1500mi service:

Oil change, greased all the nipples, removed cleaned & refitted both HS2 dashpots and pistons, blew out the air filters with compressed air, greased both door strikers and latches, adjusted rear brakes, retensioned the fan belt, dropped the hydro fluid out of both sides and refilled to three fingers height at the front wheel.

Thought about adjusting the tappets, but didn't have a rocker cover gasket handy in case the old one didn't seal.

Forgot to adjust the clutch.

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Simon

The adventures of an owner builder in the Tallarook Ranges

Sandblasted LCB's and repainted in high temp flame proof paint.

Sandblasted radiator shrouds and mounts, painted in engine enamel.

Polished top tank on alloy radiator. Looks sweet again.

Polished SU carb top housing.

Disassembled rocker assembly, assessed condition.

wire wheeled about 50 bolts and nuts.

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'66 BRG Morris Mini Deluxe 60HP ATW

assembled remote shifter assembly to make sure alignment of everything is spot on prior to fitment in the next few weeks. fingers crossed.

fitted shifter to gearbox and double checked operation of the whole shebang.

piston compression rings should arrive tomorrow.

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'66 BRG Morris Mini Deluxe 60HP ATW

Drove it for the 4th time in less than a month. Third time picking up the boy from school since moving. You should see the disapproving looks I get - yes, it's loud, and they all seem to think I'm a 'hoon' (modern, tabloid tv definition, not traditional definition) who won't give way to their kids at the crossing (my boy's in Prep, I'm not an idiot).

Coming home... First off, the clutch decided it wanted pumping (does that very occasionally - I haven't investigated it - worked fine after it was pumped). Then it started to miss when accellerating, or holding a steady speed (roughly 60) in 4th. When home, I tried revving it in neutral - it was happy to rev cleanly and higher than it had before it started breaking down whilst driving. Plugs and HT Leads were replaced by a reputable Mini specialist maybe 500km ago (I don't drive much, it might be 9 months ago), electronic dissy conversion 13 months ago (that was a saga - the thread on here that I joined ended up at 9 pages)... So tomorrow I'll have to dig out the multimeter (thankfully I've seen it since my move) and pull the plugs to try and see where the problems lie. Perfect timing - just when the wife's been saying it's not a reliable car.

I decided that since the 1412 stroker is going in next week, let's put the Russell Engineering 7" manifold and HS6 on the 1360, and make sure it fits, so no surprises...

Guess what, it don't fit. But it did, in a 77 Clubby body.

On my 1970 `matic shell:
1. Float bowl fouls on the firewall. If I do surgery to clear it, the bottom LH instrument pod screw & captive nut has to go, the angled bit of firewall below the speedo hole has to be cut out or bashed flat..
2. Ramflo filter base fouls on the speedometer cable. Might need a 90° cable box.
3. I would have to use bolts in the carby, not studs- there's no room to put the carby over the studs. (or I could slot out the manifold/head flanges so I can drop the manifold and carby on vertically, but I don't like butchering them like this).

So all this might upset the 1412 install schedule a bit.
I'm not prepared to run it on the road with no air filter.

45 Dellorto is going back on tomorrow.



[edit] After a bit more measuring I think raising the carby angle from 12° to 15° would help, if I do it by milling the manifold/head flanges it will lift the carby up too. I left them 10mm thick in case I had to.

[edit] stuff it, I'm keeping the 45DHLA Dellorto. I'll sell the bloody HS6 SU & manifold setup.

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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 pulled the fuel pump exuest intake manifoled engine steady rad side and clutch slave ..mmmmnow ios time for another beer i shal continue disasembeling things fior tonight but i thinx i will clean things up and put together tomorow

Got the head back all nice and clean. Got cam belt retainer/spacer machined up and given to me yesterday. Fits beautifully. Was supposed to have the new seals and belt last night too but plans have changed and I'll now get them Sunday. Got all next week off work. I think I know what I'll be doing

I hope you have bought some offset cam keys, the cam keyway in these Triger kits is a few degrees out. I had to put a 5° one in my 1412, and the 1360 has a 4° one.

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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 sure did. Just to be safe.

i have just finish reasembling the drivers door and am soooooo excited coz IT ALL WORKS ! (and pretty damn proud of myself too!) That is a real b@st#rd of a job! will leave the other side for a week me thinks !

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Cheers, Kim
**purple '68 deluxe!**


***FINALLY wearing number plates----yeaaaaaah baby! ***

Replaced the rubber engine mount rubbers with nolathane ones.

Muuuuuch better now.

& packed the ball joints with grease so it runs until I get a mechanic to look at it on Monday.

You got nothing on the guy who dropped his little girl off at school..on the back of a motorbike with no safety gear but the mandatory helmet. I coulda stabbed him in the eye with a pencil I was so angry. Take chances with your own life I say, but not someone elses.

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

Ahh... Bikes. I remember being 5 years old (mid 80's), squashed between my mother and step father (him driving), on the back of a trail bike going up 50 minutes of single lane dirt road with logging trucks coming the other way... Wearing nothing more than a leather flying cap. I don't think I was ever given anything more than a helmet at the best of times! When we first met aforementioned man, he owned a Bedford van. I found out that the rear seat in it wasn't bolted down when he jumped on the brakes going down a hill, and the seat tried to roll forward onto me.

It's amazing how safety standards have changed... Now, a slightly throbbing exhaust note and you're worse than an axe murderer, even if you've got your child safely secured (booster and belt), and you're attentive to the fact there are kids about.

cleaned the garage AGAIN
rearranged the minis so as can work on daughter 2.0s car and bbq trailer
clean floor with carpet (cold concrete not good for old bones )should get it right this time

Took it up for a car wash. 4 bucks on the car, 2 bucks chasing the boy around and around with the pressure washer set to rinse

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