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[analogue_radio]

It's been left to soak in WD40 until Sunday, also gonna pop into town before work on Saturday and pick up shed loads of wire brushes so I can finish the rear subby, don't want to waste another day not doing much on her

& cheers about the valve caps cheap little thing but a nice touch, didn't want to get fancy metal ones because they'd only get nicked

[1275 SPRITE]

208hp turbo
nice dump valve

Good Work, keep it up!

[analogue_radio]

What you on about James? 208hp turbo? dump valve?

[1987_ParkLane]

What you on about James? 208hp turbo? dump valve?

That was the car in the vid, a 208hp mini with a dump valve, and he is turboing his mini and has a dump valve too, I think that is what he is getting at .

[Dan6061]

Tip for the upper ball joint: Chances are when you're trying to undo the nut, you're just spinning the ball joint. Get some grips on there, and try again! Sorry if you've already tried that, my lower ball joint came off without the need for that, not sure if you're in the same boat...

Nice to see you getting on with it all! I'll rebuild my one, one day. Need to sort a job out, and get a runaround car for when that happens.

[analogue_radio]

Yeah I've tried with some pliers but the gap is too small for my mole grips! I'll try again but make sure I wipe all the grease off beforehand, mum kindly picked up some more wire brush wheels today so I'll crack on tomorrow

Payday this coming Friday! boy o boy I can't wait

[analogue_radio]

Spent the morning helping Dad raise money for his ride, 2 weeks left until he goes so you've still got time to donate don't worry

Then spent the afternoon trying to get the bloody hub off.. but alas, no luck. Also decided that once the front subby is split from the engine I'm going to gather lots of bits I need cleaning and get them sandblasted, then I know they are 100% clean & rust free, ready to paint up.

Having trouble removing that nut and also the nuts holding the rear subby mounts on, have a look under Technical & Problems for the thread





So after that I decided to clean up the Clutch Servo, still needs more work but it's a big improvement!

[Deathrow]

Thats it Image, keep chipping away at it .

[1987_ParkLane]

Progress?

[analogue_radio]

Nope.. nothing yet.. I've been busy with college & other things, but I might have a surprise up my sleeve but I'm waiting to see how things fold out

Day off college tomorrow so I'll crack on with splitting the engine from the subby, will be a big update tomorrow providing I crack on, also payday on Friday which I've been desperately waiting for.

[analogue_radio]

YES PROGRESS

Things actually went according to plan today and I didn't encounter any hiccups!

Started off by angle grinding the swivel pin in the hub off, both sides top & bottom will be replaced in due time so it wasn't a problem.



Then I levered the driveshafts off using all sorts of tools, eventually they both slid out & poured oil all over the floor (which I forgot to remember would happen |)



I undid the lower engine mounts and with the help of a bloke doing some work on the road outside lifted the engine away from the subby and onto some wooden blocks, which in the process made a big mess!



Tilted the engine up to drain the oil, couldn't use the sump plug because the thread is stripped



Decided that the garage where I'd worked needed mopping out and cleaning, well I got carried away and did the whole thing





Payday tomorrow & on Sunday I'll work on stripping down the front subby.

[Saxo-Fiesta-Mini]

looks like a naught pupy that leaves a puddle in the one space u dont put paper hahaha

good work ive had many debates with my mate tom and hes made me not bother with flip front so im probs gonna drop my engine this month and strip the engine, stubby and all the inner wings and make it all spot on so should be fun lol

good luck with the engine build

[analogue_radio]

Yeah I've been a bit doubtful of whether I should still flip front it or not, definitely will but I've gotta make it 100% spot on to be happy.

Won't be rebuilding the engine just yet, I'm just stripping down the ancillaries & painting up the block. Once she's back on the road I'll buy another 998 and rebuild that

I'm thinking a BMC green with black rocker cover and colour coded bits.

Oh and what is best to de-grease and clean the thing? Dad says petrol but that sounds a bit messy, ideally I'd want something that sort of foams up and clings on? less mess that way.

[AndrewJ530]

How many miles has your 998 got on it mate?

I've heard that that gunk stuff is pretty good for cleaning blocks up. Especially out of the engine bay lol.

Colour scheme sounds good, is that the old cooper scheme?

[ianpettifer]

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