Its to stop rust.
Mate you post a LOT of stuff.
Good to see its not all crap, like my posts
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| Author: | inazuma_x [ Mon Oct 24, 2005 9:52 pm ] |
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what the hell is this crap? http://imagestore.ugbox.net/aview/e876f ... 07c62e3975 http://imagestore.ugbox.net/aview/b4383 ... 1585fdef48 http://imagestore.ugbox.net/aview/ddca2 ... 7a02b25581 http://imagestore.ugbox.net/aview/ac992 ... 6bcf6b1dc7 its on MOST of the welds in my car...has anyone seen anything like this before? |
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| Author: | willy [ Mon Oct 24, 2005 9:55 pm ] |
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Its to stop rust. Mate you post a LOT of stuff. Good to see its not all crap, like my posts
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| Author: | inazuma_x [ Mon Oct 24, 2005 9:57 pm ] |
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big willy wrote: Its to stop rust.
Mate you post a LOT of stuff. Good to see its not all crap, like my posts i have alot of questions  and alot of free time 
i was freakin out coz its EVERYWHERE...is it factory? or has it been done at a later date? i found a bunch of broken glass chunkets in behind the dash vinyl and figured the windscreen had been smashed at some stage and replaced with a crap laminated glass one (which i cracked when i jimmied it with a screw driver  )...i am worried my car has been written off or something and then put back together with bits of other cars...although probably not...i tend to worry about this stuff maybe its a form of psychopathy 
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| Author: | drmini in aust [ Mon Oct 24, 2005 11:17 pm ] |
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Years ago only the Cooper S (& Clubman GT probably) got a nice Triplex laminated screen. All the common Minis got the old zone toughened one which crazes when rocks hit it. These days (since seat belts are long since mandatory) laminated is standard replacement.. 
<note to self.... must get one sometime soon...> 
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| Author: | Spaceboy [ Mon Oct 24, 2005 11:43 pm ] |
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i feel dizzy looking at your photos, they're all the wrong way up most minis have been "bits" by now
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| Author: | sssstew [ Tue Oct 25, 2005 1:55 am ] |
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looks like seam sealer to me. perfectly normal for welds to be covered with this. |
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| Author: | inazuma_x [ Tue Oct 25, 2005 8:07 am ] |
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drmini in aust wrote: Years ago only the Cooper S (& Clubman GT probably) got a nice Triplex laminated screen. All the common Minis got the old zone toughened one which crazes when rocks hit it.
These days (since seat belts are long since mandatory) laminated is standard replacement.. <note to self.... must get one sometime soon...> its weird though...coz i did the rear screen first...and jimmied the hell out of it...gave it HEAPS of punishment...and it didnt even chip...let alone crack right down the middle...the front one...as soon as i jimmied it even a tiny bit...*CRACK* |
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| Author: | inazuma_x [ Tue Oct 25, 2005 8:08 am ] |
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sssstew wrote: looks like seam sealer to me. perfectly normal for welds to be covered with this.
ahhh peace of mind
thankyou for reassuring me that its not some dodgy crap job someone's done... |
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| Author: | inazuma_x [ Tue Oct 25, 2005 8:09 am ] |
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Spaceboy wrote: i feel dizzy looking at your photos, they're all the wrong way up
most minis have been "bits" by now sorry about that i was in a hurry, my significant other was nagging me to wash the dishes... maybe it can be a game..."guess what yer looking at and win a prize"
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| Author: | DJG-14U [ Tue Oct 25, 2005 8:10 am ] |
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Yep Laminated ones tend to do that easily  ...
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| Author: | inazuma_x [ Tue Oct 25, 2005 8:15 am ] |
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DJG-14U wrote: Yep Laminated ones tend to do that easily
...i was pretty pissed off...but i spose stuff is bound to go wrong when yer tearing down a 40yr old car atleast its only this so far...
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| Author: | DJG-14U [ Tue Oct 25, 2005 8:25 am ] |
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inazuma_x wrote: i was pretty pissed off...but i spose stuff is bound to go wrong when yer tearing down a 40yr old car
atleast its only this so far...I learnt that about Laminated windscreens many years ago .. In fact use to have an old 74 Corolla and while travelling up to Queensland one year a truck threw up a rock and hit the windscreen and smashed it instantly because it was'nt a laminated one.
Anyway I ended up having to go to the wreckers and getting another one. But was told by the guy at the wreckers that if I was going to pull a laminated windscreen out of a car make sure that I cut the windscreen rubber rather than trying to pop it out.. Otherwise I would crack the windscreen. So unsure what to do he did it for me instead ..
But with Minis you will find many unusual things but as it was pointed out to me they never really came out straight from the factory and thats how they were made ..
Just watch out for those rusted nuts and bolts they are the worst 
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| Author: | feralsprint [ Tue Oct 25, 2005 8:34 am ] |
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the stuff on the seams is dulux seam sealant |
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| Author: | inazuma_x [ Tue Oct 25, 2005 8:36 am ] |
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DJG-14U wrote: inazuma_x wrote: i was pretty pissed off...but i spose stuff is bound to go wrong when yer tearing down a 40yr old car atleast its only this so far...I learnt that about Laminated windscreens many years ago .. In fact use to have an old 74 Corolla and while travelling up to Queensland one year a truck threw up a rock and hit the windscreen and smashed it instantly because it was'nt a laminated one.Anyway I ended up having to go to the wreckers and getting another one. But was told by the guy at the wreckers that if I was going to pull a laminated windscreen out of a car make sure that I cut the windscreen rubber rather than trying to pop it out.. Otherwise I would crack the windscreen. So unsure what to do he did it for me instead ..But with Minis you will find many unusual things but as it was pointed out to me they never really came out straight from the factory and thats how they were made ..Just watch out for those rusted nuts and bolts they are the worst havent found any rusted bolts/screws yet...its all in pretty good nick...and most stuff comes out/off without a fuss...de-riveting the seam running around the car was fun...someone decided to rivet the chrome strip on...so i had to go around and drill out like 40 rivets...was a fun afternoon... i did end up cutting the rubber round the windscreens in the end...its just i was perplexed as to how the front one would be so fragile...and yet better than the rear one which took ALOT more punishment when i was working out the best way to get it out of the car
i guess mini windscreens arent really all that expensive...not when compared to newer cars...what does a new front one cost? $250 ish? still wish i hadn't busted it
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| Author: | miniron [ Tue Oct 25, 2005 9:02 am ] |
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As someone has already said it's seam sealant. It's put there when the car is built. They are all like that. It's put on before the paint. Don't remove it otherwise the car will leak like a sieve. RonR |
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