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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 ...

I can remember when seat belts first came out my ma, being a doctor, and very safety conscious, was mad keen on them so we had three point fixed ones, i.e. not inertia reel fitted in the front of our Morris Minor while in the rear we two had to...

Tis flipping cookin here. :confused: Hate workin in it. My eyes sting for ages with the sweat running into them despite what I wear head gear wise. We have resolved to get up stoopid early tomoz and stop earlier. ;)

That's either one double or triple yolker and a couple of smaller uns, or one normal one and a couple of apprentice pieces!! Or one double yolker, one normal and one apprectice piece on closer examination!! Ours have just got beyond the...

Top marks for that one 🤣

Afternoon folks :). Been pottering as it’s starting to warm up :). M went and got some more eggs, I had to question if we got our 20p/per egg value🤔. J

and the link with the quote is.........? 🤣

Not got a lot. about 4 batteries and some offcuts, plus some stuff saved in case I need it, best get it tidied Bit of beer money that's about it, postponed till tomorrow now cause shopping took a bit longer than expected :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

Congrats!

MOT passed 😄