What have you done to your classic Mini lately?
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Mar 6, 2016 08:02PM | triggerboy | |
Mar 6, 2016 05:18PM | jeg | |
Mar 6, 2016 04:54PM | tmsmith | |
Mar 6, 2016 04:26PM | Minerva | |
Mar 6, 2016 05:10AM | Willie_B | |
Mar 5, 2016 09:28PM | AWOODY | |
Mar 5, 2016 04:44PM | bluebox | |
Mar 5, 2016 04:24AM | malsal | |
Mar 4, 2016 06:49PM | Rosebud | |
Mar 4, 2016 04:11PM | Spitz | |
Mar 4, 2016 02:49PM | jeg | Edited: Mar 4, 2016 02:51PM |
Mar 4, 2016 01:53PM | triggerboy | |
Mar 4, 2016 01:29PM | SuzukiTodd | |
Feb 26, 2016 03:58PM | mur | |
Feb 26, 2016 03:44PM | malsal | |
Feb 26, 2016 02:46PM | mur | |
Feb 26, 2016 02:11PM | malsal | |
Feb 26, 2016 08:54AM | triggerboy | Edited: Feb 26, 2016 08:56AM |
Feb 26, 2016 08:37AM | malsal | |
Feb 26, 2016 08:19AM | triggerboy |
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anyway, those 2 poison gray minis looks sharp and pristine, i like the color.
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The peasants are revolting...
"Gone with the Wind" - a brief yet moving vignette concerning lactose intolerance
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If it's not Scottish....it's crap! (Cry of the Mini Tartan Owners' Clan)
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"How can anything bigger be mini?"
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Malsal...
You brought something up that may be an answer for me.
On my Jap spec 89 MINI, there was a bracket attached to the front sub that seemed to be doing nothing. I postedd a pic of it years ago..can't find now.
Was it common for Jap spec MINIs to be fitted with these(sump guards)? Were Brit spec MINIs fitted with them at the same time?
Mine was an auto...
I think this bracket may well have been one of the rear brackets for holding a sump guard and maybe the PO removed the guard for an oil change or something
I still have it somewhere if someone has a Jap spec car and needs one of these ( LH ) for any reason.
If in doubt, flat out. Colin Mc Rae MBE 1968-2007.
Give a car more power and it goes faster on the straights,
make a car lighter and it's faster everywhere. Colin Chapman.
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Malsal...
You brought something up that may be an answer for me.
On my Jap spec 89 MINI, there was a bracket attached to the front sub that seemed to be doing nothing. I postedd a pic of it years ago..can't find now.
Was it common for Jap spec MINIs to be fitted with these(sump guards)? Were Brit spec MINIs fitted with them at the same time?
Mine was an auto...
I think this bracket may well have been one of the rear brackets for holding a sump guard and maybe the PO removed the guard for an oil change or something
I still have it somewhere if someone has a Jap spec car and needs one of these ( LH ) for any reason.
"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
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But generally my mini drives fantastic especially when i replaced the needle back to AAC. Very smooth and responsive.
Here's the thread:
http/www.minimania.com/Msg_Reply.cfm?ThreadID=118994&QuoteID=1113181
Not looking to 'pick on you', but unless you've replaced your tie rods with a heavy-duty performance variety (21A1091 - Tie-Rods-Adjustable-Heavy-Duty-Pair), I wouldn't be risking breaking the ends off the standard items tie rods - they tend to snap off at the end where the threads meet the solid section under the bushes if the bushes used are too hard.
These bushes, that our host doesn't seem to carry, have served well for many years. Before this 'kit' was created, I bought both medium-hard and soft bushes and created my own kits - use the hard bush on the outside, the soft bush on the inside.
C-STR627
MSC offers a very nice money-saving full kit - 21A1092
If you don't know the characteristics of the shiny red bushes, well, maybe consider ordering some standard bushes (31G1155) and torque them to the spec noted in your Haynes (Now that you've printed them out, and used a half ream of paper to do so, you've stated that all of the pages were present - and apologised to Dimitri for any hassle you'd given him about missing pages.)
If for some reason you can't find the torque spec in your Haynes, then the Technical pages on this site has them listed. Another invaluable resource.
The peasants are revolting...
"Gone with the Wind" - a brief yet moving vignette concerning lactose intolerance
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But generally my mini drives fantastic especially when i replaced the needle back to AAC. Very smooth and responsive.
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I put in new spark plugs and the darn thing still wont start. I also noticed that my choke is being very difficult and I think it is time to replace it.
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Sump guard was was removed weeks ago. I might refit it at some point, but it only ensures that the bottom of the car will impact stuff, then it just smashes into the transmission.
The changes to the front panel for the MPI radiator give ample room to withdraw the canister. My only criticism of the job would be the useless fresh air intake for the heater and its interference when removing the grille when the car has factory driving lamps.
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If in doubt, flat out. Colin Mc Rae MBE 1968-2007.
Give a car more power and it goes faster on the straights,
make a car lighter and it's faster everywhere. Colin Chapman.
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If in doubt, flat out. Colin Mc Rae MBE 1968-2007.
Give a car more power and it goes faster on the straights,
make a car lighter and it's faster everywhere. Colin Chapman.
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is there really a mini named Equinox?? See? I dont even know that.
That mini is from the other forum, i find the color cute thats why i snatched it, thats pretty much how my mini looks like now, hood open, under construction.
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If in doubt, flat out. Colin Mc Rae MBE 1968-2007.
Give a car more power and it goes faster on the straights,
make a car lighter and it's faster everywhere. Colin Chapman.
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