Six-cylinder Posted Wednesday at 14:17 Author Share Posted Wednesday at 14:17 37 minutes ago, richardmorris said: Something to aim for with the mini... 1990 Mini Margrave by Wood & Pickett | Cliveden House | RM Sotheby's (rmsothebys.com) Not as nice as mine but ok for the money! Longbridge Apologist and richardmorris 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Six-cylinder Posted Thursday at 08:16 Author Share Posted Thursday at 08:16 Having consulted with my chief engineer, in an effort to free the Mini engine without dismantling it I added an Acetone and ATF oil mix to each cylinder. I was recommended 50/50 but as I could only get relative weak nail varnish remover I upped the Acetone to 66%. I will see what a few days does for it. Shite Ron, Coprolalia, Dyslexic Viking and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommyboy12 Posted Thursday at 10:26 Share Posted Thursday at 10:26 Id cut that aux belt when you attempt a start. Its almost a guarantee that the water pump is seized. Six-cylinder 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Six-cylinder Posted 19 hours ago Author Share Posted 19 hours ago Last night was MK Modern meeting so it started to rain just in time for the start! Plan "a" was to get the MG TF out for a sunshine evening but the need to take the newly painted Manta wheels to the car meant I was using the Volvo 940 anyway. Hard to believe this young 940 is 28 years old, it felt a bit of a cheat driving it when others had turned out in shiny cars like Minis, Mercedes 190E, Vauxhall Firenza fitted with a V8 engine and my favourite of the night a MK1 Astra estate. Dyslexic Viking, Floatylight, Saabnut and 8 others 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snake Charmer Posted 10 hours ago Share Posted 10 hours ago Rare beast that Astra estate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Surface Rust Posted 9 hours ago Share Posted 9 hours ago Maybe something wrong with me, but out of that line up the 940 is the one I'd most like to drive away in! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Six-cylinder Posted 7 hours ago Author Share Posted 7 hours ago 1 hour ago, Surface Rust said: Maybe something wrong with me, but out of that line up the 940 is the one I'd most like to drive away in! In the dark and rain when we finished last night I was quite happy to drive it home with no hardships! Surface Rust and richardmorris 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Six-cylinder Posted 6 hours ago Author Share Posted 6 hours ago This evening Colin popped round to bring me 4 tyres for the Mini, not suitable for road use but good enough to push it round the FoD. The bad news is the first steel rim we tried to use leaks air from the metal rim. At least visual inspection of the fuel tank looks like it is fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LightBulbFun Posted 6 hours ago Share Posted 6 hours ago 30 minutes ago, Six-cylinder said: The bad news is the first steel rim we tried to use leaks air from the metal rim. IIRC @Mrs6C bought some 10 inch inner tubes, as an attempt to get some rolling tyres for the Model 70 at the time our attempt to fit one was not successful (turns out 20+ year old cross ply's are not very stretchy who knew! LOL) but if the tubes are still floating perhaps you might have some better luck? (we did actually get a tube in there and the tyre mounted, but sadly it seems the tube got pinched as it would not hold air) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs6C Posted 6 hours ago Share Posted 6 hours ago 33 minutes ago, Six-cylinder said: This evening Colin popped round to bring me 4 tyres for the Mini, not suitable for road use but good enough to push it round the FoD. The bad news is the first steel rim we tried to use leaks air from the metal rim. Blimey! I can't even leave out a barrel of cement mix water, without someone wanting to float a Mini wheel in it... LightBulbFun and Snake Charmer 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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