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Site Admin   1921 Posts Member #: 333 Post Whore Tadley, Hampshire |
13th Apr, 2006 at 09:06:32pm
On 13/04/2006 20:23:04 S1275GTt said:
Worst one was when I replaced the wheel on my Grandads trailer and fergot to do the nuts up. Two miles down the road, the wheel shot off and very almost took a few cars out. It caused a traffic jam, nightmare! On that note, Alex's mums horse box ramp came down while they were driving (luckily with no horses in). It's fooking heavy, if someone had been too close! 
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 8215 Posts Member #: 90 Post Whore Somewhere around Swindon |
13th Apr, 2006 at 09:24:26pm
settling down ..... never do it again Crystal Sound Audio said:
Why wolfie...you should have your name as Fuckfaceshithead ! "A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools."-Douglas Adams |
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 11046 Posts Member #: 965 Post Whore Preston On The Brook |
13th Apr, 2006 at 09:45:48pm
Registering on MF forum On 26th Oct, 2004 TurboDave16v said:
Is it A-Series only? I think it should be... So when some joey comes on here about how his 16v turbo vauxhall is great compared to ours, he can be given the 'bird'... On 26th Oct, 2004 Tom Fenton said:
Yep I agree with TD........ |
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60 Posts Member #: 691 Advanced Member |
13th Apr, 2006 at 10:11:17pm
On 13/04/2006 12:30:51 feebleuk said:
Ive used bolts that were too long to bolt the engine mount to the bell housing. One of the bolts went through one of the holes in the flywheel and locked it in position so that the engine wouldnt turn over when i put it in the car, when i took my "siezed" engine out of the car it started to turn over again when i removed the wok, haha! I have done that the first time i ever swapped an engine it also happened to be the first time i had ever done anything mechanical. But the really bad thing is that i forced it to turn over and even got the engine running and was greeted by a loud knocking noise. i suppose that what happens when you dont know what you are doing 
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 9326 Posts Member #: 59 First mini turbo to get in the 12's & site perv Herefordshire |
13th Apr, 2006 at 11:58:03pm
[quote=Carl,13/04/2006 19:52:55]
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 1666 Posts Member #: 252 Post Whore Sunny suffolk |
14th Apr, 2006 at 09:44:55am
In order to diagnose an occasional power loss on me mini i replaced cap,rotor,leads,plugs,coil,ign module,new fuel pressure regulator diaphram,fitted larger fuel return, new fuel pump. Problem still persisted until i replaced pre pump fuel filters with £2 plastic in line jobbies!!! Handy having all the spare parts now mind -MINI CLUBMAN 1380 TURBO- |
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Forum Mod  1322 Posts Member #: 28 Post Whore Milton Keynes |
14th Apr, 2006 at 10:14:51am
Not being able to work my new torque wrench (stupid two click thing) and going through 5 head gaskets and wondering why they kept blowing!
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 6752 Posts Member #: 828 Post Whore uranus |
15th Apr, 2006 at 08:19:32am
sitting there loking at mini with back end jacked up thinking hmm ,.......
Edited by robert on 15th Apr, 2006. Medusa + injection = too much torque for the dyno ..https://youtu.be/qg5o0_tJxYM |
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 966 Posts Member #: 358 Post Whore Snetterton, Norfolk |
15th Apr, 2006 at 11:08:43am
Worst mistake has to be when i was drilling some holes for rivets to rivet on my wheel arches without noticing my hand was where i was drilling. Went straight through my hand, but the worst bit was putting the drill in reverse and taking it back out!!! I had only just got my mini at the time and was only 15 and had very little mechanical knowledge!!!!
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133 Posts Member #: 703 Advanced Member Plymouth, On the floating skip known as HMS Albion |
15th Apr, 2006 at 12:28:53pm
Here's another one who has locked the flywheel in place with longer bolts........... Whats going to break next!?
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11046 Posts Member #: 965 Post Whore Preston On The Brook |
15th Apr, 2006 at 06:41:37pm
On 15/04/2006 11:08:43 antman said:
Worst mistake has to be when i was drilling some holes for rivets to rivet on my wheel arches without noticing my hand was where i was drilling. Went straight through my hand, but the worst bit was putting the drill in reverse and taking it back out!!! I had only just got my mini at the time and was only 15 and had very little mechanical knowledge!!!! Thankfully it was only a 3.3mm drill i was using! OOOH mate, I know what that felt like, I did the same but did actualy go right the way through the fleshy bit in one side out the other, missing the bone on my left index finger tip. It wasn't right for months and my finger prints are now buggered not that that should matter
On 26th Oct, 2004 TurboDave16v said:
Is it A-Series only? I think it should be... So when some joey comes on here about how his 16v turbo vauxhall is great compared to ours, he can be given the 'bird'... On 26th Oct, 2004 Tom Fenton said:
Yep I agree with TD........ |
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37 Posts Member #: 704 Member salisbury |
17th Apr, 2006 at 05:58:04pm
Hi,
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