Ashamed Part 2

continuation from the last post.....

2013

We found out the coilovers we purchased way back when (probably around 5ish years ago?) needed to be sent to GAZ and adjusting as they lower eye needed to be offset instead of centre  They arrived back around a week ago, it took GAZ only a couple of weeks to adjust them - excellent customer service and I wouldn't hesitate to use them again in future. I will eventually change my front coilovers to GAZ too. 

After a bit of a foul up with a gear linkage we purchased from eBay being for a metro rather than a mini we had to source another which was more difficult than you'd expect, it seems certain parts are hard to obtain or people attempt to sell them for silly money. Eventually a friend managed to find one in his stockpile of parts. It's now fitted and but still needs the sleeve and roll pins.

(The failing of the metro gearlinkage!)

The current task is the wiring loom which was taken from a friends 'scrapper' shell. Surprisingly for a Mini there had been very few alterations (after that many years on the road you expect a few 'hacks' for extra lights, stereos etc..). A few new connectors and some updating to remove the factory in-line fuses and integrate the Clifford alarm we salvaged from a previous 'project' car and it'll be ready to go onto/into Mutley.

(Factory fresh hacks! Wow.)

(Electrical Spaghetti)

LED Clusters - Update

Just wanted to share with you all my LED clusters - thought a few of you might be interested.

41 U/B LEDs in each rear indicator cluster.
35 U/B LEDs in each brake cluster.
24 U/B LEDs in each reverse cluster.

41 U/B LEDs in each front indicator cluster.
18 U/B LEDs in each side light.

4 U/B LEDs in each side repeater.

In total 326 LEDs just for lights - and number plate illumination and interior light still to be done.

Final Push

We're on the final push towards the spraying stage! I hate to admit it, but I am enjoying it more than usual, maybe it's the excitement of seeing it all in one colour!

Have been rather lazy on the update side of things recently so have a few things to update you all on.

Front indicators/Side lights
Got them done and looking really good - very pleased with the results, even more pleased that I know I'm going to be the only one with them!!! Made rear plates for them instead of using standard ones - which seem few and far between, and go for stupid money.



Head
Have painted the head parts - should be ready to put together in the next few weeks!

Rear Beam
Just come back from shot blasting - needs a top coat and it'll be ready to mock up.

Shell
Completed shultz underneath and have made good progress on the prep on the body - should only be another weekend or so before it's finished.


Coilovers
Have talked to GAZ and you can buy the offset tops of the coilovers separately, which solves the problem of having to cut and adjust the rear shock mounts - extremely pleased with that bit of news!

LED Clusters

Having already soldered the LEDs onto the board it was time to connect them to the resistor board and the voltage regulators.
Once they were all connected together it was time to fit them into the lenses. This wasn't how I was going to mount them originally but they look ok and it made life a lot easier!

And finally, here is one of the completed clusters. They are still a little rough around the edges and I'm not sure that the brake/tail light is bright enough. This is mainly down to the extremly dark lense, another we have is much lighter and the LEDs shine through very brightly so I will be trying to source a pair of these lighter lenses.

Passenger Side Complete.. Nearly!

Just need to weld inside - then the sides are finished.

Left to do: Shock mounts (both sides), Rear Valence & Some Tidying!

Then we need to find some money to get it sprayed?!

Trailer Rot

Anyone for some tasty trailer rot?
I spent the afternoon in the shade cleaning of the underseal and waxoyl from the bottom of the trailer, found lots of lovely little nastys.

Extended Doorstep

Today was putting the extended doorstep on, and fixing a few bits - had to do the bracing between the outer sill and the inner sill (unforunately I didn't get a picture - sorry).
I'm happy to say that it all went without a hitch - must be a first!

The shock mount looks a bit daunting - don't you think?

The start of the day - 'Mind the Gap'

The day progressed...

The end of the day and no gap to be seen!

Back down to earth with a Bump!

Cleaned a bit more up on the front, and then it was time for more mini tipping - and finally he was back down to earth with a bump and looking a little sad for himself around the shock mounts....(I blame a certain person for mentioning it last weekend!)
So, now back on the belly, we can sort that shock mount out over the coming week, weather permitting and tomorrow will be putting the extended door panel on.

Back on the belly - and better for it!

Ouch - looks a bit sore *glum*

Clean Floors & Resprayed!

Cleaned all the crap off the floor, what a nightmare that was! Took awhile, was an extremely messy job, and I now need to jetwash the drive! Looks nice and clean now tho - very pleasing feeling when spraying it! Looks like progress is finally being made!

New Sill!!! Woohoo!

Todays updates *GRIN*

Mutters now has a new outer sill!!! Rock'n'roll! Also a repair healboard corner!

Can count the amount of panels left to sort on one hand now *BIG GRINS* Big smiles from me.

Oh and the cluster sections are now complete too - woo!

LED Clusters

I know there where a few people interested in the rear clusters that are being made, so here are some more pictures of the passenger side one. Not too far off completion now. Oh, and MATT BLACK FTW! I'm spraying all my 'accessories' in it.

Shed Clear.... Trailer Started

Trailer time! First we had to clear the shed, and then clear the mini of what we had stored inside it - and then pack it all back into the shed - a few shelving units later and lots of hard work - we had fitted it all in!


This is the one of the last pictures I have of him whole. It's all a bit sad for me, being my first car and whatnot. Needless to say I felt really bad when we started cutting the roof off once it was braced.



Then he under went 'roof chop'...


Then he under went half and half.....


and now he sits like this...


But we had some laughs along the way....



RIP to my first car....

Repairing Floor

Apologies for those who are following my tale, but as you know, in England the weather has been horrible, and that's stop most of the progress being made.

Repairs to the floor have been carried out. Haven't done really much else to the shell this weekend due to needing the nut that welds into the healboard for the subframe, once we have the we can make the panel and get the new sill sorted and put him back the right way up!

Fixing the Bin

You can see we had to remove some of the inner sill to be able to get to repair the bin, the bit we took of was nice and clean, so it just got cleaned up and put back on.




Afraid it's not much of an update, and there isn't much progress, but hey ho.