Yesterday I carefully reassembled the engine and then repainted it nice and shiny,






Then I repaired the paint in the engine bay where the brake fluid had spilled,
and tonight I removed the masking tape and paper and cleaned the remainder of the engine bay in preparation to reassemble



Hope to get the engine back in this week

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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

Had new Yoko A008s fitted, and a full laser/computer alignment done. Very happy, the Yokie's are a vast improvement over the old Falken rocks I had previously. Is it just me or is the ride quality on 8's far, far more compliant than Falkens? I used to jarr over cat's eyes, but now I barely notice them. Grip in the Melbourne grease this evening was brilliant too, even though I haven't yet worn the stickers off the tread

Also fitted an adjustable camber/toe bracket to the RHR, after discovering during the alignment that that side was toe-ing in by nearly 5mm

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Simon

The adventures of an owner builder in the Tallarook Ranges

stripped the front subframe and gave the underside a coat of red oxide primer as well as the bottom arms. top side of the subframe will get done tomorrow, then im gunna work out how to use the hvlp gun ive got to give it some gloss black.

absolutely nothing again

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started it again... for the first time since the pancakes cruise.... still got a bad earth in there somewhere.... just dont know where....

might take it to Griegs...

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Here am I sitting in my tin can far above the Moon
Planet Earth is blue and there's nothing I can do...



“A turbo: exhaust gasses go into the turbocharger and spin it, witchcraft happens and you go faster.” - Jeremy Clarkson

That is a really intense green! I wouldn't be surprised if it had a long slender tongue and could sit on a lilypad.
Looks great.

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SooperDooperMiniCooperExpertEngineering

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

I had an old piece of the gearbox with the original colour on it and asked the paint shop to match with 2pack. Not quite the correct colour but when assembled I think it looks good.

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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

unloaded from Dad's bus the new seam welded front sub frame with all the rose jointed adjustable bits & disk brakes. Now planning to install this weekend and make the car a roller after 3 years....

Fitted competition rear bump stops. Now to do the front shocks.

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1970 Mini Deluxe - 1275, Weber, Clive 346 cam, MS 4-pot slotted discs, Megajolt ignition Now with new improved Mambas... almost on the road
1966 Van with Traveller rear seat conversion
2008 Prado GXL
All in various states of repair...

are these competition bumpstops hard to put on? would you put them on a street car?

I finished building my sons rocker cover racer for minishow and spent too much time on ausmini.

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Flute - 68 MK I Cooper S
Member: VMCI #2474
Member: International Mini Model Collectors Club

1. Not hard to fit.
2. On a hydro car, yes.. it stops it squatting under acceleration and gives less body roll and sharper turn-in. Usually used in conjunction with shocks on the front.

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Simon

The adventures of an owner builder in the Tallarook Ranges

I socket, can of wd40, and a vice to press them on to the plate they came with took less than 10 minutes, and that included jacking up the car and taking off the rear wheels.

Will have to see how much firmer the ride is.

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1970 Mini Deluxe - 1275, Weber, Clive 346 cam, MS 4-pot slotted discs, Megajolt ignition Now with new improved Mambas... almost on the road
1966 Van with Traveller rear seat conversion
2008 Prado GXL
All in various states of repair...

You can roll them on if you use a bit of lube it up before pressing it on. It won't go anywhere after that.

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SooperDooperMiniCooperExpertEngineering

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

warm it up in hot water. I used vasso or soap

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

Fiddled with the toe-in on the RHR after fitting the adjustable bracket yesterday. Found when I drove it today that I had to steer right a little to go in a straight line, but after a tweak it's almost dead straight again

Still haven't worn all the stickers off the new tyres, and I've done probably 70 Km's on them already. Hopefully bodes well for tyre life

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Simon

The adventures of an owner builder in the Tallarook Ranges