Irish Mini Owners Club

Cool Thanks. Was hoping I could find the small car dolly thing cause we could just throw it in the back of his van. For the trip to get the car

Hi It's been ages since I've been on here. Mostly cause I was in Australia for the last 2.5 years. But I need to get my mini back from Clifden to Dublin. So I need to get it back my mate has a LWB transporter. So as we can't go over 750kg unbraked he reckons a car trailer will be over this. I've hea...

Ok so I pulled the head and yep the head gone between cylinders 2 and 3. So what's the best head gasket I should get gonna go the whole hog get the head skimmed and replace the studs. Anything else I should do replace while I'm at it? Also anywhere in Dublin I can get the parts instead if minispares...

Yeah will run a compression test just have to borrow a friends tester but will check the clearances tomorrow

Yeah I'll check that out when I have a chance in work the next few days. When I had the head off about a year ago I put a turbo head gasket on it and haven't overheated it. So if it is the head not sure how I blew it.

it starts but struggles to idle a little revs gets it going.

Hi My mini Has been running like a dog since I replaced the o2 sensor and for some reason it's now running on 2 cylinders. It's not running on cylinders 2 and 3. I've replaced the coil the leads and the spark plugs. I checked the dizzy cap which looks ok didn't have one to replace it with. So I'm ge...

I was having a chat with a friend a while ago about a removable front end and he suggested using liquid metal to put a metal one together. This isn't something I'm planning more pub talk, but he made the point that if you use fibre glass front ends with brace bars it couldn't be weaker. What would p...

I've been looking for rear pockets for my mini to tidy up the inside a little the only thing I've found are these but seem very expensive for what they are. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Rear-Bin-Pocket-Classic-Mini-OE-Quality-Dashboard-match-/360500623161?pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=i...

Billy wrote:Pardon my ignorance but what's a speedohealer? Sounds like an angel-hugger in swimming trunks.

It's a real thing speedo on a bike engine speedo is calibrated for 17" wheels the car only 13" wheels on it so it corrects for an accurate speedo reading

If I was selling a car and asking nearly €15000 I would at least spell check the ad and I'm not even talking about the text talk in the ad. Some reason always make me suspicous. But maybe thats just me

Cool, will try that just didn't want to force anything and damage parts

This is the smaller bearing at the end of the shaft I can't undo the smaller nut till its off I don't mind breaking it its not expensive to replace but don't want to damage anything

I'm trying to take the needle roller bearing off the mainshaft of the gearbox and it doesn't seem to want to come as the cage is plastic I am a bit hesitant to use a puller on it any ideas?

the way I do it is use a bar put it between the studs to stop the hub spinning then put a breaker bar on the castle nut and stand on it a few bounces and it should come loose, failing that a cold chisel and a hammer will break the nut.

Thought about it but the buzzer also go's off if the first lambda is disconnected so I think it has some job there aswell

the connection for the second lambda runs all the way back to behind the dash. so when I disconnected it the buzzer was going off the easier solution was to leave it connected but the sensor is tucked behind the dash. make sense?

Still needs to be plugged in though cause the buzzer go's if its disconnected so I now have lambdas sensor behind the dash just in case

All the oil is at the back of the engine nothing at the front also nothing is above the manifolds at the back. 99% sure it's coming from the diff replaced the remote searchable seal its mainly on the left side of the diff will get a few pics later macker thanks for the help good list of things to ch...

macker wrote:it's a mini, everywhere!

if it's coming more from the drivers side it could be the gear selector rod where it goes into the gearbox, a common leaking point on minis

Its deffinitely higher then that and I just replaced the seal there

I've got a bit of an oil leak going on it looks like it's coming out of the. Left pot joint so I've ordered these new seals http://minispares.com/Product.aspx?ty=pb&pid=35753. But there is there any other likely places that could be leaking oil in the same sort of area. Thanks for any and all re...

Cool good to know kind of thought it isn't necessary as the european spec minis don't have it and pass emmisson regs

thanks for that although its very pricey £143. http://www.somerfordmini.co.uk/eshop/in ... ts_id=5479. Although I could be looking at the wrong one

yeah its a jap car just couldn't find the sensor on any of the mini sites

My old exhaust had rusted through so I bought myself a fletcher stainless steel one(http://www.minisport.com/mini-spare-parts/info_SPDLF-SSAN583-2S1S.html). The new exhaust doesnt have a boss to fit a sensor which is directly after the cat so do I need to get a boss made so I can fit the sensor also...