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If the dealer is worth their salt, they won’t release the car back to you “ticking”, it’s a 100+k luxury car ffs

A BDL needle has been ordered (<£20 inc. P&P) so not a huge outlay. AND I have finally heard from the British Mini Club regarding their evaluation of the car. They have valued it as being worth £12,000. So that is 926 times my outlay for the...

I had to add a Kenyan thread…

Don’t start it until you have a belt. At the moment no water will be flowing round the engine. You can check everything else And put the battery on charge to make sure it starts

It was running when you got home so hopefully not seized. Put a belt on it,check fluids(dip stick showing no water only oil) header tank(showing water no oil) Check water level in radiator(check make sure no oil again) Top up what’s needed(leave...

I only have a small and insignificant update (something my wife often complains about). ;) Throttle & Choke cables were attached (in the rain). :( Car starts OK, no identifiable petrol leaks or overflows, so the basics must be OK. :) I did get...

Have you got a straight edge you can test the flatness of that flange with, and the flange on the manifold? Nuts need to be tight, but not monkey tight, or the aluminium can distort. ( but you know that)