit- Clubby estate in Garage,) My first mini bought from a scapyard and an old Scap mini we got for spares thats been smashed in the front and the back (neither of us were driving it or even knew about the car when this happened) there was also Dels neightbour but one out washing her Rover mini with webasto roof, hannas mini (Freddie) was in the street and Dels housemate Mumzads mini was also out there.

So there was a fair few of them!

[Dog]

What ya going to do with the MG unit matey, I know someone that'll take it off you

Also, for being cold - welcome to proper Mini-ing

[E.L.M.O]

aaah right...would also help if i didnt get confused about the dates os L2B and rivi

did you get piccys of the 1293 then? cause of failure bad build? bad components?

The 1293 was apparantly well machined but badly built. thats why it few the con rod out

[mini93]

ah that sucks, to be honest its usualy to do with the building practice, or if components hadnt been checked correctly and replaced when needed so

[Spenner]

There was a fair few minis in Sinclair road today.

As well as Dels little collection mainly made up of my old minis (The Hobbit- Clubby estate in Garage,) My first mini bought from a scapyard and an old Scap mini we got for spares thats been smashed in the front and the back (neither of us were driving it or even knew about the car when this happened) there was also Dels neightbour but one out washing her Rover mini with webasto roof, hannas mini (Freddie) was in the street and Dels housemate Mumzads mini was also out there.

So there was a fair few of them!

Scap mini we got for spares thats been smashed in the front and the back

That must of been mine mate im sure i had a mini on a trailer on the M4 once cant remember where i left it lol
might have fallen off

[E.L.M.O]

There was a fair few minis in Sinclair road today.

As well as Dels little collection mainly made up of my old minis (The Hobbit- Clubby estate in Garage,) My first mini bought from a scapyard and an old Scap mini we got for spares thats been smashed in the front and the back (neither of us were driving it or even knew about the car when this happened) there was also Dels neightbour but one out washing her Rover mini with webasto roof, hannas mini (Freddie) was in the street and Dels housemate Mumzads mini was also out there.

So there was a fair few of them!

Scap mini we got for spares thats been smashed in the front and the back

That must of been mine mate im sure i had a mini on a trailer on the M4 once cant remember where i left it lol
might have fallen off

with your driving no doubt! But this mini has been with us a fair few years and came from someone else who lives in Chingford, so sorry! not one of yours!

[Hannioli]

id be alot happier if i handt spent ages ripping the engine out for no reason!

it wasn't quite for nothing did you try starting it up again before you took it out? Did you put it back in as well today?

Oi! i was actually trying to keep warm. it was del wanting the pics. It was bloody freezing!

you pose for pics and you knows it mister

There was a fair few minis in Sinclair road today.

As well as Dels little collection mainly made up of my old minis (The Hobbit- Clubby estate in Garage,) My first mini bought from a scapyard and an old Scap mini we got for spares thats been smashed in the front and the back (neither of us were driving it or even knew about the car when this happened) there was also Dels neightbour but one out washing her Rover mini with webasto roof, hannas mini (Freddie) was in the street and Dels housemate Mumzads mini was also out there.

So there was a fair few of them!

There's usually roughly that many about anywho! Occasionally matt's as well and up the other end are those two that you haven't managed to flyer yet!!

[Spenner]

There was a fair few minis in Sinclair road today.

As well as Dels little collection mainly made up of my old minis (The Hobbit- Clubby estate in Garage,) My first mini bought from a scapyard and an old Scap mini we got for spares thats been smashed in the front and the back (neither of us were driving it or even knew about the car when this happened) there was also Dels neightbour but one out washing her Rover mini with webasto roof, hannas mini (Freddie) was in the street and Dels housemate Mumzads mini was also out there.

So there was a fair few of them!

Scap mini we got for spares thats been smashed in the front and the back

That must of been mine mate im sure i had a mini on a trailer on the M4 once cant remember where i left it lol
might have fallen off

with your driving no doubt! But this mini has been with us a fair few years and came from someone else who lives in Chingford, so sorry! not one of yours!

LOL

[E.L.M.O]

No not enough time to put it back in as well. plus del wants to check a few things are ok before put it back in. might dry run it first as we have a spare subframe. I also need to now buy a complete engine gasket set. they gone up to £15 now!

[E.L.M.O]

Off to mini spares tomoz for a new gasket set and maybe some new locks so i can lock the KOD father up!.

cooli should be in and running soon!

[mini93]

got all or some of the stuff you need today then??

[E.L.M.O]

Bought

-gasket set,
-tax disc holder
-lower suspension arm bolt
-head studs, washers and bolts
-gaiters

didnt buy
-new thick black bonnet straps (they only do the cheap nasty ones in black and the thick ones in beige so will have to find somewhere else to get the thick black bonnet straps. not buying the thin ones again there rubbish)

-New grille (didnt like it once I saw it. its not what i am after. I want a wide slate grille in black. this one was like a thin plastic/very thin metal grille. so if anyone has a wide slate OR mk1 grille they dont want, let me know! any condt as long as its straight and not bent etc. I will be spraying it black.) I have a grille I can use for temp measures.

-New barrels for the locks and keys (out of stock)

But I also managed to get hold of thanks to Terry (I owe you!)
- x2 Starter motors (one has seen better days however)
-steering column with ignition barrel.


So I now have everything needed to get the car up and running and back on the road!
going down to do a few things to it tomoz. First thing I will do is change the fuel tank and clean out all the rubbish thats being "stored" inside it.

[rozzer!]

any time dude! afaik th starters both worked. still have another in the garage if needed.