The West Coast Winter
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Originally Posted by Dan Moffet
Just for Tony:
Boiling water from a thermos....
https://youtu.be/TRqUZxci31Q
In the background, you can see a house-boat on the lake.
Plenty of other things to do.
Skiing, snowshoeing, sliding, writing your name in the snow (Canadians will understand that), camping, snowball fights, driving on square (frozen) tires, snowmobiling, ice sailing, ice climbing (like rock climbing), ice fishing.....
Boiling water from a thermos....
https://youtu.be/TRqUZxci31Q
In the background, you can see a house-boat on the lake.
Plenty of other things to do.
Skiing, snowshoeing, sliding, writing your name in the snow (Canadians will understand that), camping, snowball fights, driving on square (frozen) tires, snowmobiling, ice sailing, ice climbing (like rock climbing), ice fishing.....
Its actually fun to visit snowy places , play with snow BUT to actually live there ???!!! Nope Not my cup of tea.
You probably have to warm up your mini for 45minutes (with choke cable pulled all the way out) before you drive it to avoid damage.
Really unimaginable places to live.
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Hilarious Minerva!
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Speaking of writing your name in the snow....we should all be old enough (us Cannucks) to remember the situation when Mick Jagger wrote his name in a Canadian snowbank in Ottawa....but it was in Margret Trudeau's handwriting.. :)
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Just for Tony:
Boiling water from a thermos....
https://youtu.be/TRqUZxci31Q
In the background, you can see a house-boat on the lake.
Plenty of other things to do.
Skiing, snowshoeing, sliding, writing your name in the snow (Canadians will understand that), camping, snowball fights, driving on square (frozen) tires, snowmobiling, ice sailing, ice climbing (like rock climbing), ice fishing.....
Boiling water from a thermos....
https://youtu.be/TRqUZxci31Q
In the background, you can see a house-boat on the lake.
Plenty of other things to do.
Skiing, snowshoeing, sliding, writing your name in the snow (Canadians will understand that), camping, snowball fights, driving on square (frozen) tires, snowmobiling, ice sailing, ice climbing (like rock climbing), ice fishing.....
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Originally Posted by specialist
While the people in California enjoys 60-70F winter temps? Fishing, beach volleyball etc. to me California is the best place to live.in , we only live once why not maximize it? Just a thought.
Mini's are like buses they come along in a bunch
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Sir dan, what types of outdoor activities can you do with -40F temp? If none, does it mean that you'll stay inside the house the entire winter time? While the people in California enjoys 60-70F winter temps? Fishing, beach volleyball etc. to me California is the best place to live.in , we only live once why not maximize it? Just a thought.
I also heard that in edmonton canada when you toss a cup of water in the air, it goes down as block of ice. I mean its nice but jesus christ that is too frigid cold not funny anymore, it fatal.
I also heard that in edmonton canada when you toss a cup of water in the air, it goes down as block of ice. I mean its nice but jesus christ that is too frigid cold not funny anymore, it fatal.
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Right AL... -40F = -40C = too bloody friggin cold - risk of the beer freezing up!
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Spitz
You're getting there, , isn't-40 in F or C =. (Equal) ??
Curious minds
Big AL
40 degrees Fahrenheit as we type and green grass-
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Yep..... -33 here this morning..happy friggen new year....
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That Black phase (of the Eastern Grey Squirrel) or his cousin 3,000 kms. removed was on my back deck 2 days ago.
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Amazing how a cheeky posting gets things going in an interesting & useful way.
I've never driven an SU, Zenith or similarly supplied car in super cold weather...but I have had 3 fuel boils/vapor lock with the 1 1/4" SU on the 1098, the last 2 after Graham Russell put an insulating bootie around the float bowl. He took it off a twin carbed power unit that he and Keith Calver had been doing some dyno work on in Graham's works.
I'd had a fuel boil on a local drive near Graham's shop & home in North Rocks west of Sydney, New South Wales...in the OZ winter (not really cold). The 2nd fuel boil occurred climbing up over the Bighorn Mountains in Montana and the 3rd climbing the Skyway over the Kootenay Pass in British Columbia.
In all 3 instances the 1098 was working hard in warm weather...simple solution shut down for a few minutes & start again. Oh, standard cast iron intake/exhaust manifold.
PHOTO: Graham Russell installed
I've never driven an SU, Zenith or similarly supplied car in super cold weather...but I have had 3 fuel boils/vapor lock with the 1 1/4" SU on the 1098, the last 2 after Graham Russell put an insulating bootie around the float bowl. He took it off a twin carbed power unit that he and Keith Calver had been doing some dyno work on in Graham's works.
I'd had a fuel boil on a local drive near Graham's shop & home in North Rocks west of Sydney, New South Wales...in the OZ winter (not really cold). The 2nd fuel boil occurred climbing up over the Bighorn Mountains in Montana and the 3rd climbing the Skyway over the Kootenay Pass in British Columbia.
In all 3 instances the 1098 was working hard in warm weather...simple solution shut down for a few minutes & start again. Oh, standard cast iron intake/exhaust manifold.
PHOTO: Graham Russell installed
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The smiths underseat heater is still on the ...really cool stuff... shelf.
The one I cobbled together in the winter of 1994-1995 for one of the last MK IV Canadian Mini 1000s was simply an oil cooler and the fan assembly from a mid seventies heater. I did not fabricate any piping, so it was heater hose all the way. It could have been a much neater assembly.
In extreme cold, like -40°, the two heaters working in concert meant the engine would only warm up to about 165°F. You could travel on the highway in that kind of cold and all of the windows would be clear.
The one I cobbled together in the winter of 1994-1995 for one of the last MK IV Canadian Mini 1000s was simply an oil cooler and the fan assembly from a mid seventies heater. I did not fabricate any piping, so it was heater hose all the way. It could have been a much neater assembly.
In extreme cold, like -40°, the two heaters working in concert meant the engine would only warm up to about 165°F. You could travel on the highway in that kind of cold and all of the windows would be clear.
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All our Minis run the Mini spares water thru manifolds and the previous Winter Minis had 5 feet extra windshield washer hose wrapped around the heater hoses to preheat the windshield washer fluid. That hose ran to the gallon in the rear bucket as the miniature windshield washer container under the bonnet never held enough fluid for a drive to work!
The modified cap meant that to change the gallon of fluid all you had to do was unscrew the cap and install the next gallon.
Mur, did you install your extra Smiths rear heater?
Deb
The modified cap meant that to change the gallon of fluid all you had to do was unscrew the cap and install the next gallon.
Mur, did you install your extra Smiths rear heater?
Deb
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You asked about heating the inlet manifold.
Heating the inlet manifold addresses carb icing. When it is really cold, carb ice is not really a problem, due to the scarcity of moisture. People often assume that carb ice is something that occurs in cold weather, but the fuel going through a change of state, the intake air passing through a Venturi, and the moisture present in the air are the important factors.
If you want a good explanation, read the description in a flying instruction book such as From The Ground Up.
Carb ice does not occur at the dashpot of the carb, nor would it be addressed by the intake heater sandwiched between the carb and intake manifold.
In cold weather I would choose a slightly longer coolant return hose wrapped around the dashpot over heating the manifold.
I have only struggled with carb ice early in the morning of warm summer days.
Heating the inlet manifold addresses carb icing. When it is really cold, carb ice is not really a problem, due to the scarcity of moisture. People often assume that carb ice is something that occurs in cold weather, but the fuel going through a change of state, the intake air passing through a Venturi, and the moisture present in the air are the important factors.
If you want a good explanation, read the description in a flying instruction book such as From The Ground Up.
Carb ice does not occur at the dashpot of the carb, nor would it be addressed by the intake heater sandwiched between the carb and intake manifold.
In cold weather I would choose a slightly longer coolant return hose wrapped around the dashpot over heating the manifold.
I have only struggled with carb ice early in the morning of warm summer days.
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It snowed just enough to slightly cover the driveway and back deck last night, then 30min later it all started to thaw and disappear. It was really "warm" this morning around 38F with misty rain throughout the day. I am hoping it will cool off and give us a white Xmas.
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Took the younger son to Vancouver Int'l to fly to Costa Rica for a holiday tonight. Was 0 C when we left & +2 C on getting back with a little rain.
Temperatures will rise well above freezing tomorrow, with rain following until a return of cold air & maybe snow on Christmas Eve.
Extent of snow cover on the Aussie Window Van tonight before the current melt...
Temperatures will rise well above freezing tomorrow, with rain following until a return of cold air & maybe snow on Christmas Eve.
Extent of snow cover on the Aussie Window Van tonight before the current melt...