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- Sun Nov 20, 2016 9:59 pm
- Forum: Technical Section
- Topic: MPi ECU
- Replies: 1
- Views: 6580
Re: MPi ECU
how to reset your ECU (MPi) if you replace a sensor. 1] turn ignition on - engine *not* running 2] press accelerator all the way to the floor 10 times 3] turn off ignition http://www.uscars.biz/uscars/mini-documents/Mini_MPI_Reinitialisation_ECU.pdf I'm in the middle of replacing the cooling system...
- Sat Feb 20, 2016 12:05 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Insurance Help Please!
- Replies: 5
- Views: 5173
Re: Insurance Help Please!
Glad to hear you finally got sorted. Fair play for persisting! Good luck with the NCT.
- Wed Nov 25, 2015 1:25 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: MPI top steady bar bush replacement
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3726
Re: MPI top steady bar bush replacement
Thanks woody, it doesn't look like a socket would go over the nut given its closeness to the breather, maybe a really skinny one! I already got the bushes ages ago, they are the rover one piece ones.
- Wed Nov 25, 2015 10:08 am
- Forum: General
- Topic: MPI top steady bar bush replacement
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3726
MPI top steady bar bush replacement
Hi all, I'm going to have a go at doing the above, but as with every other job on the MPI, lack of room to wield a spanner is against me :evil:. Does anybody have any tips on the way to go? The engine breather is in the way, but it's nearly impossible to reach the nut on the inside. I've been puttin...
- Fri May 01, 2015 11:02 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Mini Friendly NCT Centres
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3294
Re: Mini Friendly NCT Centres
I've had a couple of minis through numerous tests in Fonthill, Dublin and have always found them fair and never picked up on anything ridiculous or felt unreasonably done by.
Sometimes passed first time, and always on a re-test where required with little work.
Just personal experience.
Sometimes passed first time, and always on a re-test where required with little work.
Just personal experience.
- Sat Jan 24, 2015 6:28 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: fuel guage
- Replies: 10
- Views: 7834
Re: fuel guage
When l fill mine it will read 3/4 full and then drop to half full after around 50 miles. As Woody says , you will be grand driving in excess of 200 miles to a tank, 280 MAX. Personally, I always take a reading after filling up and refill when I reach the 240 mile mark and there is always a gallon or...
- Mon Nov 03, 2014 8:32 pm
- Forum: Projects and My Mini
- Topic: My 1980 1275gt
- Replies: 25
- Views: 20203
Re: My 1980 1275gt
Scumbags! Braindead in more ways than one, as they hadn't even choked the engine going by the pics.
Glad to hear the claim was straightforward.
Glad to hear the claim was straightforward.
- Sat Oct 18, 2014 6:58 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: suspension replacement
- Replies: 9
- Views: 7090
Re: suspension replacement
Thanks Neil, I'm looking forward to feeling the difference of the new rubber!
It will make an enjoyable experience even more so.
It will make an enjoyable experience even more so.
- Sat Oct 18, 2014 12:41 am
- Forum: General
- Topic: suspension replacement
- Replies: 9
- Views: 7090
Re: suspension replacement
I'll take that as a no.
- Tue Oct 14, 2014 9:57 am
- Forum: For Sale
- Topic: Full roll cage
- Replies: 8
- Views: 6253
Re: Full roll cage
Did this sell in the end James?
- Mon Oct 13, 2014 9:46 am
- Forum: General
- Topic: suspension replacement
- Replies: 9
- Views: 7090
suspension replacement
Hi all, I will be replacing the rubber cones on my mini soon and was thinking about fitting a set of hi-lo's at the same time. Is it something many have done, or is it unnecessary for everyday road use?
Also, what rubber bushes should be changed on the car, seeing as she has just turned 17!
Also, what rubber bushes should be changed on the car, seeing as she has just turned 17!
- Mon Oct 06, 2014 9:01 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: shorty on RTE
- Replies: 0
- Views: 2650
shorty on RTE
Hi all, saw a clip for tonight's episode of Damo and Ivor which featured an orange shorty.
Worth a look, if you happen to have a box in front of you!
(Ten o'clock, RTE two)
Worth a look, if you happen to have a box in front of you!
(Ten o'clock, RTE two)
- Tue Jul 29, 2014 6:49 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Seen a Mini?
- Replies: 2237
- Views: 1423678
Re: Seen a Mini?
Spotted a light brown elf, ZV, in convoy with a sportspack, 99 I think, city bound at Heuston this morning.
Later in Lucan village, I spotted Stuie's maroon clubman estate leaving the church carpark, so naturally I pulled the bus up and let him out! Beautiful whine from the gearbox as she sped away.
Later in Lucan village, I spotted Stuie's maroon clubman estate leaving the church carpark, so naturally I pulled the bus up and let him out! Beautiful whine from the gearbox as she sped away.
- Sat May 31, 2014 10:19 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Seen a Mini?
- Replies: 2237
- Views: 1423678
Re: Seen a Mini?
Green 71 clubman on road from Sligo this morning.
Car was in hard shoulder, hope it wasn't serious!
Car was in hard shoulder, hope it wasn't serious!
- Wed May 21, 2014 9:19 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Buyer beware
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3631
Re: Buyer beware
The equinox was launched in April 1996. This one spent it's infancy on a forecourt for a good few months!Dylan8660 wrote:97 but not an mpi?
Only 750 were produced.
- Sat May 10, 2014 8:59 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Seen a Mini?
- Replies: 2237
- Views: 1423678
Re: Seen a Mini?
I spot an almond green mk2/3 with white roof, restoration candidate in a garden of a house in Foxborough, Lucan.
Anybody on here own it?
Anybody on here own it?
- Sun Mar 16, 2014 9:50 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: BBC 2 tonight 10 pm Sunday 16th.
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3560
Re: BBC 2 tonight 10 pm Sunday 16th.
Thanks Aidan, just set it to record.
Paddy was interviewed last week by pat Kenny on newstalk.
Great interview, don't know if anyone here was listening?
Paddy was interviewed last week by pat Kenny on newstalk.
Great interview, don't know if anyone here was listening?
- Fri Mar 14, 2014 11:56 am
- Forum: General
- Topic: New member from Dublin *mini found*
- Replies: 88
- Views: 56466
Re: New member from Dublin looking for a mini
If you look closely under the nct cert on the brown one, you can see rust bubbles on the scuttle.
Scuttle decay can prove a costly fix.
Scuttle decay can prove a costly fix.
- Wed Jan 22, 2014 6:34 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Seen a Mini?
- Replies: 2237
- Views: 1423678
Re: Seen a Mini?
97 KE, black mpi heading west on n4 at liffey valley this morning.
- Tue Jan 21, 2014 2:40 pm
- Forum: Technical Section
- Topic: Running wrong
- Replies: 32
- Views: 12466
Re: Running wrong
I know it's a long shot, but did you check the flux capacitor?
Re: Mini poem
Bravo! I daresay, we have all been there!
- Fri Nov 15, 2013 6:28 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Which Oil ?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3627
Re: Which Oil ?
20/50 all the way. Go for the Miller's classic, if the market can bear it!
- Fri Oct 25, 2013 7:02 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: NCT aborted
- Replies: 16
- Views: 6925
Re: NCT aborted
Today I discovered the overflow pipe stub on the thermostat housing had been blocked causing the expansion bottle to fill right up, which explains what the nct tester described as coolant escaping from the expansion bottle cap. I had already flushed the system in both directions, ran a cleaner throu...
- Mon Oct 21, 2013 8:23 am
- Forum: General
- Topic: NCT aborted
- Replies: 16
- Views: 6925
Re: NCT aborted
It's a multi point car, yes. Are those caps available from a motor factors? I'm going to flush the engine when I get a chance, I'll then re-fill the system 50/50. It would probably be good practice to replace the thermostat either way, so I'll do that too.
- Sun Oct 20, 2013 2:31 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: NCT aborted
- Replies: 16
- Views: 6925
Re: NCT aborted
Thermostat functioning.
The finger of suspicion points to the pump. When I had the belt off, the pulley would rotate with small resistance felt, no noise. I think I'll whip it off all the Same and check the impeller.
The finger of suspicion points to the pump. When I had the belt off, the pulley would rotate with small resistance felt, no noise. I think I'll whip it off all the Same and check the impeller.