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[nev_payne]

You should have heard the buggers squeal!!

[nev_payne]

Here we go, and it a fairly tidy order:

After the sort out, Sir D had his final wash and was pushed (3 people!) back into the garage.


All liquids great and small:


and the rust... drive side rear corner roof:


all 4 arches are heavily scratched and chipped from road wear and tear:


both doors are seeing bubbles 2" up from the bottom:


boot, with various conitions of floor and box

[nev_payne]

under the rear bumper:


the rear bumper itself saw a rather nasty thump on my garage wall:


a rather messy underside:


passenger side b-panel under rear corner of door:


the cat..and the black mystery material starts:


both the footwells have a similar "dent" with a shed load of tar like stuff:


the flexi joint... and more black stuff

[nev_payne]

bonnet dent:


thats a lot of oil!


the downpipes major disfunction - 2 major dents form a rock near 6 months ago:


more paint chipping:


corner of the scuttle pannel and the door window join:


boot door scratches:


a bleak outlook?


the interior.. steering wheel and dash to sort out, and one carpet in need of a diar clean:


So yeap! Thats the summary of my work minus the engine.... *screams*

[Pie]

Nice one old chap

[Bungle]

you can tell dog's helping you

theres more talk than action

[nev_payne]

Thanks bungle.. want to get your behind up here and help in that case?

[Dog]

Oi Bungle, thats uncalled for!!

I'll elp when I can kart my arse down there with some tool to rip this poor gold Mini apart to reviel more of the unsightly rust

[minivanman]

Doesnt look too bad at all Oli. Wish my van had been that good to start with

[nev_payne]

Spent a few hours today attacking what I know best - the engine bay. Turns out my fuel system and exhaust were being held on by finger tight bolts, the exhaust gasket had split into 2, and on removing the from bumper, all but the driver side bolt sheered off, the driver side being separated from the bumper Interestingly, the most ammount of greese/dirt I got on my hands was from removing the ECU of all things!

Gonna try to completly remove the exhaust tomorrow, followed by anything else in the engine bay that takes my fancy.

Shelving in the garage doesnt seem so big:


Sorted into usefull on shelf, restore/chuck on the floor:


I discovered I have an a-series engine!


Injection stuffs cleared:


Exhaust loose and almost ready to drop:

[Pie]

Looks like your getting your hands dirty Oli lol

[nev_payne]

Hardly a clean engine bay is it

[liam_italian]

Im suprised as to how much rust there is in your boot area. I'll be watching this thread with great interest as im currently doing my sportspack aswell so we can compare notes, lol

[nev_payne]

Can anyone tell me what size bolt the spotlights use underneath the front panel? seems to be a different size to the bolt visible up front

[nev_payne]

Right, got more of the loom out, the spots out (13mm nut, 10mm bolt for some ultimately random reason), and attacked inside the wings. I would've had the windscreen wiper motor and arm out but one of the retaining nuts on the wiper arm refused to play ball:







The wiring loom itself is a disgrace... its getting chucked, or sold as seen/parts without a shadow of a doubt - its seen far too much electrical tape, dirt, and water to be safe:



Also had a rather unsightly fuel leak through out last night - just aswell I didnt do anything remotely electrical testing in nature! Popped the large drainage trays underneath just in case:

Edited by nev_payne, 17 February 2008 - 06:11 PM.