Struggling to chuck stuff away Shall I, Sharnt I, it might come in handy one day 😀

Must admit, I'd keep the Moonshine toolbox!!! Only kidding!!

Mornin Looking lovely out there Must get out and mow the lawns before it gets too hot Stay cool all :)

If thay is 20yrs old I would say thay are past the sell by date and you will soon be p------g plastic 😯😯

Afternoon folks :). Cut the front grass this morning, nearly filled the little trailer with the cuttings, chucked that all out on the common after. It worked up a sweat and soaked my shirt. think I will leave the strimming of the edges till...

Wot? Basildon?

After all this time the plastic is breaking down and you can smell/taste petrochemicals perhaps? China or glass always here. :)

They is plastic cups which hold 500ml. Got about 10 from sainsberrys near 20 years ago. Logical fing would be to change to glass. Me pipes were lead and water contamination were high enuff to taste. Running the tap cleared it but water standing...

Several times. But it only appears after a run. I want to believe it's the rocker gasket, but I can't find any oil ABOVE the plug well so far.

Um have you cleaned it to see if it comes back? Clean it up.. start engine.. watch for progress

I wondered, but I am always very careful, and I had the "leak" without pulling the stick.

When did you last pull the dipstick and check it. Cos you will always pull it with 1 hand and hold the end with the other for the end to drip, right there 🤔. J

Since he last posted about sooty plugs I too have been wondering, despite his happiness with the Rolling road session, if it isn't running a bit rich.

I have also been wondering if he doesn't need hotter plugs. What thinkest you all?

Rocker cover gasket ?

It is a HIF44 SU carb. I am willing to believe it's the HG, but I cannot track the oil down from there so far. If it was a cracked head etc I would expect other symptoms too. No blue smoke or steam either, but the radiator was a bit low when I...

What carb has it got? Oil appearing there can only come from the rocker gasket or possibly a cracked head, it has been rebuilt by the looks it has ARP headstuds so I guess they would of done a 1/2 decent job throwing it together,

Morning All. :D Supposed to be a scorcher today, but no signs of that yet. :) Our "free" day except for feeding sons cats, and getting HIS kids from the school. Have a good day. :D

I should hope you do.

Maybe go to ornery porcelain or china ones then. We take glasses of water to bed with us, just use a drink mat on top of the bedside cabinet to not damage the surface. But if we ever have drinks down by the pool we have a massive set of all...

Nope

Is there a special reason why you use plastic ones?

Sooty as Sweep the puppet. But not wet. They are all sooted up, its awful.

Yes but I tested for a leak and it was clean.

That cork gasket looks suspect...

Well maybe all in the garden is not so "rosy". :( We have a mystery oil leak. Meet Cyl #3. Why is there a pool of oil in the plug well? Ahhh its dripping down from the gasket above you cry! Err.. Nope! I cleaned it all up with brake cleaner...

Yes, the early mk1 had the chrome push button window catches, changed to plastic arround 65. I had 62 Austin Mini de lux in 1966, it had lights in the rear bins as well as under binicle on dash same as the Cooper. I also had a 66 Cooper in atound...

I had forgotten about the lights in the rear bins! And yes only my ma's had the chrome catches, although my first one was a 1963 de luxe it had the placcy ones. I could never afford a Cooper, or, more importantly, the insurance. I had a bad habit...

I think they were based on aircraft seatbelts ...