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Last post was in august, really?! So sorry! I wish you all a happy and successful 2017! Well, to make the good news short: The Mini is roadworthy again and earned its inspection sticker. :) However in the meantime, I sold the Hotel I used to run (a real one, made from bricks, not Hyundai) which mean...

Fail for not washing first. Lye eats carbon a lot better than oil. n00b :-D I always wash with petrol or degreaser and water first. Not a fail, a "learning". :lol2: I've used petrol or degreaser (thinner or something) in the past, but lately (3-4 years) went to petroleum. That was after I...

Progress! The breather is clean again, after I upped my game: lye_cooked.small.jpg The hot lye removed almost everything (including the paint), except a little greasy residue in the steel wool that's inside. Then I remembered what I use to wash out bearings: Petroleum. A sip of petroleum, a good sha...

Glad your PlayStations are steel, why do they look like they're brass in the photo? I guess PlayStations = seat rails? Either way, the thought of brass Playstations and brass seat rails made me chuckle. :lol: They probably look like that because there are very old and warm white fluorescent lamps i...

The shifter housing is back under the car. Had to seriously bend the attaching rod so the gear selector rod moves straight with no radial load. Feels good now, really excited how it shifts. :) Reminded by Freds crankcase pressure escapades, I checked the one crankcase breather that's easily removed....

Wow that's a beefy shifter housing! You can clearly see the difference in swedish and british engineering mentality. :D The seat rails (why do I even bother using a dictionary? :D ) are of mild steel, S235. I'd say that's good enough, but now I wish I had bought S355. Oh well, it will have to do now...

Work on the gear lever box has escalated, but I think I got it under control by now. I received and assembled my new Chinese shop press. Quite good for the price, about what I expected. Needs some tuning. I've got pictures of most of the work, but not sure if Fred likes my habit of uploading them he...

That's actually a good idea, never heard of it. Yes, I also just realized the rod is 1/2 inch. I briefly thought about making a new one, but I don't have the right stock and also, it can be turned around, so the worn area is switched to where it doesn't matter. That's pretty cool. Now I only need to...

Well, while waiting for parts (and a new hydraulic press) to be delivered, I thought, let's shave another yak. I couldn't get the quickshift off of the gearlever housing, so I took it out of the car. Before opening, I gave it a quick clean (with WD40, my handy dentist tool and some rags). IMG_201608...

There's quite some stuff on the above lists I'd like to have too, but also some I already have. I can say for sure: A lathe should belong to every household. Since I have mine, it's very frequently in use. I've only rarely used the plasma cutter on the other hand. A bead blaster cabinet is too labor...