new mini owner

hiya my name is chris and have just purchased a mini tahiti awsome car but needs some work doing to it the head gasket has gone so that needs replacing also needs the cd player to be wired in new wiper blades indicator relay has gone and some side mirrors as they seem to be missing also needs some new alloys but i am hopeful everything will be fine shortly
pics of the car at https://s348.photobucket.com/albums/q326/chris528335/mini%20tahiti/ let me know what you all think

Hi There, welcome to the forum!!

Nice looking car... Head Gasket for first job - are you an 'enigne' person?? (I've not done anything like this .... yet!!)

rob

Hi and welcome to the forum.

Hi there, welcome to the forum! Nice looking Mini you have there. The work you mention doesn't sound too hard (ok so the gasket might be a little tricky), did you know members get discount on parts from some of the local shops?

welcome to the forum
head gasket isnt a big job as long as the head doesnt need a surface grind.
make sure when you take it apart the engine is cold and you have new oil and some feeler gages for the tapets.
need to no anymore send me a pm mate

thanks for the help a fellow mini owner is going to do the head gasket i believe he comes on here sometimes he is in the process of doing his mini marcos up engine should be good for 130bhp dunno which engine it is but got it from specialist components cant wait for him to take me for a spin

hi and welcome to the mini club, nice wheels, hope to see you soon

BRY

Hi welcome to the forum. Nice looking car,was this car in fakenham today with a nmoc card under wiper arm?

Hi and welcome Looks like a really nice mini you have there!

yes it was in fakenham live in town but work where it was parked was it yourself that put the card on there

Welcome.

Studdy Snr aka Peter is a phantom card placer lol.

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Yes it was me

bit annoyed today was showing a friend the engine went to close the bonnet and it only closed on 1 side now it wont open or close very upset now

When you closed the bonnet, was the bonnet prop clipped in properly? You might have forced it down into the bay and got it caught on something.

Bit quiet on here this evening 'cos most have been at the club meeting and cruise - and good fun it was too.

2nd that mate
great route