I had a problem with the float valve in the SU not closing off properly on a trip to Sydney once. Fuel was spewing out of the overflow and I was only getting 70km to a tank! I lengthened the float needle by using my fingernail to crimp a couple of layers of thick aluminium foil from a pie dish onto the end of the needle.

I broke a trailing arm pivot pin on a rough bush road. I pulled it out, turned it round and held the stub in place with a socket extension and a pair of self-grips.

Tim

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1951 Morris Commercial J Type Van
1955 BSA C11G
1961 Morris Mini Traveller
1969 Triumph TR6R
1977 Leyland Moke Californian

that's real bush mechainicery that is...

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did I tell you that I won a trophy?

On an old '68 6 cyl Fairlane heading up to Queensland and once over the border had no end of coughing and stuttering with fuel vapourising. Pulled into a servo, got some alu foil and wrapped it around the fuel line from the pump to the carby. That was the end of trouble and stayed there till I put in an Alloy II motor.

the outlet on my fuel tank blocked up once so bought a few bits from an auto store to get me home

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- '74 Clubman Ute project

Sometimes I wish there was a Like button

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SooperDooperMiniCooperExpertEngineering

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

long range tank?

i agree




it got me home ok. i am glad i had an electric fuel pump fitted. can imagine the poor stock pump struggling to suck fuel all that way

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- '74 Clubman Ute project

The button in the middle of my Dizzy cap broke and I lost it, but still had the spring for it. Pulled a screw out from the scratch plate and lodged it in there so the spring was pushing the screw against the rotor button. Got me a bit further. didn't get me home though, but a lot closer to home within help from one of my brothers.

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Cable tied a splint to one of the engine steadies. Covered well over 1000k's including a couple of laps around Bathurst and some fun twisty roads. Even after picking up a new one I kept using it until I was bored waiting for lunch and decided to change it on the side of the road.

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Mister White Keys
"He who has the most toys, Wins"

1963 Austin Countryman Woody
1964 Morris 850 Van
1967 Austin Countryman
1975 Range Rover 2 Door
2004 Subaru Forester XT
2015 Potts Teardrop Camper
RIP 1990 Citroen BX 16Valve

Knowing my luck they would be the two spanners I needed the most that I used and would curse every time I couldn't find them.......

I once snapped a throttle cable, so I had a piece of twine and tied it up, and out the bonnet and through the drivers window! strange sensation, but got us home!

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-jamie-
1963morris 850
1965 solid side van
1994 rover racecar

During hard braking in my S I snapped the front right tie bar which jammed the wheel back against the inner guard.
Could not drive the car forward at all.
Selected reverse and drove it home in reverse.
It snapped through the threaded section hidden by the rubber bushes.
Got some weird looks driving a mini backwards through the side streets.

I got home some 1,300 kms. overnight with a failed drive flange on the right front S CV. Torqued it up and tip toed around left hand corners...got home with 70 ft.lbs. left. Was behind the wheel 26 hours.

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Select a gear, bring up the revs and release the clutch...off you go!

as long as you get home !

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