With work travel and the holidays, I haven’t taken time to post much other than updates to the photolog linked on the project page. ?While the Mini doesn’t look much different on the outside, there has been a lot of progress underneath. ?I spent several weekends in a row working out the remaining issues with the electrical system. ?I now have fully functional head lights, tail lights, and turn signals. ?I’ve also spent a lot of time on the mechanicals lately. ?I went through the process of connecting up the brakes, filling & bleeding the lines and testing only to find out a few days later that the old brake cylinders had given out and puked all over the floor. ?(more parts from the internet) ?While I was waiting on that, I got some help with the engine from a buddy?with classic british car experience. ?We got the rockers gapped, set the timing on the engine, hooked up some gauges and serviced the carbs. ?I also washed out the refurbished fuel tank with acetone and got it prepped for install. ?During that process, I also figured out that I needed yet another couple of holes in the trunk floor. ?Done and done! ?We didn’t get a chance to try and start the engine yet, but that’ll be coming soon. ?We were also blocked by a spark issue (as in lack thereof) that would have been a show stopper that day anyway. ?This probably means more parts! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
With work travel and the holidays, I haven’t taken time to post much other than updates to the photolog linked on the project page. ?While the Mini doesn’t look much different on the outside, there has been a lot of … Continue reading