Re: Project 'Tommy' - 1996 Equinox Spi

Re: Project 'Tommy' - 1996 Equinox Spi · by robtheplod on Thu Oct 29, 2009 5:21 pm

Started on the interior today. Got the dashboard sorted - seems to make the car quieter. Plus good news the cowboy I got the car off is starting to cough up - very welcome to the restoration funds!!

Picked up a single rev counter off ebay for £16, then made adjustments to the 2 clocks I already had (moving the indicator)...

Gone mad with the solder iron! but everything is fused!

Fabricate the missing bits off my circuit board!

Sorted!

That's it, he's pretty much done.....!

Re: Project 'Tommy' - 1996 Equinox Spi · by Bluenose on Thu Oct 29, 2009 5:43 pm

The finished article is looking rather swish Very Happy

Re: Project 'Tommy' - 1996 Equinox Spi · by Harry H on Thu Oct 29, 2009 5:49 pm

The dash looks great! that's good you can add the rev gauge on to the existing dials as well! I will do that with mine when it comes to it. Very Happy

Re: Project 'Tommy' - 1996 Equinox Spi · by robtheplod on Thu Oct 29, 2009 5:58 pm

Harry H wrote:.... that's good you can add the rev gauge on to the existing dials as well! I will do that with mine when it comes to it.

yes I was lucky there was just a rev counter come up without the other two dials, and it matches!

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=190342470261&ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT

You do need to fiddle moving the indicator light, but nothing major....

Re: Project 'Tommy' - 1996 Equinox Spi · by StuddyFEX on Thu Oct 29, 2009 6:30 pm

Very, very nice

Re: Project 'Tommy' - 1996 Equinox Spi · by Alex H on Thu Oct 29, 2009 11:14 pm

That's very nice, I really like that style of carbon fibre dash, glad you could make a circuit for the rev counter...

Re: Project 'Tommy' - 1996 Equinox Spi · by robtheplod on Fri Oct 30, 2009 4:02 pm

Oil Pressure gauge now also plumbed in and working - interesting stuff!

Hovvers around 60psi which i understand is normal..

Re: Project 'Tommy' - 1996 Equinox Spi · by mr t on Fri Oct 30, 2009 9:37 pm

mine hovers around 55 but drops to around 30 when at the lights

Re: Project 'Tommy' - 1996 Equinox Spi · by robtheplod on Thu Nov 12, 2009 7:36 am

Got my 1st MOT since the resto on Saturday .... feeling nervous, wish me luck!!!!!

Re: Project 'Tommy' - 1996 Equinox Spi · by Studdy snr on Thu Nov 12, 2009 8:51 am

robtheplod wrote:Got my 1st MOT since the resto on Saturday .... feeling nervous, wish me luck!!!!!

Its a sure pass, as the work gone in to it, IT'S A NEW MINI.

Re: Project 'Tommy' - 1996 Equinox Spi · by mr t on Thu Nov 12, 2009 9:34 pm

its a pass as long as you sorted that dodgy brake pipe out

Re: Project 'Tommy' - 1996 Equinox Spi · by robtheplod on Thu Nov 12, 2009 9:44 pm

yes gumball tidied that up after painting.....

just been over the car and all seems ok apart from a rear radius arm not moving as freely as the other ... not bad, just not the same! it was always a bit tighter than the other one and has freed off loads since driving it.. oh well we'll see what happens!!

Re: Project 'Tommy' - 1996 Equinox Spi · by robtheplod on Sat Nov 14, 2009 10:30 am

Tommy just passed his MOT!

Only two advisories:
1. Oil leak (suspect most mini's have this??!)
2. o/s inner drivershaft gaiter adrift from pot. Now sorted this with a funky red cable tie!

No mention of my radius arm concern as above!

CO2 seems ok as well:

Fast Idle:
co2 : max 0.2 actual 0.042
HC: max 200 actual 19
Lambda: max 0.970,min 1.030 actual 1.007

Natural Idle:
co2 max: 0.300 actual 0.006

plus really pleased my welding passed!! (that would have been embarrasing!!)

Re: Project 'Tommy' - 1996 Equinox Spi · by Alex H on Sat Nov 14, 2009 10:34 pm

Congratulations. that's good to hear, all your hard work payed off...

Re: Project 'Tommy' - 1996 Equinox Spi · by mr t on Sun Nov 15, 2009 4:31 pm

very well done Rob
you should be very proud of yourself
you have completed a very nice looking mini
and all that hard work has paid off