Royal Mail never fail to disappoint do they? The affordable timing light/rev-counter etc. etc. was due to arrive this morning and I was looking forward to sorting out the dynamic timing on the mini. Now last night the tracking said "At Chelmsford hub, Delivery will be 09:40 - 12:40 tomorrow"...

I think it the phrase "made or adapted" in the offensive weapons act is what gives the police such wide scope to interpret items as "offensive weapons". For example, as pure bit of fun I made myself a cosh with a bit of 8mm steel wire as the core, 2" wrap of lead glued to one end and then...

Morning All. :D Not a bad day so far. :) Have a good one. :D

Morning All. :D G-Kids off to their mothers for2 days after school today and we don't get them back till Friday. :) Have a nice day. :D

Radio code isn't in there AFAIK. There is no comms between the vehicle and the Audio system.

I gave it a try out this morning. It didn't go as well as I had hoped. Ran fine on the driveway no issues rev-ing from tickover to 4,000 (same as yesterday). Reversed out into the street and tried to pull away and it was as flat as a pancake, but lots of pops & cracks from the other side of...

Morning All. :D An early start (schoolkids) :) A shopping day. :( Have a lovely day. :D

Thanks, you are right, last car I had with a manual choke was my Vauxhall Victor FB 1503cc. Everything since has had an automatic choke or has been injection/ecu controlled.

I know it's what a chokes for relly, but was surprised it needed choke on a non-icy day. The two rows of numbers are the needle diameters at each of their 16 stations along their length from fat base to pointy end. :) So if you put a thicker needle in a fixed 0.1" jet the delivery size gets...

Well it did say member projects, didn't say LR only ;)

I did go play with it a little bit today. I found that it demanded choke until warmed up or it just petered out and died. Then I tried giving it some beans and it popped & farted in the intake. So as I had the dizzy "snugged but movable" I moved it around a bit and found a sweet spot where it...

... I forgot to say that this week my son is at a trade show/conference in Las Vegas. So guess who has his kids to stay while he is away all week for Mon, Tue, Friday? Go on have a guess. :eek: Already it has been "my Tablet/Nintendo/Phone is flat". Ok, where's your charger then? "At...

A BDL needle has been ordered (<£20 inc. P&P) so not a huge outlay. AND I have finally heard from the British Mini Club regarding their evaluation of the car. They have valued it as being worth £12,000. So that is 926 times my outlay for the winning ticket. :D What did my wife say...

Morning ALL. :D A cold windy morning here, tears running down my face because of the wind on the newspaper run. :) Apart from the cat's snores waking us up it was a restful night (loudest cat on the planet I think). No real plans for today, but I might venture out in the Mini. :) Have a great...

Thanks for this :) Problem with "Standard Needle" is that there's hundreds of the beggars in the catalogue. What is in there is a BBA. Which is a pretty straight profile. Not sure what a 1276 Metro engine in a Mini ought to be using. and that isn't even in the list of recommended needles from...

Thanks for this. It is certainly a path I can tread if my willpower breaks. TBH, I had it running last week (although it wanted to die at stops/traffic lights) so maybe a few runs around the locality will tell me enough. There is nothing I find more anxiety producing than being in live...

Morning All. :D A wet and soggy Sunday. :( Have a restful time. :D

Goodnight all. See you tomorrow. :D

I bet it is weeping from the in/out of the pump but evaporating (with stink) before it hits the ground. :)

Well, it isn't as bad, but still a lingering odour. I wonder if the pump plumbing is leaking. It is on the bulkhead side of the engine.