Irish Mini Owners Club

That depends, is Glennon going to be motivating you every day till the end of Feb?

Good man steve, black is the way forward, great minds think alike

looking good steven

it be cool to see it now when it's all done

now that im back to college i expect to see a change every weekend when i come home definitely if you plan to get it done by the end of February

just_st3v3n wrote:

Kenneth Murphy wrote:QUOTE,,,,,had mustard out earlier on... talked more than anything,

I'M SORRY TO HEAR THAT HA

LOl... nah wasnt a bad thing... knackered all day, he gave a bit of motivation to get it finished.
Anyone else wanna put on bets that il have it done by end of february

i bet ya a packet of toffe crisp cookies it wont be finished!!!! lol get the finger so i have an excuse to buy em!!!

macker wrote:

just_st3v3n wrote:
just out of curiousity, seeing as that the car will be tax exempt (50 peryear) would it be the same story if i put in a bigger modern engine??

when i got my last insurance renewal quote i declared all the modifications to my car incuding a "bigger engine",
i was asked if it was a different engine, ie. civic or some other, so i asked why?
i was told that if the engine had been changed to that of a different manufacturer the car would have to be registered as a kit or custom car and would have to be reregistered to a new number plate!

i'd check all this out now before you start out on it, might save hassle down along the way

am gonna leave the turbo 1 litre engine i got for project nancy, just wanna get this one on the road and just keep it original besides the odd few mods... will check it out before i put the engine in nancy nonetheless cheers..

right, doddling along slowly but surely... decided to make a spit which has made life alot easier...

















i improvised with wat stuff i had to make the spit ... lol
i used some old speaker stands which were lying in the attack, found some steel rings which i welded to some pipe and placed in side the speaker stands, the pipe going through the full car is an old grinding rail we made about 10 years ago for the bmx bikes and rollerblades, made a frame to connect to the back door hinge holes, and done the same at the front and connected bolts through the cone mounts of the subframe...
wasn;t too sure that the speaker stands would hold it but have done so far.. as a precaution i have a rope attached to the pipe going through the car and the hoist which is right above the car if it does go.... fingers crossed it wont

bets are still on, id say il get it on the road by end february but it just might not have clothes AKA paintjob on it...

while i was taking the rear subframe off, one of the heads broke (expecting all of them to break) but aS i tried taking the rest of the bolt out the nut (inside of subframe mount) decided to come loose and i ended up pushing the remaining bolt into the hole........ any ideas how to get it out and do the repair???
im thinking of cutting a small sqaure where the mount is take it out, make up another square and weld a nut onto the back of it....... <--- that be easiest/best way??

D.I.Y is coming in handy! Looking well Ste, sure once you have it for MtM!

should have her ready for mtm alright ...

on the other hand, i HATE filler !!!

just_st3v3n wrote:should have her ready for mtm alright ...

on the other hand, i HATE filler !!!

Thats cause you can't use it!

im not filling anything, im just finding filler covering rust, hence why i hate it!!

Nice!

only 20 days left until the end of febraury!!!

mustard wrote:only 20 days left until the end of febraury!!!

shut up you !!! hows your metro coming along?? LOL
ya coming down to give a hand one da days? have two subframes that need powerhosing

i might spin up on wednesday... more ttalkin than workin lol... metro hasnt moved this weekend we plan to have it back rolling, and prob painted...

just_st3v3n wrote:while i was taking the rear subframe off, one of the heads broke (expecting all of them to break) but aS i tried taking the rest of the bolt out the nut (inside of subframe mount) decided to come loose and i ended up pushing the remaining bolt into the hole........ any ideas how to get it out and do the repair???
im thinking of cutting a small sqaure where the mount is take it out, make up another square and weld a nut onto the back of it....... <--- that be easiest/best way??

steven thats what i done with my blue mini by cutting a piece out of the outer sill and putting the new bolts in from there i had to do the four bolts and they worked fine

peter

clubman wrote:

just_st3v3n wrote:while i was taking the rear subframe off, one of the heads broke (expecting all of them to break) but aS i tried taking the rest of the bolt out the nut (inside of subframe mount) decided to come loose and i ended up pushing the remaining bolt into the hole........ any ideas how to get it out and do the repair???
im thinking of cutting a small sqaure where the mount is take it out, make up another square and weld a nut onto the back of it....... <--- that be easiest/best way??

steven thats what i done with my blue mini by cutting a piece out of the outer sill and putting the new bolts in from there i had to do the four bolts and they worked fine

peter

ouch all four bolts thank the minilord upstairs he only punished me by breaking one
just got some new nuts and bolts today so will take on that approach..

mustard wrote:i might spin up on wednesday... more ttalkin than workin lol... metro hasnt moved this weekend we plan to have it back rolling, and prob painted...

ya gonna make a trip down to the market then saturday?? il be doing a bit of painting tomoro if the weather is good so ya can watch and talk at same time...
got a free tub of some blue metallic paint earlier in halfords

i ended up getting paint for 3.50 a can so im sorted now... plus theres plans this weekend... a few 21st to go to!!!! woohoo

mustard wrote:i ended up getting paint for 3.50 a can so im sorted now... plus theres plans this weekend... a few 21st to go to!!!! woohoo

thought students were meant to be poor ?!


update, heres why i dont like filler....



rear arch



and the other side



rear bottom corner (right) mixture of filler and fibreglass..



rear bottom corner (left) mixture of filler and fibreglass..



mega big annoying patch to fix the left corner plus door bottom repair....

on the upside its starting to look a bit better and more like something now...



couple of layers of primer



and a few layers of the free blue paint i was given in halfords...

have just the other bottom corner door to fix, put on the new valence and side panels and i can move onto underneath the front wings where the air vents are... not far to go really...

Better get cracking, the end of the month is slowly getting closer

I've no idea where half of them shots are from the pics hence my constructive comment

Jozi wrote:Better get cracking, the end of the month is slowly getting closer

I've no idea where half of them shots are from the pics hence my constructive comment

perfection takes time ...

got the rear door bottom corners repaired, new lip made up and put on, rear sprayed, and then put a good chunk of shutz on most of the underneath then ran out...






got the rear subframe tidied up just needs some paint, and also started cleaning the inner left front wing, luckily doesnt need any welding

Good going Steven.

fair play to ya your coming on at a good pace...

Your flying it steve..your doing great work two..keep it up..

only 11 and 1/4 days left!!!!!!!!!

just thought id remind ya!!!!

thanks for comments lads..
thanks for reminder paul... finger needs to come out alright... but got job back so am working few days a week now too <----- does that not give me few extra days lee way

got the left inner wing shutz-ed today.... and have to work tonight...
need to turn the car round and do the other inner wing which from my last quick inspection needs a little welding in awkward spots