Managed to actually get the clubman down on 4 wheels! All ready to head for a wheel alignment!

So fixed the passanger side door handle, and sat on my ass and drove up and down the drive as i STILL need seats!!!

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New from the UK and wanting a NICE little British car!

Flogged it 238 klicks up the highway to Winton, went around the track twice, and then flogged it all the way back to Melbourne. I reckon the run-in period (whatever that was) is over....

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SooperDooperMiniCooperExpertEngineering

All garage work involves equal measures of enthusiasm, ingenuity and a fair degree of irresponsibility.

I got my apprentise to do some work for me today

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

Well Done Gamfo, Start em young, hope those boots are steel caps

Nice 'n' safe Gaf, good to see.. two axle stands and the jack as a backup.

Good stuff

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Simon

The adventures of an owner builder in the Tallarook Ranges

Polished it again. SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO shiney

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Dean Hutton's first car was a Mini.

when my little man is involved always..but no not safety boots. You haven't been on here long enought to know me well enought maxx but most of the work I do in the garage is in bear feet and well known for it

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

My amp guage turned up in the mail and I brought a new old stock HIF44 SU off uk ebay for my supercharger conversion.

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Lindsay Palmer
06 Mazda SP23
80 Alfa GTV (weekend toy)
86 626 Turbo (daily drive, now stolen)
71 cooper s replica
69 cooper replica
76 clubman
62 english 850
68 Mini Auto

So far today I've fitted new 'M' needles in both carbies and new 'Red' springs in both - interesting the old springs had remnents of red markings I hadn't noticed before but they are 50% longer again than the new ones Turned the float chamber tops around so they were pointing the right way

Time to play with the sump plug hole after lunch

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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!

Is that like when you wear furry boots that leave yetty prints in the dirt?

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Dave K.
1979 Moke Californian + 1981 'Coke' Moke

it would be so boring if I could spell

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

I agree. Some of your unintentional spelling errors end in hilarity

Still havent done anything on my mini. Ooo cashed my bond refund so now I have shopping money for mini parts

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I welded the front clip that I cut off a Mini last weekend onto one of my many Minis.

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email - [email protected]
http://s28.photobucket.com/albums/c207/TurboOrangie/

67 Traveller - Needs restoration
www.victoria-chiropractors.ca

Blanked off the grill on my 1100 to see if I can cure the carby ice problem that I get when it is -3°

4myego came over and we attempted to replace the bearings in his S front hubs.
Got the drive flanges off, but no way would one CV go back through the outer bearing of the hub. Even when encouraged with a big thick brass drift and a brick hammer. Can you say `rusty'??
The other hub is now fine... 2 new Timkens, NOS ball joints, new CV grease, boot and clips.
I'm now waiting for my neighbour to arrive home to attack the problem hub- he has a 20T press...
<EDIT> still couldn't move it with 20T and a 600C hot air gun...

BTW, all the balljoints were only finger tight, just relying on the lock washer to prevent undoing. DANGEROUS STUFF... they should be torqued up to 72ft/lb.
The PO `aeronautical engineer' should never have been let work on a car...

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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.