yep, very common.... I recently binned the old ones I inherited with one of my cars - someone had welded half of a thin washer to a thick washer. I got the sh*ts with them and went to work and made some lovely new ones on the mill. Used a piece of 1" wide x 5mm thick flat, I drilled 4 holes in a line, milled half of one side through the centre of the hole, then cut it into pieces with a hacksaw. The end result was 4 square stepped washers that were all identical thickness(es)

Tonight I replaced a perished and weeping brake line on the front right brake, and cleaned. Then I went to adjust the right rear, discovered that the shoes were out of adjustment, so put a dob of weld on them, then spent ages trying to work out which one was at the front and which was at the back... I think my superfins need machining again

The Rover injection-engine exhaust nuts can wobble and allow for smal differences in height Pretty sweet! And they have the washer build in... http://img25.imageshack.us/img25/4223/spinutte.jpg (not enough for my fanimold as you can see )

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No speakers, no bodykits, no six-inch spacers, no spak filler, no bullshit

I milled Boostedmini's Metro turbo? intake manifold underneath by 12mm so it clears his new fabricated turbo zorst one.

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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.

I replaced my other brake line, and cleaned adjusted up the left hand rear brake... all ready for tarmac motorkhana tomorrow

I also fiddled with my colourtune, and decided to go back to the CP4 needles Kev gave me a while ago.. The colourtune seems to be telling me that it's lean at full throttle - I'm thinking maybe I'll try richer, 'BF' looks alright

http://www.morrismini.com/SUNeedlesV2.a ... BE;BF;CP4;

I've also been fiddling with the datalogging on my megajolt, I can produce engine acceleration charts to compare power gain/loss when I change things.

The first chart is the RPM - the slope of the line is what we're after, the steeper the better.

The second chart is the RPM acceleration, steeper the better

The blue line on these was before I changed the needles and put thicker oil in the dashpots, the green/red is after.



The rev limit kicks in at 6500rpm, and works by dropping the advance to 0, so the engine can go over it, as you see it went a bit over 7k, which is alright, but not intentional. So the green line is better

Cut the steps off the flange of the LCBs so they match the Minispares inlet flang. Attempted to purchase fuel line and spark plug leads
Painted Manual fuel pump blanking plate & MC plate
annoyed so much more could have been done

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I pushed mine out to check that the concrete job I did worked. Oh and I also re-adjusted my rockers, topped up the dashpot oil, tweeked the throttle linkage and re-balanced the carbs (thanks Gunsons Carbalancer), cleaned all the plugs and then gave the donk a clean with Mr Muscle.

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oiled and wrapped a few 1098 cranks attempted to move stuff out of garage to make way for engine stand.... "we're gonna need a bigger boat..."

cleared out the moke (hence the crap in the garage) to make way for sanding and paint....

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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

Adjusted the clutch, topped up the coolant (which is weeping slightly from the lower radiator hose, and I can't be farked pulling it out to fix it), and lifted the hydro from two to three fingers.

Also decided it was time to be an irresponsible loon again, so swapped the RC40 for the LOUD hot dog

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Simon

The adventures of an owner builder in the Tallarook Ranges

Changed out the fuel filter and pulled it apart to see what lurked within.

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SooperDooperMiniCooperExpertEngineering

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

Wotcha find?

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Simon

The adventures of an owner builder in the Tallarook Ranges

Showed her off to Frednuts&co

i got stuck in yesterday and pulled a regulator out've another door and successfully fitted it in mine ! Was a big deal............haven't been able to wind that sucker for years ! Didn't get time to fit the glass though........... !

Shouting a big thank-you to Mike Byron !

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Cheers, Kim
**purple '68 deluxe!**


***FINALLY wearing number plates----yeaaaaaah baby! ***

Black stuff that looked like dirt. Not too much but enough to tell me why I have a filter.

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SooperDooperMiniCooperExpertEngineering

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

Saturday morning - Pulled the engine outta Little Red that I sold to someone for money that I desperately needed

Sunday afternoon - Fitted 2 headlight relays to Madlockie, one for high beam and one for low beam along side with 2 inline fuses, as on Friday night, the headlights killed the dipper switch

Luckly I had a new one that was in Little red, that I could pull from.

Good as gold now, much much brighter and I have high beam and low beam again

Also fitted a better horn that could be heard over the engine pulled from little red as well

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Bluey-1973 Clubby - 1330, high lift, big cam, 7 port madness in progress..

Gumby-1978 Minivan, British Racing Green - 1310, high lift, mild cam, enlarged porting and chamber shape with big valve head, supercharged build in ever slow progress!

Lifted the arse up on Marcia in preparation for doing the Fuel and Brake lines. Id Showed I have not been back their for a long time Mr & Mrs Daddy Long Legs have had it far to good for to long. Attached the Fuel Pump and almost finished off the wiring with the exception of the number plate lights

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