The journey of one man and his Mule(s)

[Peter Gidden]

"Oi, female!.. I'm off for another shower to polish more of my parts... Again..."

[craig]

Do you also eat pickled onions in the bath while polishing your parts?

[Magic Beans]

I've never actually used the bath since buying this place, true fact Well, other than to wash CAR parts

And yes, we do have a shower and yes I use that instead

[Moo]

Fantastic work by the both of you Phil Mule MK2 is born

It's great you never gave up after what happened with the MK1 Mule and nice to know I'm not the only one pumping some serious wedge in their car

[Magic Beans]

Thanks Paul

I did consider throwing in the towel at the time, however I just couldn't as it would have been a defeat. I've always told myself I'm only doing this once (for myself at least), so do it once do it right. It's sometimes hard to remember then when you're bleeding cash on a daily basis It is worth it in the end, i think

[Magic Beans]

Now the Power FC is installed it was time to mount the Commander unit. First off I needed an extension lead, as the lead with it isn't long enough to reach the boot. This is just a no brand 1.5m eBay job, £1.78 delivered


The bracket needed a little something to keep a good friction grip in the dash


Drilled a feed hole in the dashboard and threaded the lead through


Test fit


Standard PS/2 leads have an extra pin to the PFC lead


Long nosed pliers to remove the pin


Boot connections done


All back together


It lives




Pro version confirmed


Sorted


Next up is to do something with that spare DIN slot

[craig]

Kudos mate! fantastic car!

[Draven]

Do you work in a paper mill and print your own money..

[Magic Beans]

Kudos mate! fantastic car!

thanks Craig I'm in my element now the spanner work is done. I can fettle away doing all the mods etc I love doing so much Now this kind of work I'd love to do everyday, as opposed to the office grind

[Magic Beans]

Do you work in a paper mill and print your own money..

After EU legislation meant we had to close the money tree plantation down, I needed something to fall back on

[Moo]

Will you be getting the map tweaked?

[Peter Gidden]

Will you be getting the map tweaked?

Ryan's just mapped it.

[Magic Beans]

Will you be getting the map tweaked?

I was planning on paying Ryan another visit (dry day this time...) now it's completed, just to make sure the map is spot on for the engine as is etc. The cams, shims etc were way off (previous owner/engine builder) which meant Ryan couldn't hit anywhere near it's potential.

It does fee very different now the engine engine work has been done (for the better), so a visit to get a solid, reliable map would top it off nicely.

[riot68]

WOW

Missed this for a while now with busy work, still up for meeting start of sept?...

[Magic Beans]

WOW

Missed this for a while now with busy work, still up for meeting start of sept?...

Yes sir, sure am

Let me know the where's and when's and I'll see you there.

[craig]

Any further plans Phil?

[riot68]

WOW

Missed this for a while now with busy work, still up for meeting start of sept?...

Yes sir, sure am

Let me know the where's and when's and I'll see you there.

Will check the diary and see what we can do, looking forward to seeing the new beast.

On a side note are you interested in checking out the new Rolls Royce?...

[Magic Beans]

Any further plans Phil?

Oh yes

There's a few outstanding regular things to complete, such as:

Fit new rear discs (they sent the wrong ones before)
Heat wrap and Nimbus wrap the CC pipes
Sort the front tyres as there's a rub on full lock, plus another issue I won't mention..

Then there's a load of custom bits in the pipeline. Some just for the car, others as part of a few things I'm looking to explore in the future

[Magic Beans]

WOW

Missed this for a while now with busy work, still up for meeting start of sept?...

Yes sir, sure am

Let me know the where's and when's and I'll see you there.

Will check the diary and see what we can do, looking forward to seeing the new beast.

On a side note are you interested in checking out the new Rolls Royce?...

Absolutely

Is this your new motor then?

[riot68]

haha, nope, just a friend who reviews cars and he should have one around the time we're planning to meet up, could link the 2 I thought...