Irish Mini Owners Club

hi all , does anybody know where i could get my exhaust welded back into place. the bracket in the middle of the car has broke. its hangin down very low and is startin to scrap over some ramps..its gettin to the stage where i'm afraid to drive over them and rip the engine out..it needs fixing asap..pls if someone could weld it or knows of anyone who could id be greatful.
i'm living in the blanchardstown area
brian

Can't help with Blanchardstown area, sorry, but had to get same job done on mine, got a laugh out of the member named I Hate Speedbumps. Got my mechanic to jack the car up an extra inch as the country roads are a killer for Minis, don't know if thats recommended but it helped a bit. Hope you find someone soon.

b.fitzs if you are willing to drive to newcastle co. Dublin I will weld it for you give me a call on (086) 8160774.
Regards,
Paul

hi, you are a star....i'll give you a bell later on at some stage...thanks a million......brian fitzs

No Prob Brian sore i cut call earler just i was driving trough finglas, you know what the old bill are like these days. Ill Give you a call later in the week and we can arange a date.

so i'm back to the exhaust again..got a rubber mount for it and fixed it this morning.....started notice it was very loud yestederday and today...drove home from finglas to clonsilla and deaffen'd the ears of me and the girlfriend....so had another look around and found that the exhaust to the manifold flange wasn't even connected . the clamp came loose . re clamped it and took it for a spin and still loud as hell...my dad said to have a look in the dark to see the so called blue flame if there was a crack in the exhaust...low and behold there she was , it was coming from the clamp...i will have to get some exhaust seal paste and hopefully this will fix this problem... any opinions mini heads..

p.s: when seeing the blue flame i thought to myself....thank gaud the engine didn't catch fire :shock: :shock: :shock:

biran, dont wore its now problam nearly all minis leak at the manafold to exhaust pipe joint little inherent flaw just relece the clamp put a litle gungum around the flange of exhaust pipe suve it up agenst the manafold replace the clamp tighted the nut up good and tight and bob is your uncal warm the engine up and the bad noise will be a distant memory.

it worked like a treat...purrs like a kitten...also noticed that the ignition disturbiter valve wasn't even connected to the carb....was wondering what was eattin the petrol....cant wait for this weekend...cos this is my first mini and i cant wait to get some idea's and tips on how to keeps it in running order.i just wanna get my hands dirty in the mini.....anyway gonna have a doob some tea and it's off to bed for me......slán agus óiche maith

Hiya Brian. Did you say you were in Finglas??? You're not in the West by any chance, are you? I spotted and early 80's light metallic blue Mini City parked just around from Cappagh hospital a few weeks ago. Just wondering who owned it...