Fantastic work Michael.

_________________
Cheers
Alec
1275LS - July 78 - XNFAD18Y/102918

More asembly over the past few evenings

_________________
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 discovered the bracket for the accelerator cable is wrong..
and wont allow full opening.

_________________
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 blower looks quite happy perched up there.
Can you run a standard bonnet with this car or will you need a bulge for clearance or a scoop for cooling or anything?

two things...Do you have gaskets between the carb and the manifold..not that it will make a great deal of difference for clearance but I think you will still need them and also to do a dit of cutting on that bracket.

Also where did you get the linkage from...Bling ..Nice

_________________
Stop Licking the Dog...I Don't Care Who Started It

That does not look like a oem one? I have a hif44 from uk with the proper heat shield and bracket, you may need a longer cable also? I think that comes in the vmax kit?

This carby was supplied by Vmax.

_________________
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

this needs some grease and oil on it. Looks very nice.

_________________
http://www.ausmini.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=71255

looking at the bracket now, i had to swap mine around linkage on the other side & i tacked a washer there you also need the special metal holder as well..

that bracket needs to be flipped to the other side & spun around.

if you need photo's let me know.

Linkage side is fine by me but its the bracket that is attached to the heat shield which also does not have a connection for the Choke and looks to me not for a Mini


this is mine but an old photo with a goos neck manifold (longtime gone

_________________
Stop Licking the Dog...I Don't Care Who Started It

yes gafmo his is on the wrong side.. i had to move mine so it is the same as what you have.

Not perfect but
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/MINI-MG-Metro-HIF ... 270wt_1139
Or
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/MINI-HIF38-44-CAR ... 637wt_1139
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Original-Metro-Mi ... 500wt_1156

Of course the only Bling one's are the wrong way round and I have already asked a question to them regarding to postage and they havent answered

_________________
Stop Licking the Dog...I Don't Care Who Started It

Connected a battery and turned over the engine tonight.
First time it has turned in about 5 years.
Amazing how much oil comes out of the oil pressure hole when its not plugged up
Now to work out how to mount the coil and all of the Mega jolt parts, find a fuel pressure regulator, connect the fuel pump, add some fuel and I might be silly enough to try and start the engine before I go away next week.

_________________
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

Yeah!
It started and ran for 10 seconds
Been getting the engine all connected up with power and fuel over the past week
Unfortunately the carby leaks so I had to stop the fuel pump, but engine started surprisingly easy and sounded very good.
Now I need to find a kit for the carby and fix the leak

_________________
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

Removed the carby and checked the needle and seat, reassembled and all OK
Took a while to start but eventually started when I pored some fuel into the carby.
Obviously needs the carby and the timing to be fine tuned but at least it now runs.



And yes the motor is stopped in this photo as when it is running it has nearly 80lbs of oil pressure

_________________
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