Today was the annual Miniworld Action Day at Castle Combe Circuit near Swindon in Wiltshire. As My Old Smoker is off the road and I needed to get a few parts to fix him we took my Mum’s Mini to the show instead.
With a two and a half hour (uhuh, 2.5 hours, two stops [...]
Completing the compression test on the engine of My Old Smoker (the new, not so complementary name for Harvey the Mini Cooper) has given me some very good news. I now have a way ahead for fixing the bloody thing!
With the coil lead disconnected, removing the spark plugs one at a time I [...]
You may or may not know that I’m struggling with my Mini at the moment. I took the spark plugs out one at a time this afternoon. Number one was nice and clean (ish!) normal looking. Two, three and four were sooty and black.
One – four (left to right):
I jumped [...]
What you are looking at above is the block of an engine. Between cylinders two and three is a gap (arrowed) where a chunk of metal is missing from the face. Notice also the scoring down the left hand cylinder. This is number 3 and there’s no way that scoring should be [...]
For I have sinned.
I have doubted
and cursed
the little car that
we love so much.
My faith was shattered,
but is now restored.
We must never forget
The genius of the man
The creator of
the greatest car in the world.
10 feet long, 4 feet wide,
not perfection, but,
damned close it is.
The A series engine
Bombproof and full of power.
The original design,
Still the best, fucked [...]
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