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[HARBER07]

Blaaaack 

[mini_mad69]

BLAAAAAAAAACK

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Also, new arches.

[mini_mad69]

New master cylinder have got the brakes working properly.

 

Need to order a tyre, polycarb windows. And sort out the banging over bumps.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[mini_mad69]

[Domneon]

I want a go! me! me! me!   

[mini_mad69]

 

I want a go! me! me! me!     

 

 

 

Ha ha ha, I get that alot. They tend to change their minds when they get in.

 

 

 

 

 

Balljoint gone in under 100 miles.

 

 

Alternator adjuster broke

 

 

 

Hopefully won't break again.

 

 

Cut out some vinyl.

 

 

Stuck on some vinyl.

Edited by mini_mad69, 31 May 2014 - 07:10 PM.

[mini_mad69]

New balljoint fitted, seems nice and tight up front now.

 

[mini_mad69]

Where my bottom pulley fell off before, It wore away the keyway a bit.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Got another pulled off my spare engine.

 

 

 

New alternator adjuster made of double the thickness material.

 

 

Sold my daily cars, so had to use the mini as my everyday for a bit. But it took my shopping fine!

 

 

 

 

 

But, this arrived. So I need a set of wheels to get there!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Had a nightmare today. I borrowed a good quality gun, but couldnt get it to work properly, took it to the paint shop and said that it needs a rediculous amount of air to work. So bought a new one.

 

Finally got the paint to come out. Aaaaaaand:

 

http://s302.photobuc...3msbz9.jpg.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

After lots of swearing, flatting, carefull dusting of coats, a couple more reactions and some more swearing and flatting, I finally got something that was passable.

 

 

 

 

 

Wanted to get the clearcoat on today, but after faffing around for so long, It put me back hours.

 

Hardly started on the removable panels.

 

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I dusted a couple of the panels on very lightly and it still wrinked, so I think there was something nasty under the dozens of layers of paint, when flatting back I did find a couple of layers of thin filler that wasn't even hardened properly. So, I'm putting it down to that.

 

I rubbed the wrinkles out, blew over with some more blue and got a few runs in the laquer, but after working on it for a week and going away for a weekend I took a break. But rubbed the runs outs and started to fix some of the issues and the laquer has gone back on quite nicely, couple little patches to tweak but its getting there.

 

Edited by mini_mad69, 04 September 2014 - 08:33 PM.

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Lacquer and re-assembly tomorrow.

 

 

Ben

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[Midas Mk1]

Looking Sweet! One of the first build threads I followed on tmf! :)

[mini_mad69]

Thanks! Hopefully get it back on the road today. And can then get started on my next project!

 

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Changed my modified subframe beam thing, for a proper beam, to try and combat the knocking on the rear end. But now have a worse knocking because the adjustment ring of the coilover is hitting the car. Anyone had this before?