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Oct 31, 2016 12:45PM specialist Edited: Mar 18, 2018 08:52PM 
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Oct 30, 2016 02:16PM jeg  
Oct 30, 2016 02:04PM malsal  
Oct 30, 2016 01:03PM tsumini  
Oct 30, 2016 12:28PM specialist Edited: Mar 18, 2018 08:50PM 
Oct 29, 2016 07:28AM JerseyMini  
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Oct 28, 2016 11:03PM specialist Edited: Mar 18, 2018 09:02PM 
Oct 28, 2016 08:43PM dr dave  
Oct 28, 2016 05:34PM specialist Edited: Mar 18, 2018 08:49PM 
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Oct 25, 2016 09:38AM specialist Edited: Mar 18, 2018 08:49PM 
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 Posted: Oct 31, 2016 12:45PM
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 Posted: Oct 31, 2016 12:10PM
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Hey scooter boy i presume you are referring to me. I don't give a rats a$$ what oil or snake oil you put in your dash pot i can only hope your car runs so good now it self destructs and puts us all out of our misery listening to your constant BS and so called "advice" of which you have no first hand experience.
So where are the pictures or is this just something you read oh i mean watched (as we all know you are too lazy to read a Haynes manual) on the internet again.
BS on the fan detail too you were told by numerous people your fan was incorrectly installed months if not years ago and chose to leave it as is just so you could bring it up at a later date to impress yourself here again.

If in doubt, flat out. Colin Mc Rae MBE 1968-2007.

Give a car more power and it goes faster on the straights,
make a car lighter and it's faster everywhere. Colin Chapman.

 Posted: Oct 30, 2016 05:03PM
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 Posted: Oct 30, 2016 02:16PM
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Daaaang!!! It's only now that i realized that my radiator fan was installed backwards, my goodness!!!  Yes it blows air to the radiator BUT not to its full potential. ..The concave part or the scoop part of the blade should be facing the radiator.   I'd blame the previous owner,he was the one who installed it backwards...but even that, my mini still did not overheated even with 130F Arizona heat.

i think what i will do is to remove all the rivettes on the blade then hammer the blade until it becomes concave on the other side then rivette it back the correct way.   Ok that'll be my next big project.
Really now, you're just being thick...  You knew that your fan was backwards long ago -

https://www.minimania.com/msgThread/116886/1/1/RADIATOR 



Here's a link to Tony's videos, previously seen on Tony's (aka. velocity, azBob, Robster, Boison, Paulchen, triggerboy, specialist and other banned names that I can't remember) various posts, which I'd saved for perpetuity to my YouTube channel.  

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLpn6H6E3MNAJ7S6oxtfEzW0oX80Lx48It 

The peasants are revolting...          

"Gone with the Wind" - a brief yet moving vignette concerning lactose intolerance

 Posted: Oct 30, 2016 02:04PM
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Originally Posted by specialist
Daaaang!!! It's only now that i realized that my radiator fan was installed backwards, my goodness!!!  Yes it blows air to the radiator BUT not to its full potential. ..The concave part or the scoop part of the blade should be facing the radiator.   I'd blame the previous owner,he was the one who installed it backwards...but even that, my mini still did not overheated even with 130F Arizona heat.

i think what i will do is to remove all the rivettes on the blade then hammer the blade until it becomes concave on the other side then rivette it back the correct way.   Ok that'll be my next big project.
HEY ATTENTION GETTER !!!!!!
You are full of crap.
Where are the pics of your swaybar ?

If in doubt, flat out. Colin Mc Rae MBE 1968-2007.

Give a car more power and it goes faster on the straights,
make a car lighter and it's faster everywhere. Colin Chapman.

 Posted: Oct 30, 2016 01:03PM
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Whatever you do DONT turn the blade over and rivet  it back without hammering the s___ out of it.

 Posted: Oct 30, 2016 12:28PM
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 Posted: Oct 29, 2016 07:28AM
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Does he even have one ? The one pic was a copied pic before wasnt it? Id love to see the front sway bar fabbed up.Could you put a pic in a new thread,maybe give us the finger in the pic so we know its real and show the car as well?

Im starting to think there is no "pink" mini in possesion .

 Posted: Oct 29, 2016 07:22AM
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Ok sir Mal, but my mini is no longer color pink, it has metastasize into a different color, but sure i can post pics of it no problem.  
BTW, i just would like everyone know that i did not buy my front sway bar, i made it myself, it's a homemade swaybar.  i don't have $380 to buy one.  Since i am not racing my mini, i specifically used a 12.7mm solid bar instead of the standard 16mm.  that way, i can still feel a bit of softness rather than stiff, but the vibration disappears drastically.,that's what i am after.  i got 2 mounting points on each side. i did the welding  myself as well.  i used 58inches long of 12.7 mm round bar., 
Another good thing is that when i jack up my mini, the spring doesn't get loose because the sway bar is holding the wheels up.
Now, i am preparing to do the rear swaybar using same 12.7 mm round bar.  To me, damper alone is not enough all mini should have sway bar install on them. trust me, you'll like it. this time I'm not joking!

 
What is it now rusty brown ?

If in doubt, flat out. Colin Mc Rae MBE 1968-2007.

Give a car more power and it goes faster on the straights,
make a car lighter and it's faster everywhere. Colin Chapman.

 Posted: Oct 28, 2016 11:03PM
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 Posted: Oct 28, 2016 08:43PM
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Awesome. You go, girl!

This just in......Red Stripe Beer makes you Stupic.
 Posted: Oct 28, 2016 05:34PM
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 Posted: Oct 28, 2016 12:42PM
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i just can't help but laugh about this one guy who bid $10,000 for a old green algae mini an YET he whine'd about a $60 that someone didn't pay him for an acquired mini parts online about few months ago...so funny! ahhh, gotta go back to work, my 15min break is over...
And yet that is the same thing you are complaining about. Why post about other members issues/observations when you claim you don't like this behaviour. Stay in your own "special" space.
Can we get some pics of the new front anti roll bar you installed on your special Mini, be sure to get a shot of the pink paint in the pics we know it is yours.
FWIW a rear anti roll/sway bar does more for a Mini's handling.

If in doubt, flat out. Colin Mc Rae MBE 1968-2007.

Give a car more power and it goes faster on the straights,
make a car lighter and it's faster everywhere. Colin Chapman.

 Posted: Oct 28, 2016 12:35PM
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Once in a while we want to comment on other threads to give our opinions, criticisms as well as praises,show our admirations to a particular member and their achievements,ask for help with mini problems etc but it seems that more often than not my posts are being taken into different context and makes me look bad. So i put up this thread for me to post all my thoughts without going to other threads just to end up being accused of derailment,hijacking and pot stirring and later being ganged up. So once again, i want to make an appeal to everyone to please give this "little space" for me...i will post my opinions on this thread only. ps :Replies to this thread is not required but then it's still your right to do so. Hoping for your Kind Considerations, Anthony P. Pineda (AZ USA) Date of Oath taking as Naturalized US Citizen: 11/23/2005 Owner: 1977 Leyland mini Special(with sunroof) Parts Manufactured in: Germany Assembled in: Belgium
And you are posting all over the board why ?????

If in doubt, flat out. Colin Mc Rae MBE 1968-2007.

Give a car more power and it goes faster on the straights,
make a car lighter and it's faster everywhere. Colin Chapman.

 Posted: Oct 28, 2016 10:43AM
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 Posted: Oct 25, 2016 08:51PM
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 Posted: Oct 25, 2016 09:38AM
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 Posted: Oct 24, 2016 08:59AM
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 Posted: Oct 22, 2016 07:11PM
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Very nice life story...
https://youtu.be/8rnnHtTbASA 

 Posted: Oct 19, 2016 08:48AM
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