anyone near bradford?
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i need some help i am feeling so disheartend and fed up i am putting off going into the garage at all i finally made it in today and i cant do anything i try it and its going wrong everything i try i have lost every tool i need to do the job and falling over silly old N/A bits i really need to get my enthusiasm back :(:(
if theres anyone near brdford at all i will PAY YOU to come and help me!!!
arrghh it was so much easyer when the mini was on the drive and i could move now its int he garage i can hardly get around it never mind work on it but kids playing football in the drive stopped that:(

dan:( - even if no one can help i feel better after the rant lol

I'm sorry mate, but you've got to start using commas and full stops. Maybe even a Capital letter every once in a while :)

Edited by Vegard on 30th May, 2005.

I'm not far away. What exactly do you need help with? Send me a PM if you like.

Vegard...Shut up you over educated Viking.....

I am often in thre area, PM me your mob no........

Vegard...SSSHUT IT!!!!

crack on!! .. and thank yourself ucky you have a garage :)

Dont worry about it tho, i loose motivation with teh mini all the time, took breaks of a month at a time while i was building the valver. if you force yourself to work you will get fed up! Remember minis are a hobby your sposed to enjoy it, so only work when you feel like it

Also set yourself reasonable targets, dont say "im guna have the engine in and running perfect" say something like " im guna get the fuel system hooked up" .. b4 u know it ul have picked away at the wee jobs and itl be done :)

turbo 16v k-series 11.9@118.9 :)

Denis O'Brien.

send me a PM dan and i will come over to inspire you a little ......

or may be me and tom fenton together.

theres no problems only solutions

spend £100 on one of them tool kits at halfrauds!!!

i get 20% trade discount now on top of that.

Ill be round soon anyway building up my turbo engine wiht oyu too

Previous Engine: 1040cc Morespeed engine, 1275 turbo head T2 Turbo Mirage Manifolds Megajolt
Previous engine: STD metro turbo, megajolt
Drives: 399bananahp (flywheel) Honda Civic Vtec b18c4 T28 Turbo 1968 Mini

Megajolt maps to download: http://www.jamesfawcett.co.uk/cms/index.ph...&gid=3&Itemid=3

Don't know if they still do them, but I was pretty impressed with an 'all in' plastic tool chest from Halfords I bought for my father 12 months ago... Had TONS of sockets, both short and long reach, Allen keys, even a ball-pein hammer. Think it was £60 or somet like.

Some tools weren't too great admittedly, but for a man who has nothing - or as a spare for the boot of the car - it was an absolute bargain IMO!

wow thanks for all the replies will send PMs in a sec:)

stuff i have left to do, roughly is..

fit wheel bearings.
fit brakes (still need a few more bits)
fit fuel lines/pump and reg
fit new clutch hose (small job but i can not for the life of me move the bolt!!)

think thats the bulk of it, i decided that becouse its int he garage and i cant move round it i should get it roaling first so i can roll it out when i want to work on it. but i have lost my hi-los! i will buy some more but i also have 4 new knuckle joints i have lost in the bag with them:(

thanks!, Dan

if i were you( and im doing this myself on sunday morning ) is sort your tools and garage out put every thing in stack boxes or on shelfs put your tools in a box or tub take any rubbish to the bin, tip, sweep up.


p.s anything you dont need try to stash them in your house out of the way to get extra room, not easy i know but worth the arguments with family.

then when you stop falling over everything an you can find stuff it will make the job tonnes easier.

and if it gets on your boobies leave it and have a break.

good luck

no longer a series, but still 1.3 turbo.

hehe thanks for advice, feeling a bit better about it, think i will get a run around (tho might change my mind lol) and sort my tools out, and porbbly discover that about half of them are missing:(
so then will buy the halfords pro range lol

thanks for the lift, i needed it, Dan

dannys mum even lets him build diffs on the dining table!!!

Previous Engine: 1040cc Morespeed engine, 1275 turbo head T2 Turbo Mirage Manifolds Megajolt
Previous engine: STD metro turbo, megajolt
Drives: 399bananahp (flywheel) Honda Civic Vtec b18c4 T28 Turbo 1968 Mini

Megajolt maps to download: http://www.jamesfawcett.co.uk/cms/index.ph...&gid=3&Itemid=3

...oh and they all eat sunday dinner sat round it! its true"!

Previous Engine: 1040cc Morespeed engine, 1275 turbo head T2 Turbo Mirage Manifolds Megajolt
Previous engine: STD metro turbo, megajolt
Drives: 399bananahp (flywheel) Honda Civic Vtec b18c4 T28 Turbo 1968 Mini

Megajolt maps to download: http://www.jamesfawcett.co.uk/cms/index.ph...&gid=3&Itemid=3

feeble do you work at halfords like me how did you blag a trade discount? bit fooking rude how customers get a bigger discount than staff!

sorry jus realised i started a seperate conversation in someone elses post

its ok dan wont mind!

nah i walked out of halfrauds last weekend after working there 5 months, it was shite when all the managers left. Now i can get a trade card from working at the golf club its great its not right fair that staff only get 15% discount no. You ever had 100% discount though? Thats even better....

Previous Engine: 1040cc Morespeed engine, 1275 turbo head T2 Turbo Mirage Manifolds Megajolt
Previous engine: STD metro turbo, megajolt
Drives: 399bananahp (flywheel) Honda Civic Vtec b18c4 T28 Turbo 1968 Mini

Megajolt maps to download: http://www.jamesfawcett.co.uk/cms/index.ph...&gid=3&Itemid=3

Of course i meant trade prices was amazed even oil filters go from like 4 quid to less than a quid

Previous Engine: 1040cc Morespeed engine, 1275 turbo head T2 Turbo Mirage Manifolds Megajolt
Previous engine: STD metro turbo, megajolt
Drives: 399bananahp (flywheel) Honda Civic Vtec b18c4 T28 Turbo 1968 Mini

Megajolt maps to download: http://www.jamesfawcett.co.uk/cms/index.ph...&gid=3&Itemid=3

hey dan dont worry mate u know im only like an hour away and i like the drive anyway just waiting to sort my car then i can come over and help you out

cheers all, i think you can have a day each and then it should be finished lol
i need to get some funds built back up again now tho will report back when money is here again.

cheers, Dan