I took the cover of the S and cleaned the windows, checked the oil, water and tyres all ready for the run tomorrow.
Hope this rain stops as per the forecast.

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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

Bled the brakes and adjusted the hilos..
the whole left of the car seemed to be 1cm higher compared to the right.

Fitted new mags and tires.. Found out the car had spacers on the front and no rubber bump stops :/

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Current: 1970 Mini K 2014 Focus ST
Past: 93 Rover, 64 850, 97 Rover, 66 Deluxe, 66 Moke
81 Austin Estate, 2006 R53MCS, 66 Deluxe, 1978 Clubbie
2014 Land Rover Defender 90

Managed to get the engine off the trolley and into project Moke. Both subframes fitted and now on its new JBW wheels.

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

Looks great, theres something great about clean engine bay

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

Pulled the starter motor out and cleaned it up with a load of thinners, I can see whit was sticking now.

Just got to bolt the thing back on now

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

Went for a drive with the MCCNSW and ended up at Wilton.
Great day, great roads, thanks MCC

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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

I hardfaced some worn remote change linkage balls with Toolcraft electrode, and reground them to fit.
Whatchacantbuywejustrebuild..

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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.

put the plunger in the clutch cover, added the lever, bolted the cover on, put the radiator on the other end. Ready to drop back in the car.

oh and bought a new garage with 3 bedroom house yesterday Got my weekends back to work on the car now, woohoo.

cheers
michael

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the world is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page
66 Mini Minor sponsored by http://www.lifeonthehedge.com.au/ The Dog Harness Specialists
It was a pleasure ausmini. I'll miss all you misfits and reprobates

Decided to put my steel wheels back on and wear out the brand new Falken tyres instead of my good yoko's
all on , torqued up , hub caps on and twenty bucks of fuel ,time to go for a nice easy drive . Northern rd , Bents basin , Wallacia , Silverdale , The Oaks
and the Coal road back to Camden .Stop at the traffic lights before the long bridge on the Camden bypass, (for those that don't know , called the long bridge because it is 1klm long from end to end ), One lane eachway and no breakdown lane. Off we go when the lights change ,merge into the single lane , hang on ,WHAT IS THAT SOUND?,steering starts to feel strange, pulling left, Don,t tell me its a wheel bearing can't stop here , have to get to the other end ,more pulling,more noise, more worry , get to the other end , pull over and have a look see. Not happy , but not as bad as I thought
Flat tyre , hope I haven't wrecked the tyre

mark

Fixed up the front apron, a little different, but I like it. Old one was bent like anything!

Finished off the bum and sanded & smoothed & primed some more panels, getting there, slowly. Found that a previous owner had a cooper S brake drum on one rear hub but not on the other, sigh. Finished off the boot weld with body deadener and will paint next opportunity. As far as I'm aware, we're pretty much rust free now? Yay!

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1978 Leyland Clubman

Managed to arc out the terminals of the battery with my jack. Man what a way to kill a battery, kinda fortunate that it was due to be replaced anyway and that me and Hetty didn't go KABLOOIE . So now I have a new battery, new battery cover, new carpet in the boot and a new vinyl wrap for the jack and handle.... Whilst I was in there I installed a new rear reverse light under the rear bumper and wired it up. I finally put the horn back in and it even works. Next week I'm going to rewire the headlights to make them a tad brighter

Got the sunroof glass for my mini sunshine

thanks Peter

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77 mini sunshine: the slow build continues
http://www.ausmini.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=70699

Finally got my front end back together. New bushes, wheel bearings, bump stops, ball joints, adj. lower arms, adj. tie rods, tie rod ends and shock absorbers.

Made sure to grind in the ball joints with valve paste first, what an excellent idea!

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Is that horn up the right way? I just put mine on but up the other way. I would have thought having it that way would make it less horn, more gurgle which is why I turned it over... Or am I wrong?

Made my interior light work when you open the doors and then made it turn off when you close them.