Didn't do anything to my MINI other then open the bonnet and wipe down the engine bay. But....my daughter's "Justa", now that's another story. As she said to me "your giving Lolla a route canal!!". Well almost. Upper motor mount went bad a couple of weeks ago and the replacement came in this week. Not a hard job but if you don't have the right stuff it can be a disaster.
I had everything but the E12 tork socket. And I thought I could get away without it. Not a good idea. After attempting to use a regular socket (10mm, an almost fit) and buggering it up it was a trip to Sears and an investment of $35.00 in a set of Tork sockets. After that it was smooth sailing. Now I have had practice for when the one in my MINI goes.

After that it was off to the side yard for a bath to sooth the recuperating "Lolla".

 

Noise Maker Delete yesterday, new stripes got put on this morning thanks to Jim at 91 Designs, Colleyville, Tx.

 

Today: Installed seat heaters from an ebay kit for $100. Big Thanks to all those who at NAM who posted how to's and advice. Specifically OWL ,Anitan1, and OaklandMini.

Came out Great.



Interior clean out after at least a year if complete neglect.
Makes me want to take my seats out once a year just to clean.

Installed new toddler car seat. Way easier when there are no front seats in the car!
Pulled out and washed the cabin filter.

Last week, AMsoil Nanofilter, JCW airbox flap delete (flapectomy). I actually may put it back in, time will tell.

 

Yesterday while on my way to meet up with PDX MINI after getting lost twice, Molly turned over 49,000 and after 206mi. of Twisties and a good amount of more driving I am still smiling and had Molly's 22mm Alta Rear Sway Bar moved to Setting #2, anxious to see how that changes the handling!!

 

Installed front and rear mudflaps this weekend.
The "Actual Size" sticker was last weekend's mod.

 

this weekend: wash, rain x, trim restorer, cleaned windows, detailed inside.

also finally got my GPS, reverse camera Screen, and digital gauge cluster mounted, and wires ran. super PITA btw, to run wires from the dash to the roof.

now my roof liner is hanging down some on the drivers side :(
this is due to partly me messing with it, and bc some time ago i left my sunroof open, then lots of rain. the roof liner is only hanging like an inch or 2, so hoping either some elmers glue or rubber cement will do the job, as theres not enough room to use spray adhesive.

 

lost the slave(6k miles old) Saturday night downtown Houston 1:30am

 

Didn't actually do anything but wash it this weekend (like every weekend), but continued to obsessively research best looks and mods. I am still looking for the best mods for "daily drivers" that just want to have fun going to and fro. Am thinking the two best might be sprint booster and rear sway bar...

 

NOOOOOO!!! What happened??

 

Clutch slave cylinder, let go for no apparent reason after only 6kish miles.....

going to buy a slave for a 92 s10 after work and mod the hardline to fit. to hell with minis pos plastic Slave(75 dollars) time for a GM slave made of iron that only cost 15 dollars and should never break again.

 

Got any before and after pics of the flaps?

 

Is there a "How to" on doing this? If not you should do one.

 

 

Well i clean the engine bay and polish the tanks of the ic , and finaly ordered the 15% alta pulley , i can whait to have it , ther is a 1.8t vw that i wan to beat, i love my mini

 

Pilotguy,
I didn't take any "before" pics, but I'll try to get some "afters" and post them on the weekend. The fronts are just barely noticeable, the rears a bit more so.

 

Installed Alta Tensioner Stiffy and removed the MINI plate to reveal the 1.6L badge on the motor, found a nice place to put the MINI plate.

 

Been taking pics as i go, so a write up ought to be easy. about to call orme bros to have a custom braided line made up, mini on one side s10 on the other. that way i don't have to use a bunch of fittings/reducers.

 

Slave, we don't need no stinking slave.

 

" you will need the clutch to get going in first"

ya i was going to have my friends push me, so i could pop it in first but there are allot of red lights in down town houston. had i been near the freeway when the slave let go i would have driven it home.

it was 225$ tow

 

Hey, I take exception to that remark!!



Oh.... Nevermind!

 

Just got the White wheels done. LOVE IT!

 

Hey im wondering when you put that alta tensioner does the belt vibrates more or less, and it makes a better grip to the pulleys?

 

Got the roof wrapped! Cymru Am Byth!

 

Hey nice mini darkosd mne has the union flag

 

It was actually yesterday, but... I traded her in...

A sad day, but two reasons for the decision.

1) She was costing me an arm and a leg and still had many kinks to be worked out with $1,000s already spent.

2) We just need a second family moving car. It's hard with two kids to own a Mini and not have it be a third car. It worked for us for a while, but just got harder and harder to do....

I will miss the twisty commanding handling and super fun factor, but not the bills... RIP Cyndi!