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#256 ianpettifer

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Posted 10 June 2009 - 08:21 PM

hey ben

Can u take more pics of how u did them mate as im thinking about it for the short run

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Posted 10 June 2009 - 08:26 PM

Wikid :)

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Posted 10 June 2009 - 08:35 PM

hey ben

Can u take more pics of how u did them mate as im thinking about it for the short run



Ok I'll do it tomorrow, it's a bit of a pain to do though, and very scary drilling into lovely paintwork.


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Posted 10 June 2009 - 08:40 PM

yeh i can imagine also haveing to make it all line up
when i do it i will also higher it at the back :)

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Posted 10 June 2009 - 08:43 PM

yeh i can imagine also haveing to make it all line up
when i do it i will also higher it at the back :)



I tried this, I just wound up the pins a little, but im still using the standard front catch, and with the back lifted I couldn't undo the catch, I had too realy pull hard to open it again. Also once I had done it I decided it looked poop, so I wound it back down.





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Posted 15 June 2009 - 04:12 PM

Ok nothing big to report, it's still pooring out oil, so I'll need to pull the engine as soon as possible and re-do all the gaskets on the gearbox.

I went to mini in the bay yesterday and felt ashamed of my engine bay, so thought I would try to tidy it a bit. I was tidying wiring but got bored after around 2 minutes, so i've just put on a big sticker and painted some bits.


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Posted 15 June 2009 - 06:15 PM

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Posted 16 June 2009 - 08:12 PM

Ok nothing big to report, it's still pooring out oil, so I'll need to pull the engine as soon as possible and re-do all the gaskets on the gearbox.

I went to mini in the bay yesterday and felt ashamed of my engine bay, so thought I would try to tidy it a bit. I was tidying wiring but got bored after around 2 minutes, so i've just put on a big sticker and painted some bits.


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Ben, are you sure that the drive shaft oil seals arn't knacked, they really
p**s out oil when they have gone...

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Posted 16 June 2009 - 09:41 PM

Saw your Mini at Mini In The Bay... :dontgetit: Was a nice day for it. Good turn out.

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Posted 16 June 2009 - 10:46 PM

Ben, are you sure that the drive shaft oil seals arn't knacked, they really
p**s out oil when they have gone...



Comes out of bell housing seal, diff, everywhere. The gearbox change a few weeks back was rushed so much I didn't prepare the mating surface properly.
Ordered a new gasket set, I think im going to sort it out this weekend.

SLyrmini yeah was a good day out I reackon. Didn't see your mini there.


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Posted 17 June 2009 - 10:52 PM

Just stopping by to say lovely looking car ^^ great colour and I like the white arches.

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Posted 18 June 2009 - 01:03 PM

Just stopping by to say lovely looking car ^^ great colour and I like the white arches.



Thanks alot.


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Posted 19 June 2009 - 01:30 PM

Riiiiiiight, I was going to post up my 1380 in my car as a bit of a shock but it seems that won't happen now.

Im comletly skint, and can't for the life of me get a job this summer.
I spent the last of my money getting my 1380 pistons put onto my new rods.
I have absolutly everything now to build this engine, accept, while packaging up a my pistons, a ring snapped and I can't afford to buy a whole new set.
SO does anyone have a spare powermax 73.5 compression ring anywhere?
Im completly desperate.
If not can some people please buy some parts off me so I can finish building my 1380. I have:

Edited by mini_mad69, 25 June 2009 - 11:15 PM.


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Posted 25 June 2009 - 11:23 PM

Im a little happier today. I got some money, and im selling pretty much all my spares for the mini.
Ive got my rods back from the machine shop with the powermax pistons attatched. They came back a little stiff but I think this was because they were dry, so gave them an oil bath.

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I will be buying a new piston ring off the member Tomf. He is very good as he supplied my last rings that snapped. Never got the ring off Mini_kel and he won't give me back my money so not happy about that at all. Sooo it's now all systems go. Ive got my metty turbo box in bits too inspect, ive got another box lying around so may use that and pop on the metty turbo crown wheel with the hardened diff pin I didn't get too use last gearbox change.

Then as soon as 1380 is fitted I should get my sub 10 second 0-60 im after. Im also selling the current 1275 as soon as the 1380 is fitted.

Ive got some new rubber doughnuts coming, so will fit them with my front hi los and my adjustable bottom arms that I've had for months and never fitted. I use my phone to take pictures and that's in for repair at the moment so won't be pictures for another week or so.


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Edited by mini_mad69, 28 June 2009 - 09:52 PM.


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Posted 28 June 2009 - 09:51 PM

3 of 4 pistons are fitted. And I was spinning it over with one hand on the pulley. Im well happy, so much looser than the old rods. Just waiting on a new piston ring and all systems go. Still no photos, but they will soon be posted as soon as I get some form of camera. I'll start working through the gearbox for it tomorrow.

On another note I went on run with the local clubs. Above 65 ish the oil leaks get stupid and pi$$ oil all over the exhaust and I leave a huge cloud of smoke behind me. Then the clutch started slipping in 4th, and now it's done it a few times in 3rd. Soooo im going to order a metro turbo uprated clutch plate, for the 1380 and hopefully it should hold. And the tracking is soooo far out after changing the track rod end a few days ago the car actualy tyre squeels on flat fresh tarmac in a straight line.

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