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[Nathan86]

you're welcome mate, bloody awesome diary!! if I was 6" shorter i'd think about a mini haha. definitely liking the look of the clubman front, if its done the same was as your current front you could literally swap it over dependant on ur mood lol

EDIT: Dom i didnt realise you took so many photo's!? i was too busy gettingmy hands dirty

Edited by Nathan86, 24 June 2008 - 09:51 AM.

[Tomf]

You know you want to get a mini, just mount the seat in the back lol.

Well today Dom popped over again, and we set out about getting the breaks working. So i double checked all the bolts were tights and then we started the bleedingand found that the joint through the drivers side was leaking, so i though it cant be tight enough, so i tightene it up and the f*ing bolt sheered off

So i took the hose off and took the joint out and set out about removing the sheered babjo bolt, but my go it was stuck in there stiff, first up i tried grining a slot in and using a crewdriver to get it out, but that didnt want to work, so i thentried grinding the sides flat and putting that in a vice, but again that didnt work, so i then progressively drille out the middle and kept trying the vice, but still nothingso i continue to drill the bolt out, i didnt go as far as to hit the threads though, i then tried the vice again and kept repleating this, but still nothing, but i then drilled out out further an hammered a star screwdriver attatchment in and this went in really stiff, so i got a ratchet on then end on that, then put the other end in a vice and CLICK it was free so i wound that out and it was still in one piece and no damage to the thread was caused, so i then put everything back in place and added a couple of extra washers to space it out better. This then sealed well and there was no more leaking.

So after that set back of over an hour we then blead the breaks though so now i have breaks and yes they are fiesta breaks and they give good clearance on my wheels

But i then realised that i had forgoten to fit the retainer clips, so i took the calipers off to fit them, but for my life i couldnt figure out how they go on, so ill have a hunt round and see what i can find out.

Then the rear shocks were swape over and the body height was adjusted and it is sitting very low, but its still not hitting the arches

I then trimmed up one of my rear arches and started flatting that back and its actually turning out really well i think Doms popping over tomorrow and we are going to trim the rest of the CF parts then flat them back.

Also i wanted to put the mini back on its wheels, but one of the top ball joint nuts has gone so i couldnt get that in place ill be trying to find out the size of the bolt and ill try and get hold of one of them so i can get it on wheels an adjust the height .

Hopefully Dom will upate with pics soon.

Getting close to finishing now

[miniallsort]

looking good tom

[Dom]

[Tomf]

Well today we got more done.

Fitst up i went out to try and find a replacement bolt for the ball joint, well i went to one hardware shop and they didnt have one, so they sent me somewhere else and again they didnt have one so then they sent me a different place, then that place sent me a different place, then i was sent to another shop, and then i was sent to a final shop, Which i will just add all the shops were in different towns, and not one of the shops had a bolt, so i ended up just going to a scrap yard and taking one off a mini in there. So after over 2 hours of driving round i finally got hold of a bolt lol.

I then came back and cleaned up the edges of carbon fiber parts, so all the edges matched the parts, so for example the parts could now be fitted, but still need to be flatted back and lacqured.

Dom then turned up and helped me with some sanding on one of that arches cheers mate. So we got the arches flatted back and progesively sanded in finer grade paper. I then sanded back the dash using a DA, i then flatted it back using wet and dry using finer and finer grade paper.

We then got the drivers side drive shaft in and got the ball joint nut on and torqued up.

After this i realised that i had forgotten to fit the calpiper retainer bracket, but i didnt have a clue how this went on as mine only has one clip, where as the pics i looked at on here had 2, so i tried two different ways, but i think iv worked it out now.

We then set out about fitting the gear linkage, but the bolt for the top rod arm was in an awkward position, so i wouldnt get it in, so we dropped down the linkage and this gave me the bit more movement and i was able to get it in position, i then went to drift the pins back in, but after trying for about 20 mins i just couldnt get the selector fork in the correct angle, so i coulnt get that pin in, ill have another go tomorrow.

I then went to fit the exhaust and found that my link pipe is about 5 to 6 inches to long for this back box, so ill cut that down tomorrow and hopefully get the exhaust on.

I then trimmed up the bonnet and started to sand that down, but as it was such a large flat surfact it was taking a long time and i have only managed to get 1/3 done, but i will hopefully get that finished tomorrow.

I also recived some more carbon fiber through the post today , i also recived a pair of floor panels that i will be using to cut patches from, so if i can sort out the linkage and get the axhaust fitte ill get it on all its wheels and push it up to my house, and ill get the floors welded up

So lets hope for good weather tomorrow. Hopefully ill get that done tomorrow

Hopefully Dom will update with pics at some point.

[Tomf]

Oh yea i almost forgot to add i also went and collecte a clubby front off supermotolee cheers

Which seems to be prety good, it needs a good flat back, bringing it back to the gel coat and sorting a couple of small areas, but ill get that sprated up when i get the chance.

A few sneaky pics with it resting in place, sorry for the bad quality pics, there was no light in the barn haha.






Me thinks its going to look god dam sexy with a clubby front.

Thanks again for the front lee, and thinks for riving part way to meet me

[supermotolee]

no probs mate its a decent fit just needs some tidying up

[Tomf]

Yea it seems to fit really well

When i get the change after the other jobs iv got planned for the mini ill get it cleaned up and in primer

[Jack Jones]

why its in my head i thought i would ask how you are mounting your front arches if you are going to swap front from time to time
they are going to have to be mounted pretty good for both the clubby and bullnose arches to line up on the a panel
?????????

[Tomf]

Nah it should be prety easy as the arches should sit prety evenly on both the fronts, so ill just fit one and line the other up with the a-panels Or if i cant get that to work well ill keep the arches in one piece and have the arch bracket that stats on the a-panel and use a duez fastener that would be visible, this way it means the arch doesnt have to be cut...

Ill think about it more when i come to fitting the arches .

[analogue_radio]

Clubby front is looking good Tom, nice progress!

[Dom]

Well today we got more done.

Fitst up i went out to try and find a replacement bolt for the ball joint, well i went to one hardware shop and they didnt have one, so they sent me somewhere else and again they didnt have one so then they sent me a different place, then that place sent me a different place, then i was sent to another shop, and then i was sent to a final shop, Which i will just add all the shops were in different towns, and not one of the shops had a bolt, so i ended up just going to a scrap yard and taking one off a mini in there. So after over 2 hours of driving round i finally got hold of a bolt lol.

I then came back and cleaned up the edges of carbon fiber parts, so all the edges matched the parts, so for example the parts could now be fitted, but still need to be flatted back and lacqured.

Dom then turned up and helped me with some sanding on one of that arches cheers mate. So we got the arches flatted back and progesively sanded in finer grade paper. I then sanded back the dash using a DA, i then flatted it back using wet and dry using finer and finer grade paper.

We then got the drivers side drive shaft in and got the ball joint nut on and torqued up.

After this i realised that i had forgotten to fit the calpiper retainer bracket, but i didnt have a clue how this went on as mine only has one clip, where as the pics i looked at on here had 2, so i tried two different ways, but i think iv worked it out now.

We then set out about fitting the gear linkage, but the bolt for the top rod arm was in an awkward position, so i wouldnt get it in, so we dropped down the linkage and this gave me the bit more movement and i was able to get it in position, i then went to drift the pins back in, but after trying for about 20 mins i just couldnt get the selector fork in the correct angle, so i coulnt get that pin in, ill have another go tomorrow.

I then went to fit the exhaust and found that my link pipe is about 5 to 6 inches to long for this back box, so ill cut that down tomorrow and hopefully get the exhaust on.

I then trimmed up the bonnet and started to sand that down, but as it was such a large flat surfact it was taking a long time and i have only managed to get 1/3 done, but i will hopefully get that finished tomorrow.

I also recived some more carbon fiber through the post today , i also recived a pair of floor panels that i will be using to cut patches from, so if i can sort out the linkage and get the axhaust fitte ill get it on all its wheels and push it up to my house, and ill get the floors welded up

So lets hope for good weather tomorrow. Hopefully ill get that done tomorrow

Hopefully Dom will update with pics at some point.

[Nathan86]

I think ur t-shirts gonna have to go in the wash soon that clubby front looks good too mate.

[Dom]

Today we did the gear linkage,



torqued up the hub nuts and put in the split pins.



We cleaned the brake discs and put on the wheels.





Low rider.



Clubby front end.





Lunch Break.



Cut down the exhaust by 8 inches.









Cut the patch for the floor.



Started flattening the bonnet.

[Jack Jones]

Yea i go to Manwoods school thats why in sandwich all the time lol.

With my wheels i ahve a 1/2" spacer on the fronts and i had to grins a slight bit off the caliper, but if i went for 3/4"-1" spacer i think i wouldner have had to grind some off the caliper.

There is an old thread on here somewhere showing you how you do it. il try and find it and post it up.

loving how the door cards look, ill get some pics of then fitted when they arive

Cheers

tom,
when you spacered the front out did you spacer the backs aswell???
thanks jack