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Well, my fuel pump finally died on me at church. Not a whisper upon priming. I'm blessed it was just half a mile's tow home. Dug into my MINI vault & took out 2 spares, an OE VDO & a Walbro conversion kit. The former got fitted as I was in no mood to fiddle nor was I bored. It could've been worse....again, feeling blessed!

 

Dismantled old pump assembly just to satiate my curiosity. Tested pump on 12v & it still runs. hmmmmm. But it's not worth putting it back. 12years of good service, the wire insulators have splits all over, & it got me stranded. Peace of mind is priceless.
Tried the walbro in, too loose & it was said to be a conversion kit. $80 of nonsense. Oh well, I learned something from this, at the very least. And, happy old awesome is back to how he was.

 

I have a Troy Built 2800 PSI Power washer from Lowes. I spent a little extra and got the Honda motor of the Briggs & Stratton. Honda motors run forever.

I use this Chemical Guys Maxi-Suds II soap in my foam cannon that is attached to my power washer gun. First you spray down your car with water to remove any heavy crud.
Then you remove the pressure washer wand from the gun and screw in the Foam cannon to the Pressure washer gun. It is very easy and you only mix a few ounces of soap and fill the rest with water.

Foam Cannon attachment : Pinnacle Pressure Washer Foam Cannon HP, foam lance, foam gun, pressure washer foam gun

** Note you need to know what pressure washer you have to order the correct adapter for the pressure wash gun.

Soap: Chemical Guys Maxi-Suds II SUPER SUDS SHAMPOO Superior Surface Shampoo 128 oz.

 

Dropped the Mini off at the body shop this morning to pretty up his face again. Got a Focus SE to drive in the meantime. Pleasantly surprised, especially after my last rental which I thought was gonna poop out on me every time I accelerated onto the freeway.

 

Thank-you. Doesn't matter that SUVs have AWD. If they have summer tires or 3-season tires, a MINI with proper winter tires will run circles around them. I love it when I run circles around SUVs or blow by them while climbing a hill.

 

Drove Skooby to Discount Tire for snow shoe balancing.



Headed to MAG to pick up old fart buddy Jeff. Then drove to Waldo for a gourmet lunch.

 

Drove over to my dads and swapped out wheels/tires for the set of Blizzaks I picked up from craigslist.

Snow mode: Engaged!

 

I need one of those lifts.

 

This is the first time the new wheels have been mounted on the Minis. I was regretting the purchase that was made PreMOTD13. Now that I see them on, I am pretty happy. Now I have to bide my time till the runflats wear to replace with reg tires. Big diff as already told by many.

 

2nd picture

 

Jeff I have this onion jack dragon sticker if you'd like. I think it would look spiffy on the scooper.



The dimensions are 4"x 1 1/2".... Let me know if you'd like it & I'll mail it to you.

 

Well today, I did a little work on the Porker...

1: Changed the oil out for Rotella (at 600 miles to flush out anything from manufacturing and break in)

2: De-badged pretty much everything. Looks better now that there aren't chrome letters stuck EVERYWHERE!

3: Washed and applied wax to the hatch, and front doors. Used Wax&Grease remover during the de-badge. (Takes the glue off better and faster than anything else.)

In a couple hours, I am headed to a friends house to code in features with NCS-Expert.

 

Finished installing my lower control arm bushings today. The old bushings were completely shot. The steering is now more precise and that annoying twitch between gears is gone. The terribly annoying creak from the front right is still there, though. I guess I'll be swapping struts soon.

 

Applied some vinyl today.

 

Ordered a new O2 sensor from RMW to finally get the tuning all set up correctly.

Made appt to have it installed too.

 

Boo....

 

I added miles to my odometer & managed to dodge all the bozo's out on the roads. Incredible stupidity everywhere I went. Missed being in a crash with Mom in her SUV by a few inches. She had no clue I was there, maybe my car is invisible. ut:

 

Way to go Dave, keep that snow at your place. :shovel:

 

I thought you worked FROM home.:confused5: You're always online...you HAVE to be homebound!