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[minimuk]

Nice DSN bits there Andrew good to see your engine come toghether, when are you putting yr wheels on and give him a spin,give him some life.........

[Andrew O]

The rear wheels are ready to go on.
Just having trouble shimming up the ball joint as I want them perfect
Once they are done the front wheel can go on

[Andrew O]

Been cracking on with some more this weekend -
Pictures -
Got the first skim of filler on the A-Panel -


Im so glad i decided to de bumper the rear as you cant really tell but it is coming along very nicely
Also bolted the first wheel on just because i can -


Mounted the exhaust for the first time and found that i did not like how far it sticks out -


So some cutting and welding was in order, We cut a good 4 inch chunk out and welded it back up -

Put a nice layer of high temp sealant on it to make sure it was as leak free as possible

And this is how it is now and i think its perfect -


All mounted up. Its copper grease you can see not rust -


The hinges for my seats came so i bolted it in to look at the fit and it is very snug, I like it ! -


Would love to hear your thoughts
Just finishing off the wiring this evening so with any luck the next update will be a video of the car starting up for the first time

Andrew.

[stretch tech]

looking good mate, can't wait for that video, i hope it goes a bit smoother than mine did

Rhys

[grahama]

Very nice Andrew,

like the debumpered minis, mean looking, but I would have left the exhaust, just my thoughts, to late now tho lol !! Are you fillering over primer or taking the areas to bare metal first?? Comming along nicely !

Graham

[holmesy]

getting on nice, where did you get your panels from bud?

[Andrew O]

Thanks very much Rhys and I'm sure it will be just the same, it is a Mini after all.

And thanks Graham, I was ummming and arrrring about the exhaust but decided I didn't want it out that far so I cut it down,and I put a light coat of etch on before filler.
I got all my panels from ebay

[callummayo]

If you dont mind me asking how much you spent so far? :) really makes me look stupid that i havnt done anything with mine :/ maybe one day i will

[Andrew O]

I don't mind but to be honest I don't know.
I Havnt added up all the receipts yet as I know it will scare me.
It is easily over £2000 though

Andrew.

[Andrew O]

Expect an epic update later on tonight, I am currently doing something very exciting

[stretch tech]

cant wait to see this update bud don't worry, i have spent more or less the same

Rhys

[Andrew O]

Cheers Rhys.
It's coming soon .....

[Andrew O]

Well it was an epic day today.
Spent most of the morning replacing every single spade and bullet connector etc









Then we spent most of the afternoon trying to start her with no luck.
We were confident we had everything in the right order, Ht leads, timing etc but she just wouldn't run.
It was later on in the evening i read over the Haynes manual and realized what a stupid mistake we made. It was the HT leads in the wrong order.
And yes you guessed it the second i switched them over she burst straight it to life.
I filmed every ( About 20 of them ahaha ) attempted start up so this is it. The first time she started since about 8 months ago.



I need to adjust the carb as it is reeving way to high and i also need to retrieve all the bits that fell down the engine bay we she started aha.
Im so glad i now have a working car.

Would love to hear you views.
Thanks

Andrew.

[HarryMini93]

Sounds mint, but epic fail when the spanner falls off

[Andrew O]

Cheers and yeah I no ahaha
I need to take the carb off tomorrow to sort out a leak do I'll get another video up off her running properly