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[minifreek1]

Put the battery on charge as its been laid up since last Thursday because Iv been in bed with a bout of gastroentiritis, ended up in A&E and on a drip on Sunday night, getting over it now though - nasty nasty bug....

[Cooperman]

Hope you soon feel better.

 

I sorted out some ignition problems on the 'S'.

[luismx123]

Cleaned up my spark plugs, checked the mixture, swapped the license plat and rear fog light bulbs, and ordered more parts

[cp2708]

More than today but.. Drove from London to my parents in Yorkshire to give mini a service, changed the diff side plate and seal for a remanufactured one from Guessworks, fitted my 5mm wheel spacers to the rear axle, changed the oil, refreshed the ignition system then broke down due to a faulty brand new coil! Tried and failed to get the wiper park to work properly then went on a lovely drive over the Peak District. Finally did a massive rustproofing and polishing day before driving back to London tomorrow where the mini will sit outside my flat not moving for 99% of the time ?

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[cp2708]

Put the battery on charge as its been laid up since last Thursday because Iv been in bed with a bout of gastroentiritis, ended up in A&E and on a drip on Sunday night, getting over it now though - nasty nasty bug....

Had this myself a few years back and I lost a stone in weight, not good. Hope you’re over it!

[Chris.Williams]

Finally finished fitting my fiat front mount radiator, modified an mpi bracket and overflow bottle to fit the clubby also.
Dropped round a mates on the way home, he gave me a bunch of new Stainless hose clamps.....score

[minifreek1]

Been a bit busy today, now I feel better after being laid up for almost 2 weeks.

 

Fitted Oil pressure gauge using W&P fitting kit, dead easy it was to do too - replaced the non functioning ammeter.

 

Also fitted HID headlights, please dont start with the "you need washers installing and be able to move them etc..." - no you don't, I asked my MoT man and he said as long as the beam pattern is OK he'll be happy...

[Readers14]

Started to wire up the voltmeter. Just need an inline fuse to finish it off.

[Kombi]

Looked at it, tsk'd a bit, and said "flipping fuel pump".

[JXC Mini GT]

My speedometer hit the 100,000 miles mark on my mini today, as for the rest of the car I doubt if there are very many other parts that have managed anywhere near the same achievement.

This equates to an average of 2,632 miles a year.

 

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[Chris.Williams]

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[Readers14]

Started to wire up the voltmeter. Just need an inline fuse to finish it off.

Finished wiring up the voltmeter & final installation tonight.
But discovered the voltmeter doesn’t work. Even tested it with a battery charger.
Will be sending it back!

[Jgguinness]

Fitted a new mechanical fuel pump, spacer block and gaskets as the diaphragm in the old pump had given up.  What a fiddly job!  Fitted a new battery also.  

[Cooperman]

I did some work on the instrument panels of my 1964 rally 'S'.

This included moving the ignition warning light to the driver's panel to make it easier to see.

I bought a new electric Dymo Tape Machine, so I made all new labels for everything on the panel and put them all on.

[leepol83]

Popped up the garage to change 1x steering rack gaiter, ended up stripping entire front suspension out ?? bloody Mini!