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[tedmcedd]

thanks for the comments guys, i do love the bean, hes so sexy and rally lol

yer they are group 2's and my wheels are 5" wide and fill them very well, might get away with another half an inch, but the police might think differently....

i seem to have no money or time now do do anything on him, and winter weather means i dont want to work in the cold!! i still have an ampers, volts, oil pressure and a clock to wire/plumb in, and i think the next job is a rollcage.

i also have a 1098 engine, and im thinking of getting a 1275 head and some twins on it so theres always something to do!

Ed

[tedmcedd]

havent updated in a while!

ryan showed me how to wire in my spots too, but the flash isnt working... nor is the horn... hmmm!
well i now have lovely halogen headlamps, they are ace, i would recomend them to anyone still on sealed beams!

sealed beams:

halogen:




the bean now has some arches and his alloys as you all know the police didnt take too kindly to his wheels sticking out!!

went to minisport today to get some new wheels bearings... lol fitting them tomorrow, i also got some gaskets for my tappet covers as me and my dad think that is the source of the oil leak, along with those i got a t piece for my oil presure guage.

im thinking of sticking with my 998 as a guy i spoke to said the 1098's rnt as good, so what would you suggest i did to my engine? i have an LCB and 2" centre exit exhaust and an alloy inlet manifold, and thats it!

ED

[tedmcedd]

well the bean now has a working oil pressure guage! he also doesnt have a horrible scraping noise whenever he goes left.... lol the bearings were easy to fit and the old ones looked awful! i did manage to cross thred the hub nut... but ryan came to the rescue again and brought me one from his emphorium... lol

the bean has also turned himself into a fish pond and there is lots of water in the passenger side rear and the passenger side rear bin, not sure where its coming from ill have a look tomorrow!

thats it for now!

Ed

[Retro_10s]

im thinking of sticking with my 998 as a guy i spoke to said the 1098's rnt as good

whoah,... big sweeping, generalising, and unlearned comment there.

What he probably means, is that the 1098's don't rev so high as the 998's. this is because of the Longer stroke. Other than that,.. they're absolutley fantastic engines, Nice and torquey, pull all day long in all gears. My bog standard 1098 clubman used to smoke a bog standard carb cooper 998....

I can whole heartedly recommend fitting a 1275 head on the 1098,... also,.. if you fancy it,.. fit the SW5 cam,... This and the head really open the 1098 up and use the longer stroke wonderfully.

It will absolutely fly with the head and cam combo,.. will be a belter!

Edited by Retro_10s, 31 December 2007 - 05:02 PM.

[panelbeaterpeter]

Your interior is the sex.

[tedmcedd]

hmmmm thanks retro, i might just have to do that then..... next thing to buy is the 1275 head! and that cam! what sort of price are the cams, and where is best to get one from?? ill see if ebay has an unleaded head, not sure i can afford a new one!

thanks peter.... lol i do like it myself too! although im thinking of changing to speedwel seats, but im undecided, theones i have are very comfy but they are quite big, people have to scramble through to get in the back lol

Ed

[Retro_10s]

Any joy with the gear shift mechanism mate?

[tedmcedd]

oh! sugar! you wanted a postage price didnt you!?

ill get to it tomorrow, feeling a little worse for wear today... lol Happy New Year! tehee

Ed

[Retro_10s]

cheers mate. Much appreciated

[tedmcedd]

Found it!

haven't updated for ages!

lots has happened!

i fitted some blue mudflaps on the back and i have still to fit the fronts. pics will come when im all done!
i changed my front wheel bearings and had to change a driveshaft as the hub nut thred was beggered, and so it wouldnt tighten, it got slack again as it got to the end...

i found out that the rotor arm bushes had gona in my distributor and it was vibrating, causing the points to never be set right... i was out every 5 min setting them! so i got another distributor ad fitted that.

i took the bean to minisport for a tune up and he runs really nicely when he is hot but runs lumpy when cold... i have still to take hime back to them so they can have a look. he got 47bhp at the flywheel and 31 at the wheels, im pleased with that as he's standard apart from an lcb.

i went to bingly hall and got some switch extensions, an early '71 steering collum and switch panel, and a 5th gemini alloy for a spare. im hoping to get the collum and switch panel in over half term orat easter, as im sure it will take longer than an evening to re wire them into the 80's loom!!!

well thats all for now!

Ed

[tedmcedd]

i went out in the snow with the bean...









im well gutted you can see where i was heading.. into that gate, the bean thought that he would sedge in and not turn like i wanted him too... hmm, i needed to sort out the rust on the front end...

[custodia]

nnooooooooo, ted that sucks. at least the damage doesnt look too bad.lucky you went inbetween the fence posts. hope you get the bean fixed and bk on the road soon mate

[GreaseMonkey]

Nooooo!

it isnt that bad is it?

Edited by GreaseMonkey, 07 March 2009 - 03:47 PM.

[tedmcedd]

it doesnt look as bad on the pics.. could have been alot worse, the post could have gone right in the middle! im ok, and the bean still drives, no steering damage or anything, im borrowing a slide hammer later today to get him back into ok shape, then im saving for a new front.. which he needed anyway... the paint was hiding alot of rust... lol

ill post pics later of my 'repairs' haha!

[BaDDoGNZ]

Well.... That sucks!
Have to say sexy style on that mini, gutted about the nasty english weather though. Even if the snow is quite pretty!
Hope its back up and running soon!