Hi many thanks for the interest and comment. I haven’t had the heater matrix off so could try that. Would the engine still get too hot with a blocked matrix given you can divert flow and turn the heater off? Cheers.

Cheers John, thanks for the comment. Fettling on the driveway at 2 degrees C wasn’t fun last time! Not sure if I can keep the videos at the previous pace through winter! Glad you find my fettling watch worthy thanks again.

@MiniJay250 I totally understand the driveway fettling in 2 degrees!!! 🤣 I like watching the DIY approach because that was how I restored my 1980 1275GT over 10 years ago now. We don't all have lovely garages or all the specialist tools to do the job which was the case for me. You will get there eventually and the RSP will be back on the road. 👍

Hi and thanks for the comment and interest. Yep, agree. Without air fuel readings I suppose I can only get a reading which works at idle without a rolling road. I will take it for a test drive and tune by how the car drives and the colour of the plugs. Come MOT time I can get an exhaust reading.

Hi many thanks for your comment. I used Fernox F3 central heating cleaner which appeared to work but possibly it only partially unblocked the radiator. The gunge and rust that came out could well indicate that the radiator is beyond flush so I am leaning to replacement. Thanks for the heads up re breather pipes I will check for leaks. Given everything rubber is very old it may be a good idea to replace them anyway. Cheers.

Never stops does it? Now I have an oil leak from the drive shaft

Think of it as dynamic rust proofing 😆 Given all the issues I e addressed with the mini oil leaks aren’t one of them…there, jinxed it now…

Hi thanks again for your comment and interest. I can only think that because the radiator is original, despite the flush, it remains partially blocked. I did flush through with hose pipe and it didn’t appear blocked but you never know. So by elimination, if I replace the radiator I know it isn’t that! Could it be a block waterway in the head? Simplest one is to replace the radiator and see…another video in the pipeline 😂

@@MiniJay250 Yeah could be a blocked waterway maybe, let's hope it's the radiator! I'll be interested to see the vid replacing the radiator as I was thinking of doing the same thing soon as its passed it sell by date.....

Hi, my research stated that the single point injection was introduced in October 1991 following the RSP cooper carb reintroduction which would make the RSP & coopers 1990-1991 the last carb models built?

Hi and thanks for the comment. I did think that the torque was high my torque wrench tops out at 200nm!

Hi, thanks for the comment. So should the hub spin turn with hand pressure than spin freely? I didn’t know which was correct? I was afraid that the cheaper bearings I used had “nipped up” and therefore they needed hand pressure to turn rather than spin freely?

@@MiniJay250 how did the passenger side spin when you tried it? did you try it?

Hi and thanks for commenting. Yep I’m definitely on a learning curve! Every job I’ve done has been a fight against rusted or seized parts! But finally getting to the end of the jobs and getting on the road. Will defo slap grease/wd40 on everything ready for next time. Glad you are enjoying watching the videos it makes the production of them worth while.

Hi and thanks for the comment. Glad you are enjoying the videos, makes the effort of production worth while. Regarding the tight bearings time will tell if they are tight and start to get hot when driven. If they fail then I will replace using Timken bearings, I may have succumbed to the old saying buy cheap buy twice…time will tell but they are guaranteed for 2 years so they will be sent back if they fail.

Thanks for the comment. It could very well be I have made the age old mistakes of but cheap buy twice. I am very near test driving the cooper so I suppose time will tell if the bearings get hot and fail due to being tight or not. If they do…Timken bearings it is! Thanks for the info re grease type.

Hi thanks for the comment. Sorry only have the Nippon gauges to demonstrate.

@ Jammer

Thanks for the comment. I thought it was an urban myth when I heard about tin foil but it worked on mine so good luck with yours.

Cheers and thanks for the comment. Glad you are enjoying following my renovation journey. I am enjoying making and producing the videos too so great that you are finding them watchable!

You just assume that they are all the same…but clearly not! Until you dig into the detail you don’t know! I suppose it comes down to if you are bothered around originality or not, which unfortunately for us we are!!

Cheers and thanks for the comment. I suppose modern LED versions are the way to go for safety and brightness, unfortunately for me I am a sucker for originality 🤦😂

Hi, glad my video helped give you ideas on how to do this job. I struggled just like you until I found this method on getting the inner diameter over the rack. Just aim to get the first part over then twist it round a fraction and push the next part over and so on. I agree there’s next to no room to get your hand in but hopefully you will do it. If I can you can. Good luck.

@@MiniJay250 It worked! I got the gaiter on eventually by using your technique. It doubled over on itself as it slid over the rack, so it took some fiddling to get it seated properly, but all's well that ends well. Thanks!

Top effort well done! I hoped that by filming my struggles it helps others doing the same work so chuffed my video helped and well done on getting the job done 👏

Hi, many thanks for the advice. It is t something I ever considered but certainly will do in future. Many thanks. Jay

More renovation work to the body planned for the cooper. I intend to learn on the blue mini city first before tackling the red cooper. Again renovation being the order of the day rather than wholesale panel replacement…unless the rot takes me there 😅

Believe me the blue mini city is a disaster from halfway down! I will be doing some videos on the city after the cooper is mobile. Plenty of hot snot needed to sort out buts lots of opportunities to learn basic welding and panel work.

Thanks for the comment. I hopefully show jobs as I experience them which are always longer jobs than others show! My mini is largely original, which is good, but means that most bolts are original and haven’t been touched in the 34 years!

@ looking forward to the next. These inspirational vlogs help me a lot with mine

Cheers glad to know the videos are helpful which was my reasoning behind taking the effort to help others get their minis going with diy skills and avoid big garage bills.

Yes I did read about the new uprated tie rods being a bigger diameter and stronger but wanted to keep it stock so made the decision to swap for OEM. But they are flimsy!

It seems everything is rotted solid, so wanted to show anyone undertaking the job they will need heat and penetration oil! Some examples make this look simple but it is a proper fight to break free something that has been together with little maintenance for 34 years!

Absolutely, something that has been joined together with little maintenance for 34 years with basic tools on your driveway is going to be a fight and no as all the you tube videos make it look so easy.

Sage remark my friend! We live and learn 😅

Definitely not as simple as other videos make it look, or so I found. 50% casualty rate on fitting the seals successfully! you know where you are with shoes!

Thanks for the comment. Other videos make them look easy but they are very tricky as you saw with a 50% casualty rate on trying to get the new seals in!

Many thanks for the advice. I know now for next time! Cheers.

Thanks for the comments. Yes indeed. I’ve watched many videos on this job and they all have no issues! Absolutely not how I found the job, very fiddly as you say. 50% causality rate on inserting the seals!

Thanks for the comment. It’s amazed me how long this thing is taking when I got it I thought I would lots of quick fixes then done. But in reality renovating a car that’s been stood for over 20 years takes a lot of time and effort as you can see! Glad you enjoy the videos.

Keep at it. Mine has turned into trigger’s broom!

Thanks for the comment. Thanks for watching my struggles!

Cheers. Hopefully my work around last as a repair. There does seem many different ways of resolving this issue mine is just one, but it worked so my fettling has done some good!

No chance, I’m Bolton born and bred. Glad the videos are of some use, remember these are just my documented efforts at fettling stuff not necessarily the right way to do the job…but they seem to work up to now!

No still debating whether to go 165 or get the remade original 145 Pirelli cinturatos fitted. I do need to decide before a test drive or though let me know your thoughts on the 165s after you have fitted them.

@@MiniJay250 when I enquired about them, they said I may need spacers from the rear as the bigger tyres may rub on the inner part of the body

@@classic1989mini I suppose when you start going non standard it creates unintended consequences like needing spacers etc and then you will need extended studs I suppose where does it end?!!

Haha thanks I decided not to put the screw in, as they just rot in place and round off when you remove them so left it out!

Hi @Banunu665 yes it’s simply brake cleaner in a squirty bottle it’s the ultimate cleaner! I use gallons of the stuff.

Thanks.

Cheers will do, hopefully I am coming towards the end of sorting what needs to be done to yet the mini out on the road...he said very hopefully! Glad you fund there video informative.

@@MiniJay250 yeah definitely find it informative thanks! Looking forward to seeing the mini out on the road!

Brilliant thanks for the advice. Hopefully I will be getting the mini on the road soon, so will find out how far away the steering is!

Thanks for the supportive comments @Polecat54941, glad you enjoy watching me try to fettle stuff! As well as enjoying renovating my mini I do like to make the videos so glad they appear watchable.

Same

Dito

Cheers and thanks for the supportive comments. Im not a mechanic...obviously! but keeping it methodical, slow and steady I seem to be fettling most of the stuff that I am finding, and are you will too. Good luck.

Thanks for the comments and good luck with the clubman. I had a 1275 GT back in the day...and would love to get my hands on another, but I'm sure I can't find one for £500 which is what I sold mine for...

Thanks, yes live and learn, I will certainly do that next service. Which will hopefully be soon as I’m near to getting it on the road and plan to change the oil again quickly using the current as a system flush.

Haha, I was tempted but stubborn enough to crack on and solve the issue!

Thanks. I am sure the are many ways to solve this issue, just glad I found one way...eventually!

Cheers, I just keep chipping away. If it's broke already I tell myself you can't make it any worse!

Cheers, yes I think this video may give a few mini owners a way to solve this issue, it seems it is quite a common fault.

it certainly did a far better job at removing inner crud than the holts rad flush did, thats for sure. Like I noted in the video, it even unblocked the heater matrix!

You can flush with the thermostat in place, but you run the risk of blocking at the stat if there is a lot of sediment/debris in the waterways that gets released by the action of the fernox. Some people have noted a sludge is released when this is used which will block at the stat. In my case it didn't cause sludge but lots of grit and debris.

@@MiniJay250 thanks for your reply I’ll have a think I may take it off like you did. Looking forward to next vid 👍🏻

Thanks for the supportive comments. I am just an enthusiastic diyer trying to get my mini on the road. Therefore I am probably missing stuff that more experienced folk would sort out but I suppose my diary relates to lots for people like me with limited knowledge trying to work it out! Some videos on you tube make it look simple and I have found that it is far from simple, but lets others know what they might be in for when they start their own repairs.

Thanks, will do. But there seems to be little info on my gauges as the voltage stabiliser appears to be built into the gauge and not a plug in unit as on some gauges, but I will try to fettle it…