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RE: Caesar the 1275 E - Diary of minor changes - Vinay-RS - 01-10-2018

A quick updated design.

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Got the CV joint shaft turned down, but it's still 0.05 mm too thick to clear the bearing Sad Going to ask my friend if he can turn it down by another 0.1 mm.

In the meantime, I took a couple of minutes and got everything torqued up properly.

Now I need to make a DIY brake bleeding kit based on the youtube videos.

RE: Caesar the 1275 E - Diary of minor changes - Vinay-RS - 01-11-2018

CV joint fixed and slots in correctly past the bearing Smile

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RE: Caesar the 1275 E - Diary of minor changes - Vinay-RS - 01-24-2018

Not much of an update. Decided to take a holiday and visit my folks. This meant that the Mini needed to be parked up for a few weeks.

I did order a couple of Mini manuals from eBay and one of them arrived inside of a week (and the day before I was to fly out), which I thought was pretty impressive.
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I've heard that it is a pretty good book and it seems to be quite detailed. Also, it is basically brand new, which is quite nice.

A friend suggested a parkade that offered a long-term parking option, so I visited them and secured a space. Another friend had suggested that a double bed sheet would fit over a Mini, this turned out to be untrue, as it only covered the top half of the car. Anyway, covered the top half with it and then put on the second cover too.
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Hoping to do the small mods that I wanted to do, when I get back.

RE: Caesar the 1275 E - Diary of minor changes - Vinay-RS - 02-10-2018

I just bought a close ratio GTS gearbox Smile The actual gearbox casing is in better shape than the one on my car and while it looks like it might need some of the synchros replaced, those are the same as on any other 70s Mini gearbox. I asked a friend to inspect it for me and I'm going to ask a Mini expert to have a look at it and tell me what needs to be replaced and what is good to do to it before fitting.

In other news, it looks like both metal bending companies I checked with can't make the brackets. I will at least get them laser cut and then I suppose I can use a bit of heat and try and bend them into the correct shape.
Oh and my second eBay workshop manual arrived. So now I've got Haynes, Intereurope and Autodata manuals for this car. I've seen that they each explain different things with slightly different levels of detail. Hopefully, by using all 3, I'll have enough information to tackle the different jobs.

RE: Caesar the 1275 E - Diary of minor changes - Sean1380 - 02-13-2018

You will need the matching transfer case, the E case has bigger bearings than the ones the GTS uses.

RE: Caesar the 1275 E - Diary of minor changes - Vinay-RS - 02-13-2018

(02-13-2018, 02:17 AM)Sean1380 Wrote: You will need the matching transfer case, the E case has bigger bearings than the ones the GTS uses.

Sean, do you mean the diff cover? This box has the diff attached and the flywheel housing too. Is there something else I'd need to get too? 

I definitely want to strip it down and replace what's worn, but first, it makes sense to get all the correct components.

RE: Caesar the 1275 E - Diary of minor changes - Vinay-RS - 03-29-2018

So, there hasn't been an update for a while as I'm away and the Mini is parked up in Long-term storage.

A friend where I am has a 3D printer and we decided to print the wheel centre cap.
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I think it looks great in fluorescent green... Tongue Maybe I'll paint the wheels in the same colour.
Joking aside, I'll get some sandpaper, silver paint and see how it looks once that is done.

RE: Caesar the 1275 E - Diary of minor changes - Vinay-RS - 05-07-2018

Another small update. I had these made while I was away. Marked the bend lines and I'll be getting them bent tomorrow.

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RE: Caesar the 1275 E - Diary of minor changes - Vinay-RS - 05-08-2018

Bent into shape. Now to drill holes in the support plate for rivets, weld on some captive nuts and then paint in black.

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RE: Caesar the 1275 E - Diary of minor changes - Jared Mk3 - 05-12-2018

Time to get you those parts so this conversion can be completed Smile