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A small "lAg"  or a small lEg? 

Jamar... you judge me to hard. and after i was thinkng we are so good friends!! my account is not fake and i am a real owner of a 1977 super special mini. Just ask Mr. Alec Issigonads.

And i wont be getting to car crash any time close so you doont need to worry there. But I willl be zooming much smoother now with my engine making cat purrs from all of the detergint. you will see. maybe i make a video like you do always and show how much smooth it is..... lol

but dont worry this time i keep the phone on the side so it will not make you mad...... lol

My buddies 300ZX TT Clutch is like a sack of bricks- Thanks for the englightment.  Learn something new!   even from this thread! 

Careful!  There are now THREE competing personalities for Rooster!!  It may be time to do some detective work!  Watch it turn out to be "The Stig"!  

So is it "robster", "rodster", "roloster", or just "Quicksilver"?  I am again suspicious of the spelling being "too correct"!  I am also a bit baffled after all the complaints that so many people still read and comment!  

Us humans just can't pass a bad accident without looking!

I just laughed so hard I actually hurt myself with some kind of nasty side cramp.

tinsmith thank you for kindness. see i know you were a friend after all..... lol.  I will take your advices and try puting some detergant inmy oil tonight. i bet my oil is cleaner than anyone with a mini and my idles are even smoother.

One question... does it matter if it is detergant for washing dishes or the ones for washing my pants?

probably better to use the one for pants for it can already get out poopoo stains much better for oils.

Depends where you are reading Terry. Pacific Luke is another one he uses.

Nice to see you are putting a full days work in for a full days pay Rooster.

yeah my phone, gotta be at work not like you rich guys lol

I think detergent oil was introduced in the 50's and almost all of todays oils are detergent. Can you still buy non-detergent oil?

John Muir the old "Keep Your VW Alive" guy used to talk about non-deteregent oils.

Even Shelby hawked some snake oil on the TV I think, maybe because it was cobra snake oil.

Terry

PS: Am I seeing multiple personalities - robster and roloster?

turbodan i watched your youtubes, it is okay to lose so many because winning is not everything.  If you wanted to be winning races instead of losing them i could help a lot but that means an open mind and a little faster on the clutch, works for me and have the trophies to show for it...

..but yeah i hear you on the oil thickness part, just want to say be willing experiment to do things differently and you will win more, that is the idea of progress after all.i dont get your suggestion to use "snake oil" but you should try a different brand.  Never heard of it myself.

Yes, your dollar general snake oil sounds like the "fix all" for everything... Can't have been the crappy thin oil that was in there before compared the to 20/50 you put in, nope. It was the secret 99c ingredients in that secret lotion potion that fixed it. Makes you wonder why main dealers don't sell that stuff, or why OEM's don't put a "reccomended" tag in the handbook, like manufacturers of washing machines and dishwashers do to their "favourite" kind of detergent.

Excellent advise. We are at your mercy, and have much to learn.

Yes, yes you do. I for one am going to get some mis-matched plug leads and a "works" Momo air flter. The rest of you losers need to heed this guru's advice....

that is why Peter did'nt put any picture in his profile.. he is a hairless pantene shampoo fanatic... hahaha

How insensative!!! Male pattern baldness is wide spread and your post may cause offense............

Go on, you know you want to

Peter

Back in the 70's when we were grass track racing there was a lad with a left leg dissability can't remember what it was but he couldn't press the clutch pedal out on his mini, so it had a servo fitted and worked very well the only complaint i heard was there was a small lag when releasing the clutch..............

The 90's Nissan 300 ZX Turbo 5 speed cars had them. I pressed the clutch in one day and heard a hissing noise then realized the clutch servo had failed. Mustang GT's with a 5 speed could have used one with their heavy clutch.

Check your email.

I was going to start a new topic, but was directed to you and your hard clutch.

The other night I was watching the TV show "Car SOS" on natgeo and they were rebuilding a car . To combat a hard clutch they put a vacuum servo on it (also the brakes).

I'd never seen a servo used on a clucth system, made it drivable for the car owner. Just an idea besides the Verto conversion.

Kind of a novel idea.

Just a thought.

omg, after doing that engine flush for 10 minutes, i drained the old oil and run a pressurized air on top cover to flush all remaining impurities, i did the compressed air flush 10 times, i put the 20w50 oil and oh i swear, the oil pressure went up and idle became constant, i did the timing as well and i noticed its more stable, no more jumping up and down. i rev it with no more hesitation. there were no solid particles came out when i drained it, but definitely the inside was cleansed not 100% tho but at leased maybe 70%.

im so happy with the result... i told you guys, do not box yourself , dream, explore , experiment and discover... dont just sit there... now i have the best running mini ever...

but i still hate Fram oil filters... 

Very disappointed in my fellow forum members, not one mention of the transmission needing Pampers when the "experiment" is finished.

Damn, I got sucked in.

Woe is me.