This week I've been trying to sort the electric's. I hate sorting electric's because I can't see the fault like you can witha mechanical part. Anyway I have all the lights working with the LED side markers. The most frustrating issue was the reversing light. I have this wired up to a manual switch which was working fine. After the body shop work the reversing light did not work. I checked all the wires, I had power to the bulb,the bulb was good but did not light up. I took the whole light unit off and finally figured out the incoming wires had been swapped???? so the body of the bulb got + and the center connector - ???? So cut the wires soldered them the other way BINGO I have a light. Go figure. Next is the passenger door that does not lock. Then this weekend I hope to do the ball joints, roof spoiler and checker decals. The gear set requires Peugeot synchro rings for 3rd , 4th and 5th which my good sponsor Mini gearboxes has a ton. They will be sent with the final drive from Gripper . For the suspension the Euro has dropped so one of my sponsors has offered to buy the rear dampers from Reiger. We hope to have them by May/June
Super busy weekend! I fixed all the body moldings that were lose, attached the rear mud flaps, tinted the rear windows and fitted the M7 roof spoiler. I had to bend the side plates then make a bracket to bolt to the hatch frame below the glass and cut about 4" off the aluminium wing. It was a tricky time consuming job but worked out pretty good. The worst part was wrapping the Mini roof spoiler in faux carbon fiber and M7 spoiler. The only issue is the side plates catch the C pillar where they joined the roof. Other than that the fit was good.
Very nice Chris. I like the work bench bolted to the hatch. The crew can use it for storing tools, you can use it as a picnic bench & it may work as an aero device. Now that's some good multitasking.
I thinking of putting a vice and bench drill on the wing. hahah funny thinig is I was using it yesterday to put various tools. hahaha
Happy day today for me, maybe not the locals! The screaming Mini is back on the road! I was enjoying the 6500rpm gear changes this morning. All seems well and all those rattles eliminated due to loose moldings. The rear wing kicks in around 80mph LOL
The production M-Garbage coffee table wing does the same... And it takes less MPH to get it to go floppy.
Thanks, looks bare at the moment but I'll fix that next month. Ah yes the Old Fart sticker is a favourite!
The test drive back from work was fine. I tested the handling on a few bends so I think the chassis is straight which proves a very good cage is an investment. I'm waiting for Gripper and Reiger for the next modifications. Meanwhile I need to fix the passenger door lock and bleed the brakes again. Came back to snow today. ouch
Just got the passenger door lock unit thanks to MA Gen1 classified! Final drive is delayed yet again for another 3 weeks! Looks like June before I get the damn thing. What can I do? nowt...no worrries I've got plenty of other things to do to keep me busy. My decals are stuck too! the decals guy now has a girlfriend so the decals are low priority...LOL
Note to self: don’t leave your decals in the humid shed for months. I’ve been putting off the decal fitting job for several months due to the very windy conditions down in CR but at some point I had to do the job. This weekend proved ideal being a slight wind and very hot. I un-rolled the decals to find them wrinkled due to the time they had sat in the shed. Also the backing paper glue had become very tacky. So what should take a day took two! Now the Mini is starting to look like its old self.
Winter is finally here in CR....Meaning the rain has started! 2 good things from the crash are the nice paint job and now no leaks after the heavy rain. Before I used had a foot spa LOL
The driving standards in CR are pretty bad with Thursdays drive home from work proving that. I had to stop quickly as a moron coming the other way passed a parked truck on his side a the last minute. The Mini brakes are awesome so stopping was not a problem, not so for the day dreaming BMW 5 series behind me. I heard this tyre squealing, looked in the rear view mirror to see the BMW covered in white tyre smoke getting very very close. I had no where to go so I braced myself for impact. Lucky the turd stopped just in time. The Mini was saved! so I quickly pulled off once the road was clear with the BMW on my bumper flashing his lights in anger. go figure...anyway just down the road is a huge pot hole on the other side of the road, so just as I get near the pot hole a truck coming the other way came straight at to avoid the hole forcing me off the road onto grass and the BMW nearly rear ending me again! OMG I thought screw this, I dropped down a gear, floored it and passed several cars to be rid of the jinxed BMW. He tried to chase me but I was gone. Friday I flew out at noon so I spent the morning sorting out the state type window sticker. Go to the license office, then to a lawyer, then license office, waiting in line etc but finally got the sticker ordered for when I get back.
I thought the very same thing! The problem I have with the Mini is it turns nearly everyone into a wanna be racer. LOL