Right well it's here!!
I picked it up late last night and drove it back home (no wof, rego, or bonnet!!
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Anyway I have since picked up the bonnet. 1st impression are.......sweet
The gear changes are nice and clean, no more crunching....and in general it's running smooth. Few things though......brakes, there are none
well almost none, it does brake but even foot hard down it's hard to come to a stop. What do you guys reckon?? New pads or what?? My horn no longer goes but I’m guessing that's and easy fix (I need it for the wof though) I have no number plate light as prior to it going in for repair for like a year someone hit my mum from behind, there was a dent just under it so we pulled it off, a mate did a sorta patch up job so I guess I'll just re-attach it, how does it attach to the car??
The rear bumper is pushed in a bit
which is JUST pushing against the bottom off the boot which is I assuming why the boot looks a tad open on the opposite side (closes but the thin line around is a lil bit more open on that side) I’m hoping when I pull the bumper away it will be fine. Are those bumpers repairable?? or should I TRY and find a replacement??
The descriptions on the invoice for work done are as follows:
Diff side seals
Strip engine off gearbox
Engine degreaser
Main shaft
Clutch plate
Clutch release bearing
Gasket/seal kit
Main shaft bearing
Syncro rings
Housing
Main shaft roller bearing
4th gear hub
Water pump
Front exhaust pipe and clap
15 hours labor all up
$660 worth of parts.
Most of that stuff means nothing to me, LOOKS like a fair bit of work, worth the price I ended up paying I highly doubt though. One thing I noticed on the way home was the temp gauge in the car went up and down a fair bit, when I stopped for gas ($20 of 98 and a full tank...YAAAA, oh and a litre of oil as it was virtually empty) it was on almost the top hot BUT the engine seemed fine, we took the water cap off to top it up (was ALMOST full anyway) the water was brown, rust yeah?? If the engine was too hot we wouldn't have been able to take the cap off aye? It was WARM but not hot, and the water was WARM.
Now for some pics with questions etc:
What is the WIRE comming from the little white....thing, that seems to go down to the circle plastic bit and up to nothing?? shouldne't it be somewhere??
IF I can get this bolt off will it allow me to remove the steering wheel??
Assuming it does that means I can get this bit off and stop it from RATTLING!!!!!
Steering wheel is quite cool, says "Mini Royale"
Im obviously going to re-do the paint work, as you can see there are some bits that have peeled off.......1982 Leyland Mini, round nose yeah??
Engine shot:
Sorry....hard to read, mean anything to anyone?? I can see something .AU there, means Aussie??
That's the temp gauge that was going up and down:
Where to put front speakers??
Standard wheels yeah? I mean would it have come with these??
These:
Could be replaced with these??
These could go in place of the front orange ones yeah??
That's it for now
Cheers
KiwiMR2
