So what can i say...

Ok i'll start with nothing has happened to mavis in a while.

Due to several factors.

Mostly a lack of money,Time to do anything.

And still no power to the garage.

Not sure where but the cable is broken and its underground,so i'm going to have to sort that first.

To repair this is going to eat into the small amount of money that i have saved up to do the next few bits i had intended to buy for mavis.

I will try harder to update this blog in future.

stu and mavis.....:O(

So whats happened??????

Well to be honest next to nothing has happened.
First off i've got no electrics in the garage,so no light or power if needed.
And secondly funds are non exsistant.

I have no spare time at the moment and i will have to get the power back on some how.

But i hope to get started again in the new year so watch this space but dont hold your breath.

See you in the new year!!

fresh air ducting..

well i have managed to remove and clean all the fresh air ducting from the old shell.
Its all been cleaned with the help from my 3yr old son.
I just need to reinstall it now into the new shell.

And on a slightly different note I went to the riv run show in newquay this year.
First time for 3 years that i've been.
Gets you in the mood for doing lots of work to the car but i have no funds at the moment.
Some very nice cars there,didnt seem as busy as previous years could have been a weather thing as the weather wasnt great for camping.

well sign off time.
more soon.

washers!!!!!

Been a while so heres a small update of things.
I have just bought all thats needed to finish off the windscreen washers.
The water bottle i already had with pump.
I had to buy new pipe a "T" piece and some new washer jets.
In all this has cost me £25.But they are now finished and can be forgot about for now.
I now have to fit the pipe from the boot to the Engine bay,this is because the water bottle on the later mini's was mounted in the boot to save on space under the bonnet.
So i have about 3 meters of pipe to pull up the "c" pillar across the roof and down the "A" pillar,Through the bulkhead and into the enginebay.
Then it can be connected to the newly fitted washer jets.
I decided to go for the small single jet chrome type rather then the twin jet.
This is because they are smaller and use less water each time you use them.
(the bottle for water is not very big in a mini).


righ thats it for now.
may take a couple of pictures later.

wipers...

Ok i have had an hour on the rebuild today.
First off i have fitted new wiper wheel boxes to the shell,With a freshly greased cable.
This has been fitted to the overhauled wiper motor.
I have also finally managed to remove the wiring loom from mavis's old shell.
I have come to the conclusion that the old loom has had it so i need to buy a new.
just need some funds now.
next time i hope to get some contact glue so i can fit the headlining.


thats all for now
more soon i hope.