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Irish Yobbo wrote:

Then proceded to bash at the pin that attaches the gearchange rod to the gearbox. I'm still working on that one...

Put it in reverse gear, then drive the front pin out with a pin punch and BFH.

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Loaded the shell onto a car trailer ready to take back to the paint shop tomorrow for fixing up paint issues.

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Took radiator out the easy way (hey there's even less room in a little wheel moke than a roundie!) - took 10 minutes

Made new rubber surroundy bits and put the new radiator in with it's new shroud.

Ready for final nut tightening tomorrow and off to blueslip.

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Over the past couple of weekends I have:

Pulled out the clubby heater, dissassembled and cleaned it.
Finished recovering the dash
Reinstalled the dash and new top vents
Relocated the relays so I caould put the heater air scoop back in
Drilled the newholes for the plate to mount my new Stebel nautilus
Reinstalled the fuel tank
Reinstalled the head lining
Cut new dash floors out of thin ply to replace the cardboard

There is more but I am out of time.

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Put the last of everything on the moke, even the optional bits (Read: extra weight)

It's bizarre seeing it all in one piece looking like an actual complete car, without parts strewn around inside it, and crap hanging off it everywhere..


Took it to blueslip today.
Got failed because:

I parked onto of someone elses oil leak in his workshop he didn't clean up.
Since my car was above it, it simply must have been my oil leak, even though he couldn't prove where it dripped from - the car was clean as a whistle.

Before I pulled into his workshop, I filled up, and slopped some fuel so I washed it down with water.
There was a drop of water on the side box which he deduced to be fuel (after refusing to sniff it).

So according t Hitler the Blueslipper I have an oil AND petrol leak.

If you want to know which service centre NOT to take your car to in Galston, let me know.

Blueslip tomorrow - elsewhere.
sigh!

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Take it to those blokes on Sunnyholt Rd I told you about, near B&R Brakes... :wink:
I'll add your Hitler to my `do not goto for Blueslip' list. :P

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got her ready for RWC so i can finally get club plates, wish me luck, she goes off tomorrow morning to be frowned at

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Take it to those blokes on Sunnyholt Rd I told you about, near B&R Brakes... :wink:
I'll add your Hitler to my `do not goto for Blueslip' list. :P


I was going to give them a ring this afternoon and take it out there..

But instead I played around with the tuning and bent the gearstick into a more user friendly style..

Using Monster Mini's blueslipper tomorrow, failing that - The sunnyholt guys it is!

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Started to reassemble the rear subframe.
New bearings into swing arm and assembled
New bearings into hub but a bit tight. Need to investigate tomorrow as to why?

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adamstuart wrote:
Put the last of everything on the moke, even the optional bits (Read: extra weight)

It's bizarre seeing it all in one piece looking like an actual complete car, without parts strewn around inside it, and poo poo hanging off it everywhere..

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I know the feeling. Its been 9 months since I started pulling the Cooper S apart. Tommorrow hopefully it will drive!

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drmini in aust wrote:
Take it to those blokes on Sunnyholt Rd I told you about, near B&R Brakes... :wink:
I'll add your Hitler to my `do not goto for Blueslip' list. :P


I was going to give them a ring this afternoon and take it out there..

But instead I played around with the tuning and bent the gearstick into a more user friendly style..

Using Monster Mini's blueslipper tomorrow, failing that - The sunnyholt guys it is!


If Marls bloke says no, come past work and ill take ya to the lebs up the road ;)

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michaelb wrote:
Started to reassemble the rear subframe.
New bearings into swing arm and assembled
New bearings into hub but a bit tight. Need to investigate tomorrow as to why?

had same issue, had to get mechanic mate to fix it.
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Pulled my engine out. Now time to rebuild it!

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I went and bought 12x spin on oil filters as I ran out last week.
They are cheaper by the dozen... :D

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blueslipped it

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Rego tomorrow afternoon!

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