cleaned out the alloy rad in the turbo twinky moke,,, only a few rows clogged, was barely worth doing actually but now that we`re nearing completion of this thing i figured that it`s better to make sure now as it saves any question later

just setting up all the cam pulleys on the old girl now, should be all back together & running before i go on hols,,, BUT,,, i`m going to sort a Knock sensor to a light on the dash now,,, been bitten once so (hope) not to be bitten again

I Took "AndyInParadise" for a spin in the small bore twinky today too,,, hee hee

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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.

Measured the tread depth front vs rear, and discovered that 4000 miles has worn the fronts 1mm while the rears still have the moulding marks on the tread!

Pulled one side off to rotate them, and while torquing up the fronts discovered another frigging stud has stripped its splines and spun in its seat. It's a sod of a job getting them undone when this happens, although I seem to be getting practiced at it now

Fitted a new one and loctited it in, hopefully this one will stay put

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Simon

The adventures of an owner builder in the Tallarook Ranges

Didn't actually do anything on the "FAX" but did drop in on TheMiniMan to have a chat about my suspension setup.

He took me for a spin in the small bore twinky.

OH MY GOD..... IT JUST KEEPS REVVING!!!!!!

Lots of fun.

Thanks Matt.

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1978 Mini S - "FAX"

Finally got around to finishing putting the motor back together for the clubbie and putting it back in, start it up, tune, test run and then a wash before putting it to bed.

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1964 998 Cooper , 1968 Morris 1100

Starting sanding off the crappy cracked/peeling silver from the roof of the 1275LS to get a peek at what mysteries lie beneath.

And bought some wheels/trims for it .. so chuffed, something else of the long list of parts for restoration back to standard with another part coming up in 3.5ish days !

Cleaned, and repainted my Morris badge, it had no paint left on it! What a boring first post.

Sort of Mini related - I have a SIP150 MIG welder which on the whole is OK but when you get onto thin stuff it is very eratic at times. After reading in the MIG Forum it appears it is a well know problem with the SIPs and is linked to the fact the wire feed motor draws its supply from the main transformer and varies as the arc makes and breaks. A couple of people have developed a mod to rectify this problem so I been working on that to hopefully improve things before I get stuck into welding up the 'A' panel. - for those who are interested the MOD can be found here

I found a 24volt power supply in my box of bits and a spare 12v relay and away we go

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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!

.........this.........
http://www.ausmini.com/forums/viewtopic ... c&start=45

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDMkVq1jRGU

Spent most of the afternoon trying to get my Tacho to work.....one posted question on the forum and Simon came up with the goods and now its working brilliantly. Thanks again Simon.

Tim

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1971 Mini K

i cant put it on the forum as their could be children reading this

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busier than a 0ne legged man in a butt kicking competion

What you let your wife/sister/cousin/uncle/great grandmother (all the same person)drive the ute she paid for

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDMkVq1jRGU

who paid for

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busier than a 0ne legged man in a butt kicking competion

put petrol in it, thought i might drive it tomorrow.

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Blew the fuse in the H4 relay without a spare And it's such a good night for a cruise in Melbourne

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Simon

The adventures of an owner builder in the Tallarook Ranges

Kneeled infront of id swapping master clutch Cylinders. Clivis pin is not a problem but getting that dame pip to tread in to the top of the master...what a pain

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