Tough decision to make but you know the car and what it’s faults are, biggest obstacle is always time.

High chance we're all going to say save Ed! (me included) .. do what's best for you and your family.

excellent video. good to see you're keeping ed going. will be doing something similar when the weather warms up with my mini.

It's not the end, it's the beginning. Front floor pans, outer sills, and a heel board. Pretty standard for a late 80's Mini. All the best mate, are you coming to Bingley Hall?

Don't sell Ed. I recon it won't take you long to fix those hole temporarily until you finish Eleanor.

Buying another car is just buying someone else's problems. you have too much time and money invested in that car. Patch it up to keep them smiles. I loved my running project and regrets selling it 😢

Great to see some Mini content back on the channel. Ed has rust in the usual places but it appears easy enough for a talented man like you to do the work. Let’s see you cue the A team music, crack the grinder and welder out. A bit of new metal and boom the floor is done.

Hello thank you for sharing your knowledge, do I need to drain the engine oil for this job?

Very good

Is it worth welding the rear valance parts to the new boot, before welding in boot floor?

Wie bekommst du das wieder zusammen? Das würde ich mich nicht trauen das Auto so zu zerlegen Respekt, dass du dich traust. Es ist bis jetzt eine super Arbeit. Bin auf Teil 3 gespannt.

Be interesting to know what you got for the scrap when you weigh it in, see if it was worth the effort

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That must have taken a fair few discs cutting that apart?

Although I agree with the overall technique, I'm a bit concerned with how the torque wrench is used. The wrench is pulled upward when tightening the nut. You can see that the entire car is lifted up from the jack stand. With a bit of bad luck the car might slip off from the stand, which would result in big problems. I would orientate the wrench in the opposite direction such that I'm pushing it downward instead of pulling upward. When pushing downward you don't have the risk of lifting the car up from the jack stand.

I'm sitting here watching you torque on the puller thinking to myself "does he know? Does he have steel toe shoes? He must know!" They fire right off when they go bang 🤣 Mine was soooo stuck. Heat, impact, bent a cheap puller, all the cheats and still nothing. Heated her up, left tension on the puller and went to sleep. Went bang in the night on me and only dented the floor a little bit.

I’m just curious to know how many cutting discs you used 😂

Wow theres nothing left off it 😮.

That’s some work in stripping it down but you did a great job. Looks like you will end up with a few good bits to use. I did chuckle seeing most of the vehicle being cut away and you still had the clamp on the rear wheel. Looking forward to part 2.

Great video, it has helped me out with the pictures I didn’t take when I stripped mine down 😂. Thank you

Did you by it from Shirley Southampton car sale

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Where did you buy your supplies mate

Well worth it in parts and spares alone

Probably the cheapest in the world I’d say.

You need to use a 3/8 drive ratchet and sockets for this work, half inch drive is too big and clumsy, also you run the risk of over tightening the nuts and bolts with having too much leverage .......You will find the 3/8 drive much more user friendly on this small stuff

Ive got the same flares and disc setup as this. What offset did you end up with?

Still cannot understand how that shear bolt makes stealing a Mini difficult...

Brilliant KZbin, i have a Mazda mx5 , golng in nexr week, to get lanegard treatment, hope its a good treatment.i have found been in Scotland and on the Mazda club site , they saying don't use it , pay £500 to £1000 for under seal . But this is a chap that has is own business, nothing against him .but £150 against £500 you diside?. Thanks ian

Great Video, did you take off all black panel paint on heel board before you fitted?

I used to work at Mr Clutch. We used to do 3 or 4 of these mini clutches a week as well as replacing the reverse idler bushes. I changed my puller so they all had 19 mm heads so the 3 long bolts & the centre bolt, I also had a mini starter motor gear which had a small pieces of plate welded on the back & front to stop it falling off & it worked perfectly as the fly wheel lock. I remember working on a Sierra sapphire cosworth replica which a 18 year old kids father brought in for a new clutch. This kid had built this replica which he started putting together from 16 after saving up his paper rounds money & every odd job he ever did bare in mind every part he bought came from scrap yards he & his father visited together & from exchange & mart magazines for sale & wanted section this was before the days of eBay. His dad brought it in as a surprise as his son had joined the army and hadn't even driven it. Those were the days . .

Good job. Thanks very much.

Nice update. Another job sorted.

Couldn't agree more. Another great, well explained video. Dale speaks in laymans terms that all of us enthusiastic hobby mechanics can understand. His videos helped me so much when I was rebuilding my Classic Mini. Thank you for the time and effort you put into making them.

Another well explained informative video. Thank you.

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I would not recommend SGS, I bought some of those skates and tried to move my trailer on block paving and they folded up like a cheap baking tray, the rods end to end give some reinforcment but they have no strength side to side so I have removed the wheels and welded some angle iron on the ends to give them some strength, I also have their 3 ton trolley jack that leaks and 2 & 1/2 ton low profile that leaks and has a gouge in the piston so something inside has clearly broken up, spare parts hard to identify from very poor print on exploded diagram and customer service not helpful , both jacks failed in about 2 years with only occasional use on my own cars , they give the impression that they manufacture in this country but I have seen what appear to be identical jacks and they are China crap, I had a Kamasa trolley jack over 20 years that I would have done better to find new seals for than to waste money on SGS.

I use underseal for high impact areas- arches and part of the unercarrage. Waxoyl for everything elese.

I love it. With the lance attachment you can do inside skirts and chassis rails. I’d let it dry for 48hr otherwise dirt sticks to it but it never really fully drys. I removed it after 12 months with the remover and it’s perfect underneath I then reapply for another 12 months best on the market.

You need to put the engine at TDC or the "C" clip can drop ond jam behind the flywheel, also a spanner wedged into the teeth of the flywheel will lock the engine and also tap the flywheel through the starter hole to release it

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Hello there, if your alternator makes that noise it is probably due to the bearings after having the belt with too much tension. The 13mm must be measured not on the top of the belt, but in the middle of "the longest part between 2 poles which is under the alternator, front side. Regards from Spain.

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Two problems with CV joint Bolts: The first is the accumulation of dirt inside the screw head, which makes it difficult to open. The second is the corrosion of the internal hexagonal corners of the screw due to rust and not using a lubricant.

Very detailed video and nice job. well done mate. where is part 2 and the rest ?

Can you tell me where yiu orders does vacuum pipes drom and how are they working for yoiu?

When you removed the injection unit did you have to change any gaskets when putting it back?

Thanks for the review , I've been debating buying a scissor lift , but the weight,size, and safety issues put me off, having seen this I may well buy these , good that once elevated there are two pins to failsafe the device , because i wouldn't trust those chinese? jacks implicitly! ( And may well replace them with better in time)

I am so jealous of the drain plug. It's a pig of a job without it.