Irish Mini Owners Club

Hi, I was recently trying to sell my 96 equinox but have had a change of heart and instead I am going to try a restoration job on it. the front end has rust bubbles and paint flicking and flaking off which I was aware off but after at least nearly 6 months of sitting outside in the garden I decided ...

Hi i am selling my 96 mini equinox (Merlin) 1275cc. The car was bought for me as a wedding present but due to work changes i can no longer to afford it. Merlin has no tax nor nct. Needs a ball joint and a wheel bearing for nct, Merlin also requires engine steady bushes and a paint job on front end a...

Hi all, was just wondering has any one converted their door locks to Central locking off the existing rover key fob? If so was it an easy process and or what kit did you use?

Cheers

Al

Yeah thought as much 8-) £102 on Huddersfield spares for a spurious part which is reasonable enough just putting the feelers out for the best bargain. The catch has rusted away from the underneath of the bonnet suppose I could just weld it back on but would rather replace it as I will be painting th...

Cheers for the replies. I am a mechanic by trade woody (so I am well prepared for cut knuckles and more swear words than a drunk sailor) just don't have much Mini repairs experience and from what I have done before nothing is a straight forward. Now that you mention it Macker I have had a knock and ...

Thanks for the reply woody. Sorry I worded it wrong the pedal is not so much hard to press as it is hard to select 1st while pressing clutch occasionally. It only happens at a stop while selecting first but lately has been doin it while dropping hears while slowing down. I am fairly confident it is ...

Hi, Can any one tell me what the average price is for a Bonnet second hand or new?

Hi all, I am having difficulty selecting first gear in my 96 Equinox (crunching sound), the clutch pedal is also sometimes harder than normal. I was aware of a slight clutch issue when i bought the car and knew that at some stage i would have to replace the clutch & pressure plates. I had a prev...

Oh and I took the dizzy cap off and cleaned the rotor arm and contacts as there was a build up of White corrosion on the inside...

Since your problem seems to be load related (uphill) the first place I would look would be the vacumn pipes between the inlet manifold and ECU. The elbows at the ends of the pipes split and if you havent already replaced them I would reckon due to there age that thay would be going.( common problem...

Cheers woody will take a look at them later on.

thanks again

Cheers DaveC. No that is one thing i dont have and was looking for. I was thinking of that too but kinda thought with the removal of the plugs and it starting first time after refit that it probably wasn't damp but it does make sense condition wise.

Hey. I have a 96 mini equinox 1275 at the start of the year it cut out on me, after splutterting up a hill in 3rd gear, it drove for a few feet sluggish until finally cutting out has a real over fueling feel to & it after leaving it at the side of the road for 10min it started and drove home so ...

Cheers will do

Nice one.

Hi. I have put a deposit on a 96g8276 mini equinox due to collect on Sunday if the car performs as good as I am told it does. I put a deposit to hold it till I could test drive it as the seller miss laid the immobiliser fob and told me if I was not happy with it on test drive I could have my deposit...

Sound man... any suggestion on recon engines

Sound Brother

Hey as you all are probably aware by now, my engine had some very bad treatment with its last owner from welded on escort carbs to loose practically everythin. So..... Does any one know how much a recon engine would be or how much to recon mine, at the min as far as i know there is a 1275 metro engi...

Hey with a lambda reading so little off the limit i'd say its a hole in your exhaust if it was higher it would be sensor just means a liitle bit of oxygen is gettin in after the sensor

I know man but coincidence all of them where loose I'm just glad nothin happened when Pennylane was in the car.

Hey so I get in the car this morning with my daughter who's 3 driving to my da's in crumlin from Lucan. Get to crumlin road an notice a knockin noise like a cv joint gone as my da's house is two sec from the crumlin road I said il continue drivin and check it in my da's get there take my daughter ou...

Yeah only done the rears didn have enough money to get fronts but gettin then this month hopefully.

Not sure what the springs where got them off p&l minis.

Yeah man had it on the ramp and no excessive play in anythin only thin o can think off is the front drivers suspension cone is knackard replaced the rears with hi Los and coil springs could it be possible I have them adjusted to high.

12x5. Also if you turn the wheel right when turning it feels like it's diving to the right witout effort to turn wheel. Would a shrunk suspension cone Cause this

Hey folks noticed awhile ago but never really thought much of it till it started annoyin the he'll out of me the mini is wandering from left to fight somethimes find it hard to jeep it between the lines on the lane (and smur it's not just my driving) also noticed if I pull away any way sharpish it h...