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[Jordie]

Nice one, took his time didnt he.

[M44K TS]

tell me about it, still though, it's worth the wait

[M44K TS]

Woo-Hoo, it's back!

Fully waxoiled, all underside painted, outside filled & primed & once it's been painted, i've got to take it back to get the rest of the stonechip protection put on.

Basically though, it's almost ready for paint. I'll be painting the indise of the car before it goes in to get painted though.








All other pics are here....

http://public.fotki....sto/page10.html

Comments welcome!

Also, i'll be adding loads more pics as i go along, i need to go and make a list off all the bits i want done before paint.

Edited by M44K TS, 05 February 2008 - 04:36 PM.

[M44K TS]

Put an order into Mini Spares last night for bits and peices like seam trim clips, rear number plate light, wiper bits etc etc.

Also, because i'm going to collect on Saturday, i'll pick up a top tin windscreen. That way, i should have all the glass i need, and most of
the bits for the rebuild.

List of things i might get on Saturday if it's in stock.

Door glass runner
Airbag wheel securing nut
MPI steering cowl
Bumper
Steering colums shear bolt

Think that's all i'll need for now

[M44K TS]

Well, been to Harrogate Mini Spares today, bought just over £200 worth of bits....

First off, the small things.

Seam trim clips
Window weatherstrip clips
Window weatherstrips
Wiper park switch
Wiper loom repair section (when unplugging the wiring for the wiper from the park switch, they always get damaged due to the terminals rotting)
Wiper motor bracket
Number plate light housing and seal (which are being sent out seperatley as they're not in stock yet)
Numberplate light lens'
Petrol Cap, mine keeps on seizing and i'm sure the key will snap one day
Steering colum shear bolts
2 x floor grommets
mk1 grille
Genuine Rover bumper
Top tint windscreen






Appologies about pics, the setting need adjusted on y phone.... 5mp my arse!

[M44K TS]

Right, tonight's dilema was adapting the mpi stalks to the pre mpi wiring loom (should have been so straight forward...

hmm, well, after hours of trying to figure out exactly what was up with the headlight switch on the new stalks, i decided to take it apart to see if i could see what terminal went where.

As i opened it up, i noticed exactly what was wrong....


The stalk is broken and not flicking between the different positions on the switch.

This is the tiny bugger that has caused me an evenings worth of headache!!!!



The tiny black plastic selector fork has snapped off inside the switch.



When you select the different positions on the stalk, inside, there is a tiny set of contacts that select the the corresponding terminals by sliding to the left or right. With the selector fork broken off, it was stuck inbetween the different positions on the headlights, which is why i couldn't trace the wiring!!!

So £7.50 and £5 postage later, bought some off ebay from an MGF

Fingers crossed, it should be here by the end of the week, then i can finish off the wiring for them.

Wiring so far... (used the multiplugs from the original harness of the car (black plugs) so theoretically, the new ones should just plug and play.)

Wiper Harness


Indicator Harness


I'll also have to make a 3rd plug in loon aswell for the wiring for the headlight switch as the pre 1996 Mini's has a seperate switch for the headlights to the main beam flasher on the stalks.

So what i'll need to do, is connect the ones back up from the original harness of the headlight flasher, and then make a 2nd loom which will bypass the dash switch ofr the headlights, so it can be connected to the new stalks via the 3rd/new multiplug, which is half of these...



Damn this gets confusing!

[M44K TS]

The numberplate light housing and seal has arrived today from Mini Spare, top service once again.






Now, just need to buy a bootlid for it to fit onto lol

[Bungle]

i think most people buy the boot lid first

[M44K TS]

would be the logical thing to do, yes lol

[M44K TS]

Went to pick up the petrol tank that was originaly on the car,but found out it had rusted through round the filler neck, (which would explain the whiff of petrol every now and again) so was given a 2nd hand on which was solid, but had a bit surface rust on.

So, got cracking this afternoon sanding it


Once the rusty bits were back to bare metal, used the trusty old kurust



After it was all dry, gave it a quick once over with the detail sander, then some wet and dry to key it up a bit.


Then gave it a coat of white anti-rust primer


Then a couple of coats of gloss black.


Still need to do the other side (which is the side you see when the boot is open) But i'll take pics of that too to see how it comes up.

[Bungle]

[M44K TS]

also, forgot to mention, last night, i managed to get some wiring done in the car, mainly the fusebox area, there was a couple of dodgey terminals, also, got the horn wiring sorted too.

One thing i'm unsure of though, the e bullett connectors that are on the headlight loom behind the grille, do you need a special tool to crimp those on?

[jack_marshall]

Yeah you do need a particular tool to put them on, without it they dont ever stop on and cause all kinds of problems.

Although Ive never tried using the ordinary crimpers.. they might work?

[M44K TS]

tried with my ratchet crimpers last night (the type you use on uninsulated spade terminals etc) and it just mangled them.

I'll have a look in machine mart/ebay etc.

[Tom Booth]

I used normal crimps on the ones I had, are you talking about the brass ones that where on to begin with?