The journey of one man and his Mule(s)

[Magic Beans]

My invite must have got lost in the post

Oh that's right

I had to drink again, to keep Pete happy. It was hellish

[pistol pete]

I drank too!!!

[Ben]

I leave you two alone for five minutes!

[Magic Beans]

I know. We were nearly up past midnight and Pete had more than one cider! Pure hedonism

[pistol pete]

Anyways.. back to the rev5. Its been sunny today? Roof off?

Any pics pfmit in ots new home under cover

[thomp1983]

If you decide to go the v6 route ive a crane you can borrow and ive fitted a few.

If you want to know what a v6 in a mk2 feels like I should have my 3vz swap finished for jae

Awesome, thanks

I think JAE is while we're away in California. Rolling the Pacific Highway in a drop-top Mustang

It doesn't have to be at jae mate, that's just the deadline for finishing the build

[Magic Beans]

Anyways.. back to the rev5. Its been sunny today? Roof off?

Any pics pfmit in ots new home under cover

Nope. Been down in Birmingham all day and didn't get back until late, as the M42 was broken due to a car fire

Maybe tomorrow. If not I'll crack on Friday PM and Saturday

It doesn't have to be at jae mate, that's just the deadline for finishing the build

Ok, awesome. We'll arrange something

How's the build gone?

[Magic Beans]

Slowly making my way through the jobs list. Most of it dull so no shots, but there's some cleaning of course...

First off was giving the mats a good scrub, as they were pretty grubby. Out came the pressure washer, shampoo and scrubbing tools.



Left to dry in the sun. Which promptly turned to rain just as they were almost dry, so they had to be rinsed again!



Dry, finally.. Not perfect but a massive improvement.



Whipped out the seats to clean them. Along with vacuuming the carpets, polishing the interior and treating the leather.



Seats came up well.



Back together



All the rubber seals have now been treated too. Basically the doors, bonnet, boot etc. They were in good shape, but it never hurts to take care of them.

Another job was to fit this, in place of the completely shot original front engine mount.



Old one in situ.



Once removed it basically fell apart. We were aware it was gone, but had to wait for the new part to arrive.



Old and new.



Assembled and protected





Back in place.



Easy enough job to do. I'm never keen to be that far under the car though, no matter how many axle stands etc are in place. Strong self-preservation instinct

Took it for a drive after replacing the mount. On idle there's a lot more vibration, which should improve after bedding in. Once you're above 1000-1500 rpm there's no noticeable vibration really. I had polybushed front and rear engine mounts on Mule II and it didn't rattle me around, so I'm hoping this will end up the same. Definitely drivers a lot better, as you'd expect. I'll make a start on the control arms etc soon, probably after we get back from Cali.

Need to make a start on sorting the bits of surface rust out too. Nothing of any concern, more to protect and tidy the car up. I'm planning on scrubbing and Waxoyling the underside too, so the whole car will be protected for years to come. After that I'll sort the wheels, because they're a real mess right now. Possibly the worst I've ever seen! Sorting those and the paint should really lift the car, which other than that is really tidy.

Toodle pip

[pistol pete]

Good work.. Looks smart..
Cant wait to see it with new wheels or wheels redone..

[Magic Beans]

Good work.. Looks smart..
Cant wait to see it with new wheels or wheels redone..

Wheels... Now there's a dilemma. Refurb the stock wheels back to "as new" or go with something completely different, with better offsets etc

I think the stock wheels would look good, even better if it had coilovers and a slight drop in ride height.

[Magic Beans]

I spent a fair chunk of time contemplating this project while we were in California. Pete and Ben have also had to endure my many ponderings over the last few weeks (sorry! ). Without rattling on for hours about my trail of thought, I'll simply say that I've decided to sell the Rev 5.

I have MUCH bigger plans longer term. However, for now the 1er and it's replacement, in about 6 weeks (hype! ), will continue to be my mechanical fun.

EDIT

[Magic Beans]

The Rev 5 is officially up for grabs: http://www.imoc.co.uk/forums/viewtopic. ... 36#1683136

Plan afoot for something potentially very special..

End transmission, for now...

[Magic Beans]

Ummm, so maybe I was a tad hasty. It might just be staying now and have a couple of improvements being applied...

[pistol pete]

[Draven]

oooo exciting

[pistol pete]

I can;t wait

[Magic Beans]

Once everything is confirmed I'll flesh this out a bit. One thing I can say is that this (assuming it happens) will be the next Mule

[craig]

Glad you're keeping it mate. Tuned in

[Magic Beans]

I'm currently patiently waiting for an answer on something, which will basically dictate the future of this build. Hopefully that will come this weekend, after which it should all start taking shape pretty quickly.

[pistol pete]

looking forward to the next update