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I pulled the head off the van and found some nasty surprises.

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Apparently we might be having a cyclone here in Perth. :lol:
Yeah right (bloody media hype).
So moved the Mini under the back patio next to the Clubby van to offer some protection from the destructive wind gusts of up to 100km/h.
Gosh I hope we are not all blown away....... [/sarcasm]
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Seriously concidering putting the whole thing in a shipping container, rare bits and all, covering it in CRC , locking it up and hiding the key for 20 or so years till all the know alls have dropped dead and stop filling my head with crap.
Seriously its bull$hit

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Mini_Maxx wrote:
Seriously concidering putting the whole thing in a shipping container, rare bits and all, covering it in CRC , locking it up and hiding the key for 20 or so years till all the know all have dropped dead and stop filling my head with crap.
Seriously its bull$hit

Well im hoping to live more than 20yrs.... so can i provide the shipping container for you :lol:

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:D I did this yesterday . . .
http://www.powercruise.com/
. . . was lots of fun :!:

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With the rear subframe out for replacement panels to be welded in (boot floor repair panel, valance and hinge panel), I have removed both radius arms today. They are both still servicable so a clean up with a wire brush and they are now ready to paint.

Next: painting the subframe

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pulled the Cooper S apart!

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Installed an ultimate engine steady- recommend it! Great improvement! Also fitted 4 x stubtack ram tubes to 7 port - thanks to dr mini!
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Still need to do rockers after a re torque.

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Put the dialback timing light on my mate's Cooper S, man I can't believe the timing scatter you get with a fairly high mileage motor with a worn timing chain and points ignition! It was moving over an inch at the marks!
So, to check the light I had to try it on my 1412 again with the belt drive- timing marks @4000 rpm were steady as a rock! 8)

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Went for a drive to check out the A/C, 40 Deg and very dry here in Melbourne today, ( Sun.) put the Thermometre on the top of the passenger seat and drove around for a while, temp inside the car never got above 25 Degrees, so that will do me anyday....very happy with repairs to A/C and new switching and controls.... :wink: :wink:

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MiniKit wrote:
Hey Dave where did you get the cloth loom sleeves? Great looking shed too, want to come clean mine. :)


Hi - it is not a sleeve but the braid. The front has a colour highlight in it in it (supposed to be yellow but turned up blue) while the rest of it is just black cloth. This is the loom that I bought from Minispares UK:
http://www.minispares.com/Product.aspx?ty=pb&pid=33224

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Very nice shed, so roomy. :mrgreen:
Just wondering the purpose of the carport inside the shed?
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Just wondering the purpose of the carport inside the shed?


Spray or Dust Booth?

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I think Dave must have a very tidy sock drawer ! :lol:

Nice shed and set up, what is the other Mini, its not listed in your sig, has a half and half front panel I see!

Graham 8)

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