I have had an old but reoccurring lower back issue that has come back to bite me with a severe relapse, and has not allowed me to work on the Mini for over 6 months so far. I have degeneration of two lumbar discs which now requires surgery to hopefully resolve my long standing issue however this will not occur for another 5-6 months.
I have restricted mobility and flexibility which unfortunately prevents me from working on pretty much anything in the workshop for more than 10-15mins at a time, let alone the painting and sanding on the body and panels, so project updates will be very limited for some time.
In the meantime to keep myself in a better mental state, I have upgraded my 3D printer from an old Creality Ender 3 V2 to a Bambu Lab P1S.
When time and mobility has permitted, I have been testing prints with the Bambu Lab printer and it has displayed impressive speed and high quality prints so far. With a sealed enclosure it has allowed me to reprint all my custom clamps, brackets and miscellaneous pieces in ASA filament which far more durable and heat resistant than PLA - great for general automotive environments. Whilst sometimes tricky to print, the ASA pieces have turned out very well.
The Toyota Starlet 4E-FTE engine for the Mini project has been sitting under a blanket for some time now and will likely need a pressure clean and paint touch up at some point in the future. I have slowly designed and printed (in flexible TPU filament) some covers to mitigate corrosion of the connector pins for various sensors. In addition to that I printed a large number of plugs and caps to prevent dust ingress (and water ingress for when the engine gets washed) into the intake manifold, turbo, vacuum lines, cam cover, spark plug tubes, gearbox outputs, fuel rails etc.
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