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[buddylove]

The stance from the rear looks very nice

[Deathrow]

You know, everytime I see your Mini it makes me think about painting mine that colour. Haha.

Can't wait to see this all back together .

[minivanman]

Didnt get a lot done over christmas - was busy painting and decorating We did build the doors up and bolt them on:

By god they're better than mk1 doors - built one and bolted it on in 1/2 an hour. Doors on the van took days, and they're still *melon*!

I've swapped the cam and timing gear for my MG metro setup, and started cleaning the engine up ready for painting it as well.

[minivanman]

Finished degreasing the engine today, so I'll stick a bit of paint on it tomorrow, and I got two coats of paint on the headlining. I think its probably the first headliner to have ever been painted with a roller

[minivanman]

Engine is rebuilt, and covered in finest hafrauds red, because as the number one commandment in the engine builders bible says - "the red one shalt goeth faster"


I had a nice parcel from trigger wheels the other day, and I've now got everything I need for my MJ setup. I know it can be had for cheaper if you shop around, but I couldnt be bothered to scrat around in a scrappy - my time is valuable So we stuck the pulley in the lathe today and got the trigger wheel fitted to it. Soon as I get the bracket made up for the sensor I can get the engine in the car.


Also got the master cylinders in and piped up, except the lower one on the brakes, which has a bloody great big tube nut on it, and I dont have one anywhere in the garage.


Fitted the nearside door glass as well, which was a right bugger because that door has a side impact bar. Went to do the offside one and one of the runners was rusted right up and popped off, so thats something else for the next minispares order...

[Down&Out]

wow this has gone a long way since i last checked it! great work and good looking car sir

[Deathrow]

Looking fantastic as usual sir!

It's making me want to paint mine that colour :|, is it hard to lay down? Expensive?

[minivanman]

Cheers guys. No idea how hard it is to paint - I dont do that bit lol. Cost me £1200 I think, but they did a helluva lot of prep work on it (I cant stand fillering).

Got loads done lately. Bolted the trigger wheel to the pulley, put it on the engine and made the sensor bracket:


Got a 12mm tube nut at bingley hall so I could finish the brake piping, and dropped the engine in:


Also fitted the gearchange and exhaust, almost everything underneath it is finished now. I got a new window channel, so the windows in both doors are done now. Picked up doorcards at bingley hall, and found a pair of window winders for £2.50 in the autojumble that match my existing handles! just need the door release handles now and I've got the full set...


Got the rear side windows in too, hopefully they'll be a lot more leak proof than the opening ones were...


Made a start on the wiring tonight, I've almost finished the engine bay! I'm gonna make a seperate loom for the MJ so if anything goes wrong with it I'll be able to find it easier.

[minivanman]

Been plugging away at the wiring - starting to see some results now! the sidelights, indicators and hazards are all working, but theres a few things that arent that a causing a bit of head-scratchery. Day off tomorrow so should be able to sort most of it out. Also mounted the coil pack for the MJ and worked out where I'm gonna put the EDIS and MJ behind the dash. Finally got hold of the mounting things for the mirrors, so I stuck them on too.

[Bean]

Wow, looking really good, Tom!

[minivanman]

Cheers Bean!

Been very busy with it again - pretty much all the electrics work now (ones I can test so far anyway), the VR sensor is plugged in, the EDIS is mounted and wired up, and the MJ is mounted and the loom is almost done for that. Put the wiper motor in and it works, then found the thread is fubar on one of the wheel boxes, so I'll have to pull it out again and swap it.

EDIS and MJ:


Coils:


The trigger wheels kit is great - comes with brand new connectors so you make your loom exactly how you want it. Very happy with it. I also ordered headlamps from minits yesterday afternoon, they were here this morning So got them fitted tonight and they work as well Methinks I've about got the hang of this wiring shizzle!


Left to do is the fuel pump, some extra relays for the headlamps, get and fit an alarm, and get gauges and fit them in the dash. Expensive bits

[minivanman]

Crikey, been a while since I updated this. Mainly been sorting the wiring. I've added my extra relays, fitted my alarm and immobiliser, wired up the megajolt, done the fuel pump, fitted the carpets and all sorts of other bits n pieces.

Fuel pump:


Parcel shelf:


Engine bay about done - just need to plate up the hole in the middle now


Wiring is beginning to get tidier behind the dash:


I've got the clocks ordered as well, they should be here pretty soon. But I think that between work, seeing the missus and doing up the house I'll be struggling to have it done for L2B... We'll see I guess.

[Deathrow]

I don't know how I managed to miss so many updates on this!

Looks to be coming along brilliantly!

Are those headlamps Wipac Freeforms? They look similar to mine.

Going to subscribe to this now so I don't miss any more .

[mini93]

looking good tom...i might have to pick ur mind about the megajolt soon

[minivanman]

Cheers guys. Yeah, they are wipac freeforms. I put them on the van, and I've always been really happy with that, so I got them for this as well. I wouldnt go picking my brains about the MJ till I've fired it up and know that it works David