Nice work!

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1967 Cooper S - new front bearings to do.
1965 Cooper S shell - Slow progress. No time or money!
1966 Deluxe- next rustoration!
Mk 2 & XJ6 Jags. Less said the better.

You should do a "how to"

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Just followed the Leyland Australia Workshop Manual. Also the local brake specialist is an excellent knowledge source, he also had in stock all of the necessary replaceable parts for a VH44.

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Clive G
1969 Mk II Cooper S
1970 MK II Cooper S
1963 Triumph Spitfire
1982 RX-7 Series 2

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ex-NSW Police 1970 MK II Cooper S
VMCI #43

Became an extra in a movie
Made a fitting so i could use a pressure bleeder, bled the brakes - first time it's had a good pedal since i built it 12 months ago
Fixed timing cover leak for the fifth time (seems good now)
Fixed speedo drive oil leak
Fiddled with the weber some more, got it to idle properly

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Ran out of fuel driving past the local shopping carpark. Once I realized what had happened, jumped out the moving car and used the momentum to push the car through a roundabout and straight into a nearby parking bay - much to the amusement of onlookers. Wife had to drop a small jerry can off, which happen to have cup worth of petrol - enough to get me to the petrol station to fill up. Time to get the fuel gauge fixed...

Fixed my heater.....the car was getting slightly warm (another story) and tried the old "turn the heater on" trick to cool the motor. Couldn't move the flap lever and it was totally jammed off so no air coming through.

Note to self : don't jam demister hoses in so far! Duh......

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Cooper S Mk2
Cooper S Mk1
ex Cooper S Mk2, various Morris 1100s, 1300s, 1500s, Leyland Sherpa!

I finally succeeded at my third attempt to pump up the driver's side hydrolastic. I tried the methods suggested on the austinamerica website; the greasegun/grease nipple method leaked everywhere, the greasegun/tractor tyre water filler method leaked when the car was on the ground. I tightened all of the connections and jacked up the drivers side and it filled easily; too easily. The car was now too high on the driver's side.
Don't just poke a nail into the valve. It squirts everywhere; guess how I know. I then drilled a small hole about 20mm from the end of a plastic tube and pushed the nail though. With the tube over the end of the hydro pipe I could push in the nail and direct the fluid down into a bottle till the car was balanced. Hope the fluid isn't too toxic. Happy to answer Q's

Carpet set finally fitted today. Was waiting for new heel mat, didn't happen, had to use old original one.
Also found carpet clip set which I removed from the original carpets 30 years ago, knew it would come in handy one day.

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Clive G
1969 Mk II Cooper S
1970 MK II Cooper S
1963 Triumph Spitfire
1982 RX-7 Series 2

Two weeks ago, after an 8 year labour-of-love, I finally got my car registered and on the road.

Today at 2019 Tasmanian Minifest I was stoked to receive a couple of gongs for the effort.

Congrats mate. Very well deserved

I gave the old girl a service and noticed that CV boots have decided to perish at the same time.

Never mind, I have ordered a new pair, and it will give me an opportunity to put the disc breaks onto the bench and give the ball joints a going over as well as a good clean up beneath the arches while I am there.

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SooperDooperMiniCooperExpertEngineering

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

I hooked up vacuum advance from my Mikuni vac port. Looks to be manifold vac signal as am getting 16deg extra advance at idle.
Should have done it sooner, idle is smoother, cruise runs cooler, transition is better.
Now have 35-38deg advance at idle and it loves it!

(this is on an sc12 supercharged engine)

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1310 SC 1969 Morris Deluxe - 15psi boost
1293 1968 Morris Deluxe Miglia - 45 Weber
HSV Maloo Z Series - Comp Cam - 300rwkw
Ford DF LTD - 5Ltr

Finally got around to installing my refurbed rack into the clubby, built up my diff with new output shafts, planet gears, tab'd bearings and comp pin... slowly coming back together!

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Here am I sitting in my tin can far above the Moon
Planet Earth is blue and there's nothing I can do...



“A turbo: exhaust gasses go into the turbocharger and spin it, witchcraft happens and you go faster.” - Jeremy Clarkson

Drove it to Minis at the Mill for the day... Tappet getting louder and louder on the drive up there. Not ideal.

Trailered it home, checked the clearances yesterday - Motor is now out. No doubt a trashed cam and /or follower. Motor's only done 760 miles

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