Fino's 1970 Mini Build Thread

So that's why there is a coolant puddle under the jeep.....


Looks like a brake line clip may have been the culprit....


At least it appears to just be a lower tank repair and not damage to the core.....

 

After loosing the D18 parking drum last fall on HITR, I decided to start on upgrading the rear OEM 10" drum to Bendix style 11" drums with parking brake....It may be a bit before these are actually installed on the jeep, and even longer before I retrofit some sort of aftermarket parking brake pull cable etc....but its a start. A guy who parts jeeps on OWF supplied me with the backing plates - they were definitely 'east coast':


really they needed sandblasting, but various wire wheels etc got them looking a little better.


The shoe pads were pretty rough, so I ground them down and tried welding in and grinding new ones...sorta worked...still need a bit of work to look pretty, but hopefully functional? I have set of used but not trashed front plates that I am using to estimate the pad height....


Some paint and some money at NAPA and you end up with this:


I forgot about the little diamond shaped 'shoe retention plate' or whatever you want to call it...I started to try and make my own from some thick washers and realized I didn't care that much and could get these Dorman shoe 'guides' after the holiday at FLAPS for a couple bucks....still need to find the parking brake bar and lever thingy....but it seems my welded shoe pads will work just fine....okay, back to pulling an engine...