Just bought this
 

And all for ?200:D its a 1.4

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engines blew up though haha

Bloody bargin regardless!

Absolute steal! Has it had a front end bump mate?

yeah mate, notice the 25 lights lol, needs a bonnet cable, sort out the passenger side central locking, ball joint and head gasket possible a head and il sort out all the wee niggles

its taxed and moted too

it was running...just when i picked it up then it made the unmistakable broken valve noise so dunno what itll need

Always a give away, although some zrs were sent our with 25 hlights. Still a total bargain and a nice wee project

Thats such a nightmare to hear, you just know the heads goosed lol

sure theres one at work, n stuarty said i can raid his garden too cuz we swapped his 25's engine for a 1.8, not too bothered tbh, new engine will be about 100 out meekans anywhoo worst case scenario

not sure whats happening to it yet, either gonna keep it, sell it to ma burds mu for prety much what it costs, or i could easy get a grand for it

Nice wee project mate.

lucky man! wish I had that luck!

Looks no bad ritchy do you not fancy stripping it for track days and punt the extra bits.

top notch buy there Ritchy. once sorted it'll be a wee belter:D

Good wee project.

Thats a steal, id keep it a while and get some use out of it, cheap tax ins if you keep it a 1.4 ;)

They your boats Ritch?

ma dads boats nor

well stripped down, no snapped valve but the piston was full of water so think thats how it stopped cranking over, can see where the gaskets failed at number one,

so plan at present is...
get the head tested and skimmed tomorrow, buy a uprated gasket set and ladder, new radiator, new timing belt kit, alt and pas belts think il get another inlet manifold as this ones painted..., bonnet latch cable, strip front bumper off check front end repair is up to scratch, doesnt look like its had a front panel though and get a new driver seat, treat some bits of paint and should be good:D

well heres what it looks like after 3 hours work

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then i took the front of to see what the accident damage was, it looks like its had a light front end bump, breaking the crash bar, theyve just left it off but im going to get one at the weekend, the slam panel is the original and is all still intact, but im going to give it a coat of matt black to help protect it all:) see if i can get some zr headlights too

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just won a full red leather brm interior for it:) should look good

Nice project you got there Ritchy, thats a bloody bargain even if the engine is a little sick! ;)

This takes me back to when i had my ZR160, wish i had space for another one at home but new alloys are on the cards for my mk2 so can`t be too greedy! :D

did a wee bit more work this evening, took all the valves out and lapped all the inlet valves in, but the wee suction cup on the lapping stick av got at home isnt sticking to the exhaust valves so gonna need me work one
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valvesss

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then i got carried away again, as usual....just ned to clean all the mating faces up now

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Looks like another great rebuild, all to a high standard. Hope it all goes well.

Looked at mini prices, as the grandson will be able to drive in a year or two. Idea was to get one that needed a bit of work. Prices are eye watering, ?750 for one thats OK for restoration!! Most likely rusted out rear subframe. MOT'd ones going for ?1500, ?2000, said a 1.4 ZR would be cheaper, or a ZS come to that.

Suppose its the insurance that pushes the mini prices up, scrapped one of the daughters mini, too much rust in the boot. Last seen being lifted up in the sky by a crane in the scrappies that had hold of the boot and was shaking it like a dog with a bone.


Poor mini, not a pretty sight.


:-D:-D:-D:-D:-D

thats the thing with minis unless you pay the money theyre usually rotton, mind you not as bad down dorset compared to up here but still probably better to spend the extra with a good bodywork, knackered engine wouldnt be too bad on one from what i gather theyre pretty easy to swap

Did a couple on my own, undo the subframe, brakes, worse bit exhaust manifold joint and lift the body up, push the subframe out.

Always had to have help getting the driveshafts out, worried I'd damage the casing by giving them a clout.

:wave::wave::wave:

did a bit of work with the surface prep tool i bought this eveningm shame nobody will ever see it all once its all built up

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full brm interiors here now:D including the red carpet, red leather seats, the doorcards with the red leather trim, the leather steering wheel yes red, red gear gaitor and red leather centre console, red leather handbrake with aluminium button and trims and the alloy gear knob, not bad for ?113 eh, got ?20 back already from the passenger seat,
i wasnt sure about the red in the car but it looks lovely, guess because its more of a wine colour, tanya loves it so think plans have changed and shes getting the car now

nice, but mair feckin pics noo baw bag:D

theyre not actually fitted just sat them in to get them out the rain, plus steam cleaning the carpet tomorrow as well so get some proper pics once fully fitted

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wee bit more done today, leaving the red carpet out just keeping the grey one, just need rover 200 interior handles to finnish off the doorcards off:)


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what ye think:)

Looks great Ritch, coming along.

cheers nor, hoping to have it running for next weekend fingers crossed

Looking good, lucky you like your job!!!!

:thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:

My you have been a busy chap, nice :D

Thats looking really smart mate, i dig the brm interior, looks classy! :D

cheers guys:D just back from SMC but might go n fit this other doorcard n the camshafts into the head:)

That looks awesome mate

had another hour or so to do a bit more today...yes i know its taking ageeeees, thought id show you how good my wee surface prep tool is, it uses 3m nylon roloc brushes so doesnt damage the metal, so at the stage of everything getting bolted back together now if this rain goes away that is
also cleaned the expansion tank bottle took ages and lots of boiling water new waterpumps on too
50/50
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all done

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expansion bottle

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old and new radiator

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old and new waterpump

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hopefully next update itll be running

coming along nicely

well got onto it about 3 o'clock today, n its running and bled up but the cooling fan isnt kicking in so need to look into whay that is, so guess thats why the gasket went in the first place, so shall see how it gets on once thats sorted

wee pic before i fitted the radiator
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Looks good Ritch.

Man, wish i had your knowledge with engines, being able to strip it down like this. Looks well nice mate, bloody lovely indeed!