Andyrew

Saving money wasting time.
As seen in a previous post the hoses are perished. Id had a look on the bay of E and found mostly rears but only a few fronts, a pair at 40 quid or a whole car set of 5 at £52.
Our computer catalogue at work found nowt and even cross refencing found nothing from my suppliers (not uncommon for oddball tat) however i had found some for a mg midget availible at about 5 quid each. A smidge longer so i thought id be able to make them work
 They were about 55mm longer it turns out and thats a big isssue on a ado16. I really wanted it done today and ive got the stuff to make them work, so 4 or more hours later id made two brackets to raise the pipe up into the inner wing. 

New brake pipes all round going in so not an issue.

The end result- meh. 
After doing the first one i then found some on ebay at 15.99 each. Was it Worth all that effort to save £21.98.
Nope not in the slightest , ahh well its done now. 

Saving money wasting time.
As seen in a previous post the hoses are perished. Id had a look on the bay of E and found mostly rears but only a few fronts, a pair at 40 quid or a whole car set of 5 at £52.
Our computer catalogue at work found nowt and even cross refencing found nothing from my suppliers (not uncommon for oddball tat) however i had found some for a mg midget availible at about 5 quid each. A smidge longer so i thought id be able to make them work
 They were about 55mm longer it turns out and thats a big isssue on a ado16. I really wanted it done today and ive got the stuff to make them work, so 4 or more hours later id made two brackets to raise the pipe up into the inner wing. 

New brake pipes all round going in so not an issue.

The end result- meh. 
After doing the first one i then found some on ebay at 15.99 each. Was it Worth all that effort to save £21.98.
Nope not in the slightest , ahh well its done now. 

Saving money wasting time.
As seen in a previous post the hoses are perished. Id had a look on the bay of E and found mostly rears but only a few fronts, a pair at 40 quid or a whole car set of 5 at £52.
Our computer catalogue at work found nowt and even cross refencing found nothing from my suppliers (not uncommon for oddball tat) however i had found some for a mg midget availible at about 5 quid each. A smidge longer so i thought id be able to make them work
 They were about 55mm longer it turns out and thats a big isssue on a ado16. I really wanted it done today and ive got the stuff to make them work, so 4 or more hours later id made two brackets to raise the pipe up into the inner wing. 

New brake pipes all round going in so not an issue.

The end result- meh. 
After doing the first one i then found some on ebay at 15.99 each. Was it Worth all that effort to save £21.98.
Nope not in the slightest , ahh well its done now. 

Saving money wasting time.
As seen in a previous post the hoses are perished. Id had a look on the bay of E and found mostly rears but only a few fronts, a pair at 40 quid or a whole car set of 5 at £52.
Our computer catalogue at work found nowt and even cross refencing found nothing from my suppliers (not uncommon for oddball tat) however i had found some for a mg midget availible at about 5 quid each. A smidge longer so i thought id be able to make them work
 They were about 55mm longer it turns out and thats a big isssue on a ado16. I really wanted it done today and ive got the stuff to make them work, so 4 or more hours later id made two brackets to raise the pipe up into the inner wing. 

New brake pipes all round going in so not an issue.

The end result- meh. 
After doing the first one i then found some on ebay at 15.99 each. Was it Worth all that effort to save £21.98.
Nope not in the slightest , ahh well its done now. 

Saving money wasting time.
As seen in a previous post the hoses are perished. Id had a look on the bay of E and found mostly rears but only a few fronts, a pair at 40 quid or a whole car set of 5 at £52.
Our computer catalogue at work found nowt and even cross refencing found nothing from my suppliers (not uncommon for oddball tat) however i had found some for a mg midget availible at about 5 quid each. A smidge longer so i thought id be able to make them work
 They were about 55mm longer it turns out and thats a big isssue on a ado16. I really wanted it done today and ive got the stuff to make them work, so 4 or more hours later id made two brackets to raise the pipe up into the inner wing. 

New brake pipes all round going in so not an issue.

The end result- meh. 
After doing the first one i then found some on ebay at 15.99 each. Was it Worth all that effort to save £21.98.
Nope not in the slightest , ahh well its done now. 

Saving money wasting time.
As seen in a previous post the hoses are perished. Id had a look on the bay of E and found mostly rears but only a few fronts, a pair at 40 quid or a whole car set of 5 at £52.
Our computer catalogue at work found nowt and even cross refencing found nothing from my suppliers (not uncommon for oddball tat) however i had found some for a mg midget availible at about 5 quid each. A smidge longer so i thought id be able to make them work
 They were about 55mm longer it turns out and thats a big isssue on a ado16. I really wanted it done today and ive got the stuff to make them work, so 4 or more hours later id made two brackets to raise the pipe up into the inner wing. 

New brake pipes all round going in so not an issue.

The end result- meh. 
After doing the first one i then found some on ebay at 15.99 each. Was it Worth all that effort to save £21.98.
Nope not in the slightest , ahh well its done now. 

Saving money wasting time.
As seen in a previous post the hoses are perished. Id had a look on the bay of E and found mostly rears but only a few fronts, a pair at 40 quid or a whole car set of 5 at £52.
Our computer catalogue at work found nowt and even cross refencing found nothing from my suppliers (not uncommon for oddball tat) however i had found some for a mg midget availible at about 5 quid each. A smidge longer so i thought id be able to make them work
 They were about 55mm longer it turns out and thats a big isssue on a ado16. I really wanted it done today and ive got the stuff to make them work, so 4 or more hours later id made two brackets to raise the pipe up into the inner wing. 

New brake pipes all round going in so not an issue.

The end result- meh. 
After doing the first one i then found some on ebay at 15.99 each. Was it Worth all that effort to save £21.98.
Nope not in the slightest , ahh well its done now. 

Saving money wasting time.
As seen in a previous post the hoses are perished. Id had a look on the bay of E and found mostly rears but only a few fronts, a pair at 40 quid or a whole car set of 5 at £52.
Our computer catalogue at work found nowt and even cross refencing found nothing from my suppliers (not uncommon for oddball tat) however i had found some for a mg midget availible at about 5 quid each. A smidge longer so i thought id be able to make them work
 They were about 55mm longer it turns out and thats a big isssue on a ado16. I really wanted it done today and ive got the stuff to make them work, so 4 or more hours later id made two brackets to raise the pipe up into the inner wing. 

New brake pipes all round going in so not an issue.

The end result- meh. 
After doing the first one i then found some on ebay at 15.99 each. Was it Worth all that effort to save £21.98.
Nope not in the slightest , ahh well its done now. 

Saving money wasting time.
As seen in a previous post the hoses are perished. Id had a look on the bay of E and found mostly rears but only a few fronts, a pair at 40 quid or a whole car set of 5 at £52.
Our computer catalogue at work found nowt and even cross refencing found nothing from my suppliers (not uncommon for oddball tat) however i had found some for a mg midget availible at about 5 quid each. A smidge longer so i thought id be able to make them work
 They were about 55mm longer it turns out and thats a big isssue on a ado16. I really wanted it done today and ive got the stuff to make them work, so 4 or more hours later id made two brackets to raise the pipe up into the inner wing. 

New brake pipes all round going in so not an issue.

The end result- meh. 
After doing the first one i then found some on ebay at 15.99 each. Was it Worth all that effort to save £21.98.
Nope not in the slightest , ahh well its done now. 

Saving money wasting time.
As seen in a previous post the hoses are perished. Id had a look on the bay of E and found mostly rears but only a few fronts, a pair at 40 quid or a whole car set of 5 at £52.
Our computer catalogue at work found nowt and even cross refencing found nothing from my suppliers (not uncommon for oddball tat) however i had found some for a mg midget availible at about 5 quid each. A smidge longer so i thought id be able to make them work
 They were about 55mm longer it turns out and thats a big isssue on a ado16. I really wanted it done today and ive got the stuff to make them work, so 4 or more hours later id made two brackets to raise the pipe up into the inner wing. 

New brake pipes all round going in so not an issue.

The end result- meh. 
After doing the first one i then found some on ebay at 15.99 each. Was it Worth all that effort to save £21.98.
Nope not in the slightest , ahh well its done now. 

Saving money wasting time.
As seen in a previous post the hoses are perished. Id had a look on the bay of E and found mostly rears but only a few fronts, a pair at 40 quid or a whole car set of 5 at £52.
Our computer catalogue at work found nowt and even cross refencing found nothing from my suppliers (not uncommon for oddball tat) however i had found some for a mg midget availible at about 5 quid each. A smidge longer so i thought id be able to make them work
 They were about 55mm longer it turns out and thats a big isssue on a ado16. I really wanted it done today and ive got the stuff to make them work, so 4 or more hours later id made two brackets to raise the pipe up into the inner wing. 

New brake pipes all round going in so not an issue.

The end result- meh. 
After doing the first one i then found some on ebay at 15.99 each. Was it Worth all that effort to save £21.98.
Nope not in the slightest , ahh well its done now. 

Saving money wasting time.
As seen in a previous post the hoses are perished. Id had a look on the bay of E and found mostly rears but only a few fronts, a pair at 40 quid or a whole car set of 5 at £52.
Our computer catalogue at work found nowt and even cross refencing found nothing from my suppliers (not uncommon for oddball tat) however i had found some for a mg midget availible at about 5 quid each. A smidge longer so i thought id be able to make them work
 They were about 55mm longer it turns out and thats a big isssue on a ado16. I really wanted it done today and ive got the stuff to make them work, so 4 or more hours later id made two brackets to raise the pipe up into the inner wing. 

New brake pipes all round going in so not an issue.

The end result- meh. 
After doing the first one i then found some on ebay at 15.99 each. Was it Worth all that effort to save £21.98.
Nope not in the slightest , ahh well its done now. 

I think it's definitely different from the Mini. Q&H QSK95 if you can still find it. 

You might find some tyres locally on ebay, i had a quick look. Ebay did suggest a few items as i typed. 

 

Wedged in
Expensive! But im glad they make them otherwise there would be alot of swinging caliper shitters without brakes. 

Hubs cleaned up and a splash of paint. Aswell as new discs, same as the mini so thankfully dirt cheap. Finally!. 

New hoses are an inch or so too long but ill make then work by modifying the bracket on the inner wing. Pleased with how they came out. 
Id quite like to strip the suspension arms off and go through it all as its a rusty grease dirty covered mess thats not pleasant, with a little play in the swivels 
Any ado16 touchers know if the suspension swivel kits are the same as the mini?
@sharley17194 @BeEP @SiC
 
 
 

Swing a ding!
After a bit time today lugging stuff about ready for collection , i spent the remainder of the afternoon stripping the brakes off this ready to clean up and rebuild with new pistons

Seal Kit with new stainless pistons from the bigg guys.

Stripped appart, Degrease, Cleaned up with the knotwheel on the angle grinder and painted with weld through primer. Its high zinc so holds up okay ish, thin and fast drying which is key as i wanted to spend no more than 5 or so hours on these.  Turns out id picked up a can of the copper based too in my last order so embraced it. 

Wedged in
Expensive! But im glad they make them otherwise there would be alot of swinging caliper shitters without brakes. 

Hubs cleaned up and a splash of paint. Aswell as new discs, same as the mini so thankfully dirt cheap. Finally!. 

New hoses are an inch or so too long but ill make then work by modifying the bracket on the inner wing. Pleased with how they came out. 
Id quite like to strip the suspension arms off and go through it all as its a rusty grease dirty covered mess thats not pleasant, with a little play in the swivels 
Any ado16 touchers know if the suspension swivel kits are the same as the mini?
@sharley17194 @BeEP @SiC
 
 
 

Swing a ding!
After a bit time today lugging stuff about ready for collection , i spent the remainder of the afternoon stripping the brakes off this ready to clean up and rebuild with new pistons

Seal Kit with new stainless pistons from the bigg guys.

Stripped appart, Degrease, Cleaned up with the knotwheel on the angle grinder and painted with weld through primer. Its high zinc so holds up okay ish, thin and fast drying which is key as i wanted to spend no more than 5 or so hours on these.  Turns out id picked up a can of the copper based too in my last order so embraced it. 

2 fiat fondle.

On the last look over id noted a duff wheel cylinder, the drums are original and pretty well worn now given the cars miles.  new drums, shoes and cylinders ordered in, forgot a fitting kit tho. 
Bosch are actually cheapest for these as they are the OEM manufacturer.

The back plates were very crusty so i unbolted the wheel bearing, and the back plates got taken off and hit with the knot wheel. The axle was given a quick go over with the  needle scaler and then wire brush before a splash of shultz. Im not a fan of this stuff but it has a place.

Having done the KA2 previously in this thread id already experienced the seized union on the brake pipe so just went straight to making two new pipes and cut the old ones off. Id like to have done a neater job but i was getting pushed for time today after doing the doblo and VP this morning.

Back plates bolted on and pipe installed.

Shoes and adjusters fitted. 

New drums on and a tweakof the  handbrake. All seems okay, ill paint the drums next time ive got the car on the lift. Finished around 10pm and dropped the car back. 

 

Wedged in
Expensive! But im glad they make them otherwise there would be alot of swinging caliper shitters without brakes. 

Hubs cleaned up and a splash of paint. Aswell as new discs, same as the mini so thankfully dirt cheap. Finally!. 

New hoses are an inch or so too long but ill make then work by modifying the bracket on the inner wing. Pleased with how they came out. 
Id quite like to strip the suspension arms off and go through it all as its a rusty grease dirty covered mess thats not pleasant, with a little play in the swivels 
Any ado16 touchers know if the suspension swivel kits are the same as the mini?
@sharley17194 @BeEP @SiC
 
 
 

Swing a ding!
After a bit time today lugging stuff about ready for collection , i spent the remainder of the afternoon stripping the brakes off this ready to clean up and rebuild with new pistons

Seal Kit with new stainless pistons from the bigg guys.

Stripped appart, Degrease, Cleaned up with the knotwheel on the angle grinder and painted with weld through primer. Its high zinc so holds up okay ish, thin and fast drying which is key as i wanted to spend no more than 5 or so hours on these.  Turns out id picked up a can of the copper based too in my last order so embraced it. 

Wedged in
Expensive! But im glad they make them otherwise there would be alot of swinging caliper shitters without brakes. 

Hubs cleaned up and a splash of paint. Aswell as new discs, same as the mini so thankfully dirt cheap. Finally!. 

New hoses are an inch or so too long but ill make then work by modifying the bracket on the inner wing. Pleased with how they came out. 
Id quite like to strip the suspension arms off and go through it all as its a rusty grease dirty covered mess thats not pleasant, with a little play in the swivels 
Any ado16 touchers know if the suspension swivel kits are the same as the mini?
@sharley17194 @BeEP @SiC
 
 
 

Wedged in
Expensive! But im glad they make them otherwise there would be alot of swinging caliper shitters without brakes. 

Hubs cleaned up and a splash of paint. Aswell as new discs, same as the mini so thankfully dirt cheap. Finally!. 

New hoses are an inch or so too long but ill make then work by modifying the bracket on the inner wing. Pleased with how they came out. 
Id quite like to strip the suspension arms off and go through it all as its a rusty grease dirty covered mess thats not pleasant, with a little play in the swivels 
Any ado16 touchers know if the suspension swivel kits are the same as the mini?
@sharley17194 @BeEP @SiC
 
 
 

After my Mito was condemned due to rust, I decided to go old skool for its replacement - 50 mile drive home - goes spot on. Forgot the pez shot sorry 😎

Stuck the big chrome trims on the Princess again since I fancied a change.