Ripped the twinky out of my moke


Was a sad day.


Good bye old friend, you were taken from us all too soon.

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You're so square
Baby I don't care

but thats coz ur a dumbass!!!

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"Buttercup" 1972 Mini Clubman (moved on)

"Ray" 1977 Mini Sunshine (moved on)

"Dr Martin" 1962 Morris Wannabe-Deluxe (moved on)

"Maybel" 1967 Morris 1100 - Making a Come Back

Yeah yeah!

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You're so square
Baby I don't care

Finally got Marion's club permit stuff sorted, popped the plates on and took her for a spin - to the shopping centre where I bought a vacuum cleaner that cost more than Marion did when she was new

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'62 Morris 850 (Marion)
'65 Mini Delux - sleeper 1275/S discs (Ms Plum)
'69 Vanden Plas Princess 1300
'71 Wolseley 1300
'74 Austin 1300 Countryman
'94 XJ6 Sport 3.2
'04 Rover 75 CDTi

I put two Monte Carlo flares on my mini today. They took me 2hrs each to install. It's not an easy task fitting a set of aftermarket flares for the first time. Quite nerve-racking drilling holes in my panels.

I have a system sorted though. I will post up a how-to on drilling holes dead centre in the little 10mm flanges on the gaurds. It involves a little guide bracket that i made up out of tin.

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- Simon -

Can I ask why?
Cheers Pete

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A recent study found the average Aussie walks about 900 miles a year
Another study found Aussies drink, on average, 22 gallons of alcohol a year
That means, on average, Australians get about 41 miles per gallon

Kind of makes you proud to be an AUSSIE

I sold it.

Simply because it did not fit very well in my car with the carbs
I had my heart set on quad carbs instead of fuel injection, but with the carbies and a fixed grille moke, it fits, but not with room to work on anything.

If you look closely, the face of the caby sits at about a 25degree angle, and the bottom side is hard up against the grille. Leaving next to no room for a filter
Changing the points would entail going up from underneath the car, same with an oil filter change
Just not something I can see being user friendly

So it's coming out in place for a SC motor in months to come

Cheers

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You're so square
Baby I don't care

silly silly adam... just for that,,, im sure you could have looked past that once you got to drive it on the road and really explore it's potentials

back on topic.... yesterday I replaced the steering wheel on the mini

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Bluey-1973 Clubby - 1330, high lift, big cam, 7 port madness in progress..

Gumby-1978 Minivan, British Racing Green - 1310, high lift, mild cam, enlarged porting and chamber shape with big valve head, supercharged build in ever slow progress!

Fixed.

i think it might have been 81kph

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Bluey-1973 Clubby - 1330, high lift, big cam, 7 port madness in progress..

Gumby-1978 Minivan, British Racing Green - 1310, high lift, mild cam, enlarged porting and chamber shape with big valve head, supercharged build in ever slow progress!

Nothing on the Mini today but I did clear all the S#!t that my boys' dumped around the Mini.

Now I've got room to work again

Dicko

Today i cleaned the spark plugs and distributor ready for a drive down to Dunalley. she went like a dream until i got home, went to start it to put it away and had no power.
turns out there was a bit of water on the battery terminals in the engine bay. all fixed and running fine once again.

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2000 Holden Rodeo TD - The Daily
1998 JDM Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution V -The Weekender
1977 Leyland Mini 998cc, 1293cc in the works - The project
1977 Leyland Mini Van - Sold
1966 Morris Mini Deluxe - Sold
2004 MINI Cooper S Chilli - Sold

Installed the radiator in the race car, after having a pipe fitted to the top tank, to take the water from the aux rad I run. Decided to run it into the top tank instead of into the bottom radiator hose where I had been runing it.

Also set the tappets, rerun the starter motor cable and made up a new 6mm cable from the alternator to the solenoid. Then removed the front hubs for ball joint and wheel bearing pre-load overhaul.

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Steve

Took the dash out of Mokesta to see why there is always a mis-fire. Couldn't see anything wrong and the mis-fire was still there. Jiggled a few wires and the change of tacho when indicators are on appeared to go away. Maybe the voltage reg for instruments is stuffed??

Emptied most of a can of carby cleaner into the inlet while revving the tits of the engine and the mis-fire appears to have gone (at least when not under load). Can carbon on the valves cause a mis-fire at mid to high revs? The car badly needs valve stem seals and a tune. It gets bad carbon build up on valves.

With the dash out I decided to fix the split washer hose and tried the wipers. Oh dear, about one wipe per 10 seconds. Took the Presslite motor out and found that one of the magnets has come un-glued from the stator housing. Re-epoxied that and am waiting for it to set. I hope to have a driveable moke for the muster.

I won't have time to re-paint all the dash parts that so badly need it. Will just look like a dunger at the muster.


Oh, and my new Newton Commercial cream/black interior set arrived for the 850. NICE!!! Door cards, dash, carpet, rear seat covers and foam, 2-piece hood lining, sun visors etc. Very well made I must say and they packed it in two consignments to avoid the $1000 limit. Champs.

M

I took the cover of after 8 weeks,
I checked oil, water and ride height
It started within 1 second of the key turn,
I drove it to a inner city party.
I drove it home after party,
I parked in the garage,
I put cover on again.

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YDO005 1965 stock standard MORRIS MINI DELUXE