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[MuppetDonkey]

Finished drying it out (dodgy door seal) fixed my speakers and put the seats back in....and......

Taxed it :)

Ready for a run tomorrow. Going to pick the little one up from school in it for the first time.

[MuppetDonkey]

Well that went well - Good long run, nothing fell off, clumsy stall at traffic lights left me begging for jump start from a passing Hyundai. It seems I have a charging issue :)

 

No School run today - I'll save her the embarrassment of having to get a jump start in front of school!!

[cp2708]

Finally got my wiper park working, it only took 3 new park switches to find one that actually works!

[davej]

Saturday I got married



Today me and my new wife drove from Chester to the lake district for our honeymoon, it was a bit loud but it was brilliant fun.

[sc-em]

Congratulations.

[Bobbins]

And more congrats from here as well :)

[davej]

Thank you both, we are back home now after a lovely few days in the lakes. The mini was fab, didn't miss a beat and was such a joy to drive.

[Cooperman]

I went to Mini Spares at Potters Bar and spent a quite indecent amount of cash on lots of parts for the resto of my newly-acquired 1990 Cooper  .

[Bike1769]

Put the bottom radiator hose back on at the waterpump end after it decided to pop off on the way home from work.
Ordered an S disc conversion.
Checked the 6 screws on my steering wheel after finding a nut on the carpet. Yep that's where it came from.

[minifreek1]

Took it off the road to start a small overdue restoration.

[sc-em]

Put the bottom radiator hose back on at the waterpump end after it decided to pop off on the way home from work.
Ordered an S disc conversion.
Checked the 6 screws on my steering wheel after finding a nut on the carpet. Yep that's where it came from.

Is that the conversion with the hubs, discs and calipers for about £180. I was looking at this myself but haven't committed yet.

 

Oh and nearly got my rear subframe off. Fortunately no bolts seized but access was easier with radius arms off. Just the two front rear mount bolts which are clearly longer than they should be as my deep socket wont fit over them.

Edited by sc-em, 06 April 2019 - 10:10 AM.

[minibikkie]

Nothing as my sister is currently using mine as hers is in the bodyshop...then mine will be going in ?

[JXC Mini GT]

Taxed it ! £160 pounds ??? Hopefully for the last time as its 40th Birthday is 1st Jan 2020.

[sc-em]

Subframe out and doesn't look too bad. The front mounting points look solid too but not the wheel arch just above it. Nice big hole to plate at some point. Almost ready for the rear to go on the jig and then start on removing the front subframe.

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Edited by sc-em, 06 April 2019 - 06:18 PM.

[Bobbins]

Spent most of the afternoon adding a couple of spotlights and an Autosparks spotlight loom, nice job. Also trying to sort out why my front fog lights won't work and the wiring just doesn't make any sense ... only to discover that a previous owner had replaced o/e spots with some fogs still using the spotlight wiring! No wonder nothing happens using the fog light switch!