Irish Mini Owners Club

hey guys the other day i came accross an old metro sitting outside a farm, asked the owner what their plans were wit it besides her 2 dogs living in it...
she is willing to sell it.
it is a 1.1 litre 91 metro which belonged to her deceased aunty.
there is 47k miles on it.

now, me wanting a new engine i am just wondering does anyone know exactly what is involved in an engine swap??? what i have heard from day one sincew i got my mini a metro's engine should be a perfect fit and straight swap. is this true??
well i need to buy any new parts???

any advice much appreciated
steven

If that metro is the newer type when the k series engine then it wouldn't fit the mini. the metro your looking for is the older square shape then its more or less a straight swap with just a few changes.

cheers.

just bak from the car auction in cavan. got talking to a man who was lookin at a metro at the auction, he said he had 2 minis n just said what u said...
the newer metro's engine will not fit at all.
the old type however will he said. gave him my number and he said he'd keep an eye out for one for me in longford..

thanks thoughg pick up man, saved me a few bucks

No prob. I got a 89 1275 one owner metro with 69k on the clock on carzone and paid 400 euros for it. the best thing is i got to drive the car before i took the engine out so i know what is was like. So i have a good metro shell if any one wants it.

. . .. "good metro shell" you said? nothing good about a metro now that the engine's gone out of it.. ;)

If you can't drive the engine before you buy, then expect at least that you will have to rebuild it.

i'm sure someone will want it for a chicken run.

Just sent you an E-mail there D_3m0_n might have just what you after.