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[clubby]

hye mate

good job

all the best

[Turbo Tom]

now that is one shiny mini. looks good, love the colour combo!

[mike.]

What have you been using to clean parts up? They go from grimey to looking like they've been shotblasted or something!

[mk1leg]

That sure is a great job you are doing very smart....................great attention to detail.....................

[dan_up850]

loving the rebuild mate, like many others, makes me want to get my car pushed on!!

[speedingorange]

got a bit done this weekend,

firstly... here are bits that arrived last week







I managed to straighten out a bent stud on the pedal box and fit the brackets that sits below the master cylenders..



and stripped down and rebuilt the wiper rack... made a HUGE diference effortless now to move

[nev_payne]

*shock horror* theres...rust on your... cylinder studs

[speedingorange]

Even after running the die down them and having the whole lot powder coated it wouldent go away... not sure what ells i could do to be honest

[stardude]

vinegar!

[speedingorange]

dude.... tried it and am NEVER EVER doing that again. what a waste of time. www.bilthamber.com is the stuff to use cheap as chips and a MILLION times more effective. Unfortunately i had ran out of it when i got around to do doing the pedal box.

[Roj]

Just read the whollle thread and WOW! cant wait for another update

[speedingorange]

hehehe its like lost or prison break

[speedingorange]

Made a small amount of progress this weekend... well ... i corrected a problem i had made earlier...

couple of weeks back i accidently sheered off one of the studs that hold on the accelerator pedal so i was pondering on how to fix it... and came up with this..

cut off whats left of the old stud using dremel



Que one of these:



Its a stud welding machine borrowed from freinds at pinical fabrication.





The test stud :



The stud is welded on in the same way a spot welder would weld, its so fast and so clean that the paint on the back of the panel is unnafected, and it stays at a cool temperature as the stud can be touched straight away.

Finsihed product:



final stage, refit accelerator pedal... will need cutting down in lenght though..

[mighty mini jack]

How did you clean your wheels up mate, where they pitted before form corrosion ?
im going to clean mine soon, have you got a pic of them on the car ? cheers

[speedingorange]

Um the wheels where pitted well before i got them... unfortunately they are not on the car yet. With regards to polishing

Frost automotive wheel polishing kit is what i used.