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[mini_mad69]

It's hard to tell, it looks good in the pics, but if it isn't great a cut back and some G3 compound and it should be great.

[AndyMiniMad.]

Thanks for all the nice comments guys..... I went a bit mad this morning and mixed a thin coat of red 5:1 and the same on the black.. Much better!!!









And while the black was in the gun. I went for the petrol tank....Got it!!



Nice and shiney now....Am muucho pleased. .got some 2000grit wet and dry to cut it back. But for the rest of today im going to enjoy some sun and look at the shell.. SAD GIT OR WHAT??

[Midas Mk1]

Looking Good!

[AndyMiniMad.]

Ok so for the past few days ive been rebuilding "Haggis"





Not quite there yet, Dash, carpets, seats, arches, change the front calipers round and a general spanner check! Engine is going in on sunday and I hope to have it running by Monday night. MOT end of next week. Hope the engine goes in with no problems. I have had enough of those with this build. Fingers and toes all crossed.

[briain]

Paint job looks great hows the finish?

[AndyMiniMad.]

Paint job looks great hows the finish?

To be honnest its rubbish!!! But ive no time to sort it just now as the car is entered in the Thistle run on the 26th. Once thats out of the way I will cut it back and polish it properly. But it was never going to be perfect considering ive never spray painted before and it was done in my tiny garage.

There is not an ounce of seem sealer or filler on the car so all the little dings and weld marks really show through the new paint. But thats how it was intended to be as I wanted an honest "used" look not a concouse trailer queen. Anyway its better than the rattle can finish that was on it for last year.

After the shell rebuild was completed last Feb I just wanted it on the road ASAP so gave it a cuff of rattle can flame red, then ran it all year while I was building the 1380. It was always my plan to take it off the road in winter to fit the engine and give it some proper paint. I was surprised how much surface rust had formed under the flame red paint. But thats it painted with one coat of Barcoat, (ickky yellow stuff), three coats of primer and three coats of Tartan red.

Its all taken longer than id hoped due to the problems ive had with this engine. Anyway I hope thats all sorted now and im going to finally have some real fun.

[Alex_grease_monkey]

just read every post and feel for you and the problems you had but am so glad your nearly there with it!

[AndyMiniMad.]

Today I plonked the engine in and got it all hooked up. Still got to do the electrics, servo, and carb, but Im hopeing to have it runing sometime tomorrow.





And because I know you all love pictures of shiney bits, Here are the new manifold studs and brass nuts. (MRA Minis).

[danny1]

there some lovley looking roller rockers, i might get some of these for my engine

[AndyMiniMad.]

there some lovley looking roller rockers, i might get some of these for my engine

Yeah they look great..Pity they will be hidden away. But im told they will work well with the RE 13OT cam. should help it tick over a bit smoother too.

[AndyMiniMad.]

A bit more done to the engine today. Its still not runing but Ive had it spining over on with the plugs out. Oil presure is good at 60 psi when spining. Just the exhaust to do now and the HT leads, Should be runing tomorrow.



Managed to get the seats and carpets in, Also the dash is all wired up and working.





And finaly a pic of how it all looked before I pushed it back in the garage for tonight,



More tomorrow.

[AndyMiniMad.]

So today Haggis came alive for the first time this year.....WOOHOO! It runs ..Sounds great.
So I had him up on axle stands and all the gears engage properly...The straight cut drops are properly noisy.....Rattly on idle (A bit) but acceptable. With the new rockers on it picks up sooo much quicker.. So thats the good news.
Now for some bad news ......NO the engine dosent have to come out again... . But the brakes wont bleed and the reason is the banjo joint thingy on the subframe under the wok!! Every time I press on the brake a squirt of fluid shoots out, Bugger. Its a pig to get at. Im going to have to replace it tomorrow. Should be able to get it off if I remove the clutch arm.
So thats problem one...Number two is the heater matrix decided to spring a leak. Carpets all wet and soggy This was an easy fix tho because I bypassed it and connected the hose from the valve diractly to the rad bottom hose. Sorted.
A couple of electrical gremlins appeared today as well. Couldnt figure out why the battery was going flat over night.. Turns out ive connected the dash instrument cluster lights to a permanent live, Another easy fix. Im starting to think this car just dosent want to go back on the road.
But It RUNS!!! Lets just hope its all going to be ok. Ive booked an MOT for the end of the week..

Edited by AndyMiniMad., 03 May 2011 - 07:24 PM.

[morley]

Im starting to think this car just dosent want to go back on the road.

I know the feeling, sometimes i feel like my mini is cursed!

Atleast your making progress

[danny1]

i know how you felt with takign the engine out all the time.

ive got to take mine out againa nd source a new block as mines cracked between 2 and 3

[AndyMiniMad.]

So today ive fixed and rebled the brakes..Here is the faulty bit. Looks fine but just would not seal properly.



And I also noticed a slight leak from the gear linkage, so I fitted this...



Here is a vidio of the engine runing..It does sound a bit loose and rattly....But only on tick over which is set quite high just now. (1300)..Oil preasure is good so Im not worried.



Hope you like!!