Basicaly as i kno how much u all love my mini on here, figured as its been pissing me off all day id post up what ive managed to get done.
Basicly last summer i blew my gearbox up but managed to get my hands on a complete MG Metro with only 47k on the clock with FSH*Bargain price 2 =)*
Anyway that got the front end butcherd off it and sent off to the scrappers
The Mini Engine was pulled out(with a few cuts,bruises and use of foul language lol) and the MG Engine went in.
Now Simple i hear u all say, bolt in bolt out etc etc but due to my m8s coming round n fafffing abotu with the niggly things such as oil filter housings, rockers, gaskets, nuts bolts etc loads of shiz went missing.
after about 2 weeks of agro trying to find bolts, connectors stupid peices of paper i gave up on it
now the mini just sat on axle stands since like b4 xmas and was rly starting to bug me on the drive so i figured id start working on it again friday, so the hunt for stupid parts started again!
Friday, i managed to strip the carb, fanimoulds and head back off, check everythign was ok, torque it all back up and refit carb etc.
so Im feeling pretty awesome at this point 1st time ive worked on a car in months! this was short lived. i forgot to set the timing up!! bollox.
so after a wonderfull weekend of work, this morning i had a wonderfull trip to minispares on Oldbury to source some parts then back to work on her.
so off came the carb, fanimoulds and head again, timing was set, all was replaced. only thing tht changed was i used my orignal Head as the MG one needed the heater tap drilling and a lot of faffing about btu seeing as the Orignal head is identical i used this.
So on with the fitting of the oil filter, thermostat and heater tap... Or not
Ive still nto got the right bolts for the Rad, Thermostat and heater tap!! ARGH! anyway ive given up on the thing for 2day(back at it 2morrow thou, Poss get it started) and heres how she was looking the other day.
And In her Prime.
P.s. And yes, my drive is a ******* to work on, sodding pebbles!!
Floydie =)
Basicly last summer i blew my gearbox up but managed to get my hands on a complete MG Metro with only 47k on the clock with FSH*Bargain price 2 =)*
Anyway that got the front end butcherd off it and sent off to the scrappers
The Mini Engine was pulled out(with a few cuts,bruises and use of foul language lol) and the MG Engine went in.
Now Simple i hear u all say, bolt in bolt out etc etc but due to my m8s coming round n fafffing abotu with the niggly things such as oil filter housings, rockers, gaskets, nuts bolts etc loads of shiz went missing.
after about 2 weeks of agro trying to find bolts, connectors stupid peices of paper i gave up on it
now the mini just sat on axle stands since like b4 xmas and was rly starting to bug me on the drive so i figured id start working on it again friday, so the hunt for stupid parts started again!
Friday, i managed to strip the carb, fanimoulds and head back off, check everythign was ok, torque it all back up and refit carb etc.
so Im feeling pretty awesome at this point 1st time ive worked on a car in months! this was short lived. i forgot to set the timing up!! bollox.
so after a wonderfull weekend of work, this morning i had a wonderfull trip to minispares on Oldbury to source some parts then back to work on her.
so off came the carb, fanimoulds and head again, timing was set, all was replaced. only thing tht changed was i used my orignal Head as the MG one needed the heater tap drilling and a lot of faffing about btu seeing as the Orignal head is identical i used this.
So on with the fitting of the oil filter, thermostat and heater tap... Or not
Ive still nto got the right bolts for the Rad, Thermostat and heater tap!! ARGH! anyway ive given up on the thing for 2day(back at it 2morrow thou, Poss get it started) and heres how she was looking the other day.
And In her Prime.
P.s. And yes, my drive is a ******* to work on, sodding pebbles!!
Floydie =)
