The Wifes Worst Nightmare 83 Full Resto by Minidarren83

By diyauto
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4 minute(s) of a 192 minute read

4-23-2015

Thanks to the help of our great forum users all windows are now in just waiting for my fillet tool to arrive then it will be water tight ish

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4-27-2015

Cheers lads shouldn't be too long now although a sad day today it's spending it's first night outside. Been relegated for the garden table painting

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4-30-2015

Few more bits done

rear lights painted and fitted

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And front end all done with golf smoked crosshead lights and f1 mirrors

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5-1-2015

You can see the front of the mounting ring here it's just bolted to the light pods in the shaped hole o cut

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And the back this is where it's too big for standard mini fitment

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5-8-2015

Spent the last few days trying to get some lights on the dash and get the fuel pump priming but I missed and earth and then Today's aim getting g the car to run


K series mini first start:



Missed an earth and it started instantly although it runs away with itself a little I think the throttle sensor needs calibration


6-12-2015

Still plugging away

After giving up on my fuel tank I got a 044 pump and mounted it in the boot along with the filter to tidy up the bulkhead

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Finished off the exhaust

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Fitted some sound deadening to the bulkhead and made a bracket for the expansion bottle and fitted it and plumbed in the rest of the cooling system I've just looped the heater for now leaving it out

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Fitted a boot release cable

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Rear brakes all done

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And finished off the gear linkage and fitted

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Front brakes and wiring the wiper motor and washer bottle left then tidy the inside


6-17-2015

Front brake lines sorted

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Comments

Wow what a build!

Posted by Diggymart on 1/17/20 @ 10:10:34 PM