Dam i was starting to get withdrawalls

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No offence intended here but--> anyone writing a book about minis 30 years ago may not have experienced such worn or stuffed-with components as we are finding these days.

You should put your heart & soul into everything you do.

hi everybody!

hey does this mean my hat story has been lost???

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78 Leyland Mini - Prince

Your hat story was what probably killed it in the first place

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Yes, and Cass and your plans for world baby domination are gone too.
For now at least.




Nah, it was probably my rover thread.
It's already claimed the life of a VY wagon and the Brickworx truck.

things I managed to get done while Ausmini was down:


* Had a baby (moved to the top of this list following advice from wife)
* Cut up donor car for panels
* 3 dump runs full of old rusty metal
* Cleaned out garage
* Sorted tool chest out
* Mopped floor twice
* Had long conversation with wife
* Watched some movies
* Changed rear wheel bearing

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SooperDooperMiniCooperExpertEngineering

All garage work involves equal measures of enthusiasm, ingenuity and a fair degree of irresponsibility.

I managed to POR15 the seams and adjacents on Mini HaHa. Now I have something other than rust to put the new bog onto.

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DrMini- 1970 wasaMatic 1360, Mk1S crank, 86.6HP (ATW) =~125 @ crank, 45 Dellorto (38 chokes), RE282 sprint cam, 1.5 rockers, 11.0:1 C/R.

there there, i'm sure you'll be fine



yeah maybe

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78 Leyland Mini - Prince

I'm terribly sorry to hear that Mick, I hope all is better now though?
They're bad enough when they're short.

Situation restored to normal. All good now.

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SooperDooperMiniCooperExpertEngineering

All garage work involves equal measures of enthusiasm, ingenuity and a fair degree of irresponsibility.

Well, i didn't get anything extra done while the site was down, just kept doing google searches trying to uncover any developments on the site.

Many thanks to Terry on the moke forum for putting up with us!

After the wounds heal from scratching my eyes out from Ausmini withdrawal i might just get back to work. I am sure the boss will be very excited to see me doing anything other then trawling through google results!

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I'm guaranteed to break something every time, but there's nothing like getting under the bonnet and having a go!

Congrats Mick! Where's teh baby details?

While Ausmini was down I:

- Found a dodgy wheel bearing and a stripped bolt on the Moke and managed to ignore both.
- Tried 12 rims with 145 tyres on the Moke.
- Found out the 145 tyres slide real well.
- Decided the skinny 145 tyres look crap under the wide Moke guards and went back to the 185's on 13" rims.
- Fixed the air con in the Corona Coupe to satisfy the missus.
- Went to Hanging Rock in the Corona Coupe.
- Killed the Corona's head gasket on the way home.
- Started planning 18RG swap for Corona Coupe.
- Dreamed of a paddle shift conversion on the Moke using a stepper motor.
- Decided I know crap-all about stepper motors and electronics.
- Avoided the mother-in-law who is visting.
- Spent lots more time on eBay, moke.com.au and toymods.

That's about it!

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Brett Nicholson
Greendale (near Ballan) VIC.
1971 Morris Mini Moke
1966 Austin Mini
1965 Morris Mini Traveller
1973 LR Series 3 88
2007 LR Freelander 2

What I managed to do while ausmini was down...

Break exhaust.
Remove the entire throttle body.
Fix exhaust.
Dyno the Mini.
Get a leak in the vacuum hose.
Repair hose.
Get another leak in the vacuum hose.
Replace the entire damn hose.
Clean the car.
Survive an entire cruise without any car dramas.

Engineers 2moro.
Blue slip Monday.
Rego Monday arvo.

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No more Minis!......For now.

Thank goodness Ausmini is back on line My life is now back to normal or complete again (so to speak).

Congrats Mick on bubs .....name etc??

Thank goodness the moke people were kind enough to put "ausminiers on the couch" for a while.

I cant remember what i did while ausmini was M.I.A. it was all a blur of night and day.......the stress was almost to intense.........but was only slightly releived when i went into my workshop surrounded by minis!!

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDMkVq1jRGU

What I did while ausmini was down.

* Answered peoples questions about why it was down.
* Tried to work out why it was down.
* Changed the left front caliper on the LS.
* Answered peoples questions about why it was down.
* Contacted the web host about why it was down.
* Received answer to why it was down, along with a very poorly thought about time frame to when it will be back
* Answered peoples questions about why it was down.
* Ask for more info about why it was down
* Answered peoples questions about why it was down.
* Got burnt at the Vic Open Sprint Kart championships.
* Decided i'm buying a go kart
* Answered peoples questions about why it was down.

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First off I decided not to bother Poeee as I thought he'd be getting loads of others doing it anyways!

With lots of help, tutoring and advice from David Rosenthal, I finished deseaming my Starlet project 'shell, repaired all the rust in the passenger side inner and outer A panel, removed the inner and out a panel from the drivers side about to be cut and shut and a new exterior a panel to be made.

Also I learnt a valuable lesson, deseaming a Mini is not nearly as hard as people make it out to be. In fact it's easier than A-panel replacement! And there are some good tricks to put the stuffness back into the panel by effectively welding a seam on the inside of the panel.

So learnt to weld, but as they say practice, practice, practice! And a then roof to fix!

Ausmini should fail more often!

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1964 Morris 850, 1330 Supercharged - 81.8hp atws.
1975 Leyland Mini S 1100S powered - Nice and reliable.
1977 Leyland Mini LS - Project LS-T