My fuel sender was wired in with speaker wire haha

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Door card parts made from cereal packets..nice

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1965 Riley Elf
1974 Ex Army Moke
1997 Rover Cooper
2002 JCW Cooper
2003 JCW Cooper S

I think it is dodgy things done to sell a car that are the worst.

A work acquaintance of mine once told me he had sold a car with a really noisy diff by cracking the cover, putting in some banana skins and topping it off with oil. He reckoned it sounded really quiet once he had done the block a few times...

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Alec
1275LS - July 78 - XNFAD18Y/102918

Your mate might be perpetuating an Urban Myth or pulling your leg there...I've heard that a zillion times but don't know of any case where it was done.

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Had a work colleague who used cement instead of bog, he reckons it gave a stronger more reliable repair.
Had a friend whom recently brought a brand new boat trailer but it needed running lights fitted down the sides so dropped it off to me, we pulled a cable and found a joint in the main loom about a meter from plug at front, wires twisted and taped, Ok need to fix that but then found another joint same thing 1200 further on then another and so on trailer 9 m long with 8 joints in main cable all twisted dry joints with a tiny piece of insulation tape wrapped around them.
He then put the boat on trailer and it twisted and bent, a right off.
the company he brought it off have no recollection of the sale have never heard of him, and have no idea what he could be talking about, they only sell quality products

I've seen some crap like that on box trailers people drop off saying the lights ain't working ends up being a rewire job just easier to get the lights to working again

I always put a older type metal round 6-7 pin plug on the a frame so the end of the cable can be removed so it doesn't drag along the ground and wrecks the plug that goes to the car

Not quite a PO story but a good one...
A long time ago, a friend of mine was into rear engined Renault 750s (remember them? nah? You're too young then)
Anyhow he found it handled much better with a bag of cement in the front.
This was fine for about a year, then the car started to get slower and s-l-o-w-e-r...!
Anyway, on inspection we found the cement bag had split, the air intake for a 750 is piped from up the front, and so it had digested `a fair bit' of cement dust.
The piston rings were not glazed up, they and the bores were worn out!!

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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.

I bought a 74 hilux off a farmer for $250. Found that one of the fuses were replaced with a .22 long round. I just put it down to them being out shooting and doing a quick fix to get the lights working again. Also the front bumper was a length of 4x2 hardwood.

We bought a paddock basher Clubby van once for $20. Nope at that price not running, but was mostly there.
Anyhow I went to drain the oil... and found that corner of the sump was smashed, and old mate had belted a bit of red hardwood in there. Amazingly, it didn't leak!
Box was stripped and became an engine stand, Aaron is its present custodian.

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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.

Just a quick update on my gear lever. Originally it was a bit sloppy so I pulled it out to see how worn it was.

After removing the electrical tape it didn't look that bad. Slot and pin were not worn. The bottom ball was round so it looks like I need a new yoke. Anyway I slapped it back together with some grease and hey presto. It now jumps out of gear in 3rd and 4th and rattles like nobody's business.

So I have now wrapped some electrical tape around the bottom ball and it is perfect.

I should probably order a new rod eye extension yoke - I wouldn't want the next owner to be on this forum havin a go about me in a few years.

My new car is great,

All 4 ball joints were finger tight and all the shims from 4 ball joints were packed into one ( I drove it back from Foster without knowing this)
Also clutch oil seal was placed back to front and most engine bolts were just over finger tight.

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Current: 1970 Mini K 2014 Focus ST
Past: 93 Rover, 64 850, 97 Rover, 66 Deluxe, 66 Moke
81 Austin Estate, 2006 R53MCS, 66 Deluxe, 1978 Clubbie
2014 Land Rover Defender 90

So happy to read that you are still with us Danny!

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