36 x 1275 cranks over the last couple of days,,, i`m done
looks like we`ve saved maybe 25 cranks out of that bundle
more to go next week,,, need a break for now

i`m soooo sick of looking at cranks right now

wait till i get onto the small bore cranks, i really dont feel like sifting through about 200 plus little cranks, but it`s got to be done i spose

then onto the approx 400 blocks... tell me--> why do i do this>???

i should have been a hair dresser instead,,,

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No offence intended here but--> anyone writing a book about minis 30 years ago may not have experienced such worn or stuffed-with components as we are finding these days.

You should put your heart & soul into everything you do.

Holy crap. Great effort!

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1963 850 - laid up
1970 Morris mini K van - eating up the kms!

Great stuff Matt.
At least they are not going in a skip and off to China like so much has already.
ps. please save camshafts too, un-reground ones are getting scarcer now.

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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.

cams???,,, wellllll... not sure we have many wide lob cams, maybe only a dozen or so & most of are already hotys
I `ve been struggling for std wideys for a while now too

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No offence intended here but--> anyone writing a book about minis 30 years ago may not have experienced such worn or stuffed-with components as we are finding these days.

You should put your heart & soul into everything you do.

Matt, please keep all the good narrow ones, they work too. Even in a 1275 if it's all you can get. Convert em to slot drive with a machined spider adaptor welded in, and Bob's yer aunties husband.

Here's one I prepared earlier (not yet chamfered and TIG welded)-

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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.

Cranky Matt eh...cmon...no crankiness around here mate!!

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"Show me the Mini!"

Doesn't quite sound the same does it?

Mick & 16sth,,, you both made my day edit-->(oops, not "dad",,,fat fingers),,, sitting here smiling,,, havn`t had a good hearty smile for a while,,, thank you

& yes i spose that big pile of cranks is pretty-well how ReadSpeed used to be,,, cams & blocks etc too

hundreds & hundred of the things

i remember once havingyears of simply boring blocks, running into the cold rooms & picking a crank & a cam (already reground/hardened & balanced & linished & just a quick clean, check for size, pick out a new set of bearings out of the bearing cupboard (a whole wall of the damn things) & building mini engines,,, & repeat process for next one,,, over & over & over,,, it was non-stop engine reco system
& dad would send 20x cranks away for grind/harden/balance process (done "HIS" way mind you) so we always had plenty of stock, cams too,,, all sorts & grind numbers all in a wall cupboard, all red-rust-prooffed,,, all marked,,, all ready to go.

those days are long gone now but the memorys just keep flooding back to those "Good-ol-days
wish dad was here to see what`s happening, he`d be pretty choofed to see the progress but i`m sure he would still be winging & whining that it`s not done the way he wants it , nor would it be done quick enough

anyways,,, back to fitting engines into engine bays i spose, dad would be shitty at me spending time talking to my mates on the net instead of fitting engines

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No offence intended here but--> anyone writing a book about minis 30 years ago may not have experienced such worn or stuffed-with components as we are finding these days.

You should put your heart & soul into everything you do.

& Doc, yes i bough a whole pile of those adaptors from you yonks ago & we`ve been using them
& i have a pile of small bore cams that we`re linnishing up now too, but most are hotty grinds too
i do have some std ones
but i`m yet to go through all dads stuff yet
BBBBIIIIGGGGG Job,
every weekend for the next few months i reckon
& more than half of it will go into a metal skip bin i reckon
very sad,,, very sad indeed

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No offence intended here but--> anyone writing a book about minis 30 years ago may not have experienced such worn or stuffed-with components as we are finding these days.

You should put your heart & soul into everything you do.

Keep smiling Matty

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"Show me the Mini!"