gave it a nice wash, took it for a quick squirt and then got it covered up

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Basil - 1978 Leyland Mini, Brooklands Green, bit of a bitsa, and a park brick in the boot.

started putting the front subframe back together, progress at last

Well didnt do much to a specific mini just did alot of cleaning and fiddling with little bits and pieces... I didnt actually realise how much crap i had accumulated over the last couple of years. Time to get rid of and sell most of it...

Well here goes what i did today

I started to fiddle with alice and put some seatbelts in it. I was having trouble putting them in due to one of the bolts that holds the seat belt mounting brackets on was frozen stiff... Nothing an oxy torch and some swear words didnt fix though



finnaly got them in...
Has anyone tryed to remove inertia reels from a panel van before??? its bloody almost impossible.

Found this bad boy from a pile of moke stuff i had... Stripped it and painted it. Ready to be retrimed. Came up very nicely for a home compressor job



Stole some bits of dads Cooper S for alice. He wont notice will he?



Found 123 grosso's new battery box... Guess where it was? Holding up the rear of the Nota fang




Got half of my clubby back to bare metal and covered in Etch primer. Yes its also for sale So offer me something, Im very negotiable



Cleaned up alices new donk



Wanted to keep going but called it a day.

Also check out the for sale section soon im selling alot of stuff

Cheers, Steve

Rubbed back the primer/filler on the clubman and discovered it needed some more
So that's what I did
Slowly getting the hang of using the HVLP spray gun, but it does have much less over spray
So now to rub back during the week and prepare for colour next weekend

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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

The hydrolastic suspension was filled today. First time in 7 years the matic has had all 4 "boots" on the ground.

For those interested in someone to do on-site hydro fluid fills, Jay Styles is still providing this service in Melbourne (located in the SE). Ph: 0431 404 607

Getting there with the rebuild. Only been 8 years so far

WIll post some pictures soon in the Members Gallery.

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1968 Mini-Matic ex998 Now 1098

Made a front lifting block as per the book. Easy with the right equipment at the Woodworkers Group I joined recently

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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!

Pulled the alternator out and fitted a spare one.
Now to see if it holds charge and doesnt kill the battery.

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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

Pulled the fresh 500 mile old clutch oil seal (GACO comp one) out of the 1360 and replaced it with a Payen one.
I'm damned if I can see why it was leaking- it looks fine.
It was fitted carefully using a spline protector sleeve too.
No, the oil wasn't coming through the primary gear, either.
We'll see if this seal is any better.

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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.

Othing :,(

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1971 Mini Clubman 1100
1968 Morris Mini Deluxe 998

http://www.facebook.com/geelongminiclub

"Everybody should drive a Mini, everybody should own a Mini at some point, or you are incomplete as a human being." -James May, about the classic Mini.

Let us know how you go Dr! I have so far fitted 2 of the bloody things

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Finally put the front disc hubs on the cooper s. They have only been sitting in the box for over a year The S is finally back on the ground

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Dog Food! Most kids like it more than Broccoli.

Hi Kev
post a pic of your seal puller, did you make one from the plans i posted a while back

Nope, I made one from a Supercrap 3 leg puller I had-
I trimmed the legs at 1 end to fit the groove in the primary gear.
Also shortened the bolt and turned the 1st 50mm down to 13mm to fit down inside the crank.
That cable tie saves me having to have 3 hands...



[edit] Here's my alloy seal pilot that covers the splines, and the seal fitting tool that uses the flywheel bolt to push the seal in.

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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.

Kev, Clever use of a three prone prong puller

I managed to score the factory skyes puller set for this about 20 years ago at a junk auction for $10.00 makes the job so so easy

Its my best purchase ever right place right time

i managed to get around buying new flares, by fitting the 10x6's under the existing ones!




well maybe not..unfortunately i don't think it's actually a viable solution..


.. looks like a fat bloke jumped on it to boot!