Cooper S Engine Update - Classic Mini Workshop Pt.62
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00:32 Intro
Welcome to Marks Mini Cooper S Mk3 built in 1970 and registered in 1971. This Cooper S was last restored in 1997 and featured in Mini World magazine. Unfortunately 23 years down the line and it's looking tired in some areas so Mark has decided to take it off the road for a full restoration which will involve stripping it back to a bare shell, sandblasting, and a respray. Fortunately, the engine has already been restored recently by Swiftune engineering - Auta a dopravní prostředky
Blimey the underneath looks as awesome as the rest of the car. Engine bay is a work of art and a lot of man hours.
Thank you very much! 😁
Looking fantastic Mark Stirling job done again
Cheers Mark! 😁
Excellent progress Mark.. When I stopped restoring Mini's I sold off a load of spares like the carb elbows and two original twin carb filter boxes, plus half a dozen hydrolastic units, Original Mk lll heater, two reconditioned servos with brackets, callipers and disks etc, etc.. That servo hose does look a bit on the short side .. I can remember a number of times I wished I had an extra two inches. 😅..
Excellent, they should be really handy then..
🤣 Thanks Pete. The guy did send the elbows and the filter box was powder coasted a few years ago so nearly ready to fit.
Great job mark I know the problems you have had over the weeks hopefully you have now sorted it great video Keith
Thanks Dad. They rumble on..... x
The vacuum hose length most likely suits the split brake servo which, while higher than yours is also closer to the manifold. Put an NRV inline & that would lengthen the hose.
Looking minty!
Thank you 🙂
@@markdraper7 Cannot wait to get mine redone and repaired. I have an Austin Mini 1275E of 1982. Saving up now so I can redo the brakes on the car, old slave cylinders have the nipples rusted in place, not even Q20 fixed it😂
Looking good,it would been nice if you would have shown alittle on the wet suppension on how you put it back in and re blead the system
Mark talks about bleeding the air in this video: czcams.com/video/sWH4hfx5zAU/video.htmlsi=gSuFudpjejLGitTw
I did have a half arse attempt at showing filling the system as Keith says on a previous video. 😅
I started mine up yesterday, first time in 7 years (where does the time go). Blimey I thought I had bad luck, I HATE new parts, I keep ordering them, and they’re wrong/different (size, quality, colour). At least we’re both nearly there. I’m never doing a nut and bolt restore again, I’ll just do restores where it’s nice, but not like new. Stay strong, nearly there 👍 (can that vacuum pipe go above the brake line?)
Ah, great, i bet it went better than my first start! 😅The luck continues..... I feel like that sometimes, but i think i quite like the stress of it all. 😂
Hi keith/mark, i may be able to source some carb filter inlets if you cant get the original ones back.
Thanks Paul. He sent some down so that is sorted.🙂
Should your engine not have forged valve rockers instead of those standard pressed steel ones?
I'm not sure John. That's what was fitted when Swiftune did the engine rebuild back in 2017.
@@markdraper7 My mistake Mark, i assumed all `s` engines had forged rockers, this is quoted from John Parnells book , " during production run , the original forged valve rockers were changed to press steel type" Leyland probably did it to save a few quid?
Pressed steel rockers? S had forged rockers didn't they?
to be honest Paul, i couldn't tell you either way. I think i recall Nick at Swiftune saying the old ones were worn and he preferred these over the roller tip rockers so fitted these. 🙂
@@markdraper7 Nothing wrong with pressed steel rockers. I had a set of roller rockers but when to a set of 'S' rockers when I rebuilt the engine.
Hiya Mark-just looks brilliant. Twin SU carbs really make it! Look forward to hearing it firing up for the first time. Keep well.
Hi Dave, Thank you. I've hit a few snags, again, so it could be a while! Are you going to Himley Hall? I'll be there on the BMC Stand in the Madgwick.🙂
I started mine up yesterday, first time in 7 years (where does the time go). Blimey I thought I had bad luck, I HATE new parts, I keep ordering them, and they’re wrong/different (size, quality, colour). At least we’re both nearly there. I’m never doing a nut and bolt restore again, I’ll just do restores where it’s nice, but not like new. Stay strong, nearly there 👍 (can that vacuum pipe go above the brake line?)
Why on earth do you still have it if unused for 7 years??
I bought it with the intention of using it whilst I did up another mini, it had 12 months mot, a newish front end and a relatively new paint job. It turned out to be a nightmare. Every time I went out in it, it broke down. Whoever owned it before me was an…. Let’s just say they should not have been working on cars. Cross thread bolts everywhere, plus the sump plug stripped and the oil sender snapped in the block. Melted inline fuses bypassed. But the worse thing was it was rotten as a peach, but covered in filler and shiny paint. I know mini’s but it was very well hidden - I assume they could fill and paint but not weld.
Well, 2017 new inner and outer sills, steps, heel board, boot floor, closing panels, rear valance, boot and door hinge panels, repair to the roof…. It goes on… scuttle, half the bulkhead as it must have been leaking brake fluid for years, I’m sure I’ve missed loads. Plus I put on another front as they’d cut the front arches (hidden by arches) to fit bigger wheels, and I can only guess they’d used a can opener to do it.
It took a year to weld up (with life etc), it got put on the back burn for 18 months (other projects and cars, including another mini to use whilst f-ing about with the two), then I got in a queue to get it painted at a body shop, then covid,. Finally got it back from the paint shop end of 2021 (4 years in).
They’d done a great job of the outside, but had only painted the box section and bins on the inside, telling me the rest was not included in the price and would not be seen because of the carpets. I wasn’t happy, but couldn’t prove anything so I had to wait for good weather to sort it myself, rest of 2022 was spent doing the garden, patio etc (cheaper than a divorce 😂).
2023 was the engine rebuild plus inner and outer sills on the second replacement mini.
2024 has been spent buying things fitting them dealing with problems and refitting them - e.g. I can’t fit the rear seats until I fitted the parcel shelf, which wants refurbing. Which I can’t fit until I fitted the speaker, which I threw away because they were knackered but turn out to be hard to replace (for genuine) and the set I bought off ebay arrived damaged as did the dash pad…
You get the idea.
Basically it should look like a new mini when I’m finished, which is a right pain and wasn’t my original intention. But after the paint job and the fully refurbished rear subframe I thought I aught to do the front…and the brake and fuel lines…and the master cylinders and and and, it’s never ending.
Whereas strip some bits off, inner and outer sill and back together in a long weekend is much more rewarding in my opinion.
@@mcmotors100 fair play to you Mac! ( when it’s finished apart from looking like a new Mini, it sounds like it will effectively BE a new Mini ha ha!) 😁🖖