pulled the 1275 out of the van & pulled the donor motor out of the morris 1100

Stood around Wednesday night chatting with Lindsay about getting Moneypit finished.
Only been 4 years and the pit ain't full yet

This year it WILL happen

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1964 Cooper UK 970 S 'CZ 4289'

I drove the 1412 down to the muffler place at Seven Hills in the 38C heat, and cadged a bit of 1-1/2" pipe to fix my old Maniflow LCB.
The one I had to use Mr Anglegrinder on to get it off the car!

No it didn't overheat, I don't run a cheapo chinese ex-saucepan radiator.

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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.

what melts 1st? the saucepan or the egg

what exhaust are you running doc?

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one van, one mini s, one knitted cardigan

I had a Maniflow medium bore LCB on the 1310>1360 for around 10 years, then one pipe rusted into the Y piece- so I had to cut the pipe off and grind the remains out. I want to fix it and use it when the 1360 goes back in, it's port matched to the big port head.

1412 stroker in my car now has the same type LCB but newer. It will stay with this motor when it goes into the wife's van.

I used to use Kopr-Kote anti seize on the Y piece joints, it didn't stop it rusting together. I'll use a nickel anti-seize next time (hope it's better for hi temps).

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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 made some new door cards for WLD Monster....MMmmm

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DVS K
Toad the Moke
Brutus the Ute
Mean Monster
Purple People Eater

Today before the humidity hit I:

Changed the fuel sender float - I now have a working fuel gauge The old one was about half full of fuel too...



Also organised my workspace and the goodies I have to go in and on the car starting from next weekend (new gearbox, Maniflow, RC40, intake manifold etc etc etc..). The engine bay is gong to get a nice spruce up in line with the planned theme of the car in the process.









Excited much? Yes

Dave

Changed the fuel sender float - I now have a working fuel gauge The old one was about half full of fuel too...

thats a bastard of a job with a leaking float done me brother inlaws the other week but changed the whole sender
the gauge read under half empty before i pulled the sender out and the fuel was more than 10 litres above the sender hole when i pulled it out

WHAT A BLOODY MESS ON A PAINTED CONCREATE FLOOR

I understand exactly and could not rely on the gauge knowing that it could be showing me anything. This was my third attempt at doing it, just breaking the seal each time just in case the level was too high. Luckily enough the level today was lower

PreparIng the body ready for painting, but it's tooooo hot now.

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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

Before it got so hot....I made up my anti-rust mix & started soaking some cooper brake parts & other various rusty items. Once again had to drill screw due to yet another ape destroying the heads .Will be interesting to see just how well the mix will work

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one van, one mini s, one knitted cardigan

why didn't you two poke a piece of wire or something in the fuel filler hole to check the level?

we did lol

I refit my recoed head into the van tonight.
Most of the works done, leaving only the fitment of the exhaust and some minor jobs left to do.

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'72 English Van...'72 Export Moke ...63' 850...KZ 750E1...'74 P76

Moved it out of the way so I could get the 'lux near the garage

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Simon

The adventures of an owner builder in the Tallarook Ranges