The Wifes Worst Nightmare 83 Full Resto by Minidarren83

4 minute(s) of a 192 minute read

Got a few more bits done

Made a blanking plate for the heater air intake and fitted washer bottle and Brake master






Then took it for a little drive no videos of driving but got one of it running up to temp

K mini series running:

Then disaster struck

It would seem to be standing water from when I jet washed the engine down I'm going to run it tomorrow and let it get to fan cut in temp and see what happens

7-15-2015

Mot booked Saturday morning!!

Just fitted a new yellow tag master as my old one was screwed I must of fitted the seals backwards so just need to bleed the brakes and refit the drivers door job done

Current engine bay shot went with a cold air induction system and gay blue exhaust wrap



Didn't have time to paint the dash or seat subframes but that's not needed for mot



Also made my own gear know with spent shotgun case



I think the front hub nuts are tight enough!!

7-17-2015

And here it is ready for the mot at 10 tomorrow



And a cheeky little video excuse the camera man's skill my son found it hard to hang on and film lol

Pre mot shakedown:

7-18-2015

8-6-2015

So a few weeks on the road and good old rover engine



It's very unclear where the gasket failed bit it looks like everywhere. The entire gasket surface is wet with coolent and both parts of the gasket has shed most of its paint how it ran I will never know

9-9-2015

All back together and running let's see how long it lasts as I think one liner had dropped too far so I'll run it until it drops a bollock then source a new motor you never know it might last a year or 5 minutes

8-15-2015

Cheers jonny

Wheels painted black



Fitted washed polished and washed ready for santa pod

8-17-2015

Well we made it all the way there 7 runs and back again with not a hitch here's one of my best runs against another 1.8 mini