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[sazal]

Its good to see the rebuild has begun! I hope it all goes nice and smoothly for you and that shes back on the road nice and soon!

[oli8925]

good work oli, sorry i never got round to popping up to help with the front panel.

it turns out the alternator is at fault with the car not the glow plugs, so having to drive in daylight only with no radio heater etc

but once you have found space in the garage give me a shout and we will whip the engine out and go from there (that is if you need help as you doing brill on your own!!)

David

lol dont worry about it. did you get my text? sorry you couldnt make it to the run. i decided to cycle into work that day, one of the worst decisions ive ever made!

ah thats *rubbish*. i remember being a bit like that when the mini alt wasnt working. at the same time the newly installed headlights were blowing fuses so i went to halfrads to get some more. by then it was dark so needed lights and it literally would have been more use using a candle. i broke down on the way back and had to call my grandad out to drive just 5 mins to my house and get another battery.

yeah will do. a few years away from any kind of sporting activity will have taken its toll so i wont be able to lift it out all on my own will try to get the garage cleared after work in the next few days. should i make some kind of stand for it or anything? i will be getting a proper stand at some point for the new engine to be built.

still having trouble finding a garage for the car. im going to be making a few measurements of the min and my dads garage despite how much he doesnt want it to be there. otherwise ill be looking to rent one reasonably close or might ask my neighbours if they want to rent (double garage - they keep their cars outside and old furniture inside, what a waste!

Its good to see the rebuild has begun! I hope it all goes nice and smoothly for you and that shes back on the road nice and soon!

thank you. wont be soon and its already proving not to be smooth, but she'll still get there in the end thanks for the support!




p.s. was out in t wells tonight and saw 2 minis go past, one of which i know from the area adn the other i dont recognise. just made me remember driving my min and the great feeling you got when you waved at other minis and just the great feeling of driving one! made me really miss it i know ill be getting another one soon as i just cant bare to go without one for much longer! long live the mini!

Edited by oli8925, 08 October 2008 - 10:42 PM.

[BJst416]

Poor mini! Good luck with the resto.
You´ll have back on the road in no time

[Mini-Mad-Craig]

Looks good mate, progress is good, why not add some pictures of her after the crash? just a thought

See the WD40 most important classic mini tool ever ha

[oli8925]

Poor mini! Good luck with the resto.
You´ll have back on the road in no time

cheers

Looks good mate, progress is good, why not add some pictures of her after the crash? just a thought

See the WD40 most important classic mini tool ever ha

See what happened here.

plenty of pictures there mate lol i can add one on here if you really want?

yep WD40 is a god send. that was to help with the rad fan bolts as the car wont go in gear and so the fan kept spinning as i was undoing them.

Edited by oli8925, 09 October 2008 - 05:21 PM.

[Heather&Henrietta]

wow, work has really taken off Oli, must feel pretty good to have made a start on Baby. I must admit, am in agreement with GingerJoe and Mini-Mad-Craig, rebuild wasn't such a bad idea after all, just a shame it had to come as a result of the crash, and I certainly believe in "everything happens for a reason".

am so pleased you started the work, it'll be well worth it, besides at least considering it'll be a whole new front end, you can modify it if you want to - much easier than working with what you have already!

good luck Oli, and remember I'm gonna hold you to this conversation : -

that's a real shame Oli, she looked a really nice little min, hope you get her sorted and purring again soon!!

Thank you. dont know about soon as such but she'll be back better than ever, i promise!

I'll hold you to that was jealous of you beforehand!!

haha you do that! and in a few years youll be even more jealous than you were not that you should be, henrietta is a very nice pretty looking mini. you should be very proud!

[WiredbyWilson]

i have had a cunning plan re the engine removal oli, so let me know when you are wanting to do it and I will pop round after work.

with my cunning plan we should be able to do it between us as long as you got a trolley or skateboard to move it with haha

David

[oli8925]

i have had a cunning plan re the engine removal oli, so let me know when you are wanting to do it and I will pop round after work.

with my cunning plan we should be able to do it between us as long as you got a trolley or skateboard to move it with haha

David

hmmmm sounds interesting david! as it happens i may, somewhere, at the back of the garage i still have to clear out, have a skateboard circa 1843. none of these silly flimsy things you jump around on! a good old solid chunk of tree with some wheels screwed on so it may work. other than that i dont think i have any trolley type thing.

it will be soon! shes been sitting out there rotting for too long lately ive been focusing all my attention towards getting a car in time for tomorrow (FAIL) and sorting insurance (FAIL) and working full-time.

not here this weekend so next week, week-time, i will get round to clearing out the rubbish in my mums garage for the engine(s), whilst looking for a sub-£500 car, whilst looking for a million lost receipts showing £££'s spent and then get round to sorting out my dads garage against his will to get the mini in it. its gonna be hard work

[WiredbyWilson]

i discussed said cunning plan with my uncle and he basically said "stupid boy "

but in response he did offer his engine crane to us when we needed it ,

best plan is to do it on a sunday as i can chuck the crane in the car on saturday when im with him and then take it back on the sunday once we hook the wee lump out.

chat soon cap'n!

[oli8925]

haha. what was the plan anyway? i want to know

ah brilliant. say thanks to your uncle for me. thats a huge help! i suppose i need to make some kind of stand to put the engine on? maybe a few bricks would do although less than ideal.

ok. ill get the garage cleared (motivation running low in this weather lol) and then get a sundady off work some time. think i have one in a couple of weeks actually

yep, cheers mate

[WiredbyWilson]

well the engine will happily sit on the sump without falling over

the plan was a length of 3 x 2, a rope and our shoulders (bit like an old school milk wench )

[Tomf]

well the engine will happily sit on the sump without falling over

the plan was a length of 3 x 2, a rope and our shoulders (bit like an old school milk wench )

LOL thats how me and my mate got my engine out

I just tied two ropes round either side of the engine, we put that over our shoulder and pulled it out, with two people its really not very hard to lift out....

Just make sure everything is dissconected before you go to lift it out, lol when i lifted mine out we got it up and nearly out and found that someone had added an extra earth at the back, so we had to put it back and go again lol.

Good luck!

[oli8925]

lol. ill make sure everythings disconnected first!

in that case itll just have to stay on its sump for a bit, while i clean it up and get it running again. for the new engine i was going to get a 360* engine stand from clarke or somewhere to make it easier (and be a bit flash). theyre only £33

[WiredbyWilson]

Only £33??? Show me Show me as my engine will be coming back soon and that would make real easy!!

Might speak to my uncle as he might get trade discount!!

Let em know when you plan to whip the engine out so I can give my uncle a few days notice

[oli8925]

ok, still need to get cracking with clearing the garage. this one shouldnt take too long, not much in it. its my dads im worried about. ill post a picture to show you what i mean

got a sunday off work coming up somewhere. and need to get another off for west kent run.

ill try find that engine stand too. ive got it written in my notepad from when i was working out the cost of panels