Eunos Chump

 STILL fixing the Mini, 'cos I'm a lazy bastard and manage about 2 hours of work a day.  But everything at the front of the car is now fixed, so it was time to take a look at the rear... Buggered... and this is the good side, the rear of that disk is like the surface of the moon.  At least parts are cheap. Also, Jag has been roffled!  Still waiting for the lucky* winner to contact me.

...they make the car go faster. Also much better than smashed foglights for passing MOTs.  I renovated the headlamps using an Autoglym kit, it worked well once I got the hang of it.  Removed the rear lamps and did those too, annoyingly one came up like new while the other is still cloudy.  Gave it the treatment 3 times and still no change.   Now the nearside inner CV gaiter has let go and spat grease everywhere.  Too much rain to tackle that so far.

The Mini has several faults that'll upset the MOT man, the biggest one being this split CV gaiter on the driver's side.  I bought a boot kit for about £12 from ECP and just removed the outer driveshaft to swap it.  As usual I got very frustrated trying to put the new boot clamps on, and ended up using cable-ties again. Other faults are rear wiper ineffective (why can't I buy one of these anywhere?), smashed front foglight (will remove both), exhaust insecure (the studs have snapped on the supports), and brake pad warning lamp on (sensors only fitted to NSF and OSR apparently).