rebuilt steering rack ,steering column and fitted 2 missing engine mounting bolts going for roadworthy for CPS plates.

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65 panel van Sprog
73 panel van Iggy

Well YESTERDAY I ground off some welds, spent four hours hammering the front end back into alignment and all the while my dad was making about 6 patches for the boot floor and window sill, then we welded the front wing on.

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Why Drink And Drive When You Can Smoke Dope And Fly!?

Pulled the drivers door handle/lock to bits(roundy) spent 30 mins trying to figure out how it worked. Once I realized the pin had snapped in the locking mech it took 5 mins too fix and 5 mins to put back together.

fitted up lh and rh lower engine steadies

Re fitted oil cooler properly.

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The best part of fixing your mini is the test drive

Minis..

1976 van daily drive
1975 van
1968 deluxe in the shed
1967 deluxe high strung 1310
1959 austin healey sprite

The rear flare is meant to sit up on top of the rear bumper seam line. Which it is in the photo. And it doesn't look right to me either so I'll adjust and fiddle with it and see if I can get it any better.
It is currently held on with masking tape. Hahah

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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

One of the jobs I managed to do was to drive the sodding rodchange gearbox pin in. I don't know why that was so difficult initially. Getting the car into reverse and aligning the holes with a piece of scrap brake pipe managed to do the trick! I did some other things but that was the one job that earned me a beer I think.

I've pulled the RH swivel hub and driveshaft out, as the old CV and S driveshaft are worn in the splines like the LH one was recently.
This RH side got new Timken bearings 3 months ago, it's going back in tomorrow with a new CV and a Deluxe driveshaft.
So I'll then have Deluxe driveshafts both sides instead of S ones.

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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.

Got the engine bay looking all nice again and took her out for a spin! Running quite rich but will be fine until I get a mechanic to tune her properly

Bit dirty but will clean up nicely for minis in the gong first run of the year this Sunday!

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I wish I had some sort of witty quote in my signature

You spark plug leads in the wrong place #4 cylinder has #3 lead going too it... lol

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The best part of fixing your mini is the test drive

Minis..

1976 van daily drive
1975 van
1968 deluxe in the shed
1967 deluxe high strung 1310
1959 austin healey sprite

Haha I know
When i put the leads on that just seemed like a better fit

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I wish I had some sort of witty quote in my signature

Talk about coolant reminded me it was time to change out the mini's. So I gave her a flush through, and changed it out.
All this new coolant was an excuse for a blast through the mountains as well while the weather is till great.

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SooperDooperMiniCooperExpertEngineering

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

Finished off the wiring for headlight and horn relays.

Oil and filter change for the mini van.
Put thick oil in the SU dash pot and fixed the hesitation when accelerating. It's amazing what a difference you can make by changing the viscosity of the oil in the dash pot ........

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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

Put a new speedo cable in yesterday, after the threaded end broke off the 200KMH speedo and we couldn't remove it from the cable nut.
I had to pull the radiator out, no way could I get my hand down in there to undo the bottom nut [edit] with the LCB fitted.

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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.

Used my Nautilus air horns when some retard pulls out from a service station and starts to swing out into the middle lane, causing me to give him a real blast. Must have scared the crap out of him cause he pulls up next to me at the lights and abuses me even though he was in the wrong (typical Sydney driver). I gave it back to him and quite enjoyed it!
Sunday bloody drivers.......love the Nautilus!

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

Got my mirror fitted...

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1978 LS 1275