Mark 1

[monkeyjim]

suspension sorted , Castor and tracking miles out as predicted .

[paul1275s]

monkeyjim said:

have had it for 4 years now , only paid 100 plus vat for the sony head and changer . A nissan main dealer were getting rid of accesories cheap at the time .

you bought your stereo from him?

[AntMan]

ROFL hehe ;D!!!

Ant

[monkeyjim]

;D Stupid boy ;D ;D ;D

excellent .

Not heard that in the trade before .

;D

[paul1275s]

It's a 'green' joke


well I do like to recycle things...

[paul1275s]

thought you might like this too,

[monkeyjim]

perfect plate for a bmw ;D

[monkeyjim]

had to put a new manifold on the mk1 last week .
bearing in mind the car has only done 4000 miles since going back on the road i was not impressed .

the trouble stems from the heat wrap i put round it . it works a treat , you dont bun yourself on the hot manifold but something in the heat wrap eats the metal away .
the manifold broke into 2 pieces and the other joins were split .

do not fit heat wrap to mini manifolds .
will try and get a picture posted

d

[monkeyjim]

its shed yet another drivers side chrome sill/wheel arch strip .
the drivers door had dropped a tad and rubbed it till it popped off .
makes a change from loosing them after doing a huge jump off a hump bagged bridge eh Al ;D

[monkeyjim]

got some jobs to do in September ready for Castle Combe .

Its due a service .
Got all bits in stock so hopefully will not cost me .
Genuine filters and a tin of Duckhams 20/50 .
Needs valve clearance adjusting .
Grease the nips and I may adjust the shocks a bit ready for CC .
Hopefully it will be dry or i will need to soften them up a bit if it rains when i get there .

[monkeyjim]

Blimey , not posted on here since August .

Castle Combe went well , shame the speedo cable broke 100 yards before the variable speed limit roadworks on the m4 in the fog on way to Castle Combe .

I replaced that this morning , went to work a hour early to do it . I reckon the manifold burns I recieved will be healed up by Riv Run
Sorted a few nagging things out like dropped doors , rattles , swivel adjustment and exhaust fumes in car . Cured the fumes with clear silicone on a few bungs and poppy packing wedged in end of rear parcel shelf gaps where you usually find a strip of sponge . Remember my car is stripped out inside .

Had another front tyre blow out on monday , not fun at about 70 I guess in outside lane of A27 . Yet another wrecked tyre . Pulled it over safely tho.
YOKOHAMA have the 165/70/10 008's on back order as do most of the suppliers , Huddersfield , minispares , Minisport and several of my local suppliers are out of stock to. Had to get one from MINISPEED It took 3 calls before I got to speak to someone who did not cut me off . Not my favourite place and up till now I never purchased stuff from them other than at shows where I can see what I am buying . Like the chinese oil pump they had for sale at SMD last year . I said no thanks to that one .
Any wayit should be ready for Riv Run and only got until friday to do it as I am away until the day before we leave for Cornwall.

[MiniGT5]

Them yokos have been on back order since last september. I think I bought the last reasonably priced set in the county at SMD's 08 (eaven though they were £10 more because of high demand). Still got 2 in the shed to fit for the MOT.

N

[Simon1275mpi]

A008's on back order! Hope they make a batch as I'll need some by Castle Coombe.

[monkeyjim]

day before l2b I thought I had better get the MK1 out of the garage ready for the early start on the sunday . The battery was dead , put the jump pack on but after a couuple of goes on the starter button there was nothing . Ignition light was bright but with finger pushing down on starter button it dimmed and no starter .
Checked i had feed to starter switch , all ok , checked other side of switch for feed when starter button pushed down but there was nothing .

Ok , a duff switch I thought . So to test I by passed the starter switch all together and checked battery voltage at starter . Still nothing .

So I new the main live cable from battery to the starter button was ok as I had battery voltage at the switch end. I then removed the main cable between the switch and starter . I found it was jammed between the sump guard and subframe .

Once off it was obvious it was burnt out . I guess that it was due to either that big jump I did on the old gits run 2 years ago when I crushed the sump guard cos the landing was so heavy or it was the grounding at Riv Run that bent the gearchange . The outer shieving had rubbed threw and the wire was earthing out on the subframe and sump guard.
Repaired it and tested all ok .

[Stephen]

cool, good job that didn't happen at Riv Run