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I've never been so busy as since I retired, I wonder how I ever found time to go to work!!!

 

Right now the plan is for the Inno, my green car and Don's pup to go on the dyno the day before we head to SD, if nothing else we'll get baseline numbers and make sure our fuel and ignition are spot on.

 

Well, it turns out the dyno we use is booked thru Sept, so that isn't happening.

Plus too and also, Dan pulled the head on the Inno because - guess what - it had a damn blown head gasket! He's got it all back together now and running just fine. He also added an aluminum radiator as it was running a touch warmer than he felt comfortable with, around 200 at stops, and he added an electric cooling fan in case we wind up stopped in traffic or something.

So, he's back on the road too, and will drive it every day between now and when we leave next Sunday to get as many miles on it as possible.

 

Yes, you have to put a different steering rack in, to swap it is easy once the subframe is down, impossible with it in place.

 

Thanks guys, more as it happens.

I found a place in New York that swears they can rebuild the sending unit good as new, waiting for a quote from them. My gas tank guy said 3-4 weeks to get the tanks back so I may check around in the am for another place.

 

I'm still in the tear down and clean phase right now.....18* outside makes it pretty cool in the garage/shop.....

 

Thanks, my brother and I are driving a car up to his son in Bend, Oregon. From St. Louis. In the winter. thru the mountains. We'll be stopping at various friends and family's homes along the way and in Bend, then back south to the Bay area to visit our brother and sister who both live in the area. Then home.
In the meantime I'm trying to get the last bits cleaned up so I can take them to the blaster/coaters before I leave, so he can be working on them while we're gone. Unfortunately my parts washer ran out of juice, and unless I can get some more tomorrow I may be out of luck. I got one side done tonight.....

 

Pulled the RHD steering rack out today, glad I ordered new track rod ends too - the one was really trashed, although the other end looked almost new.

While waiting for some more bits to show up I'm looking at how to remove the dash, it's quite a bit more complicated both electrically and mounts wise than a standard Mini so I'm going to take a hard look, take some pics and notes before I take it apart.

I'm a little stuck on re-assembly till the weather warms up so I can paint some bits I need next.

 

Good to know, thanks Dave......