Frankenstein

[Vinay-RS]

Nice to see some progress Dom. I agree, I tend to do the same, keep trying to fix something until you break it.

I suppose it's better that things break while the car is stationary rather than when you're driving to a mini meet.

I do agree that the forum is a tad quiet. I have a suspicion that, like me, many folks are broke at the moment

[Jared Mk3]

One thing at a time Dom I see floor sections as well.

[DomMINIque]

Vinay, in a perfect world. The hilarious things is that my mini did break while on a mini run, but I can tell you that the mini guys up in JHB are super helpful and it's "character building" and I've now got at least 1 cool mini story to tell.  

[Vinay-RS]

Ouch. I remember you mentioning that story. The odd breakdown is part of the classic car experience. It means you'll be more prepared before the next trip (with the necessary spares) and will know how to get the car going again.

[Enzio]

I'm assuming those steel pipe join sections are just straight pipe - that will never hold and your pipes will push off under pressure.
You need to either get barbed sections, or just create your own - nice DIY trick (which I used on the boost pipes on my 200SX) is to weld a couple of spots on the pipes as this will prevent the rubber pipes from slipping off

[DomMINIque]

Even worse the joins are poor PVC pipes that have started to melt from the heat.

Yes my next bet is to get some actual joins and get rid of another one of the back yard mechanic schemes.

[Enzio]

ARGHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!
PVC?

No man, you'll need to fix that.
Who worked on this car before you bought it?
I really hope they didn't make too many "plans" with it

[Sean1380]

Yuur no man - your car was bought from a real bush macky.

Like Leon said, get some Stainless steel and put welds onto it to stop the pipes coming off.

[DomMINIque]

Yea it's often how I feel Leon.
Sometimes have to hold back some of the colourful words that would come out my mouth as my dad works in the same space as me over the weekends.

Yea. Hopefully when I'm back in town I'll have a chance to sort this out and the brakes and car will be going again.

Not impressed that I'll be missing the dyno day. Was keen to see what the smokey engine was going to push out. But there will be another day.

[DomMINIque]

So ordered a few bits and pieces for Frankenstein in my last order but forgot the dam headlight switch.

I had to take the old pull type switch out as it was in the place of the choke cable so out it came.

I had another light switch from one of the other cars but that never worked out well as the dam switch had a short in it. So I dismantled that very quickly.

Nevertheless I ordered a new switch in my most recent order and now the mini has lights again.

20170316_174826 by Dominique Bernardino, on Flickr

20170316_174848 by Dominique Bernardino, on Flickr

20170316_174908 by Dominique Bernardino, on Flickr

Still don't quite know what's going on here. The minute you switch the brights on the front left head light seems to switch off... A task for another day though.

And then the ignition has always been loose since I got the car. Didn't realise it was such an easy fix until I attempted it yesterday. Ignition is now tight up against the switch panel.

20170316_174908 by Dominique Bernardino, on Flickr

20170316_175819 by Dominique Bernardino, on Flickr

Car seriously needs a dash and some carpets.....