Good man!They’re coming out before anything else is done, including the dash rail and carpet, it’s ok.
Haha. In fairness being a fuel injected car things like points Ignition and carbs are taken care of with the ECU so some of the reliability issue of older minis are out of the equation. That’s my logic of changing things like the timing chain and water pump whilst I am in there, it’ll remove the silly usual failure issue. There’s a new clutch slave sitting here with a Goodridge braided hose and I’m waiting on silicone hoses so if I can remove a lot of the silly things which cause problems then it should be smooth ownership.
Following with interest. Minis are great fun, I confess to having [a van no less, but slightly breathed on and latterly used in Club rallies, I did have an RAC comp licence back in the day i.e young and a bit foolish ] all four wheels in the air over a humpback bridge - not that I'd recommend that for a second. A pal in the back complained that "things are jumping about back here" - that'd be the toolbox, then.....
I think that's what did for the front suspension which my Dad and I managed to strip down he having made the necessary bits for us to be able dismantle & fix at his work - I didn't confess....obviously!