Bailes1992
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Think it's time for an update.
The Mini got locked away in the garage last September and I haven't touched it at all despite all my plans.
I put a Noco Genius 1 on the battery for a week and she started right up first time!
I decided it's time to start the work I wanted to do over the winter.
The rear suspension seemed to be a bit worn out, there was play in both radius arms and a brake imbalance brought up during the cars last MOT.
I planned to drop the subframe and anything on the underside between the bulkhead and rear of the car, strip it all back to bare metal, paint in an Epoxy Mastic followed by Upol Gravitex tinted to the cars original colour. I wanted to them strip and replace all the suspension components and reinstall.
I've tidied the garage, got the car in the air and pulled the exhaust off so far. Hoping to get all the brakes disconnected and fuel lines tonight then I'll be ready to drop the subframe.
So far, nothing scary found but not sure what I'm going to find when I start stripping back all the Waxoyl.
Made a grave error. We have a second freezer in the garage. I've put the Mini so close to it I can no longer open the freezer...
The Mini got locked away in the garage last September and I haven't touched it at all despite all my plans.
I put a Noco Genius 1 on the battery for a week and she started right up first time!
I decided it's time to start the work I wanted to do over the winter.
The rear suspension seemed to be a bit worn out, there was play in both radius arms and a brake imbalance brought up during the cars last MOT.
I planned to drop the subframe and anything on the underside between the bulkhead and rear of the car, strip it all back to bare metal, paint in an Epoxy Mastic followed by Upol Gravitex tinted to the cars original colour. I wanted to them strip and replace all the suspension components and reinstall.
I've tidied the garage, got the car in the air and pulled the exhaust off so far. Hoping to get all the brakes disconnected and fuel lines tonight then I'll be ready to drop the subframe.
So far, nothing scary found but not sure what I'm going to find when I start stripping back all the Waxoyl.
Made a grave error. We have a second freezer in the garage. I've put the Mini so close to it I can no longer open the freezer...