Mini Mad Max
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Is that a splitter in the bottom picture under the nose cone? I always wondered what sort of detachable aerodynamic mods could be attached to enhance the buggy's road use
Phaeton":3aljjple said:Sorry Steve for no picture just really busy, Sunday this side of the hills was a complete washout, it never stopped raining all day. Then last night the Lag had been in for test & failed on a broken coil spring, so that came off, tonight I finished off a house alarm & then came back & put the new spring on. Maybe tomorrow night I might be allowed a couple of hours, it will be good if the new mounts arrive. Ordered them from one place over the weekend & then at 5:20 Monday I got an email to say stock was wrong & they couldn't send them, although they are still advertising that they have 10 left in stock, so ordered from somewhere else. Hoping once they stop the engine moving it will cure the problem as you can select all gears whilst stationary, the gearbox has already been fully reconditioned.
But other than that, it needs front arch brackets repairing/making front indicators fitting, handbrake comes a long long way up, then a general tidy up, new battery & I think I'll take it down for an MOT
Alan...
I know Ben used to give cedric some stick on the farm land, and I know how easily mini engine steadies break, especially as they weren't designed for the shocks and bumps of offroad use. Have you checked all the steadies are okay? Not loose or broken bracket etc? As the engine shouldn't move much at all with two gearbox steadies and the top steady that mounts to the buggy frame. Perhaps lack of steadies lead to dead engine mounts ??? I only say this as most the steadies that i removed from my donor car had been broken and welded back up, and putting the engine in the other day, it feels rather sturdy now with 3 steadies, and I'm yet to bolt on my ultimate engine steady!Phaeton":3ldmxcd3 said:Sorry Steve for no picture just really busy, Sunday this side of the hills was a complete washout, it never stopped raining all day. Then last night the Lag had been in for test & failed on a broken coil spring, so that came off, tonight I finished off a house alarm & then came back & put the new spring on. Maybe tomorrow night I might be allowed a couple of hours, it will be good if the new mounts arrive. Ordered them from one place over the weekend & then at 5:20 Monday I got an email to say stock was wrong & they couldn't send them, although they are still advertising that they have 10 left in stock, so ordered from somewhere else. Hoping once they stop the engine moving it will cure the problem as you can select all gears whilst stationary, the gearbox has already been fully reconditioned.
But other than that, it needs front arch brackets repairing/making front indicators fitting, handbrake comes a long long way up, then a general tidy up, new battery & I think I'll take it down for an MOT
Alan...
Mini Mad Max":1o1xh11x said:I hope the engine mounts arrive shortly and aren't an absolute pig to fit!