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[Stevee]

looking good

and fail with your piston rings with have this problem with a moggie minor rings are naffered

[camp freddy]

looking good

and fail with your piston rings with have this problem with a moggie minor rings are naffered

eh?

[mini_mad69]

Looking good there.


Is that book any different, to tuning the a-series engine by vizard?

[camp freddy]

easier to absorb than the Yellow bible, more for the enthusiast, deals with
more interchangable parts, ie using other cars pistons to increase cc

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this shows triumph 1300 73.64mm pistons can be used to gain 1385cc,
my first mini had these fitted.

[AndyMiniMad.]

Im all for the easier to absorb bit... I really struggle with some (err most) of the stuff in the yellow bible, Im going to try and get a copy of this book. I hope Ratty gets a good spread in the mag. And I hope your arm gets better soon.

[camp freddy]

Im all for the easier to absorb bit... I really struggle with some (err most) of the stuff in the yellow bible, Im going to try and get a copy of this book. I hope Ratty gets a good spread in the mag. And I hope your arm gets better soon.

got mine for a fiver off ebay £1.99 + p&p, get the latest edition you can more up to date.

Edited by camp freddy, 10 March 2011 - 02:31 PM.

[camp freddy]

found out the other day why Ratty was nippier than most ,
chatting to the previous owner of the first engine i fitted he told
me the gearbox had an 850 diff fitted....

Edited by camp freddy, 10 March 2011 - 07:30 PM.

[camp freddy]

went out yesterday to adjust the front wheel camber as they are slightly
different, adjusted the off side ok, went to adjust the N/S and noticed
the hub was loose, Took off the wheel centre and found that the hub nut
had nearly cut through the split pin AGAIN !!!!!!!. due to the nut working loose
this has resulted in the taper washer and hub nut becoming badly worn.





These I feel should be supplied in the Wheel bearing kits.

I have now ordered a new washer , nut and split pin at a cost of £12.60 incl p&p !!!!!


BE WARNED if you change a front wheel bearing replace the taper washer at least...

[Gazza211]

Its worth just checking that the rear face of the drive flange is starting to wear as this will make the hub nut come loose giving you the symptoms you have.

Gary

[camp freddy]

Its worth just checking that the rear face of the drive flange is starting to wear as this will make the hub nut come loose giving you the symptoms you have.

Gary

Not sure what you are refering to , but I will strip it and have a look.


As I have my wrist free now I spent an hour cleaning the floor plates
and bulkhead etc in Ratty, looks a lot better now. the bulkhead was covered
in a layer of oil from when the engine decided to dump a load of oil....

[camp freddy]

Its worth just checking that the rear face of the drive flange is starting to wear as this will make the hub nut come loose giving you the symptoms you have.

Gary

Not sure what you are refering to , but I will strip it and have a look.


As I have my wrist free now I spent an hour cleaning the floor plates
and bulkhead etc in Ratty, looks a lot better now. the bulkhead was covered
in a layer of oil from when the engine decided to dump a load of oil....

checked the hub over loks ok, so put it all together, only problem ordered the
wrong nut.... needed the metric one...

On the plus side just received my gasket parcel from Minispares,,,, Time to start
re-building Ratty's old engine....

[AndyMiniMad.]

What happened to all the bits of metal from your worn washer and nut?? may be wise to replace the bearing while you have it in bits.

[camp freddy]

What happened to all the bits of metal from your worn washer and nut?? may be wise to replace the bearing while you have it in bits.

Not long replaced it, the bearings are ok. check the nut today and it is still tight....

[camp freddy]

well noticed that the two tyres I fitted on the front are badly 'shark toothing' ,
I reduced the front neg camber last weekend ,this caused the 'Toe in' to increase
dramatically, But I didn't realised how much it has changed , hence the shark toothing.
So this evening I decided to adjust the toe..... After a lot of thought i decided on
what I was going to use..... Two bit of wooden battening, two luggage straps and
a tape measure...

First I strapped a piece of batten to each wheel ,half way up allowing to project
in front of the car, I then measure a distance from the front of the tyre out
along the batten ( I measured 300mm but 500mm would be better), Then I measured
across the front of the car (against the tyre) and noted the distance, then I measured
across at the 300mm mark a noted that distance. this was about 15mm different.
Needs to be about 1.5mm narrower at the front, so I adjusted the track rod ends
bit by bit , each time I adjusted I rolled the car so the tyre would re-set....

To him for a spin ,,, Wow what a difference , loads better..

[camp freddy]

Started to sort my pistons out tonight, took the rings off and then cleaned off the
carbon build up, can't beleive how much there is for less than two years use

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