[Mini] Ancient list window decal. A small piece of history.

[Brett Nicholson]

Hi,

The list is very, very quiet.  I think because there are so many FB groups
out there now.  I recall the days when there were 200 odd messages and I
struggled to read them all.

The new house is great, but still so much to do outside and in the
workshop. It's a bit like a Mini project, it never seems to end.

Right now it's the coldest part of the year here in Australia.  We had snow
on the weekend, which is quite rare. The Mini and Moke and tucked up for
the winter, but I have had my old Land Rover Series 3 out a couple of
times.

The Mini (1966 Mk1 Austin Super-Deluxe 850cc) has a big oil leak I need to
sort.  I suspect it's a diff seal.

The 1971 Moke is jumping out of second gear. When I rebuilt the engine and
gearbox a few years ago the dog teeth on second gear looked a bit dodgy.
At the time I could not source a new DAM6240 wide ratio A+ second gear for
love nor money.  So I had to reuse it.  Guess what?  It started jumping out
of second gear within a few months.  The part has now become available new,
so I bought one. I really cannot be bothered tearing it all down to change
it. It's been like that for about 6,000 miles, so it can wait a few more!

My 1965 Mini Traveller project is sleeping in a shipping contained, where
it has been stored for the last four years while the new workshop and house
was built. In the spring I will drag it to the workshop.

On a sort-of Mini related front, a couple of years ago I bought a 1966 BMC
Mini Tractor very cheap.  These have an A-series 948cc Diesel engine.  With
a whole 21hp it's no rocketship.  But it does make me wonder what would
happen if I turbo'd it using MG Metro bits and gave the injector pump a
tweak.  I guess I would probably end up with Mini 850 levels of power for a
short time until it blew up :P

Cheers,
Brett Nicholson (bnicho)
Greendale, Victoria, Australia.


On Tue, Aug 13, 2019 at 8:34 PM Richard Porter <ricp at minijem.plus.com>
wrote:

> On 13 Aug 2019 John Lieberman  wrote:
>
> > Wow!  That's an oldie, alright.  It's really a shame that activity on
> > this list has dwindled to the point that it is now.  Hope you enjoy your
> > new place!
>
> I've still got that on my SSD. We really need to switch to facebook
> messenger or whatsapp.
>
> --
> Richard Porter                      http://www.minijem.plus.com/
> t: @westernexplorer                 mailto:ricp at minijem.plus.com
> I don't want a "user experience" - I just want stuff that works.
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