Craigie-B 1310cc t2 mini turbo project :) (updated 17/11/2012) Now MOT'd
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have you put new pads on the back with not a lot of driving to bed them in?

Done now needs redoing lol

Thanks for the advice guys :)

No there arn't new pads :/


Went over to Simon's (MadMK1) house to pick up new subframe. Left my house at 6:30am and got there about 7:30 we agreed to meet at 8 so hung around for a bit till then and picked this bad boy up:



Gave it another coat on the side that faces the road as it was a little scratched and stuff.

Then it was all about getting the old one out:

Zorst off:



Zorst, H Brake, Battery Cable, Brake Lines Off:



Shocks out:



Subframe unbolted:





Subframe out:



The Rust:



This was all bent and broken by hand:





Sumting wong?



Car as she stands:













Hoping to get new one built up and back on the car tomorrow, will sort hand brake while in there then all it needs is the solid mounts fitting and its ready to pass MOT :) Unfortunately I missed the postman by 10 mins and will have to send my dad to collect them on monday.

Cheers for reading!

Ive seen worse subframes. Seems strange about the bushes. They have to be really bad to fail an mot.

looking good bud. but please get a new bumper!

I've been meaning to get a new bumper for 18 months hahaha

Okay so today, I relised that I had lost the new poly bushes for my rear subby FFS so I didn't get it on the car yet. However I have managed to get it built up.

Piccies:

Rubber Cones out:


New Subby Lent on the bench:



Radius Arm Off:



Subby Coming apart slowly:



Handbrake cable off, rubber cones out, radius arm off:



Both Arms off:



Subframe finally Naked:



New frame ready for building:



Re-Greased these to stop the handbrake catching:



Many Hours from the start all ready:



The floor where I have been working all day:



Its ready to go back on, and I'm knackered for today.

Cheers for reading :)

looking good

Done now needs redoing lol

Progress has been happening!

I have forgotten to update this as I've suddenly been swamped with uni work and trying to get the bugger MOT'd

so here goes progress form the last 2 weeks:

I'd been getting angry phone calls off of both my grandad and my dad about the subframe, long story short I had missed that the trumpet knuckle on one side was broken (the plastic bit that goes in the radius arms) and so they had to remove it and then get a new one, then my dad remembered I asked him to put the rear mounts off, and then it had to come apart again haha anyway he eventually got it finished late thurs night and so I came back form Uni on the friday night and was determined to get up at 5am to get the bloody thing ready for an MOT the same day.

However

Lazy student set alarm for 6 and didnt get up till 7, early morning wishing it would fix itself haha:



After about 4 hours of solid working got it back like this:





I was also told I needed to solid mount the front subframe and so this happened next, I changed the pear drops and the rear mounts to sold, I havent changed the turret bolt bushes - will they really make any difference?

Anyway the solid mounts fit perfectly wheres the polys too forever to get right.

Old vs New:



You can even see the poly isnt quite the right shape.



Car failed the MOT on the hand break as it was crap still, even after I adjusted it on the lever and on the rear drums, my grandad dropped it off at the garage to have a look at it as I was back at uni during the weeks and they told me the entire rear break setup was fooked and needed re-furbing:

I came home thurs night and on Fri morning had a look and the new hand break levers are slightly longer, original AP parts, but it says in the paperwork that they help improve hand break performance:




Put New:
Brake Shoes
Brake cylinders
H Break levers

I took some pictures of each corner of the drum for the drivers side so I could remember how it went together and if anyone else needed help:

Top Left:


Top Right:


Bottom Left:


Bottom Right:


Whole Hub:



I adjusted the hand break lever so that you could raise it 6 clicks instead of the 3 it was at as well (under recommendation from MOT man who used to be into minis)


Eventually this was the result:



Now I just need some tax and its good for the road, however it runs rich still so needs a tune up after I get it run in and shes good for a couple years.


Funny how an "engine change" turned into a full mechanical restoration isnt it?

Now im going to enjoy it for a year or so then when I get a graduate job and have money coming in properly and comfortably shell be coming off the road again for a full resto and upgrades to 150bhp

About time! Well done.