Morris, The Mini Moke! - 56k Warning by liirge

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Feeling a bit down, coud'nt bare to work on her today, and finished early yesterday!
Wish i hadnt of put a deadline on the job! Grrrrr...
Yer yesterday bled the Clutch, fitted all the brake lines properly, did the handbrake cables i think thats it!
I hope i dont wake up tomorrow feeling so depressed about it!

5-2-2008

News news!!
Re-booked MOT to the 13th from the 8th, i needed to the prssure was taking its toll on me!
Today started by yet again another attempt to bleed the brakes, and yet more leaks were discovered. Had to get various new parts to fix them, but in the end and fingers crossed they are bled! Tried the fuel pump as well, didnt get any thing from her not a dickie bird!! Tried tapping her to get the contacts to move NOTHING!!
so...i rebuilt all the elctrics inside and finally she worked!
Then as a morale exercise more than anything i had a go at firing the beast up for the 1st time.
The video below is a quick summary of what happened,
1st attempt,
the seal at the bottom of the float bowl, had become knackered so had to take the carb off and nick the seal from the HS2 i have. Petrol wnt everywere and i mean everywere.
2nd attempt,
Just kept turning over and over, soo.. had to chck if there was a spark as you can see from pictures before the wiring loom is hardly impressive. Turns out that i hadnt plugged in the wire coming from the Dizzy, so there was no spark between the points.
3rd attempt,
It fired, pretty well, until trying again and it stalled, and smoke came through the carb!!!
4th attempt,
She was running, I know adjustments have to be made on the idle speed.
So, ive now got to Put the air filter on, and the exhaust so i can fiddle with the mixture etc. The clutch needs adjusting so havnt actaully put her in gear yet. also i need to know how the throttle attaches so i can do that.
But yer i dont think she sounds to bad, what you wreckon??

5-4-2008

Ok so as some of you might have guest she is only running on 3 cylinders!|
So im gonna check the electrics later, hopefully just a gunged up spark plug or ht lead not in properly

Right she's firing on all Cylinders, an HT Lead wasnt plugged in all the way.
The gear change problem is starting to scare me. 2nd and 4th dont engage, and are really hard to move.
Oh and ive put the rear lights on, no bulbs though!!!! Doh!

5-9-2008

Well theres been alot of work done the irritating jobs, the wiring is just sooooo bad...cant wait to be getting a new wiring loom when i have the money, it took a whole day to the indicators! but they work now and so do all the rear lights, aswell as seatbelts and seats. Also i drove her round a concrete pad.......
Shes a BEAST!
yer so the photos dont do the hours of work justice!!

Will it be ready!!!!!
Im getting worried!!

5-11-2008

Got my hooter working today, and fitted the cover to the license plate light.
The horn needed all connections cleaning, all Earths sorted, and a fuse!

5-12-2008

Well i have finished her!!
(ish)
Its now up to an MOT'able status, i had to take her through the village to "Test" her!!! Had some looks, things i did note though:
- Mixture, VERY RICH! exhaust sooty after only a little drive, aswell as mini backfire once.

- Clutch, Slipping at hills even small inclines

- Flat at high RPM, couldnt get her higher than 30Mph.
Probs mixture of the 2 above causing that

- Whinning from gearbox, or is it that minis do just have a REALLY REALLY high pitch whine!

Well i am very happy and it feels amazing.

MOT tomorrow will let you know how it went.

NO PHOTOS, my camera Broke, the screen has naffed, still takes pics though so i might try a fw tomorrow "Blind"

Kindst Regards and thanks for everyons support!

5-13-2008

Cheers Guys!
Ive got a bad feeling, the MOT tester was not happy about certain things within 2 minutes of seeing her!
Also the back electrics started playig up just before and the carburttor was out of control just revving all over the place!
Fixed the lecy, and told the Tester to do the carb.
I did take some pictures! needs a Clean a few other little jobs done, but i still wreckon pretty good.

5-14-2008

Ok just had a phone call from the garage!
NOT GOOD
its failed on several points, there gonna do as much as they can to get hre through.
Soem of the things mentioned include:
Rear Wheel Bearings - Brand new though?
Brake line clips?
Melted throttle cable! the cable was brand new.
Some brake line bracket in the bulk head!
and other things!

I think a member of this forum probably Rosslin, went to take a look at her, and the garage was not impressed!
sorry, but nothing todo with me!

NEWS!
apparently it is going to be hit and miss if i make London to Brighton now!
so im REEEAALLLY REEAAALLY Depressed!
Cheers taz for the suport

5-15-2008

SHES BACK!!!
ive got an MOT certificate, now need some road tax, and todo some final adjustments!
Pictures to Follow at some point in the Foreseeable future!

7-27-2009

Replaced the Steering rack at great effort!!
Still have to: Bleed Brakes, tighten 2 subframe bolts, Tighten Front Offside Dome Nut, Re-attach all wheels, Re-attach both front Shocks put on new pedal rubber.
MOT friday!

8-12-2009

MOT PASSED!!!!
Wahhaayy!
Gonna go out now in her for a bit of fun!!

6-6-2010

Well, been fiddling with the timing and have rebuilt the carb again! finally got her idling smoothly....
However I think the oil burning may have become a bit more serious,

Don't know what the MOT man is going to have to say about that in August! - knowing him not much  

6-8-2010

Well someone asked for some pictures so here we go:

creeping onto a slumbering Kentish lane

However back to work and time for her to earn her keep..

and finally my favourite

7-28-2010

No. 8 Tappet adjuster nut went, on the drive to get some wheels...Massive miss fire, sorted now...been meaning to sort out the tappets as they've been causing me problems, got a nice set of press steel rockers to go on.

Things to do in the next month or 2.
Get a new petrol cap seal
New Dzus fasteners for petrol panel
Tighten up and sort out the washer jet
tighten grub screw on washer spindle

5-1-2011

Got a couple of bits for fitment before I do the annual adjustments and then take her for an MOT in the next couple of weeks!

some Dzus fastners, that should stop the rattling from the top of the batter cover, FINALLY!!! 

Correct cork type petrol cap seal, this will avoid the embarrasing difficulties of getting the petrol cap on and off at the moment, using my temporary MOT rubber alternative bodge.

So whats left
Adjust brakes all round
Adjust clutch, the biting point appears to have moved all the way to the bottom of the pedal, I imagine the stop on the clutch cover has moved in.
Gap spark plugs
Gap Points
Tappet clearance adjustment
Change the oil (it currently has universal tractor oil in at the moment - nice!)
Change oil Filter
Fit new copper washer to sump plug, try and get rid of that little leak

Clean her

5-10-2011

Right MOT TOMORROW!!

Adjust brakes all round Done
Adjust clutch, the biting point appears to have moved all the way to the bottom of the pedal, I imagine the stop on the clutch cover has moved in Done

Gap spark plugs
Done
Gap Points
Done
Tappet clearance adjustment
Naaa, they seem ok
Change the oil (it currently has universal tractor oil in at the moment - nice!)
Yup Comma Classic installed
Change oil Filter
Yup
Fit new copper washer to sump plug, try and get rid of that little leak
Yes but still leaks may need further tightening!
Install Dzus Fasteners.....oops!

Install Petrol cap seal

wash

5-11-2011

Inevitably the full beam failed this morning, so had to go on a frantic fault tracing expedition! all sorted
now at the Garage! Fingers crossed

Passed, but has picked up an electrical gremlin, so its stopped sparking, I think its a broken wire between the regulator and the coil power!

5-12-2011

Thank you very much!! Well I've been out and about in her today! didn't miss a heartbeat, notice that under breaking she likes to veer offside, but that just adds character!

Also got my free road tax, the only bargain left in motoring!

Went to Car Builder Solutions and picked up an outside car cover and some wire!

The car cover is £35 - Waterproof, 3 layered, breathable and fits quite well!

BARGAIN!

7-1-2014

Ahem, there's been a few changes. 

Thank you very much, it's nice to have something in there that doesn't burn so much oil and has a bit of poke.