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[minimk1]

yeah there are 2 in the pictures above ???

[minimk1]

Engine is in today !!!

 

had a big spend up at minispares on saturday. lots of bits including my lowered height gaz shocks which i love !

 

also cleaned and painted the engine yesterday, fitted; mg metro cam, new cam followers, duplex timing gear, new clutch, new gaskets.

 

got the engine together and then in the car however one of the captive nuts decided it was no longer held on and span round, was not happy about this, but i will weld it on so no worries there.

 

still have lots of things to do before i can think about starting the engine, things left are:

 

1. finish mounting engine
2. handbrake cable 
3. connect pedels to master cylinders
4. connect gear linkage
5. brake lines
6. rebuild callipers 
7. paint driveshafts+ fit them with new boots etc 
8. fit wiring harness
9. water pump+ rad with hoses etc
10. clean up exhaust, paint + mount it properly 
11. sort out the facet fuel pump, mount it and wire it up 
12. fit fuel tank+ fuel lines
13. rebuild carbs + fit them
14. fit; dizzy, starter motor etc
15. fire that bad boy up hahah

 

 

 

[minimk1]

wait for it, i wasnt aloud to put more pictures up so i will now 

[minimk1]

 

thats all for now i shall be doing small updates in the week of little things i will be doing in the evenings, but all i need to do it keep chipping away at things each night and before i know it i will be pulling it out of the garage not pushing it.

[Snapking]

Hello mate, i'm Hugo from Portugal and I've see all of your work, and I LOVE IT.

 

Congratulations for your work, and i will keep looking for your updates.

 

 

THUMBS UP   

[minimk1]

Hello mate, i'm Hugo from Portugal and I've see all of your work, and I LOVE IT.
 
Congratulations for your work, and i will keep looking for your updates.
 
 
THUMBS UP   

Thanks a lot Hugo, glad to hear you like it, and the next update will probably be on Sunday, I have the carbs on, water pump,thermostat etc but haven't got round to updating it yet.

[domdee]

Engine is in today !!!

 

had a big spend up at minispares on saturday. lots of bits including my lowered height gaz shocks which i love !

 

also cleaned and painted the engine yesterday, fitted; mg metro cam, new cam followers, duplex timing gear, new clutch, new gaskets.

 

got the engine together and then in the car however one of the captive nuts decided it was no longer held on and span round, was not happy about this, but i will weld it on so no worries there.

 

still have lots of things to do before i can think about starting the engine, things left are:

 

1. finish mounting engine
2. handbrake cable 
3. connect pedels to master cylinders
4. connect gear linkage
5. brake lines
6. rebuild callipers 
7. paint driveshafts+ fit them with new boots etc 
8. fit wiring harness
9. water pump+ rad with hoses etc
10. clean up exhaust, paint + mount it properly 
11. sort out the facet fuel pump, mount it and wire it up 
12. fit fuel tank+ fuel lines
13. rebuild carbs + fit them
14. fit; dizzy, starter motor etc
15. fire that bad boy up hahah

 

these wheels really look tha part mate! ",

[Snapking]

Can you tell us how much money have you spent since the beggining ?

[minimk1]

Thanks domdee they have grown on me so much and I actually like the old patina of the silver paint

[minimk1]

Can you tell us how much money have you spent since the beggining ?

Around £2,000 maybe more :/

[minimk1]

been busy:

 

connected up the gear selector 

put on gear selector 

mounted faccet fuel pump 

cleaned up and painted the alternator 

cleaned up the fan blade 

painted the water pulley pump 

polished up carbs and fitted new gaskets 

painted up carb heat shield and fitted it.

fitted oil pressure line

fitted clutch cylinder 

fitted brake bias valve and painted it 

fitted brake lines to bias valve 

put push rods in 

cut and zip tied the pipercross filters on

fitted new coil

fitted fan belt 

 

lots of little bits really stuff you don't really notice but takes a lot of time and needs to be done so that bigger better things can then be done 

 

 

 

 

 

[minimk1]

will have an update tomorrow night engine is being a pain to say the least, doesnt want to start however a mate is very nicely popping over in the morning to save me from this headache 

[rickb8585]

Looking good mate, it's come a long way since I saw it! Did you get it fired up?

[minimk1]

yeah running now, has a misfire which i need to get trouble shooting i believe it is a fuelling issue though 

[AndyFrenchMan]

Double HS2 ? Nice, I love these carburettors !