Tiggersmini Freestyle Build Discussion Thread
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Mini Mad Max
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Envy is felt Boyd! Mine is the least progressed buggy on here :-\ But I'm trying to pick up the pace as i spent many pennies in the minisport sale on the 30th december to beat the vat increase! Hooray! Keep up the great work and yours will be on the road before you know it! 
Max
Max
tiggersmini
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Actually got to take the buggy out for a spin after doing all the work on her, excellent fun and got people looking. Not running as nice as I would like, think I will have to look at the timing, got to sort the fan belt as was squealing abit, and off side front indicator packed up, but repaired it tonight, broken wire. Question how long are your seats as I have trouble getting 2nd and 4th as the gear stick is inbetween the end of the seats? Defiantly need to get the tracking sorted as was a bit twitchy especially after going over pot holes.
Boyd,
I'm sure there are few pictures of both mine & Danny's gear sticks, we've done similar things, cut the upper of the stick off where it's vulcanised together & then cut the upper part & re-welded back onto the bottom. I need to change mine sightly now as it's a bit of a stretch to get 1st & 3rd. Not sure which way round your selector is, but going the 'new' way moves the whole thing forward nearly an inch.
Actually don't think we've seen any pictures of your buggy.
Alan...
I'm sure there are few pictures of both mine & Danny's gear sticks, we've done similar things, cut the upper of the stick off where it's vulcanised together & then cut the upper part & re-welded back onto the bottom. I need to change mine sightly now as it's a bit of a stretch to get 1st & 3rd. Not sure which way round your selector is, but going the 'new' way moves the whole thing forward nearly an inch.
Actually don't think we've seen any pictures of your buggy.
Alan...
tiggersmini
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Cheers for that, I will take a pict tomorrow it will show what I mean about the seats and gear stick. been looking at other projects and the seats are much further back in the buggy. Basiclly I think the only solution is to get some new seats. There are some pictures on the projects thread.
Boyd
Boyd
tiggersmini
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Hi guys, not been around for a while as busy with travelling with work, seemed to have spent quite a bit of it in Africa. When I have been at home other things see the to crop up, not at least we bought a caravan a few years ago and been using up weekends in it. So after neglecting the buggy for sometime I decided to get my finger out and do something with it. As previously mentioned the engine was playing up still could not get running sweetly so decided to do a engine swap, plus it needs rewiring, been in contact with Alan from premier wiring and he is going to do me a new loom, he says hi to you all. Decided the seats will have to go and to get some new narrower ones to help with the gear lever problem. Plus any other problems/hair brain ideas I might get. ???
So last week I stripped out the interior, drained the fuel tank, found it has a leak. Got the engine out on Saturday and started stripping the suspension, found need all new bushes, shocks are shot need all new gaiters.
Have any of you had a behind the seats fuel tank made, as want one with a fuel float in it?
I have been catching up with the going ons on the forum recently.
Boyd
So last week I stripped out the interior, drained the fuel tank, found it has a leak. Got the engine out on Saturday and started stripping the suspension, found need all new bushes, shocks are shot need all new gaiters.
Have any of you had a behind the seats fuel tank made, as want one with a fuel float in it?
I have been catching up with the going ons on the forum recently.
Boyd
Here is mine, cost me £180 or £200 I seem to remember but that was a couple of years ago,
muddybuggies-owners-projects-f37/mr-bumble-s-rebuild-t1456-30.html
Only issue I have with it which you may not experience, the tank straddles the tunnel which means there is fuel below the level of the cut-out on both sides of the buggy, I thought I was being clever & had the builder put a fuel pick-up into both chambers, which is great, but as mine is an injection I also had to have a fuel return. The return goes behind the passenger, which means that that side stays fuller whilst the other side empties completely, once I get very low on fuel that side starts to pick up air & cause running issues. I than have to weave about all over to try to slosh fuel from the passenger side to the drivers side bit like they used to do in F1 lol, moral of the story don't run that low on fuel, which I normally don't. But as said this is only because I'm running injection, on carbs it wouldn't logically be an issue. I either need to get a balance pipe welded between the 2 halves, or what I think I will do is put the drivers side on a solenoid so that fuel is not drawn from there until it's opened, which would then effectively pump fuel to the other side & give me a reserve tank.
Alan...
muddybuggies-owners-projects-f37/mr-bumble-s-rebuild-t1456-30.html
Only issue I have with it which you may not experience, the tank straddles the tunnel which means there is fuel below the level of the cut-out on both sides of the buggy, I thought I was being clever & had the builder put a fuel pick-up into both chambers, which is great, but as mine is an injection I also had to have a fuel return. The return goes behind the passenger, which means that that side stays fuller whilst the other side empties completely, once I get very low on fuel that side starts to pick up air & cause running issues. I than have to weave about all over to try to slosh fuel from the passenger side to the drivers side bit like they used to do in F1 lol, moral of the story don't run that low on fuel, which I normally don't. But as said this is only because I'm running injection, on carbs it wouldn't logically be an issue. I either need to get a balance pipe welded between the 2 halves, or what I think I will do is put the drivers side on a solenoid so that fuel is not drawn from there until it's opened, which would then effectively pump fuel to the other side & give me a reserve tank.
Alan...
tiggersmini
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Yeh seemed to have missed a good summer for the buggy, always been my plan to get it done for next spring, fingers crossed next summer will be as good as this years.
Boyd
Boyd
tiggersmini
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Hi all.
After a considerable break with work and other things, plus getting jealous of seeing other kit cars driving about though I better get my arse into gear, so decided a month ago to get the buggy on the road for this summer.
So started off with the wiring, as it's a new loom and I forgot to label the lights etc, I started out by finding out which wire rid what then run then Temporary ran the wiring where I wanted it to go made my dash board and bit by bit got it wired in. Just got the fueling side to wire in. Also got to tidy up the main wiring in the front of the buggy. Finish off setting-up the speedo. Also put in some new led headlight bulbs certainly very bright but apparently only use 1.6 amps so less strain on the alternator bonus.
Altered the brackets for the carb as I was not happy with them, made another bracket for the speedo they are now drying in the house ovef Christmas.
After reading the thread on suspension geometry and it made alot of sense got myself some adjustable bottom arms which I fitted on Thursday just got to set it all up now.
One of the jobs to get done after Christmas is the new fuel tank made but need to get a cad done first ( cardboard assisted drawing) to make sure if all fits.
Merry Christmas to everyone.
Boyd.
After a considerable break with work and other things, plus getting jealous of seeing other kit cars driving about though I better get my arse into gear, so decided a month ago to get the buggy on the road for this summer.
So started off with the wiring, as it's a new loom and I forgot to label the lights etc, I started out by finding out which wire rid what then run then Temporary ran the wiring where I wanted it to go made my dash board and bit by bit got it wired in. Just got the fueling side to wire in. Also got to tidy up the main wiring in the front of the buggy. Finish off setting-up the speedo. Also put in some new led headlight bulbs certainly very bright but apparently only use 1.6 amps so less strain on the alternator bonus.
Altered the brackets for the carb as I was not happy with them, made another bracket for the speedo they are now drying in the house ovef Christmas.
After reading the thread on suspension geometry and it made alot of sense got myself some adjustable bottom arms which I fitted on Thursday just got to set it all up now.
One of the jobs to get done after Christmas is the new fuel tank made but need to get a cad done first ( cardboard assisted drawing) to make sure if all fits.
Merry Christmas to everyone.
Boyd.
tiggersmini
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Been doing odd bits in the garage.
Still doing the last bits on the wiring side final fixings and making sure nothing is rubbing.
Made up an adaptor for the new temperature sender that comes with the speedo, with the kit you get a in line hose adaptor which on the buggy can only go in the heater hose that comes off the bottom hose, and I was thinking you would not get an accurate reading. So I thought about putting it in the original place, I had an old sender which I could us as a trial and it seems to work. Although I have yet to fit it to the engine to wet outside at the moment as got to drain some of the coolant.
Still doing the last bits on the wiring side final fixings and making sure nothing is rubbing.
Made up an adaptor for the new temperature sender that comes with the speedo, with the kit you get a in line hose adaptor which on the buggy can only go in the heater hose that comes off the bottom hose, and I was thinking you would not get an accurate reading. So I thought about putting it in the original place, I had an old sender which I could us as a trial and it seems to work. Although I have yet to fit it to the engine to wet outside at the moment as got to drain some of the coolant.