Fitted Gafmo's 1132 Hypatec pistons, rods and RE83 cam into the 998 stroker..

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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.

Fabricated a repair section for the front bumper fold out of the last remains of the good 'ol Mikra

Then realised that I neither can weld nor have a welder ...

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No speakers, no bodykits, no six-inch spacers, no spak filler, no bullshit

finished fabricating a shroud for "one of them ebay radiators"

starting to sort out my wiring woes....

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Here am I sitting in my tin can far above the Moon
Planet Earth is blue and there's nothing I can do...



“A turbo: exhaust gasses go into the turbocharger and spin it, witchcraft happens and you go faster.” - Jeremy Clarkson

New clutch slave cylinder kit

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Lillee - 1969 Morris Mini K

Working on M1100's Mini K box, for his 1275/M1100. 3.765 diff.

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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.

Nothing so far today!
But yesterday I assembled the Mini Deluxe engine by placing the crankshaft into the block and torqued up the bearings then placed the gearbox onto the bottom of the block.
Not quite sure if I have the "U" shaped seal in around the correct way? Seemed to be a bit of a difficult fit in the 1100 engine?
Need to check tonight before I torque down all of the engine to gearbox bolts.

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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

Began stripping down the spare 1100 motor I have sitting here taking up valuable floorspace in the garage. Got everything off as far as the flywheel, then realised I don't have a puller

Off to Supercrap tomorrow

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Simon

The adventures of an owner builder in the Tallarook Ranges

Still tidying up the garage. Had two problems - solved both with a one same solution - where to store the wheeled dollys and how to stash the block/gear boxes and complete engine out of the way? put the heavy engine bits on the dollys and roll them under the work bench

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David L


My greatest fear in life is that when I die my wife will sell my Mini and tools for the price I told her I paid for them!

I have this problem too

I really really really need to get me an air compressor, but I literally have no spare floor space for it to live. I'm thinking under one of the benches, too

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Simon

The adventures of an owner builder in the Tallarook Ranges

went for a drive.... first time in around 6 weeks... played around with the radiator, put in my 4 blade fan fark... it is loud lol, need to update exhaust to match sound now...

Started on my rear seat.... should have a good start by tuesday.

Continued to pull apart teh 998 whore engine, getting it ready and clear for machining....

a few days there....

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Here am I sitting in my tin can far above the Moon
Planet Earth is blue and there's nothing I can do...



“A turbo: exhaust gasses go into the turbocharger and spin it, witchcraft happens and you go faster.” - Jeremy Clarkson

Made a great deal of workspace it the small area of the shed im allocated for mini use. Striped the last few external parts off the mini to get it ready for a paint (what red and black do i use?). That means i should be ready to put the engine back together in the next session.

Although she still is missing four windows I gave her another wash as we've been plagued by dust recently.

Started stripping down the motor today too, standard pistons were found, definately a good platform to start from. Also had a Cooper S stamped copper head gasket on it too.. Can these gaskets be re-used??

Fitting Honda wiring harness into Mini, the harness needs lots of adjustments to make it fit nicely.

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email - [email protected]
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67 Traveller - Needs restoration
www.victoria-chiropractors.ca

Got a new middle section for the exhaust pipe bent up today - not tried the fit yet - chap wasn't very hopeful it will fit

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David L


My greatest fear in life is that when I die my wife will sell my Mini and tools for the price I told her I paid for them!

Had an SOS call out to help a mini owner having problems with weber linkages (thanks to all who supplied photos) and wanting a 5 minute hand to sort out.

Turned up and met with 'tsb' (stu) who was also called along. 2 hours later we had cabled the carbie, remounted the starter solenoid, dynamo back on, mounted coil, reconnected line to brake booster, refit clutch slave, connect speedo drive, figure out wiring to solenoid and coil, check distributor, connect spark plug leads . . . and it started!

Only real hassle was trying to use motorcyle tool kit metric spanners - the only ones available.

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