Caesar the 1275 E - Diary of minor changes

[GTSPhil]

Did you get jets centered? Next question do you have a carb balancing tool? If not you will still suffer to get twin SU carbs setup.

[Vinay-RS]

Keep at it Vinay. We all started somewhere and still continue to learn along the way.

good on you for making an effort and getting this far bud, keep at it and you will get there. im so useless with mechanicals im even scared to try and thats been a huge downfall in my mini history to date and cost me dearly

Thanks Tim and Trinesh. In the end I took the carbs to Abri and in the space of a couple of minutes both the jets were centred. Sometimes it helps to ask the experts for assistance

Did you get jets centered? Next question do you have a carb balancing tool? If not you will still suffer to get twin SU carbs setup.

Hi Phil, no I don't have one, but a couple of the mini guys in Cape Town have them, I think.

In other news, it is most likely that the needles in the carbs are incorrect. Which would mean I need to get the correct ones and that apparently means that the jets would need to be centred again. Yay, that's going to be fun :\

I suppose it's best to do it right or not do it at all.

[DomMINIque]

I've failed many times Vinay and continue to do so everytime I'm outside fiddling.

It wouldn't be half as fun if we weren't learning.

[Vinay-RS]

I've failed many times Vinay and continue to do so everytime I'm outside fiddling.

It wouldn't be half as fun if we weren't learning.

Thanks Dom. Yeah, with Jared's advice, I've sanded back and I'm slowly painting the metal parts again.

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So now for some pictures (since everyone likes pictures )

Firstly the sandblasted parts:





And then after a sanding down following the rubbish painting work that I did:


And lastly (for now, until I buy some fine sandpaper,) after the first fresh coat:

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Now for some pictures of the carb rebuild. Shiny, new things always look good







And finally assembled

[Dion]

Looks very good Vinay.

[minitim]

Amazing job Vinay...now to get them on the car and sort them out.

[Jared Mk3]

Carbs look lovely Vinay

[Vinay-RS]

Looks very good Vinay.

Amazing job Vinay...now to get them on the car and sort them out.

Carbs look lovely Vinay

Thanks guys.
Got some fine sandpaper and finished spraying and putting the carbs together. Properly chuffed with the result.

[Jared Mk3]

Nice! Just need the Unipart sticker now.

[Vinay-RS]

Nice! Just need the Unipart sticker now.

Yeah, I've chatted to Malcolm about the possibility of making one.