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[hughJ]

Old friends - Carlos, minimuk and Graham thanks for your continued help and support. Welcome Minidarren83 and EngineerDaisy so nice to have such nice comments. Repairing the wiring loom is easy compared with something like welding or prep for painting!! Just go for it. And you can do it from the comfort of your kitchen table.

I was away with my brother for a couple of days on our motorbikes so the Mini was on hold. I have started work on a page about that on my personal website http://www.hferrier....cambeltown.html

I haven't done that much. I have copied Andrew in using Silent Coat but I am only using it to replace the original bitumen deadening. He has covered his whole Mini with it. His will be whisper quiet. I haven't managed such a tidy job as he did. And the rear carpet is in!





So its creeping along

Hugh

[minimuk]

looks like you had a great trip, I used to live in Kintyre, a little place called Clachan, I lived there in a converted church, you would have passed it going to Cabletown, fabulous area Kintyre great people, and great nights in Tarbert. I moved after 1 year to Fort William and stayed in the Lodge in Spean Bridge, working at the Moorings in Banavie,....great walks in Glen Nevis.....anyhow yr sound proofing is nearly done by the looks of it, soon you can make that trip in yr Mini....

[hughJ]

Thanks minimuk. You seem to have had an interesting life!! It is such a smashing area.

Finished the sound insulation below - under the rear seat and at the front





And fitted the front carpet including the two pieces that go on the wheel arches.



And the seats



They could still do with another clean!!

And finished the gear lever mechanism with new mounting bushes



And of course had to fit it



I am working on the heater



Cleaned up but not repainted - no one will see it



Have trial fitted and put the hoses in!

Well I'm enjoying it a lot more. Its still a lot of work. I think I am going to have to get back to smoothing and painting - the boot, bonnet and doors are awaiting!

Building along

Hugh

[tino]

Amazing work Hugh , I've been following this since the start and the progress is amazing.

[grahama]

Right I've just about had enough Hugh, slow down, you are making me depressed with you fine progress !! Nice sound proofing, what did you use and where from Hugh??

Graham

[hughJ]

Thanks a lot tino. Graham I copied the young lad Andrew - these young chaps seem to be showing up us old guys. It is called Silent Coat. I got it on ebay - Silent Coat Volume 20 Sheet Pack of Car Sound Deadening - Seller: Member ID caddistribution. try this - http://www.ebay.co.u...984.m1497.l2649 It is very heavy and seems an ideal replacement for the bitumen.

Kind wishes, Hugh

[Andrew O]

Looking good Hugh, Glad you used my idea. You've done a good Job

Andrew.

[BusheyTrader]

Hi Hugh,

Must be great not to be working on the bodyshell anymore. ......

How easy is that Silent Coat stuff to work with? Is it lighter than the bitumen stuff it replaced? Back in the day our Mini Club just had wafer thin carpets and no noise insulation. I want Spike to be more civilised.

Adam

[minimuk]

proffessional......looking good, yr in controle of the mini bug once again

[Brams96]

Nice job on the sound deadening Hugh & that carpet is looking good. Did you use the silent coat to cover the firewall or inner wheel arch & behind where the dash is? There is a lot of noise that comes from these areas so deadening them really helps. Keep at it, you're almost there.

[hughJ]

Andrew, I really appreciate the advice on your page on this, I wouldn't have found it otherwise. Thanks! Adam the Silent Coat is incredibly easy to work with - its like a bitumen sandwich with a peel back sticky layer underneath and a foil layer to keep it clean on the top. I cut with a Stanley knife over a piece of wood. Probably scissors would even do it. It moulds easily to shape. I believe you have to warm it in winter to shape it. Andrew, above did a better job than me. minimuk - I'm certainly enjoying it more. The body work can get a bit demoralising. Brams96 the carpet is just the old one cleaned up. I'm afraid I didn't do the wheel arch or firewall with Silent Coat - I just stuck to where the bitumen was before. I found the noise level very acceptable in the two weeks I drove it! Thanks for the encouragement.

Its fiddly wee jobs

The heater control panel - I had to do it again as I scraped the paint using a tool to remove the masking.



Going to clean up these parts as I want to get a little bling on it tomorrow





Derusted



And painted





And I have started to get the bonnet ready - cleaned up the driver's side



And both sides



And the underside



The bonnet is really quite poor but if it will do a couple or so years I can easily put in a new one. I'm already spending far too much on this project. I know others spend a fortune on all new good parts. I just need a good little run-around.

Scraping along

Hugh

Edited by hughJ, 30 July 2012 - 06:26 PM.

[minimuk]

it certainly is going to be a nice run-a-round mini 4 sure,.....what will you use as base before painting...

[jagman.2003]

I must agree with the comments above Hugh. Your mini is in danger of overtaking mine. Please slow down & stop doing such a good job too!

[hughJ]

A bit of bling

minimuk and jagman.2003 you guys are in a different league from me so I do appreciate what you say. With painting, minimuk, when I take it back to bare metal I etch prime that area. Then high build primer. Then the Rustoleum Hard Hat. I think its the same as you do.

The bonnet catch return spring cleaned up nicely. I just coated it with ACF-50 rather than paint it. I use it a lot on my motorbike.



And using my birthday present from March got from Smiffy's Bits



I havn't sealed the door catches - I'll have to adjust once the doors are in but it looks nice



That's a lot more fun doing trivial jobs like that.

But its back to filling and preparing

Some filler under the bonnet



Sanded and etched



Doing other little jobs to prevent the sanding from destroying me

This was well rusted





And the top side of the bonnet



So its moving along

Hugh

[jagman.2003]

Nice shiny stainless parts there Hugh. All adds to the detail.