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Thanks! Sometimes I'm not a big fan either....then I go for a drive and all is forgiven again
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So as some may remember the car leaked a fair bit on the run to and from Tain. Thought it was the loose oil filter (it was to a degree...) but it was still leaking. Couldnt think where from until i noticed tonight there was a lot of oil firing out of the oil pipe going to the filter housing......
So for now, I've tightened this up, cleaned and thrown in some instant gasket. Sourcing a braided replacement with proper unions instead to prevent the leak reappearing though.
Gave it a bath after a mucky back road drive at the weekend so its back to looking spotless again
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Wee update. Fixed the leak from the oil pipe. Will still replace with braided though for piece of mind.
Today however! Since the weather was amazing I thought, lets take the Mini to work! Then as I was burbling along, it came up to temperature.....and wouldn't stop rising! Pulled in to steam billowing from the bonnet. Oh dear! Turns out the top hose jubilee clip had worked its way loose and spewed the contents of the rad all over the bay. Lovely rusty water and antifreeze all over my clean bay.......
One naughty Mini......
One dirty bay....
Nursed it to the BP filling station and my dad came to the rescue in the Honda, we topped up the rad and swapped cars so I could get to work. In the 2 minutes we were there a woman came over saying how she had one years ago and the top hose was always coming off and her fan belt snapped in the middle of nowhere and she used her tights to fix it. Proof that it works! Then a tanker driver said he had one and had 3 gold seal engines for it over his ownership. You dont get that chat with a 'eurobox'!
And whilst I was at work dad cleaned it all up. The antifreeze has damaged the paint on a couple of bits but nothing a lick of paint wont fix again! Thankfully the body colour paint is fine!
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Went out to try my rented 70-200 f2.8 lens Ive got for Goodwood Festival of Speed later this week. Pretty happy with them considering Ive not done anything like this in over a year! Car could be cleaner but its got to be used sometime!
Chapel of Garioch 08/07/2013 by Andrew Forbes Photography, on Flickr
Chapel of Garioch 08/07/2013 by Andrew Forbes Photography, on Flickr
Chapel of Garioch 08/07/2013 by Andrew Forbes Photography, on Flickr
Chapel of Garioch 08/07/2013 by Andrew Forbes Photography, on Flickr
Chapel of Garioch 08/07/2013 by Andrew Forbes Photography, on Flickr
Chapel of Garioch 08/07/2013 by Andrew Forbes Photography, on Flickr
Chapel of Garioch 08/07/2013 by Andrew Forbes Photography, on Flickr
Rest can be found on my Flickr below....
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well played sir.Comment
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So whilst I took photos last night, before we left I took some video to see exactly how the car sounded on the outside. Viewing this......me happy! It sounds amazing! Turn your speakers UP!
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-Oh0tB4dYM"]1991 Mini City E - PlayMini SuperSport exhaust - YouTube[/ame]Comment
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That sounds awesome.Comment
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Got bored the other night so went out for some nosie and photos with my mate. Ace summers evening light made it even better. New editing style to see if I liked it.
Lethenty 22/07/13 by Andrew Forbes Photography, on Flickr
Lethenty 22/07/13 by Andrew Forbes Photography, on Flickr
Lethenty 22/07/13 by Andrew Forbes Photography, on Flickr
Lethenty 22/07/13 by Andrew Forbes Photography, on Flickr
Lethenty 22/07/13 by Andrew Forbes Photography, on Flickr
Lethenty 22/07/13 by Andrew Forbes Photography, on Flickr
And because there was a tractor trailer on air, why not!
Lethenty 22/07/13 by Andrew Forbes Photography, on Flickr
Hopefully sort out the ride height issues this weekend and test out the 5mm spacers I have for the rears.
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Love the first picture the most of that set! Keep with the editing style!Comment
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Thanks dude! Will see how I like it after the next batch are taken
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Played around with the ride heights the other weekend to get it sitting better. So the car is now level!
It still needs to settle a bit after the adjusting but it looks far far better I would say.
However, having grown fed up of scrubbing the wheels on the arches I set about fixing the issue tonight once and for all!
As you can see there was a bit of an issue.....
So out with the dremmel! Chop chop!
Doesnt look like a huge amount but after a little test on some roundabout, we no longer scrub! Happy!Comment
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Went on the AMOC run on Sunday. Worked late on saturday night to get the car up to its usual standard.
Great day but it started off a bit dodgy. Clutch issues saw me stop by Alexs garage for an attempt at a repair 15 minutes before the start. No such luck. Had to do the whole run pumping the clutch to change down. Ace! Will try to sort it this week sometime. The top engine steady had thrown its bottom nut so replaced it to try and stop the engine moving about. It helped the issue slightly but no fix. Minis being minis it wasnt an easily accessible nut....
Stopped off on our way to Cullen at the falconry centre outside Huntly. Birds were amazing and the guy fairly knew his stuff!
Other than the gear issue the car ran faultlessly all day. Still scrubbing on the rear wheels a bit (with two people in the car) but nothing like before!
Good turnout of cars and the weather helped make it a decent run.
Made it to Cullen for the epic fish and chips fresh off the boat. The town had a gala day on so it was heaving with people. Pretty much stopped when 10+ Minis burbled into town though!
Was a fairly long day but only covered just over 100 miles. Some decent roads, decent cars and decent folk. Now just to sort out this dam clutch!Comment
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Discovered that the brake fluid in the system resembles coke more than nice fresh fluid. Think a flush and rebleed is in order.......will get on that tonight
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