More interior joy for me. Its starting to take shape.

This is how it looked in 2010

And this is how it looked in 1996

I think i need a speedo with a black face to put in again.

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Dog Food! Most kids like it more than Broccoli.

Nothing fantastic but necessary - managed to get the stubby bit of braided fuel hose onto the fuel tank and connect up the fuel sender ( with a stripped thread on the positive terminal )

Went to the other end of the car and found the next three things I went to work on needed something extra I didn't have

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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!

sorted all the bolts i had plated in 2009, took me a few goes but i think i have id them all

painted the upper and lower arms..

good way to start 2012

Finished the rewiring. Headlights, blinkers, parking lights and filled the engine with fresh oil and radiator with water and turned the key
Discovered the radiator fixing bolts rubbing on the pulley and thought I may need to remove the radiator , but luckily I managed to make some adjustments and got some clearance. Turned over the engine and got oil pressure so now just need to get exhaust fitted and hopefully start the engine

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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

Fixed up some rust. More rust to fix up I long to drive it!

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1978 Leyland Clubman

Pulled the steering column out of the moke and replaced the bottom felt bush, now the inner doesn't rock around in the outer.

Pulled the new uk rack out of storage and pulled back one boot. No grease at all on rack gears and the blob on the inner ball joint was not on the bits that slide against each other

Put gear oil in it and grease on all wearing bits. Much better now. Then I worked out it is a quick rack Which isn't what I want on the moke (that's what is in there now). I guess I'll just wait for my reconditioned racks from the Doc. Not in a rush though, the motor still needs work.

Put my mini 50 badge on.

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2000 Holden Rodeo TD - The Daily
1998 JDM Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution V -The Weekender
1977 Leyland Mini 998cc, 1293cc in the works - The project
1977 Leyland Mini Van - Sold
1966 Morris Mini Deluxe - Sold
2004 MINI Cooper S Chilli - Sold

I'm starting on them tomorrow, can send you the 1st one alone if you like.

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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.

No rush Doc. I have a list of jobs as long as your arm, the motor won't be going back in soon.

Started to fit the Zeemax kit
Looking real good so far

Update! Almost finished fitting the kit, should be finished in the morning and then need to look for an exhaust shop that is open

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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

Circled everywhere that I have to sand back to panel beat. Compiled a list of everything I need to buy on my day off.

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1978 Leyland Clubman

Bought a battery for it

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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!

Finished fitting the body kit and fitted the RC40 exhaust system

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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

More progress on the Moke's motor. Took the clutch housing and pressure plate off but can't find my puller The oil that dribbled out of the flywheel housing when I took the wok off told me the source of the slipping clutch issues...

Took the water pump off and was very happy with the lack of corrosion given the years it has spent sitting.

Took the head off to check it over and replace the stem seals. The old stem seals are not brittle but very stiff. They were stiffer than those that I took of an old 1100S head I had in storage which were very similar to those fitted to the Pierce head so those have lasted much better than the Mokes. I'm going to try those viton ones next I'm sick of crappy ones.

Here's a couple of pics of progress:







The marks down the back of the motor show where the exhaust gasket was blowing.

I was happy that there was no significant wear on the rocker shaft but the ends of the push rods look a bit blurgh.

I also did some measurements of racks and played with some heads.

M

Fitted the fuel tank, carby and tried to finish the brake lines and bleed the brakes but unfortunately discovered one of the new pipes is about 20mm too short
So back to the brake shop tommorrow

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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