My Mini Resto by minimk1

10 minute(s) of a 266 minute read

been busy:

connected up the gear selector 

put on gear selector 

mounted faccet fuel pump 

cleaned up and painted the alternator 

cleaned up the fan blade 

painted the water pulley pump 

polished up carbs and fitted new gaskets 

painted up carb heat shield and fitted it.

fitted oil pressure line

fitted clutch cylinder 

fitted brake bias valve and painted it 

fitted brake lines to bias valve 

put push rods in 

cut and zip tied the pipercross filters on

fitted new coil

fitted fan belt 

lots of little bits really stuff you don't really notice but takes a lot of time and needs to be done so that bigger better things can then be done 

2-27-2014

much more this weekend, should be running good and not misfiring hopefully.

3-23-2014

been very busy, car ha a bad misfire and so on went the std 998 head, misfire fixed but overfueling, on went a 1 1/2 su carb and alloy inlet manifold, fuelling solved... well almost, still runs abit rich.

car now drives, have been addicted to moving it around the drive and doing a few cheeky wheel-spins, just feels so good to have it moving after 3 years of it being a shell haha 

dad brought me an oil cooler so that was fitted up, will be needing this as i will be running a sump guard and so engine will be more likely to heat up.

started converting the rh door to mk1 today, the door is now hung on mk1 hinges with all of the internals cut out, however no welding was done as i ran out of gas 

oh and i also brought another mini which i put back together and now is on ebay http://www.ebay.co.u...984.m1555.l2649

plan is to finish converting that door and then do the sliding windows in both, then once this is done it will be time to crack down on the bodywork.

i have 5 months left which sold be plenty of time, bodywork should take 1 month, then paiting, cutting, mopping, polishing 1 month, then putting everything on 1 month. this is more time than i even need and only comes to 3 months work so i should easily have it done, then once it is done it is bigger engine time.

hmmm forced induction me thinks  

4-25-2014

now for the 1275 my dad brought me for a sum of £100 bargin, will have fun rebuilding this to 1310 twin carb 80bhp monster maybe even a sneaky supercharger build to aim for 120bhp 

callipers on just need new nipples and a good bleeding

12g940 head and double valve springs

girl at halfords couldn't find the barcode and so only charged me £6 for a 5kg roll of 0.8mm welding wire, should have been £25 but I'm not complaining

last pic is a smiths clock and volts gauge in a pod, that and the sump guard where collected last night.

thats all until tomorrow, exams are in may so progress will be slow and will be mainly buying things so that i have everything, that way once the car is painted in summer holidays, it can then all be put on and the car will be finished. list of things is growing ever smaller.......

Well I have made the top of the door flat and the mk1 sliding window runner sits on that, have tested this and it works. So I will be putting the mk1 sliding window rubbers in the door and then cutting my own windows out of Perspex/polycarbonate. Basically making a bespoke mk1 window to fit my car. I could get glass made but that's just added weight hahah