After I was done I took a cheeky picture of my Mini with its keys. Notice any similarities?
Time to kick back and watch one of my favorite shows!
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Actually, I need 6 studs. I'm talking about manifold studs. I ordered some stainless steel intake and exhaust manifold studs, but they haven't arrived yet. Being that it was another gorgeous day, I went out to remove the old ones anyway. It was pretty easy, a couple of the nuts were seized to the old studs so they all came out together. The other studs were removed by using the double nut method. You screw 2 nuts on to the stud and tighten them against each other. Then just turn the inner nut and the stud came out.
After I was done I took a cheeky picture of my Mini with its keys. Notice any similarities? Time to kick back and watch one of my favorite shows!
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Today was the first gorgeous day of Spring which meant I needed to spend some time in the garage prepping the Mini for driving weather. I decided the sunny weather gave me the perfect opportunity to install my new fan belt. The Mini hasn't been started of late and I'm hoping the worn fan belt is stopping the alternator from working at full capacity. I figure it's much easier to replace a belt than it is to replace the alternator. I've had the belt sitting around for about 2 months and it was time to get it installed! I started with a new 825mm belt from my favorite parts supplier. The fan belt would be easiest to replace with the radiator out of the car, but that's a large headache and requires draining the coolant. I decided I would go the more tedious route and install it with the radiator in place.
I started by undoing the 3 bolts that hold the alternator in place so I could loosen off the belt. I also removed the front grill so I had better access. After pulling the old belt off the water pump and alternator, I cut it so I could pull it out of the car. Now was the tricky task of feeding the new belt around the fan. It was a tight squeeze, but once it was around the fan and lined up on the water pump, it was just a case of feeding it around the crank, water pump and alternator. After adjusting the alternator to tighten the belt, I buttoned everything up and had a nice new belt, and hopefully, I will have some power to go with it. While under the hood, I poked around my new headers and I think I've discovered one of the reasons the exhaust is so loud. There is certainly a small gap between the exhaust manifold and the head on the center exhaust outlet. I suspected this was going to be a problem after I discovered that the manifold studs had been bent by the previous owner. I have been thinking about pulling the head and installing a new head gasket and having the head machined. This might be my next project. |
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