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[timmy850]

Nice, finding a cool road and just driving for the fun of driving is one of the best things to do, and it is doubly true when in a mini :)

Yep, totally agree. This road was pretty good, but it had some pretty major pot holes to watch out for next time!

 

I took it for a rego check this morning and passed with no issues! All good for another year on the road 

[Vinay-RS]

Well done, I really think they should introduce a yearly check over here as well.

 

Pot holes just form part of the slalom course ;)

[timmy850]

I'm especially surprised it passed seeing as I only booked it the afternoon before, and the only prep I did was to adjust the drum brakes a little tighter!

One of our new neighbours (I don't know who though!) dropped off some old magazines for me yesterday


Some of the classifieds will make you cry though!

Edited by timmy850, 24 April 2015 - 06:01 AM.

[timmy850]

It's my birthday today and I'm 26, which means I'm now half as old as the car!

I got a new low profile trolley jack as a present too, which will be awesome for fitting under the front as its so low.

I also went out for a little drive to the shops, which as usual turns into a slightly longer trip than necessary!

Edited by timmy850, 28 April 2015 - 10:09 AM.

[Vinay-RS]

It's my birthday today and I'm 26, which means I'm now half as old as the car!

I got a new low profile trolley jack as a present too, which will be awesome for fitting under the front as its so low.

I also went out for a little drive to the shops, which as usual turns into a slightly longer trip than necessary!

Happy birthday to you! That is a nice present, at least your friends know that you love your mini and buy presents accordingly :) Yeah the drive is way more important than the shopping ;)

[timmy850]

It's my birthday today and I'm 26, which means I'm now half as old as the car!

I got a new low profile trolley jack as a present too, which will be awesome for fitting under the front as its so low.

I also went out for a little drive to the shops, which as usual turns into a slightly longer trip than necessary!

Happy birthday to you! That is a nice present, at least your friends know that you love your mini and buy presents accordingly :) Yeah the drive is way more important than the shopping ;)

I did kind of buy the jack on behalf of my wife... It's almost as tall as the car!

[timmy850]

I have no idea what number I'm up to now (it'd have to be close to 10) but it's the last straw! As soon as I can order in some A008's for the alloys they'll be on the car from now on...

[Vinay-RS]

How did that happen?? 

[69k1100]

Leaking bead guess. It's often suggested to run inner tubes on mini steels, they just don't seat very well.

[Vinay-RS]

That's interesting. Going to be switching to steel wheels, so might need to find out about that. Would A008s sort out the issue?

[timmy850]

That one has an inner tube. I think the problem is that those tyres are not designed to run tubes, and they have lots of moulding imperfections inside the tyre which rubs on the inner tubes and causes them to fail. I haven't had much luck with the inner tubes on these wheels.

One of the other ones is running without a tube and it's never had a problem. Although because the wheels don't have a safety bead, tyre shops won't put the valves in anymore for me.

The A008's will be going on the alloy wheels, I don't know if it would have helped on the steel ones..

[Vinay-RS]

It's odd that they wouldn't fit tubeless tyres for your steel wheels. Chatting to the guys in our local club the tyre shops are more than willing to fit them on steel wheels over here. 

Anyway the 165s have a nice profile and great grip and would probably look just as cool on your lovely mk1 :)

[69k1100]

Keep me in mind for the reverse rims :)

[ribz0]

Hi there mate...

 

Love your build and all the stories that came with it.... Im about to make a start on my 62 850 so was great to have a read through.... I plan to run standard white rims and hub caps and go for an original look as you have done...

 

You have done some great upgrades and I felt your pain when the rubber uni gave way... you have done a great upgrade and fix on that...

 

Keep up the great work.... you have a very active club over there... good to see so many minis about...

 

Cheers

[timmy850]

It's odd that they wouldn't fit tubeless tyres for your steel wheels. Chatting to the guys in our local club the tyre shops are more than willing to fit them on steel wheels over here.
Anyway the 165s have a nice profile and great grip and would probably look just as cool on your lovely mk1 :)

I think it's a liability issue for them, as they told me they wouldn't fit tubeless tyres to rims without a safety bead. Personally I don't see how an inner tube is going to stop the tyre coming off the rim if you get a flat, but there you go..

Keep me in mind for the reverse rims :)

Yep, no worries. I'll hopefully have the alloys back on soon

Hi there mate...

Love your build and all the stories that came with it.... Im about to make a start on my 62 850 so was great to have a read through.... I plan to run standard white rims and hub caps and go for an original look as you have done...

You have done some great upgrades and I felt your pain when the rubber uni gave way... you have done a great upgrade and fix on that...

Keep up the great work.... you have a very active club over there... good to see so many minis about...

Cheers

Thanks! That sounds like a good plan. I don't think any Australian cars were originally fitted with white steel wheels, they were all silver. It'll be good to see another 850 around, there aren't many left these days

I've got my heavy duty shelving over the weekend and I've been trying to sort through all the parts I have now. I reckon I've got enough parts to build 4 engines and have a couple of gearboxes and heads left over! I need to go through what I'm actually going to use and what I can pass on. I've got a cam away at the moment getting re-ground, so I'm making some (slow) progress..