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[Norfolk Boy]

Passed MOT only one advisory for a tyre. Happy days!

[Wiggy]

I have the JCW kit, and a 3.1 or 3.2 final drive. (I forget).

The standard 2.7 final drive was quite nice actually, but it really hurt the acceleration and you had to drive it quite hard to get anywhere. I felt you had to rev it too much and slip the clutch just to pull out of a junction. I.E No torque.

Once I switched that she was perkier but still flat below 2.5k.

The 274 Cam has really woken the car up.

The original cam was not worn at all so it wasn't that affecting the power delivery.

by the way, I've never driven a non JCW MPi to compare.

Is that the Minisport JCW kit? There's no cam included so have you added a cam as well?

No, it's the official one, from when the JC Garages were operating.

Yep, I added the cam later.

The kits today seem expensive for what they are. Once you get rid of the guff, they're essentially: reworked head, rockers, exhaust.

[Big Sam]

Got some help lifting mine through neighbours garden into mine to put under my little workshop area.

A stripped rusty mini is still heavy!

[Readers14]

More painting in the engine bay.
This time, the brake servo.

[harrythehat]

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put him out the front of the house in daylight and a nice snug garage at night

[Readers14]

Got a delivery from Minispares.

Sorted through the bits and decided what order I need to fit them.

 

First thing is to remove the rusted bulk head plate. That's holding everything up at the moment. Are they bolted in through access hole under the dash?

Also need to get hold of a set of star sockets, as the thermostat housing bolts are ARP star headed bolts.

[Chris.Williams]

Fitted a new catch can
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[cp2708]

Fixed the non-reading tacho thanks to a search thread on here! Wiggled fuse 3 and up it popped. Hadn't noticed the heater blower and wipers weren't working too. 

[Readers14]

Swore a lot at the fan belt pulley!

[Richard19]

Went along to Demon Tweeks to get the wheels checked... 

 

 

 

[Paulocs75]

Drove the 5 mile trip to work , the best part of the day ?

[Wiggy]

Finally have heat in the cabin.

Heater matrix had rotted through from standing. Changed the matrix. Still no heat. Thought there might be an air lock, so rigged the hose up. No flow at all......

Took the heater valve out from under the dash, and it was absolutely chock full of silt. FULL!

All sorted.

[need4speed]

It passed CT (French MOT) today - first test in ten years. 

[Trissy B]

Finally got around to doing the wiring on the new 20psi low oil pressure light and the new oil temp gauge.

 

Also changed the non-working rad cable and sticky choke cable. All the dash, cards and switch panel out... that was not a fun job! Now complete

 

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[sc-em]

Found more rust which came off in my hand when I put my hand in the rear pocket. Wheel arch above subframe mount. Now defo decided to get a jig as I think the welding will take some time...….. got another car to finish first though....