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[Pie]

thats just lazy.

Thats SO bungle lol

[Bungle]

[minili]

No progress in the last couple of weeks but I went for a drive today to clear my head (don't ask!) and took a few (read: loads of) photos. Typically the sun went in about 5 minutes after I left home and has just come back out

But I did get a few nice ones...









Didn't see a single Mini on my travels either! What do you think?

[Ethel]

I think they probably had even bigger headaches than you

Where are Minty's minilites? Are Wellers part of this year's winter collection?

[minili]

He got his new shoes a few weeks ago, £60 with like-new tyres, I couldn't resist! Which is why he has wheels arches again too! They need painting but it has to be warm to do it... So that might be next spring

I've got chrome wipers and GB badge sitting in the car at the moment but I'm not sure how to get the old wipers off?

[Ethel]

Arms or just blades?

[minili]

Sorry, arms. The new ones look like they should just push on, but the old ones do not appear to just pull off...

[Ethel]

They do,

Find yourself an open ended spanner that will fit between the arm and the spindle / nut and use that to lever 'em off with. Put a towel or summet around the spindle to protect your rust paintwork

Happy Wiping,


(closest I could find to a windscreen wiper smilie)

[minili]

DILEMMA!

I have just been printing photos to send to the insurance company for the Agreed Valuation (hoping for £1,800) and have a small problem... they need a photo of the engine.....



How the F..... Do I make that look good?!

[Bungle]

take the bolt on bits off the engine and give it a fresh coat of paint

[minili]

If I take things off the engine I won't know where they came from to put them back on again

And I don't know what paint it'd need, do you have to use special paint for engines? Surely I don't have to paint the whole engine?!

I don't know why the engine bay has to look good anyway, it all works *grumble* I prefer driving it to cleaning it *grumble*

[Ethel]

They're probably more interested in seeing it's not modified or full of rusty holes.

A £5 pot of engine lacquer would transform that - might not last long without a thorough degreasing though.

[minili]

Can you put normal paint on an engine? Or does it have to be special stuff? What about the radiator? Or should I just borrow an engine shield and put that over it for the photo lol

Edit: What's engine lacquer, isn't lacquer just stuff you put over paint to make it shinier? (don't laugh at me!)

[Ethel]

Can you put normal paint on an engine? Or does it have to be special stuff? What about the radiator? Or should I just borrow an engine shield and put that over it for the photo lol

Edit: What's engine lacquer, isn't lacquer just stuff you put over paint to make it shinier? (don't laugh at me!)

you're right Lacquer would be colourless by rights.

Halfords or similar with have little pots of engine paint/enamel/lacquer in various colours - It would be fine to use on everything under the bonnet save the exhaust. Silver spray cans, for wheels etc, do a good job alloy bits too.

Still don't think you have much to worry about though.

[James182]

I wouldnt have thought that a dirty engine would make insurance more expensive though? if anything it would make it cheaper because you havent spent loads in making it look nice......id give em the pic as it is.......bar the horn perhaps?

James