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[Petrol]

Whilst the weather is bad, I'm trying to get through a snagging list as long as your arm. These things seem to swallow vast amounts of time and this is one of them.

 

 

These are the rear door cards I bought

 

 

Staples are not the best way to fasten a covering on so I took it off

 

 

At this stage I also fitted some new wheel arch covers, mucho impressed with these

 

 

Glued on with spray adhesive

 

 

Companion bin plastic liners have lugs on them

 

 

Which fit into slots on the rear hardboard cards - these are the original's

 

 

Decided to go for a better fastening option

 

Marked out where the bin liner goes with masking tape. It's often easier to use tape than a pencil Then made this wood support

 

 

Re fitted the vinyl covering using spray adhesive. The rear cards are convex when fitted, this should prevent the covering looking baggy

 

 

 

Then sprayed adhesive on the back to prevent the vinyl from peeling back

 

 

Cut the lugs off the bin liners, the wood will now support the liner

 

 

Hopefully the finished job will be posted this weekend

 

Pete

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Ben_O]

lovely stuff

[Mini Waco]

Pete, how vast is your creative mindset?  Body work, electrics, upholstery... simply a hard act to follow.  Brilliant! 

[seancv1]

very much enjoyed reading through this  

[Petrol]

Thanks, however rather than getting up to mischief, I was the kid with the science and chemistry kits

Sealed the hardboard to stop it getting damp in, than taped around the edges of the vinyl

 

 

Fitted

 

 

 

 

Funny you should mention electrics Mini Waco, the plan was to keep everything very simple like a MK3. Not many fuses (IIRC they had 3) no relays and that was that!

Yer right, "av a load of this lot" I really didn't want to have to install

 

Relays

 

 

 

 

Not 4........

 

 

 

But 8. Not too pleased about this lot really. Savage switches won't take the current so it goes like this

 

1 Heated rear screen

2 Sidelights

3 Headlights

4 Headlight inhibit - this switches the dipped lights off when the beam is switched on

5 Hazards - Stock switch is a 3 pole, Savage switch is only 2

6 Hazards (2) Needs this to enable the hazards to work with the key out. Otherwise the indicators will work without the key. The flasher unit would also drain a small amount of current

7 Air horns

8 Spare

There's also 2 in the bay for the spotlights.

 

Then there's the switch illumination. Bit bright when on and no dim illumination when the side lights are on.

 

The solution is this lot

 

 

Resistors and diodes.

 

Pete

 

 

 

[Jase]

Any pictures of the savage switches Pete. Love the attention to detail. It would never have occured to me to seal the back of the boards.

[Petrol]

Any pictures of the savage switches Pete.

 

 

 

Pete

[Petrol]

Still working on the loom and also more importantly the driving position.

 

Don't know if this is worth posting up but it may be of use to someone... Since I'm quite tall, the original plan was to extend the steering inner column but aligning the extension would have been a hassle. I found an easier way -

 

This is a Moto-Lita extension tube

 

 

 

It adds an inch. This is the boss that fits the the wheel, note the marking "top" which is important

 

 

The reason for this is are the rawl pins that fit into the boss.

 

 

Which cancel the indicators like this

 

 

Looks like this now

 

 

 

 

The downside to extending is it puts more leverage on the column

 

 

The current plan is to beef up the outer column

 

Pete

 

 

 

 

 

[Petrol]

Bit more work on the wiring done. These are diodes and resistors to enable the savage switches to be illuminated with the side lights, and brighter when switched on

 

 

To prevent a short circuit, one side is insulated first with shrink wrap

 

 

Then the other

 

 

All the relays are wired now, to the left of them is the power supply for the sub. I had to make a bracket to support that

 

 

Fitted some sound insulation behind the bulkhead - still work in progress

 

 

Testing the radio which seems to be working OK

 

 

 

Pete

 

 

 

 

[montyc]

Hi there,

Sorry if ive missed the answer but where are your rear bin liners from?

[Langers#56]

Mika is a bit concerned with the standard of welding that I have done. I know the theory but putting it into practice is a different story....

I would welcome your comments as welding is something I have little experience in

Butt weld on a boot floor piece




Other side to show penetration (or lack of it)



I am looking for some help please

Thanks

Pete

Too Cold get the Juice up best thing is try on scrap first

[RossKnight]

Youre 54 pages behind pal ;)

[Petrol]

Hi there,

Sorry if ive missed the answer but where are your rear bin liners from?

 

 

The plastic bin liners were ftted as standard to late model Minis

 

Too Cold get the Juice up best thing is try on scrap first

 

 

Thanks, I got the hang of it after some practice.

 

 

Butyl sealant around the dashboard vents

 

 

Fitted with plastic washers and stainless self tappers

 

 

 

Seam sealed the front subby

 

 

Rear subby is finished

 

 

 

 

This rolled up today. A 2001 Cooper Sport - A project for later down the line

 

 

 

Pete

[Ben_O]

You bought another one??

 

Yikes!

Edited by Ben_O, 18 February 2015 - 10:41 PM.

[pmplovesminis2006]

another mini peter !

i thought that would be your worst nightmare!!