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 Posted: Jan 3, 2017 07:26PM
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Originally Posted by Dan Moffet
Just for Tony:
Boiling water from a thermos....
https://youtu.be/TRqUZxci31Q

In the background, you can see a house-boat on the lake.
Plenty of other things to do.
Skiing, snowshoeing, sliding, writing your name in the snow (Canadians will understand that), camping, snowball fights, driving on square (frozen) tires, snowmobiling, ice sailing, ice climbing (like rock climbing), ice fishing.....
Omg!!  The water became snow thats how cold that place is, im sorry , i really can't live in that place, its like nobody is around, im afraid not even 911 ambulance or fire truck can even drive over that  pile of snow. 
Its actually fun to visit snowy places , play with snow BUT to actually live there ???!!! Nope Not my cup of tea.    
You probably have to warm up your mini for 45minutes (with choke cable pulled all the way out) before you drive it to avoid damage. 


Really unimaginable places to live.   

 Posted: Jan 3, 2017 06:20PM
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Hilarious Minerva!

 Posted: Jan 3, 2017 06:10PM
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Speaking of writing your name in the snow....we should all be old enough (us Cannucks) to remember the situation when Mick Jagger wrote his name in a Canadian snowbank in Ottawa....but it was in Margret Trudeau's handwriting.. :)

If it's not Scottish....it's crap! (Cry of the Mini Tartan Owners' Clan)

 Posted: Jan 3, 2017 02:57PM
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Just for Tony:
Boiling water from a thermos....
https://youtu.be/TRqUZxci31Q

In the background, you can see a house-boat on the lake.
Plenty of other things to do.
Skiing, snowshoeing, sliding, writing your name in the snow (Canadians will understand that), camping, snowball fights, driving on square (frozen) tires, snowmobiling, ice sailing, ice climbing (like rock climbing), ice fishing.....

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"Hang on a minute lads....I've got a great idea."

 Posted: Jan 3, 2017 02:44PM
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Originally Posted by specialist
 While the people in California enjoys 60-70F winter temps? Fishing, beach volleyball etc.  to me California is the best place to live.in , we only live once why not maximize it? Just a thought. 

And thank God you don't actually live here.....................................................

Mini's are like buses they come along in a bunch

 Posted: Jan 3, 2017 12:24PM
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Sir dan, what types of outdoor activities can you do with -40F temp?  If none, does it mean that you'll stay inside the house the entire winter time?  While the people in California enjoys 60-70F winter temps? Fishing, beach volleyball etc.  to me California is the best place to live.in , we only live once why not maximize it? Just a thought. 
I also heard that in edmonton canada when you toss a cup of water in the air, it goes down as block of ice.  I mean its nice but jesus christ that is too frigid cold not funny anymore, it fatal. 

 Posted: Jan 3, 2017 11:03AM
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Right AL... -40F = -40C = too bloody friggin cold - risk of the beer freezing up!

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"Hang on a minute lads....I've got a great idea."

 Posted: Jan 3, 2017 10:04AM
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Spitz

You're getting there, , isn't-40 in F or C =. (Equal) ??

Curious minds

Big AL

40 degrees Fahrenheit as we type and green grass-

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Niagara Ontario Canada

 Posted: Jan 3, 2017 07:03AM
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Yep..... -33 here this morning..happy friggen new year....

 

"Everybody should own a MINI at some point, or you are incomplete as a human being" - James May

"WET COOPER", Partsguy1 (Terry Snell of Penticton BC ) - Could you send the money for the unpaid parts and court fees.
Ordered so by a Judge

 

 

 

 Posted: Jan 2, 2017 07:43PM
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Snow, freezing rain, snow, freezing rain. Beautiful here today a balmy 32f or 0c..Tomorrow plus 2c with freezing rain. But oh so pretty.You can see the frozen lake behind my neighbour's house. The snow on the roof is perfect.

Keith & Deb

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 Posted: Dec 31, 2016 09:45PM
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HAPPY NEW YEAR!

 Posted: Dec 31, 2016 09:43PM
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I cleared the snow off ROO yesterday & fired the Mini to get ready for the New Years Day drive...then it snowed again today, with -10 C coming tomorrow...New Years Day.

Roads are sloppy wet, slushy & about to freeze.

I think ROO will stay put....

 Posted: Dec 22, 2016 10:54AM
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That Black phase (of the Eastern Grey Squirrel) or his cousin 3,000 kms. removed was on my back deck 2 days ago.

 Posted: Dec 22, 2016 07:50AM
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Back to cheeky about winter... only 2 days into winter and...
The squirrel does not seem amused.. can you spot him?

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"Hang on a minute lads....I've got a great idea."

 Posted: Dec 21, 2016 11:38PM
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Amazing how a cheeky posting gets things going in an interesting & useful way.

I've never driven an SU, Zenith or similarly supplied car in super cold weather...but I have had 3 fuel boils/vapor lock with the 1 1/4" SU on the 1098, the last 2 after Graham Russell put an insulating bootie around the float bowl.  He took it off a twin carbed power unit that he and Keith Calver had been doing some dyno work on in Graham's works.

I'd had a fuel boil on a local drive near Graham's shop & home in North Rocks west of Sydney, New South Wales...in the OZ winter (not really cold).  The 2nd fuel boil occurred climbing up over the Bighorn Mountains in Montana and the 3rd climbing the Skyway over the Kootenay Pass in British Columbia.

In all 3 instances the 1098 was working hard in warm weather...simple solution shut down for a few minutes & start again.  Oh, standard cast iron intake/exhaust manifold.

PHOTO:  Graham Russell installed

 Posted: Dec 21, 2016 07:09AM
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The smiths underseat heater is still on the ...really cool stuff... shelf.

The one I cobbled together in the winter of 1994-1995 for one of the last MK IV Canadian Mini 1000s was simply an oil cooler and the fan assembly from a mid seventies heater. I did not fabricate any piping, so it was heater hose all the way. It could have been a much neater assembly. 

In extreme cold, like -40°, the two heaters working in concert meant the engine would only warm up to about 165°F. You could travel on the highway in that kind of cold and all of the windows would be clear. 

 Posted: Dec 20, 2016 07:53PM
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All our Minis run the Mini spares water thru manifolds and the previous Winter Minis had 5 feet extra windshield washer hose wrapped around the heater hoses to preheat the windshield washer fluid.  That hose ran to the gallon in the rear bucket as the miniature windshield washer container under the bonnet never held enough fluid for a drive to work!
The modified cap meant that to change the gallon of fluid all you had to do was unscrew the cap and install the next gallon.
Mur, did you install your extra Smiths rear heater?
Deb

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 Posted: Dec 20, 2016 04:58PM
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You asked about heating the inlet manifold. 

Heating the inlet manifold addresses carb icing. When it is really cold, carb ice is not really a problem, due to the scarcity of moisture. People often assume that carb ice is something that occurs in cold weather, but the fuel going through a change of state, the intake air passing through a Venturi, and the moisture present in the air are the important factors.

If you want a good explanation, read the description in a flying instruction book such as From The Ground Up.

Carb ice does not occur at the dashpot of the carb, nor would it be addressed by the intake heater sandwiched between the carb and intake manifold.

In cold weather I would choose a slightly longer coolant return hose wrapped around the dashpot over heating the manifold. 

I have only struggled with carb ice early in the morning of warm summer days.

 Posted: Dec 19, 2016 04:58PM
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It snowed just enough to slightly cover the driveway and back deck last night, then 30min later it all started to thaw and disappear.  It was really "warm" this morning around 38F with misty rain throughout the day.  I am hoping it will cool off and give us a white Xmas.

 Posted: Dec 18, 2016 11:24PM
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Took the younger son to Vancouver Int'l to fly to Costa Rica for a holiday tonight.  Was 0 C when we left & +2 C on getting back with a little rain.

Temperatures will rise well above freezing tomorrow, with rain following until a return of cold air & maybe snow on Christmas Eve.

Extent of snow cover on the Aussie Window Van tonight before the current melt...

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