u/SAS-target-no1

Well ladies and gentlemen of this subreddit. It has been a decent while owning my classic Mini, and thankfully I have mamaged to fix a few problems.

The previously dodgy second gear now engages all the time, the brakes and parking brakes are now adjusted correctly, the horn and speedometer problems have yet to be properly worked on (horn grounding isnt connected and the speedometer has a faulty voltage regulator).

New problem though...the car now loses power completely after a certain amount of driving.

After the engine gets up to temperature (about 100-105 Celcius) it stays at about 100 but eventually the engine loses power and shuts off.

May any of you enlighten me on what might be the problem? The car was left neglected for about a year or so before I picked it up. Rarely was driven at all in that time period.

Still blows my mind how the egotistical crooks running antique shops here still stay in business.

Recently wanted a CRT TV for myself and as a tool for a project I have creating fanmade videos for games I play, but they want 20+ OMR for a CRT not that much bigger than my hand, doesnt work at all, and is obviously missing parts.

When you are able to make a portion "renting" out these antiques for temporary decoration at stalls, it makes me absolutely infuriated.

Let me tell you guys a story.

My own gramophone I bought myself was 20 OMR in working condition and alright cosmetic condition. I paid another 40 OMR to ship it from the UK, and then spent another 70ish OMR personally refurbishing it. Thats about 130OMR in total over the course of 4 years. It worked beautifully and all of my family would be blown away by the sound quality. Took it one day to Mutrah to see how much I could get for it and they wanted 15 to 20 depending on who I asked, if they even wanted it at all. In one shop I pointed to an absolutely thrashed gramophone (not the replicas) sitting in a corner and reminded them that they were selling that for 85 OMR (dIsCoUnTeD fRoM 135 wE gIVe yOu GoOd deEL).

It would be hilarious if it wasn't so obviously childish and irritating. Sure its a monopoly and they can hike up prices all they want to screw over anyone genuinly interested in buying old junk and dont have the pockets to splurge. I like buying old stuff to fix and use, its the reason why my family usually hand down their old stuff to me because they know it'll be safe from the trashbin.

Guess I'll stick to buying from outside. If I could id open up a proper antique store (more in line with a pawn shop tbh) where the local market doesnt matter and everything is priced based on unit, condition, and historical significance based on median values from international pricelists. Might even bundle a repair service with rates similar to Ruwi or Al Wadi Al Kabir, but i dont know if I can be trusted with other peoples things 100%, dont wanna break smth that has sentimental value to someone and live with the guilt.