Did a trial build of my S diff. Of course the new fibre washers they sell here in Sydney are STILL too damned thick...
I'll have to surface grind the centre spacer a little, as usual.

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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.

yep... bugger repairing old diffs with the rubbish replacement parts we get these days. My ultra u-beaut EN40 diff pin and new spider gears lasted 3 motorkhanas before everything shattered

x-pin is diff-ing just fine

half installed daihatsu charade alternator
painted radiator cowl ready for ally radiator to go in tomorrow
replaced water pump with high flow cast impellor type
replaced thermostat housing/gasket

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tim
68 Deluxe 1293, HIF44, megajolt/EDIS4, daihatsu alternator..

'a mini is for life, not just for christmas!'

My son and I did a drive by of Lil-ute's place and tooted/blasted my airhorns just incase he didnt hear BALLISTIC going past on our way home from dinner.

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

cleaned up the red clubby, buyer picks it up next weekend!

Went to a car show put on by the Rickswaws hot rod club. Lots of cars (althought the weather may have kept a few away today), Rods, customs, classics (including 5 minis) and bikes. Always a great day down on the lake at Swansea

might just drop the front subframe on trevor today. Then it might be time to start spending a little bit of time and money on him.

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Chuck Norris is the only person alive who can kick you in the back of the face!!
mooo, I'm a pig!

Bugger! - rumour done here was that it was deferred until next weekend.

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Dave K.
1979 Moke Californian + 1981 'Coke' Moke

i went driving in mine.

I attempted to put the 1098 crank into Gafmo's 998 block.
Crank is 20/20 and straight.
When we drop it into 2 new -.020" ACL main bearings (front and back) with `998' on the box, it won't turn freely. And if you tighten the caps lightly it won't turn at all. what the...

Hmmm... the penny dropped eventually when I looked at the centre main shells installed.
They are 1/8" too long!! Should be 1-1/16", they are 1-3/16" (850 ones)
<edit> so they foul on the journal radii.

Let's read the ACL box then:
848, 948, 998. Huh??
1. Somebody should have told ACL that a 998 uses 1098 bearings, not 850 ones.
2. The people that sell these bearings in Mini spare parts shops ought to know they are wrong for a 998.

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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.

yep another weekend without any progress on the Motor but at least the crank is straight as now thanks GR. Atleast next weekend we should be able to a bit of work on it and maybe get it to a short engine stage.
I went home with the huffs. De sided to do more of the wiring. All grommets are in and wiring is hidden in the engine bay nicely. Fixed the relay and fuse box in and cleaned up the wiring. about 2-3 hours work and the wiring will be done just a few more odds and sods to do and get

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Stop Licking the Dog...I Don't Care Who Started It

Hard to get good help these days?

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1969 Cooper "S"
1967 Mini Deluxe
1973 Clubman Van (the fleet spare)
1978 ex 1275 LS ("Wizard" Eaton Supercharged)
2015 HSV GenF GTS(occasional drive & tow car)
2019 MINI F55 Cooper S

The help is amiable enough, but we need QC at point of sale.

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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.

Fitted the ATB diff onto the gearbox, even without gaskets ( used blue hylomar joint compound ) on the side plates i needed 1,20mm of shims!

cheers,
luis

Put my daughter and wife in, drove to Glenelg and parked. Then we wandered about and looked at a bunch of other minis, then got back in and drove home

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Dean Hutton's first car was a Mini.