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[deepee71]

Great work, look forward to your next images!. Hopefully in a primer...

 

Andy

[big-jay]

Great work, look forward to your next images!. Hopefully in a primer...
 
Andy

Cheers andy,

I hope so too !

[big-jay]

Update,

Picked up a few more things for the Mini today, here's a few pictures,

Rear subframe -



Master cylinder rebuild kit, new reservior cap and a pedal box switch, as the last one exploded in my face when I attempted to remove it -



Came back home and made a start on refurbing the master cylinder. Wire brushed back to bare metal -





Holes plugged up and hung up ready to paint -



Zinc primed -



While I was waiting for that to dry I replaced all of the rubbers on the plungers, secondary plunger stripped -



Main plunger stripped -



Degreased the lot and rebuilt them. Main plunger rebuilt with new rubbers, (forgot to take a picture of the secondary plunger rebuilt) -



Cleaned up the reservoir -





I give the master cylinder a few coats of gloss black paint in between doing that, here it is after I gave the paint a while to dry -





And rebuilt with the new rubbers and plungers -





Just got to refit the reservoir, need to get some new roll pins before I do this though.

Also went down to the body shop today, unfortunately I got there too early as they are just finishing of the fillering and flatting back before she went in the booth for a coat of primer. Did manage to get a quick picture of this being done though -



There going to prime the outside first, then flat back the inside and prime that, stone chip the bottom and then paint the whole shell.

The next pictures of the shell should be it in primer hopefully !

[Ben_O]

Looks like they are doing a good job on the shell Jay!

 

That master cylinder looks excellent.

 

Ben

[big-jay]

Looks like they are doing a good job on the shell Jay!
 
That master cylinder looks excellent.
 
Ben

Cheers ben !

[grahama]

Just flicked through your build thread this morning,  great work.  Brought back many memories of cut hands,  welding burns etc.  Will be a very nice mini when finished.

 

 

Graham

[big-jay]

Just flicked through your build thread this morning,  great work.  Brought back many memories of cut hands,  welding burns etc.  Will be a very nice mini when finished.
 
 
Graham

Cheers graham,

I've definitely had my fair share of cuts and welding burns .

Glad that stage is over with now !

[big-jay]

Update,

Had a fairly busy weekend so haven't got much done, here's a couple of pictures of what I did manage to do.

Here's the brake limiter valve before I wire brushed it -



Wire brushed back to bare metal -



Zinc primed -





Left that to dry for an hour and then applied some black gloss -





I was going to strip this down and rebuild it, but I can't seem to find a rebuild kit so I left it alone.

Next I wire brushed the brake servo box back to bare metal -





Zinc Primed -





Going to leave this until tomorrow now to let the primer fully cure, then I'll rub it down with some 1200 wet and dry to make it smooth so I'll get a nice finish with the top coat.

Some pictures of that soon.

Edited by big-jay, 08 September 2014 - 06:17 PM.

[big-jay]

Update,

Received some pictures from the body shop today, the outside of the Mini is now in primer.

Here's a few pics -







She's also been given a light coating of black guide coat so they can see the high and low spots when rubbing back.

It's all very exciting, looking forward to going down on Saturday to see her in the flesh, more pictures then !

[Shaunhenderson]

That subby looks great Jay!

 

I like the carpets, just wish they didn't put heel pads on both sides.

 

Look forward to the body shop photos tomorrow mate

 

Ben

 

Hi Ben,

 

I work for Newtons and have done for around 8 years. We are able to supply the carpets with either 1 heel mat or no heel mats depending on your requirements. I suppose this is the benefit when we make the products ourselves!

 

Any questions i am always happy to help.

 

Shaun

[big-jay]

Update,

Went to the garage today, got some better pictures of the outside of the Mini in primer. Their in the process of flatting it back at the moment, it's also on axle stands ready for the stone chip to be applied underneath.









I had a few dents in the roof but they've repaired them really nice. The rear quarters have came out excellent aswell, very happy so far, hopefully should be painted soon !

[Ben_O]

You must be really pleased with that Jay!

Edited by Ben_O, 13 September 2014 - 05:06 PM.

[big-jay]

You must be really pleased with that Jay!

I am indeed mate. Looking forward to building it back up !

Edited by big-jay, 14 September 2014 - 06:57 PM.

[big-jay]

Update,

I've flatted back the servo box and gave it a couple of coats of gloss black today, I think it looks great, here's a few pictures.

Flatted back the primer with some wet & dry -



Hung up and painted -





Left that to bake in the sun for a few hours and then started to build it back up, rubber gaiter and bung put back in place -





Fitted the reservoir back onto the master cylinder (not easy, a lot harder than it looks) and put the new cap on -



Then I fitted the master cylinder to the servo, and then fitted that assembly to the frame I had powder coated a couple of weeks ago -



Still got a few more things to bolt to it, but that can be done tomorrow. Very happy with how that's came out !

Not a big update, but an update all the same

[Jared Mk3]

Looks like a job well done. Little details make all the difference.