Charlie - Mini Mk3

[Sean1380]

Ahh man, it will be well worth the wait when you get behind the wheel.

I really do take my hat off to you for your dedication, patience, talent and above all, financial sacrifice to get to this point, its a Mini to be well proud off.

[Jared Mk3]

Ahh man, it will be well worth the wait when you get behind the wheel.

I really do take my hat off to you for your dedication, patience, talent and above all, financial sacrifice to get to this point, its a Mini to be well proud off.

Thanks for this Sean, really makes it feel worth it now

[Jared Mk3]

Spent a little time on this car today, fitting the new wheel cylinders and drums. Took the opportunity to clean up and add some lubricant to the handbrake levers as well. I just need to try and bleed the system and hope I've solved the problem . . .

I fitted new handbrake lever boots as well, because the last ones disintegrated from poor rubber quality. Hope the new "expensive" ones last a bit longer now.

[Jared Mk3]

No progress pictures today, but I can now select all gears - the selector couplings on the diff housing needed some adjustment to get everything into place. The clutch hydraulics were bled and the clutch itself adjusted. Will do a final check and adjustment when the car is running.

Lastly, I went through the braking system and checked all the joins for tightness, then attempted bleeding the system again. Still not perfect and no leaks that I can see, so probably still sitting with air in the system somewhere. Hopefully I can get this right . . .

[Jared Mk3]

Well, I haven't touched this car in almost a year now! Just haven't had the motivation or want to finish her off . . . I did try and get back into it this last week or two and revisited the carb setup. Wasn't happy with the way they were working, so had them looked over by an old school carb guy who got them nice and smooth. Was given a linkage kit by a local SA Mini owner. Also ordered a new heat shield and some fresh bolts/screws to neaten everything up. I'm hoping this is the year she gets on the road . . .

[Leykor]

Loving the slow but steady progress,
If its getting too difficult Im always open to taking it off your hands

[Jared Mk3]

Loving the slow but steady progress,
If its getting too difficult Im always open to taking it off your hands

Not just yet

[Jared Mk3]

Well, it looks like 2020 went to $#*@!!

Hopefully 2021 holds more for this car ... I did make some progress though. The Maniflow exhaust manifold was nickel plated and has now been fitted up, along with the carbs :





One more item ticked off the list. I'll hopefully make more progress this time around. Quite a bit to still neaten up and add into the engine bay, along with changing out some of the fixings to more permanent items.

[Vinay-RS]

Are the two big pipes for an oil cooler? The plated manifold looks so good!

[Jared Mk3]

Yes, there’s a small 7 row oil cooler in the front. It’s fitted with a thermostat. I’ll see how it works. Can always remove it if I’m not happy later on