Decided to send the main bearing shells to GR for an opinion, I was already sending him the cam for a re-fresh, so included them. He advised they looked fine, no evident problems. BTW, the central oil pickup is the older design with the slash on the bottom. Cam looked OK too, except for one lobe, should be possible to re-fresh. Good news as far as I am concerned.

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Steve

Ahh see you have the old pipe... Gosh I am seriously considering pulling it apart again and changing the pipe...

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Lillee - 1969 Morris Mini K

The way the solder on the new one melted I'd say it was soft. I have silver solder I'll be using to remake a new one

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David L


My greatest fear in life is that when I die my wife will sell my Mini and tools for the price I told her I paid for them!

Chong unless you are racing it, I wouldn't bother.
Mine holds 70psi all the way up to 7.5K when hot, with the new pipe.

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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.

Mini Update

Hi all! sorry for not updating for quite some time. I have been busy but have managed to get some stuff done. Here are some before and after pics.


Wiring loom before


Wiring loom after!!!


What I removed/replaced from the wiring loom

I also managed to get the weber box custom made and welded to the firewall!!! I towed her to Greig at Mini Classic Ermington ph:9874 7211. Looks great in person, should look even better once the engine bay is all stripped and painted.


Engine Bay Before box


Engine bay after box!!!


Here is the clearance and fit. Yes yes I am just resting the intake, dellorto and K&N filter on the box


It actually looks alot bigger in the pics than it is. I am very happy with the results. Thanks Greig!!!

Now I have to take the old engine out. I have borrowed a crane from Boostedmini so I am all set! After that I need to strip the firewall and paint it. More updates later including the completed engine in all it's painted glory

Hooroo!!

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Lillee - 1969 Morris Mini K

Take lots of piccies of installing the gauges again... I'm very interested to see it..

Yeah will do. It doesn't seem to stick into the dash much more than stock.

Have a close look at the back of my "reconstructed" binnacle. I've had to use a right angle speedo adapter, you can just see it in the picture. The back of the binnacle is not as flat as it could be ie. I can make it even more flatter than it is. We'll see how we go...

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Lillee - 1969 Morris Mini K

OK have had a quick look at the dash side of the box. There seems to be enough clearance to fit the binnacle on there and make it look stockish, but the biggest problem (well it aint really a problem to me) is that some of the bottom of the binnacle needs to be cut out so that it clears the box. From a quick eyeing, it should fit fine and look stock from the inside.

More later, first I have to get this engine out! it's all disconnected so all I have to do is lift it out!

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Lillee - 1969 Morris Mini K

Before


Some spot rust under a few layers of acrylic red floated over original Cadet Blue. All in all it was not badly rusted underneath

During


I must say, now I know why everyone goes on and on about POR15... It is truly remarkable stuff! I am thoroughly sold on it and recommend it to anyone doing this type of restoration work. 2 coats

After


Automotive enamel over the top. First coat. I must admit I have a few runs but all in all it aint bad considering it is my very first time using a spray gun, plus I could not work out the flow control until I was already half done

Sanding it back before the next coat should fix that no worries right? Not long to go!!!

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Lillee - 1969 Morris Mini K

Slowly getting there

Chong,

Sanding back should help yes BUT dont sand through to primer if you can help it...

Peter.

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Click here for the Turbo Conversion Thread!

Painting the engine bay will make a huge improvement...Looks geat Chong
Did you use the marine clean and the metal ready also ?
also was the the POR 15 still tackey when you put a coat of colour on???

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Stop Licking the Dog...I Don't Care Who Started It

wow, you're making some good progress chonger!!

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Looks fantastic mate!!!! Good effort too for a first timer. Good luck with the 2nd coat, it'll look shmick once completed.

Yeah I used the marine clean and metal prep to the exact instructions. The marine clean is good stuff even though you have to water it down 50% 50%. The metal prep made the rust go black which I think it's meant to do.

I'll wait a few days for it to dry properly before sanding it down doing the second coat.

I am very happy with the results, anything has got to be better than the top picture!

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Lillee - 1969 Morris Mini K