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[stardude]

awww mini love

[nev_payne]

Excellent.. so when are you getting down here again?

[Pie]

Now that'll be telling

Towed lol

[Dog]

Flubber has had some work done today

First off, I am going to do it in time scale, as tracinging broken wires is such a time consuming job!

10:00 - tools out, start work.
Started but removing the oil cooler, and poping the dizzy out.

10:45 - popped dizzy out and went to find a bolt for the dizzy drive...
Couldn't find one long enough, but found that a certain exhaust clamp works


This is now my dizzy drive fitting/removing tool

11:30 - finally fitted the dizzy drive after getting the engine into the right posstion to get it all right...
Couldn't see my timing mark on the crankpully, so it was out with a small mirror and looking at the flywheel for the flywheel markings.

12:30 - dizzy back in, but have no spark
So Voltmetre out, and tracing wires back..

14:30 - finially finished rewiring the ingniton system, and have a good spark once again.

15:00 - alined my exhaust up and fitted a HIF38 (as I know it works)




16:00 - span the engine over with no plugs in to get the fuel up into the reg/filter

16:15 - tryes tunring it over, had a backfire which means to me that the timing was out, so once again, out with the mirror and looking at the flywheel... finialy get to TDC and marked the pully too. found I put the leads in 1 posstion out... so moved them all along one...

16:30 - turns engine over, a short cough and splutter later, and Flubber is ALIVE!!!!



17:00 - heard and rather funny nasty noise and spotted and oil leak coimg from the timing cover
Found the noise was the chain rattling against the cover...



18:00 - all apart waiting for a new gasket, and timing cover seal - as now its off, I recently found a timing cover with a breather, so going to restore that and fit it....

So it current state....

Sat in wait now...



But for now, I am over the moon it runs - ok now as smooth as one would like, but I haven't finished setting up etc yet, and I also need to fit a HIF44, once I find out what needle is ideal... but other than that, hopefully next week, I can fit the new carb, and get it up to my mate for stobing and static tuning, to which I will then run it in for 500 miles, and wack it onto Aldon's rollers

[666junky]

YEY!!!! im excited now.. one step closer to him running again!!
you know what that means

[stickycreambun]

erm..what does it mean..?

nice one dog.

ps. give the alt a polish, it looks like the odd-component-out with everything else all shiny!

[Dog]

Yeh the alt is the only thing "old"

I am saving up for a nice new A127 light jobbie, but tis expesive for me atm

I am just soooooo fapping happy its running - does mean all i need to do it tweak it here and there and I've won the race between Minivanman and myself

[jack_marshall]

Good stuff!

Bout time aint it!

Well done dawg.

[nev_payne]

erm..what does it mean..?

Means hes one step closer to coming down to pick my engine up and a wad of cash... does it not Martin?

Edited by nev_payne, 01 March 2008 - 07:29 PM.

[666junky]

Sticky, it means the sooner the van is running, the sooner he can get his bum down here and help me with voo

Glad you got him going again dog, i can see you wont be giving up minis for quite a while now

[Dog]

erm..what does it mean..?

Means hes one step closer to coming down to pick my engine up and a wad of cash... does it not Martin?

Certainly does matey - your engine will go in the back of the Van, and give the engine some weight to pull

Sticky, it means the sooner the van is running, the sooner he can get his bum down here and help me with voo

Glad you got him going again dog, i can see you wont be giving up minis for quite a while now

Only help with Voo

[camp freddy]

glad to hear you have got it running Mart, that means youv'e finally managed
finish something Very colourfull by the way...

[Dog]

bugger off Carl

Its not finished yet... once the engine is done - I am starting the inside

[camp freddy]

bugger off Carl

Its not finished yet... once the engine is done - I am starting the inside

looking good mate

[minivanman]

Yeh the alt is the only thing "old"

I am saving up for a nice new A127 light jobbie, but tis expesive for me atm

I am just soooooo fapping happy its running - does mean all i need to do it tweak it here and there and I've won the race between Minivanman and myself

Well done dude. (he was giggling like a schoolgirl when he rang me earlier ) Its not quite on the road yet though is it? I'm veeeerrrrryyy nearly there too! Just time the engine again, fit an alarm and bolt the dash back together and I'm about there too...