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[Andrew O]

In that case your going to have a lot of fun putting them

[josh.goddard]

looking good really doin a very good job

[joezone2001]

Hi Rhys!
Looking good mate. Just a quick question. What have you painted your engine with? Well, the silver bits in particular.. I am doing my engine at the minute and I am haing a bantam green, silver and black kind of theme. The green is for the block (which I have yet to paint) the silver is for the gearbox starter, and the black is for brackets etc. the silver and black are simoniz high temp engine lacquer (spray) and the green is a brush on paint I got from the auto jumble.. The silver paint I am using needs to be cured by either putting it back on the car and running the engine for a while or baking In the oven at 220 degrees centigrade.. I can't put it back in the car as the engine is out and I have tried baking it in the oven (I was soooo popular haha!) but it scratches so easily and is very fragile so I don't think it has cured properly. I want to try something else for the silver bits as the black stuff is fine and really hard.. What have you used please? Here is my progress with the engine. http://www.mini30.in...tage_5_-_Engine although I haven't updated it in a few days as one of my other cars is poorly and I need it back on the road..
Keep up the good work mate. Getting seriously jealous now.. Haha.
Cheers joe.

[stretch tech]

looking good really doin a very good job

cheers mate

Rhys

[stretch tech]

Hi Rhys!
Looking good mate. Just a quick question. What have you painted your engine with? Well, the silver bits in particular.. I am doing my engine at the minute and I am haing a bantam green, silver and black kind of theme. The green is for the block (which I have yet to paint) the silver is for the gearbox starter, and the black is for brackets etc. the silver and black are simoniz high temp engine lacquer (spray) and the green is a brush on paint I got from the auto jumble.. The silver paint I am using needs to be cured by either putting it back on the car and running the engine for a while or baking In the oven at 220 degrees centigrade.. I can't put it back in the car as the engine is out and I have tried baking it in the oven (I was soooo popular haha!) but it scratches so easily and is very fragile so I don't think it has cured properly. I want to try something else for the silver bits as the black stuff is fine and really hard.. What have you used please? Here is my progress with the engine. http://www.mini30.in...tage_5_-_Engine although I haven't updated it in a few days as one of my other cars is poorly and I need it back on the road..
Keep up the good work mate. Getting seriously jealous now.. Haha.
Cheers joe.

hi joe, we used silver alloy wheel paint for all the silver bits on the car, including the gear box it gives a great finish and is very resistant

cheers mate

Rhys

[stretch tech]

right then, update from today

pretty much finished bolting all the engine bits back on



fitted the water pump pulley, fan, radiator and cowling, washer bottle, wiper motor, radiator hoses, new fuel filter/sediment bowl, braided fuel lines, fuse box, over flow pipe and engine earth (there wasn't one on the mini when i brought it )









question: is the float bowl over flow pipe (copper pipe) on the correct spout ? cheers

that's all for today, plan of action for this week:

monday - hub and drive shaft assembly on one side

tuesday - hub and drive shaft assembly on other side

thursday - run battery cable and fit an isolator switch

friday - fit gauge cluster, heater box and pipes, speedo drive, accelerator cable and pedal

saturday - WIRING LOOM ! !

and as it is a bank holiday......get it running (hopefully)

Rhys

Edited by TH3aRchit3ct95, 29 April 2012 - 07:19 PM.

[joezone2001]

Hi Rhys!
Looking good mate. Just a quick question. What have you painted your engine with? Well, the silver bits in particular.. I am doing my engine at the minute and I am haing a bantam green, silver and black kind of theme. The green is for the block (which I have yet to paint) the silver is for the gearbox starter, and the black is for brackets etc. the silver and black are simoniz high temp engine lacquer (spray) and the green is a brush on paint I got from the auto jumble.. The silver paint I am using needs to be cured by either putting it back on the car and running the engine for a while or baking In the oven at 220 degrees centigrade.. I can't put it back in the car as the engine is out and I have tried baking it in the oven (I was soooo popular haha!) but it scratches so easily and is very fragile so I don't think it has cured properly. I want to try something else for the silver bits as the black stuff is fine and really hard.. What have you used please? Here is my progress with the engine. http://www.mini30.in...tage_5_-_Engine although I haven't updated it in a few days as one of my other cars is poorly and I need it back on the road..
Keep up the good work mate. Getting seriously jealous now.. Haha.
Cheers joe.

hi joe, we used silver alloy wheel paint for all the silver bits on the car, including the gear box it gives a great finish and is very resistant

cheers mate

Rhys

Cheers Rhys.
Thanks for that. Will have a look out for some. Great progress mate
Joe

[Rich286]

Engines looking spanking !

[stretch tech]

Engines looking spanking !

cheers mate, it defiantly stands out doesn't it

Rhys

[minimissions]

Wow this has changed a fair bit since the last time i saw this lol, looking really nice mate i am loving the gold engine looks well nice! not long now

[stretch tech]

Wow this has changed a fair bit since the last time i saw this lol, looking really nice mate i am loving the gold engine looks well nice! not long now

cheers mate, i'm surprised at how quick it has all gone back together as well

Rhys

[stretch tech]

hi all, today we attached the drive shafts and hubs after having to swap the drive shafts over as they were refitted to the wrong hubs and fitted the front wheels, i will take some photos tomorrow as it is late now and i don't feel well but now all the running gear is back on the car

Rhys

[stretch tech]

high all, pictures from yesterday















today we run the new battery cable, it was a bit fiddly to run in the engine bay but the rest went very smoothly, just got to make a bracket to mount the isolator on the shock mount tomorrow. all that is left to do now is wire in the loom and then it is time for the big switching on

Rhys

[grahama]

Looking good, not visited for a while and you have come on nicely, keep it up.

Graham

[stretch tech]

Looking good, not visited for a while and you have come on nicely, keep it up.

Graham

cheers mate

Rhys