Charlie - Mini Mk3

[Jared Mk3]

You need to share the photo of the "car" key

I'll get there eventually.

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Right, so I haven't really done much of late. I've managed to remove some of the old stone chip that had started to flake off in the wheel wells. I cleaned up the lower section of the firewall as well. The stone chip wasn't flaking off everywhere, so I didn't need to remove all of it. Here are some pictures :
 

 
The beauty of living in South Africa where rust isn't a big problem - behind the shock mounts, still fresh metal :
 

 
These areas were then painted in red oxide, before they will be coated with the following :
 

 
The plates that go on either side in the boot also received the treatment. This first picture shows how they were upon coming out of the car, with glue stains, light blue overspray and surface rust all over it :
 

 

 
And as they are now, ready to be sanded and resprayed in black :
 

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I managed to get a 7.5inch disc setup from a guy here in SA, needing a refurb. As below :
 

 
The calipers are going to be fully rebuilt. Pistons out :
 

 
The pistons aren't in bad condition, just need a good clean up. They'll be perfect as a spare set :
 

 
The other caliper, as you can see, still has the pistons in it. The one is stuck, while the other came out fairly easily. Also, the mounting "bracket" on this caliper has been broken at some stage. This will also be repaired by a local engineer.
 

 
As the hubs look now - fully cleaned up and repainted, new balljoints fitted all round, ready and waiting for new bearings :
 

 

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Right, well, I managed to get the calipers cleaned up from all of the grease and dirt and gumph that was on. They still need the soft wire brush on them to get the last bit off, but here they are :
 

 

 
As you can see, the one mounting "ear" on the above caliper was broken off at some stage. I got that repaired :
 

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I finally managed to get the calipers painted up. I was originally considering black or red, but since those colours weren't available at the time, I got the silver paint on kit. I must say, the colour does look good in hand and I was able to put about 4 or 5 coats on, giving them good coverage and protection. Here they are :
 

 
I also did the master cylinders. The finish is also just as good, just one or two areas that need touching up and I'm good to go. Still need to fit the kits to them, but they do look a LOT better. Again, here they are :
 

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After quite a while (thanks to studying and work), I finally managed to complete the calipers with new pistons, seal kits, bleed nipples, pipes and washers. They just need a touch up here and there with silver and then are ready to go. I realise they're silver and not black, but I don't think they look too bad. Here's a picture :
 

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The master cylinders are now finally done, after a little difficulty, with new seals etc. and ready to be fitted when ready.
 

 
Only the back brakes to rebuild and the system to bled at some stage and she has brakes again.