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[Jackman]

This week i have stripped and cleaned my SPI inlet and throttle body.













Also today, i have done the brake lines (no pics with them connected) and tidied up the loom.

[Jackman]

More pics from the engine rebuild

Diff built up





Transfer Gear





Diff in box



Idler Gear



OOOO



Engine pics





Gearbox on

[Jackman]

Done some of the interior. Here are a few pics.

Before









Stripped





Prep





Starting to stick





Final Product













Not too bad, hopfully will go right when its dry.

[Jackman]

Engine Pics

Clutch oil seal going in





In


Clutch going on





Hidden from sight





Well there it is the engine is built

Had to put the rear seats in to make my rear shelf up so decided to put a door card in too




Also put the headlights on and did the brake lines proper so they are connected

[Jackman]

Wheels Arrived.






Bit over exposed...



Finally put the calipers on


Test fitted the new wheels






Headlining Went in then came out as i am going to trim it first.


Exhaust was cleaned and polished ready.

[Jackman]

Done more stuff, getting ready for the engine now.







Bumpers, foglight, wiper motor and other components in place.





Finishing off the interior.



Here are some pictures (by the way the rocker cover is just one for protection atm)

The engine sitting ready to go in






Its in


Parts connected up ready




And the exhaust with handprints.

[Jackman]

Well today was a good day... ITS ALIVE... here are the pics and the vid, there was a few problems however.

Everything there


The startup


Bedding the cam in.


Running


MMM need to make the spring shorter i think.


Its upto temp.


Aftermath


The engine started first time after getting oil pressure up, this drained two batteries (both dead) but when we went to start the engine, as you saw it just came alive, was such a good feeling to know its working, the oil psi gave a problem, seems to have caused the main galery plug to leak which is why the psi went down after that, we thought it was sorting itself out.

Also it did not idle right as there was a problem with the lambda but in all it was a very good weekend.

[Jackman]

More pictures of the progress, Interior work Also my Fan and Filter arrived.



Windows and Headlining are in, but headlining isnt finished.













Last bits from paint now too.





Now im off work for a week, time to get cracking

[Jackman]

Finished the front screen.



Drivers door on.



Rear windows in.


Doors close


Central locking and electric windows


Rear interior




Arches on


Seats in




Dash in.





Yummy

[Jackman]

The final product!!































It managed to get to the IMM in denmark but didnt make it back due to fuel over there and blowing the headgasket.


Copenhagan Harbour


DOH!!!


Fixed the headgasket and took it to work for a test drive. On the way home a BMW ran into the back of me... well ill let the pictures do the talking :'( 2 months on the road and this happens.





Its being repaired now, so thats all the pictures i have at the moment, shall update when she is back from the repair shop.

You can now post.

[cityspeed]

wow! what a project!, my resto on my city e has had a few twists and turns but i havent found any "roofing felt",,,, well yet! its such a shame that bmw crashed into you! but at least your paint is fresh so matching the colour will be easy, are you tempted to go for a mk1 rear light conversion, as your going to re shape that rear end??? have you dyno'd that engine it would be intersting to see what bhp your running with a spi,
Love your project, its made me go do some more prep on mine!, good luck!

[Jackman]

I didnt want mk1 lights as i prefer the mk2 look on it, the car isnt a mk1 style its more mk2 so thats why i went with those lights and the rear reverse lamp.

Not dyno'd the engine yet but shall do when its been run in again as its had new rings after the overheating in denmark.... that reminds me engine diagnostic. Sprocket was the guy who helped me with my engine and very kindly checked the engine over, got that hot it melted the powdercoating and the poly bushes.


The bores had been polished as i didnt drive it hard enough in the first 50 miles but there was other problems.

This is the worse piston skirt damage caused by overheating the side of the pistons are thicker so expand more giving that.



You can see the aluminium in the block (note on the exhaust side)



This is how the other pistons are



Crank is still mint thank god.



You can see in these pictures the difference in the bores, shiny at top





Also there was a few things wrong with the "Rebuilt box" This is what sprocket said.

first off, oil leak suspected on the speedo drive spindle as there was half a gasket still on the flange bit where you screw the cable on, under that there was a full gasket.
second, the lay gear end float clearance is 9 thou!!

thrid, the selector fork bellcrank retaining nut was only screwed on partialy and hand tight, there was another 5mm to tighten it up!!!!!
also suspect there was an oil leak on that bellcrank bush that is located in the sump, you know the bit, its te big round bit on the bottom exterior of the box it was very oily from both sides and full of C**p

one other thing im not happy with and possibly the reason for loss of oil pressure.
im not at all happy with the center oil pick up pipe.
there was a fair amount of C**p on it, the gauze is not the finest ive seen and only half the gauze is actualy open to the oil, the rest is covered by the pipe itsels as the pipe has been cut at an angle, add to that, the open bit is toward the bottom where the crud usualy gathers, idle speeds the pump is finding it difficult pulling the oil through.
purely speculation, but could explain the motorway oil pressure being fine and idle being low.
just not happy with that oil pick up pipe

[Bean]

Oh my god!

What a project and what a shock at the end!! My heart actually sank!

Fantastic looking Mini though, Jackman ... Great work

Hope you're not too disheartened by the stoopid BMW, and that it's all fixed up and OK soon!

[Jackman]

Nope im not disheartened by it, got another project to start on too, post that up either tomorrow or later.

Just want it back on the road

Edited by Jackman, 05 February 2008 - 12:32 PM.

[jonny-b]

That is one fantastic rebuild - but what a let down at the end with the damage.

Hats off to you, you have done a top notch job.