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ah, now the pattern seems reasonable. Would not have thought about that

Edited by JackZwiebel on 16th Jun, 2019.

Yeah I wouldn't have thought about that unless he said

So i had my first day off for over a month haha but anyway we don't want to strip it all down until after IMM, but we've started to build up the new engine, well we've painted it haha. Started to build up the straight cut box but my brother broke a spring for the syncro mesh so he needs to buy some more before we can go further.

We've painted the engine the same pink but this time it's metallic so looks a bit less bland. The pictures dont do it justice:
Untitled by Bryn Kinsman, on Flickr
Untitled by Bryn Kinsman, on Flickr
The Timing cover is Lucas Blue Water:
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Long time no post.
Built up the gearbox:
Untitled by Bryn Kinsman, on Flickr
The specialist Components sump pug magnet is so much stronger than the normal one:
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Three different levels of diff:
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Engine all built up:
New engine behind for the saloon which originally started this thread:
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Spent way too much money on bling:
Untitled by Bryn Kinsman, on Flickr
Untitled by Bryn Kinsman, on Flickr
Started tipping it when we were putting the engine in, quickly the gazebo was put up:
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Engine in, passenger driveshalf wont fully go into the pot joint for some reason:
Untitled by Bryn Kinsman, on Flickr
Untitled by Bryn Kinsman, on Flickr

If im not mistaken, pots are matched pair so if you split it that might be your issue. Swapped over by mistake.

Try a new circlip on the end of the drive shaft. Old one might be worn and enlarged

Thank you. It seemed ok but maybe it’s worth giving it a go just to see

https://flic.kr/p/2isgxQZ

Looks good, tried to work on mine yesterday but had no enthusiasm and it was too cold

So i've been away working in New Zealand, ended up getting stuck there, had two flights cancelled, probably wont be getting my money back for them then finally got on the third flight two weeks later, which was an extortionate price, but got me home, so that's loads of my mini fund gone.
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Anyway got back, didn't even get a change to unpack, sorted out the drive shafts, some piping and some other random bits, got it started, bedded in the cam, then took it for a test drive, up a private road i must add, to check we'd assembled the gear box etc properly, now just got to wait for the end on the lock down to go get it set up properly.
Untitled by Bryn Kinsman, on Flickr

Edited by BronkoMini on 10th Apr, 2020.

Went for a drive down a farmers track to check the gears still worked after fitting the KAD quick shifter:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ougSmXpeljc

Out of curiosity how did you find the shifter? I just unceremoniously removed mine, absolutely loathed it?
Shane

Bollocks

Edited by shane on 17th Apr, 2020.

It’s different that’s for sure. Think we need to wait till we can take it for a proper drive before passing judgment on whether to leave it in or not, it’s a lot of money to fit then take out if it’s rubbish ahah

For me it may well of been more the first drive in the car for ten years and too many years of modern refined motoring?
I may put mine back in after I’ve ran the engine in, mapped it and ironed out any teething issues.
Shane

That could be it. Going from a modern car to a mini really makes the mini feel inadequate 🤣
We didn’t want to put the quick shift in till we tried the gear box etc with the normal gear stick just to make sure we knew it worked.

Pretty chuffed with this, for a first attempt anyway haha, managed to crack some gel coat off getting it out but its nothing i cant sort out, this one is for the K series mini, but I'm probably going to make another for this:
Untitled by Bryn Kinsman, on Flickr
Untitled by Bryn Kinsman, on Flickr