Irish Mini Owners Club

Yep your right there, adjust all the way in then dependent on shoe/drum condition about a 1/4 turn back off, the wheel should spin freely but may grab/bind slightly at certain points on rotation. The key is to get the rotation and spin the same on both side to prevent one wheel grabbing before the o...

I had one on my race prepared mini back in NZ, it was lighter than any of the fibreglass ones others were using and also stood up to damage/repair far better than the fibreglass ones also. We made it on the car by welding the bonnet/wings and front section together (tacked) and then cut it off the c...

At the top of the rear brake drum dust shields is a square shaped adjuster (dead centre top) this requires a 5/16" sized spanner to turn, by rotating this adjuster you will either loosen or tighten the shoes against the drum. So you need to jack up the rear of the vehicle (add axle stands) rele...

Check the waterpump, the vanes could have seperated from the pump itself

Nole Carey in Kilmachnogue (not correct spelling I know) really nice guy and genuine, used him loads and never a problem 01 2862462

The missconception with media blasters is the home handyman type air compressors (50 - 200 litres) do not shift enough air volume to allow the blasters to work efficiently. I have tired most pressure pots and containers, different media as well, they struggle to take off good quality paint and if th...

Possible warped disc? or damaged/buckled wheel

Anywhere between 13.8v and 14.1v at idle is fine, this doesn't sound like an alternator problem, it sounds more like a slipping fan belt, I would check the tension on this first before shelling out hard earned money on a new alternator. And yes if your alternator was not functioning properly your ba...

I thought there was a circlip under the plastic cover on the end of the shaft (I may be wrong as its been a while since I've done a inner CV) As for mix and matching parts, I would say you should be ok, its not normally good practise though. What your looking for it break through on the hardening, w...

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I would say any modifications to the mini especially at your age is going to seriously effect the rate of insurance and possibly even to the point where they may refuse to insure it. I would ring your insurance company (or others) and find out before you start the work. As for wheels I think these a...

Yes the bulb has two filaments one for dip one for high beam, quite common for the high beam to go, there are 2 types of bulb fitted to minis, one is a complete sealed unit (i.e. the whole glass unit) or and H4 bulb.

You can get repair paint for them, hardest part is finding the break point

4 x 100 is a metric patern found on most Jap vehicles, what you need is 4 x 4" or 4 x 101.6 (metric equlivent) mini spec You are correct in your assumption that all 10" 12" and 13" wheels will fit you mini, especially with the Cooper S brakes fitted. It all comes down to the look...

You will need to remove all the existing paint as the original paint has not stuck and therefore if you paint over it with correct paint it will just peel off because of the existing stuff.

As GTM Coupe say's above, but no need for the earth for the rev counter itself as the coil it the triggering earth, the only earth required is the one for the light, which you would connect with the rest of your dash lights through the side light circuit of the mini as any of the normal dashes woul...

The bullet connector is the trigger wire that will run to the negitive side of the coil (white/black), the spade connector is the positive (switched) source so will connect to a switched 12v wire, and there should another spade connector on the case of the tacho, this is the earth. There should also...

Careful, its a kitcar, so has to insured as one, very expensive (trust me) its why I sold my Coupe, also NCT's are near on impossible to pass as they have no idea on what to class it as. Also VRT will be at the highest tax bracket due to it being a engine of unknown CO2 emissions. Just my 2 cents wo...

If you don't know what you are doing its very hard to even talk someone through the setup, probably best have a professional look at it.

Does this help

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/martinwhistler/wiper.pdf

I would say doggy brake light switch, check switch on the brake pedal not hard to fix

You'll struggle using brute force only, the best way is to get the nut under tension then using a large hammer strike the bar, the shock will loosen the nut. I always use a 3/4" breaker bar and socket with a 6' extension (scafolding tube) and then whilst someone stands on the breaker bar anothe...

Don't just remove the thermostate completley as this will cause cavitation, you can however remove the centre of the thermostate and just leave the outer ring. Having a heater or not will not cause the overheating as when the heater is closed is is the same as kining the hose. Overheating as explain...

Have you adjusted the clutch throughout? Sounds like the clutch is setup wrong and is putting enough pressure on the system to stall the engine, this is what I would check first, not sure what the settings are for a Verto clutch though.

Grease and a suitable socket will get the one in the housing out