my 1st mini

post up some pics

Front suspension parts shipped this morning. Picking up gaskets and valve seals later today before I head to school.

Ill take pics of the stuff I do today.

And Then He sold the Mazda To Me. And I Pulled the Motor Back out To be replaced with a Remand One..




It was leaking a quart for every 40 miles so it was time to do something about it.



Oil pouring down both sides of the motor looks like the head gasket might have failed.



Oooooo 2 and 4 look Nasty!



More to follow When the New Motor arrived on the 4th of Feb...

Thanks for all the Hard Work Brad I'll take it from here. Going to the Shop Tuesday the 29th of Jan for a Fresh coat of Paint... and a New attitude.....

Wow that was quick... he was all jacked to get it back then a couple of months later he sold it off again lol.

Anyway it's nice to see somebody will take good care of it and fix it up! These trucks are slowly vanishing the streets. Good luck with it

Thanks Bro seeings How Brad went to all the trouble writing this thread I might as well

(((If he don't mind )))

Keep it alive, I should be getting the Motor Next week or So. He has really Done Allot of Work to the truck already and I am Very Grateful to Have it....

A little Update $1200 Bucks was Hard to come up with all at once so I Gave $500 to My Savings this Month and next Month I'll Push out the other Moneys to Pay for the new Motor. in the mean time going to clean everything up in Prep for it to come.

All loaded on the trailer waiting to go to the shop.

Where you located? I have great west coast recommendations

Joined: Mon Nov 23, 2009 9:47 am
Posts: 464
Location: Rochester, Washington

lol Sorry about that. I use tapatalk and that info is hidden

Delta Cams in Tacoma for cams.
Address: 2366 Tacoma Ave S, Tacoma, WA 98402
Phone:(253) 572-2474

Auburn Auto Machine in Auburn. Mike does amazing work and is VERY thorough.
Address: 3211 C St NE, Auburn, WA 98002
Phone:(253) 735-5267

Heads Up in Auburn for heads.
Address: 1320 26th St NW # 8, Auburn, WA 98001
Phone:(253) 833-4546)

All three of them is who I went through. My dad has been using them for over 15 years.

no i dont mind. the truck ran fine after i resealed the motor, sold it off. got it back, then i had the oil consumption issues.

performed a leak down and cyl #2 was prety much toast the oil ring was gone, along with bad valve guides in cyl #4 and a leaking rear main i could see why there was so much oil consumption.

i was fed up with the truck, after all the dead ends and hick ups, Ed and i came up with an agreement i couldnt really refuse. I know the truck is in good hands now and will get the proper attention it deserves. good luck with the build man. Ill be checking in every so often.