Next you will be swapping out drumbrakes for discs...oh hang on...

When's those parts coming in?

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SooperDooperMiniCooperExpertEngineering

All garage work involves equal measures of enthusiasm, ingenuity and a fair degree of irresponsibility.

Hahaha yeah I'll be there 'supervising' the disc brake operation !

I'm going to order the stuff tomorrow (payday), then tyres - then go time !

Can't wait.

Rebuilt steering column new top bush, re oil bottom felt bush. Realigned column outter so the indicator now auto resets

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64' 850 1275cc

Fitted spacer drums to the rear and my new Rosepetal wheels.

Caught up with John Leffler today. Has some great stories about minis from the past, really wish he would get them written down!
Should have my hubs/wheel bearings etc all together soon by leffo. Another step closer

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1963 850 - laid up
1970 Morris mini K van - eating up the kms!

Went to the all holden day swap picked up some mini parts bargins

Pair of clubby rear lights $15
Door mirror $15
Good boot badge $10
Carbon bushs for dissy caps $1 each got 4
And some other bits

Then went and woke john at mini kingdom online up for more bits on the way home lol

Went to Minisport UK yesterday. Took a selfie out the front and bought some parts for my Mini K resto
Also went to Minitastic and got a couple of fast road coil kits. Couldn't see any Minis there but this freshly built Formula 2 race car was nice!!

Did my first mini gearbox rebuild. Rod change box for the van.

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1963 Morris 850 Smoke Grey
1963 Morris 850 Shadow Blue
1965 Morris Mini Smooth Van
1966 Morris Mini Van
1969 Morris Mini Deluxe Resto
5/72 Clubman Gt

A member here had his Cooper S develop a very nasty noise on overrun, it sounded real bad.
With engine removed from box it turned out that the 18T diff pinion has a toothache, it has 1-1/2 chipped teeth. At least the motor & the rest of the box is OK...

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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.

New steering wheel can't wait till my new boss gets here...

Old wheel with too much dish on the right...

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64' 850 1275cc

Fitted a set of Genuine Cooper S Oil cooler hose I picked up from Wild_willy Did a dodgy timing seal fix.. Found where a tiny leak is coming from.. Silicon goo hopefully seals it. ( Tiny leak when parked for a long time) and fitted the Utilux clamps I found on all places Facebook buy sell swap page of all places...

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I have that tacho the back light goes red green and blue its around here some where i was gonna get some alligator clips for it to check me rpm but got a dwell tacho meter now to do the job

DRJBEAM it came with the car. I'm not a fan of it prob gonna grab a period correct smiths one in the future... The colour keeps changing if ya hit a bump hard enough..

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64' 850 1275cc

Didn't do anything to the minis but I picked up my 1275 head for the van that has been out getting stripped and soda blasted.
I don't wanna unwrap it and get it dirty!




Can't wait to get it ported and polished with some BIG valves!

Cheers, Rhys

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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 have been building bits and pieces in the garage thanks to the how-to section, awesome threads in there.

Rotisserie with my assistant ( need to find welding goggles for a dog!)




Lifting bracket



Jacking block



Restored steering wheel

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SPO41 Mk2 Cooper S very original
1993 R32 Nissan Skyline GTR