3 votes
Mill Road Garage
Posted 17 October 2014 - 12:51 PM
Well my door hinges turned up today.
So thanks to Big Jay for that.
And i bought another little thing. It's a bit premature but it's something that's running out of stock fast, so i thought i better get one in now. Besides that, it will help out with another problem i have been worrying about.
Anyone guess what it is?
Ben
Stage One Kit Fitted
Posted 17 October 2014 - 01:08 PM
Ive been reading this and I wish you all the best.
I used to live on the Isle of Wight and do pop home occasionally.
Hopefully we can sort something out nect time I am down there and I can come see your car
Thomas
Has a small thing but it does make a difference
Posted 17 October 2014 - 01:18 PM
A Mini part? 
Mill Road Garage
Posted 17 October 2014 - 02:21 PM
Ive been reading this and I wish you all the best.
I used to live on the Isle of Wight and do pop home occasionally.
Hopefully we can sort something out nect time I am down there and I can come see your car
Thomas
Kettle is always on for a fellow mini enthusiast!
Mill Road Garage
Posted 17 October 2014 - 02:22 PM
A Mini part?
Correct!
Has a small thing but it does make a difference
Posted 17 October 2014 - 04:33 PM
A Mini part?
Correct!
I looked it up, but that's cheating!
Camshaft & Stage Two Head
Posted 17 October 2014 - 07:05 PM
Edited by SAL 821X, 17 October 2014 - 07:07 PM.
Camshaft & Stage Two Head
Posted 17 October 2014 - 07:06 PM
Up Into Fourth
Posted 17 October 2014 - 07:39 PM
It isn't a Boot handle in Nimbus grey by any chance is it Ben ? 
Failing that, with the box showing engine components I'll vote dizzy or Alternator parts.
Mill Road Garage
Posted 17 October 2014 - 08:01 PM
It isn't a Boot handle in Nimbus grey by any chance is it Ben ?
Failing that, with the box showing engine components I'll vote dizzy or Alternator parts.
Cheater 
Correct though, it is a boot handle in Nimbus Grey. brand new old stock.
Quite expensive but it holds the key to getting the grey right for the rest of the trim (scuse the pun)
Up Into Fourth
Posted 18 October 2014 - 01:24 PM
Technically I didn't cheat though.....just used a bit of knowhow you see 
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Nice to be popping back in and seeing things are still the same on TMF Ben, I'm a background member for now though 
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Mill Road Garage
Posted 18 October 2014 - 01:27 PM
Technically I didn't cheat though.....just used a bit of knowhow you see
Nice to be popping back in and seeing things are still the same on TMF Ben, I'm a background member for now though
How is the checkmate fairing?
Up Into Fourth
Posted 18 October 2014 - 05:46 PM
Technically I didn't cheat though.....just used a bit of knowhow you see
Nice to be popping back in and seeing things are still the same on TMF Ben, I'm a background member for now though
How is the checkmate fairing?
It's not doing too bad Ben actually, I think the only bad part that's suffered is the bare metal A-panel in the garage I forgot to Zinc prime!, it's got a load of rust all over it and I hope it'll be saveable and it's not pitted (Fingers crossed!).
Oh and there's a metal bed frame spare in our house now which reminded me of your project instantly.
Unfortunately I don't think I can find an alternate use for it like you have yours haha
Mill Road Garage
Posted 03 November 2014 - 01:32 PM
I have ordered a new grinder but can't wait till Wednesday for it to show up so i made a start today manually.
So i put the Mini back on it's side and took a look at the floor. I haven't touched the floor since the flood and to be honest, it's not too bad all things considering.
Ignore the inner sill,i just put it there to get it out of the way!
Anyway, i started by removing the battery cable retainer and the brake pipe clamps because i knew there would be rust behind and i wasn't disappointed.
Next, i removed the rear slinging bracket and part of the heel board as i need to do a repair to the floor here.
Slinging bracket lopped off the old fashioned way
Drilled the spot welds holding the heel board to the floor
and lopped that off in a similar fashion. It's amazing how much you take a grinder for granted when you have one!
That's enough out of the way for now.
So onto making up a card template to get that floor fixed.
Nothing unusual or exciting here.
Anyway, onto steel
You will notice that i also drilled the hole for the drain plug to fit into. It was a straight forward operation of clamping the patch onto the car, clambering inside and colouring in with my felt tips from the inside to mark the holes location and then attack it with a step cutter.
And finally, try it on for size, looks ok
I have a second hand rear bin that is good along the bottom so i am going back out to dig it out and trim the bottom off of it to repair my one with, Once the grinder is here, i can cut a lovely straight line with a 1mm cutting disc and lop off the inner sill part of the new front floor and the remains of the inner sill from the rear half and start prepping for the inner sill.
It's all rather exciting!!
Comments welcome
Ben
Up Into Fourth
Posted 03 November 2014 - 05:50 PM
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