Morning All. :D A decent nights kip but then the NDN resumed his DIY building works at 08:56. He is hammer & chiselling out masonry. The noise travels straight through the ground and up our side-wall. :( Looks like a nice day out there, coffee required, BBL. Have a lovely day. :D

Well I would agree with you entirely. The spiel from the raffling org said it was all "souped up" with a stage 2'd head but when I got in touch with the previous owner directly before me he said it was a standard 1275 Metro lump in a Morris Mini Minor 1000 Shell and not a stage 2 head etc. etc...

I have an excess of soot on all plugs. I will pull all 4 tomorrow and take a picture (hopefully a decent one) to show y'all. I have a set of BPE5 plugs I could put in to see if they stay cleaner as they run hotter, but the book does say BPE6's for a 1275. Thanks for the advice, much appreciated. :)

Yes indeed, it left no trace. The oil is still clear from the last change so no black trail. I did put a tell-tale there and it came away clean and dry (still is) but after tightening the cover T-bolt a bit more the seep/leak has clearly stopped.

Stirrer! ;)

OK it is time to "fess-up". It was the rocker gasket after all. :) The LH screw-down T-Bolt was not as tight as the RH side one. One extra quarter turn (to match the resistance felt on the RH side one) and the leak stopped. So well done all you gasket's-borked callers (Henry, Dippypud etc.)

Been out for a quick blatt around town in the mini. :) It always makes me smile. Oil leak sorted it seems. :) Worried a bit about over-fuelling and bore-washing the engine, but hard to say without an AFR gauge fitted. Nearly time for afternoon Coffee. :D

Nice thread, thanks for sharing. :)

Hi ya WL, hope all is well andthe new job suits. :)

Morning All. :D A bit of crash-bang-wallop from the skies at midnight, cool & damp now. :) No plans ATM for today. I really did get burnt on the cycle ride yesterday. :( Down a bit more on the diet, so I shall keep going. :) Have a good day! :D

No that's far too "butch & masculine" ;)

...that a very enjoyable trike ride was had. Only 10 miles but the sun was blistering hot and the breeze was warm. Avg. Speed a mere 12.8MPH with a bit of assist. Smashing!

Morning All. :D Another Lovely day ...so far. :) I might try a trike ride later. :) Have a lovely day. :D

... all the firewood is safely stowed away. :) As a special "bonus" I deconstructed the large palletised crate it all came in and sawed that up for kindling. 3 full sacks of kindling that I don't have to buy. 👍 Went out for a quick blast in the mini as a reward to myself. That oil leak has...

You need to fly a helicopter in the Falklands. After that you don't sweat EVER, allegedly.

Morning All :D Another decent day so far. :) Shopping later, but will try and dodge that.:) 1/3 more of the wood to shift will do me as a task. Have a lovely day. :D

Ha Ha! :)

Sadly not the access to the back garden is the 3'6" path down the side of the house. I have stopped for the day and yes it is "hurty", anaesthetic Vodka is being applied.

My COB, as in before I start having a drink. ;) It didn't arrive till just after 2 and we (me-n-'er) have managed to load/barrow and stack just over 2/3 of it. She's gone off to the hospital to see her Mum, I have the G-kids to look after. Son's GF is on her way to get the kidss and he is in...

... darn it the wood delivery is late. I've got to get it off the drive and down to the woodstore before COB today and it hasn't even arrived yet. :(