I forgot to put oil in this morning, doesn't drive nicely... I still have the AFR meter so I might see what it's like, but doesn't feel good

As above, I had comp. front bump stops on my car which helped minimise the geometry problems until I fitted adjustable arms. Horrible things, they were.. they were on there for years and didn't disintegrate, but they did increase the spring rate waaaay too much and caused the front end to be jittery.

Offload 'em

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Simon

The adventures of an owner builder in the Tallarook Ranges

We fitted a stronger spring to my carb when we removed the damper assembly. Though Des Hammill goes on about leaving the spring out in his 'SU performance manual', or fit a very soft spring... All I can say is that it works great and improved acceleration & throttle response a fair bit. And still get's me about 35-40MPG (imperial) (with a MG Metro-ish engine with stg1 kit).

Certainly a very interesting topic that can cause quite a lot of controversy (Hammill is the first I found to write on it)

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

Still struggling to fit the front guards onto my project.
The passenger side fits OK but the drivers side seems to be too long by about 10mm.
Looks like more measuring and checking to try and find where the discrepancy is.

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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

Went for a run to the Road Warriors Cafe at Mount White on Sunday morning. It has re-opened and is bigger and better than before. There is also a small bike shop behind the cafe now.

On the way there I was having trouble with accelerating out of the corners - seemed like a dead spot in the twin HS2's that would clear when given more gas pedal. Not sure about the remedy - think it is running to rich in the colder weather so I wound up the jets by two flats. Not sure whether it is fixed yet or not. Maybe it is too lean?

Cheers

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

nah, check the oil in the dashpots

I forgot i had the old air filter on the car and it desintigrated and my engine ate it.(half anyway) so i have finally cleaned the engine and carby out and finally got it running again. oh also got Lucas's night vision going!

washed all the smudge marks off the windscreen from demisting by hand in the last few weeks spat of rain.

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You're so square
Baby I don't care

took it for a pink slip and it passed. Now just have to pay the CTP and Rego.

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Ryan Filippi
Minis In The Gong
[email protected]
www.minisinthegong.com.au

Not good Ben.

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Steve

If finally seem to be coming alittle better. if i can't get it to come good, "off with his head!: i hate cleaning spark plugs after a good blast. would rather just park it up and go for a sleep but thems the brakes! Silly me

replaced the condenser yet?

Finally got moulded carpet in and cut off excess and aligned holes for belts etc...

Question for anyone out there.. our 998 motor wont turn over, though we're getting spark!
We think we may have the wrong spark plug firing order, but cant find reference to correct it.
Does anyone have photos from the dizzy cap to the spark plugs that we could use for reference?

Cheers

Firing order is 1-3-4-2
#1 being the plug on the radiator end of the engine & about 2 o'clock on the distributor.
The others follow in ANTICLOCKWISE order.

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Too many cars, and too little time.

Firing order is 1-3-4-2. So is the motor cranking or not cranking? Probably best to start an entirely new thread for this fault so you get more help from everyone.

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