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Radiator looks good so far. There is some film on the timing cover. I haven't taken record of oil consumption yet. A friend of mine and I were at a British car event and he told some passers by that his Triumph Spitfire didn't leak oil to which the response was "there's probably not any oil in it!"

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Maintenance and Modifications / Re: Oil leaks at the timing co...

Last post by 94touring - March 31, 2024, 05:52:45 AM

How bad is it leaking? Some oil leaking is pretty standard with a mini. The problem on the radiator side is the fan blowing oil into the radiator, which then cakes with dirt.

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Maintenance and Modifications / Oil leaks at the timing cover ...

Last post by Coalhod - March 31, 2024, 05:17:45 AM

Hello and Happy Easter;

Hoping there might be some tricks of the trade to curing this. Engine out last year and found 1 bolt loose so tightened that up to spec on the cover and maybe will luck out again with just needing tightened. The car made it at least 500 miles before the leaks started again. Probably need to Loctite all fasteners. If needed, I will take the cover off and flatten as I have had leaks happen from overtightening the bolts and distorting the cover.

The joys of "Living with a Classic".

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Restorations / Re: 79 Canadian Mini

Last post by 94touring - March 30, 2024, 05:44:57 PM

Nice!

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Restorations / Re: 79 Canadian Mini

Last post by skmini - March 30, 2024, 05:26:59 PM

Never would I have imagined...

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Daves Garage / Re: Racing Green 89 Mini

Last post by MiniDave - March 30, 2024, 04:42:10 PM

I can confirm the EL12 flasher unit works with the later style turn signals when using LED bulbs, it flashes slower than the regular unit does, but not so slow as to not be functional.

So, I now have all LED lights - head, brake, reverse and turn signals. I need to see if I can find some LED dash bulbs that fit these later style sockets, that would help a bunch I bet. Again, it's not that big of a deal as I don't drive at night that much.

It's going to rain tomorrow and Monday, so we cancelled our country drive on sunday.....might try and do it on Tues if it dries out enough

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Daves Garage / Re: Racing Green 89 Mini

Last post by MiniDave - March 29, 2024, 03:16:14 PM

Long day today.....spent most of it working on Dave Long's Sprite racecar.....but before we could do that I had to move the Innocenti off the rack, and before I could do that I had to move the hot rod out from in front of the garage door, and before I could do THAT I had to jump start my blue Mini that had sat all week with the code reader plugged in and killed the battery.

Plus the battery on the Inno was dead too!

So we jockeyed cars all around and got the race car on the rack at last.....we got a ton of work done on it including rebuilding the exhaust, fixing a bad lever shock, lubing the suspension bushings (you have to take them out and schmear some silicone lube on them), fixing some electrical connections, drilling a new bonnet for pin latches, setting the front toe in and a bunch of other small stuff.

After having both the Inno and my blue MINI on battery chargers most of the day, the good news - both cars started like normal! Yay!

So all my cars now start and run (except the hot rod of course, and it sorta does

) the race car started and drove well too and he's pretty confident that it will be ready for his first race of the season at Eagles Canyon, TX in late April.

Long day, and my back is done!

Tomorrow I'm going to drive the green car to breakfast with the Age and Treachery Racing boys, then Sunday Don and I are doing a pretty good run out into the country to see if our cars are ready for the 300 mile trip next Sunday.

Spring driving season is here at last!

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