Installed a Milltek catless downpipe! Stage 1 build complete and no more cats!

 

Ahh. So I guess you fall into this category. Evil cattist!

 

Yep! None of these anymore

 

Installed a JCW rear spoiler!

 

My street car named Desire got taken for a joyride. Then prove of life photos were taken at the rough and tumble neighbourhood.

 

Groundhog Day..

Some of Carlisle MINI goes to Quarryville to check on Orphie ... MUD!

 

Made is safely (somehow) out of Philly last night before an icy drive home. Was worth it though!

 

Took Desire out for a Sunday morning cruise to see his friend Harvey. Mini was thrilled with the photo op.


mini and harvey

 

Desire in Aloha... nice ride! Harvey outgrew Bugs.

 

I thought Harvey was invisible.

 

So only I can see him???

 

Bought oil and filter for that 100k oil change!!!

 

Aloha from Oregon. So strange to have a suburb called Aloha in Oregon. Evidently it is a bit of a mystery how the name came about in circa 1920.

 

 

replaced oil filter housing gasket, buffed headlights....better but not good enough yet

 

Too cold to do much maintenance, but the sun came out this afternoon and the Roadster's battery had been on the tender a couple of days, so I decided to roll the Mini out from hiding in the garage. I really wanted to take it for a drive and didn't since the roads are still pretty messed up from the snow/sleet/freezing rain events of the past few days. I ran it around the driveway for about 20 minutes, brought it up to temperature and cycled all the electrics, including running the A/C. Checked the tire pressures and fluid levels earlier in the day.

Now we need some mild dry weather for a few days. Would be nice to see the roads clean off to be able to get a little cool weather Motoring in. Definitely getting pre-Spring fever.

 

Today Elsa got her Thermostat housing removed, in doing so broke the camshaft sensor and a clip...

But her euro name plate has been ordered and her passenger side roof molding was replaced.

She gets a week of resting .

 

I still wave and honk at Harvey.

 

2004 R53, swapped in Nokya 55w 12v 2500k fog light bulbs...now it's blowing 15 amp fuses (dedicated?) oem bulbs were 55w 12v....time to T/S- find the short
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also bought this from the big auction site
Continental Elite 49387 Belt Tensioner Assembly
Item price $47.06

 

Replaced thermostat and mirrors caps to gloss black.
Ben

 

Today i had the joy of changing my driver's door latch on my 08 Cooper. Thankfully all went well.

 

Not today, but I got him towed to my mechanic to basically rebuild everything. Engine swap, refresh AC, fix some minor accident damage from when my stepdad backed into me... Ugh. Gonna be an expensive week!

 

Drove him to work today.

It's sprinkling in Phoenix which terrifies me... Many folks in this city do not know how to drive in the rain.

 

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turns out one of the two new bulbs was pulling too much juice, blew the fuse every time that specific bulb was in.... garbage going back to seller

 

Changed lower control arm bushings and ball joints.... what a difference it made