hey, looks really good!!
im not a fan of the rice vents for a standard 1100...
but i like the green paintwork and the wheels/interior etc.

The car is actually blue.

it looks like many colours, whatever it is its cool

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thats a nice rig and for what its worth i love the louvering..
I bet louvering dont come cheap these days

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No longer Ms Westwoods mini outside her original kings road shop

It Continues...

Well, have had bits n pieces on and off over the week, and various jobs are popping up do be done. I can do myself lukily.

Some new wiring under the bonnet
Fix petrol gauge
Change seats for roadworthy
Etc, Etc.

The current issue is the brakes. The handbrake didn't work at all when I got it, and after a short time had a tempory fix, but it still isn't very strong and after a trip round the block resulted in one very, very, very hot drum and one very cold one on the back. That tells me a pad is rubbing while the car is driving, and the other isn't doing jack.

Now I hardly know the most about drum brakes, and had a quote of up to $800 to get them as good as possible. I think that was a maximum price, covering all new pads, adjustments and cylinders if needed. This was from a mini place, so should know what they're doing.

What would you people do? Spend $800 on perfect drums, or shell out a bit more for discs?

The cars last passed a roadworthy was at most 2 years ago when the previous owner took delivery. Could they have deteriorated that much in that time, considering the car was only used weekly?

Thanks.

Awww common guys, isn't there someone in melbourne that can go have a look at harley brakes before he gets 800 dollars stolen.

Cheers

Aaron

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think your rear drums need adjusting,, just jack it up at the back, get a spanner on the adjuster and turn until the pad touches the drum, do both sides the same.... then test.
Dont spend $800 on them,, rip off.

Pads and cylinders will cost you under $100 for the rears.

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76 Clubman B16a2 Vtec AWD Turbo 12.9@105mph
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harley could also be the quadrants on the trailing arms they seize up and can cause that
makka

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I spent a couple of hours with the car on stands playing around, but couldn't get anything to work.
How thick are the pads when new?
They are around 4mm at the thinnest point, but that includes the steel they are mounted on.

id take the rear pads off and get some new ones in there.. check the fronts too, if the rears are gone then the fronts most probably are to. As i said pads are not dear, last time i got some the lot for 4 wheels was under $150.

When you put the new ones on make sure you adjust them in so the drum will go on, then adjust out again till they hit.

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1974 Moke - 998cc
76 Clubman B16a2 Vtec AWD Turbo 12.9@105mph
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V9PW49e1hYs

Would the local brake specialists be able to help me out as good as a mini place?

I got all my brake components from Repco and that was all new cylinders front and rear all new shoes i think it cost me $110 I think and they fit my mini fine

So yes I suppose that the local places can help you as well as the mini places

Pat

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If everything is set up and working correctly, braking systems are pretty simple - BUT - there are lots of little things that can be wrong and make them real mongrels to try and get working efficiently. Like shoes on upside down, seized adjusters and handbrake quadrants, sqashed pipes from overtightened unions and stop lamp switches, - the list goes on (I won't even start on some of the tricks available to help diagnose/fix faults).

If you want, I'll donate some time to you on the weekend to help you to try and sort them out. Just name the day and place. I'm confident that we can come in well under that price.

John (Mr Mutant)

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mutant mini 1380cc '73 UK imp-Chroma Lusion-leather interior-8 x 300W Diamond Audio Dual Voice Coil 8" subs, Phoenix Gold 4 chnl amp, Pioneer 7550 DVD, 2x Phoenix Gold A1.800d MonoBlock Amp, Focal Utopia splits, 14" chrome rims 195/40/14 tyres

Thanks John.
I'll take a reincheck on that for now, I'll try and get hold of the new parts I need through repco or whatever, that way I know I won't have another headache in a couple of months. I have about 4 different mini service manuals, so I'll try again myself maybe later.
It'll save me cash in the future if I can do it myself.
I still have to contact the guy who built the car 3 years ago and find out if it's just the engine he swapped, or the whole subframe with brakes, not that it'll make too much difference.

oh i am having the same fun as u at the moment!!!...... my hand brake was sh*t so i pulled it all off, and turned the thing that pushes it out around and it was good as new, i bled my brakes adjusted them to a good height and the thing is amazing,, the pedal travel is similar to discs!!!

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