Category Archives: I’m a mechanic me…

An absence of work is sort of a blessing

Posted on 31/1/2011 by KateE

So, the Minor is currently without a clutch pedal, the LHD pedal supplied by Charles Ware (who else) failed, and is unservicable. It is, I’m informed, made by welding the pedal to a lump of cast metal, welding to cast … Continue reading →

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Repenting, only quite badly.

Posted on 16/9/2010 by KateE

So, today I got the call, the good call, from Jonathon at JLH. After our little teething problems (the alternator bracket broke on the way to Bristol and the alloys weren’t quite fitting right – presumably the minor they came … Continue reading →

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One pissed off banana

Posted on 3/7/2009 by KateE

So, someone, I’m fairly certain, said that you could swap cylinder heads on a DAF 44 with the engine in situ. There’s not a great deal of space in there, but it appeared like, certainly on the R hand cylinder … Continue reading →

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Kicking my heels

Posted on 3/7/2009 by KateE

So, today I’m hoping to whip the head off Jejy and replace it with a new one (sent by the ever lovely Rich) – unfortunately he needed to send it urgently and discovered, somewhat sadly, that the exhaust was stuck. … Continue reading →

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Juicy Tasty Defeat

Posted on 21/6/2009 by KateE

So, having discussed a variety of options for getting the piston rings compressed it came down to ‘you need a ring compressor’. Since the ring compressor I’ve ordered from e-bay is the same as the one I bought it’ll be … Continue reading →

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