Fitted new 1/4 window rubbers.
Now i know why restored minis are worth so much !

figured out whats what on a 2nd hand loom from a wiring diagram........blurgh

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Installed the bigger fuel tank connecting pipe last night & fuelled it up, then filled the rad this morning before driving it to work.
Back on the road again!

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1.8L Sunshine - Legal, legit & lovinit

Took the Mini for a bit of a run to check out exhaust noise with the 380mm long hotdog I added this week.
It has taken most of the (excessive) bark out of it. Sounds like a Cooper S now.
Also, the cabin boom at around 70-80kmh is way less.
Power seems the same (bloody heaps!!).
Now to add some soundproofing under the bonnet /on the firewall.

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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.

You're getting old, Kev

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Simon

The adventures of an owner builder in the Tallarook Ranges

No faster than usual.
I'm trying not to draw attention to myself noisewise when Mr/Mrs Plod has his/her laser fishing gear out down the road from me (regularly).
Let him/her concentrate on pinging the noisy ricers, bikes and falcodores instead.

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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.

Is this on top of the hill at Vardy's Road?

They are there more often than not, I almost got pinged there in the moke

Instead they lowered the gun and just watched me sail past
Probably wasn't going fast enough to get booked anyway, but it sure feels like it when you're that low and exposed to the elements!

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You're so square
Baby I don't care

Fitted rear seatbelts. Fitted front drivers seatbelt. Fitted headlights. Dummied up drivers seat to check positioning and work out what modifications need to be made to the subframes to get the seats to fit/work in a reasonable mannner. Could be extensive and heaven help anyone who wants to sit in the back.

The gradual rebuild continues...

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Cheers, Matt

Don't be fooled, Gruhms is not my real name.

They get on Vardys rd near Bosch Hydraulics, also going west outside Reece/7-11, also going up the hill west of vardys rd public school.
But they regularly camp just down the road from my place in that little cul-de sac on Joseph Banks Drive with a hand held laser, and ping people coming up the hill with the sun in their eyes.
Sneaky bastardos... they have a white Hyundai iLOAD van now as well as the candy coloured HP Dunnydoors, so watch it.

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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.

Went and visited my mini today in the workshop
Fingers crossed for a blue slip on Monday
Unfortunately had some dramas on Friday cause the compliance plate has a different number to the body and the old rego papers?

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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

Put a new rocker cover gasket on.
That stopped the little oil leak.

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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

Started the day off thinking I had a stuffed battery……ended up being the starter motor.
Spied two old geminis at the wreckers a few weeks back.
Lucky for me nobody had pinched the starters off them, the first one relinquished its starter in less than ten minutes as the head had been taken off.
The other one put up a fight, but after some blood, a lot of sweat and a hell of a lot of cursing……. I scored two starters for thirty five bucks each.
Got home degreased and picked the best out of the two and fitted to the mini in less than twenty minutes.

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I have a mini because I'm not allowed to play with small thermo nuclear weapons any more. (bloody neighbours you’d think they would be happy that they don’t have to turn a light on when they need to take a leak in the middle of the night)

Induction kit
new brakes
new heater on /off valve (and yet its still blowing hot air)
new clear lenses.

Fitted the seats on their newly modified subframes.

The new felt inner seals arrived and I scrounged enough clips to get them happening. Finished installing all the glass on the drivers door and put the trim back on. That was a bitch of a job. I think I did some things in the wrong order which resulted in much cursing and more scratched paint around the doors than I'm happy about. Hopefully the passengers side will be significantly easier with my new-found wisdom.

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Cheers, Matt

Don't be fooled, Gruhms is not my real name.

Spent a few hours getting the paper work sorted and finally obtaining the rego.
All set to go now, just need a wheel alignment and tune.

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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