Irish Mini Owners Club

I have been around a while now so thought it was about time I uploaded a few pics of my mini.
Its a 1997 mpi cooper in british racing green

Has Minitastic coil spring conversion, fast road
Lowered gaz dampers
Hilos
Group 2 arches
Austin cooper type Mk 1 grill
Boot liner

And as it stands now after having some bodywork done












And also if anyone has a spare wiper arm around, I need one for the passenger side
http://www.irishminis.ie/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=4094

I was just about to say your missing a wiper arm! Was it stolen or did it fall of? There seems to be a good few going missing! Nice Mini, the grill looks wierd with a 97 reg under it , I like it tho! I wish mine looked that well!

long live wx cars ha, very nice car, what exhaust is that??

nice mini love the grill and the boot board with the little pocket

nice looking mini ,liking the grille and arches ,a set of mk2 rear lights and a lucas reversing light would really compliment the period extras and if you really wanted to go all out on it 10 inch wheels and cooper brake conversion...

best of luck with it...

Thanks for the comments, the wiper arm decided after 12 years it had, had enough and fell off on the motorway. The exhaust is a minisport own brand jobbie and to be honest it doesnt fit nor sound great. Some great ideas there miniireland, I would like some MB split wheels

my 93 sprite has the same, they must have been goin cheap in wexford at some stage. where abouts you livin in wexford

yea im going to replace the exhaust for a maniflow at some stage. Only just noticed your in Wexford, Im living in killurin just outside wexford town.

i'm from barntown!!!! livin in ballymitty now

Lovely clean looking Mini there and maniflow is the only exhaust in my opinion,sounds great,well finished and fits like a glove.

Your windscreen gave some problems fitting back in Watson. Turned out real nice thou. How you get on with Karl?

gareth wrote:Your windscreen gave some problems fitting back in Watson. Turned out real nice thou. How you get on with Karl?

I heard that, dont get it though as the seals were from minispares and are the only ones they sell but they are very stiff especially when compared to the ones belonging to liams mini. Where do you get the screen seals?

Think he got them from Ian in Miniquip. I'll ask him tomorrow. Did you get sorted with the small wing indicators yet?

gareth wrote:Did you get sorted with the small wing indicators yet?

Yep used glue and a big stick to keep it pressed on, hasnt fallen off yet

does anyone know how to remove the ashtray surround from the top dash rail as its rattling and doing my head in. Im assuming there is a way it clips in as pushing it doesnt work

pic to show what im on about

not 100% but i think if you stick a screwdriver into the side of it carefully it should just pop out...

Time for an update, I just started a new job today and im being trained in Galway for a week and this morning the mini started making metal grinding noises when driving along and very loud scraping when overtaking so I drove slowly to Ray at Galway mini centre this evening and he diagnosed it as a worn diff pin, which is about to break

So its going to be fixed but at a great cost, although it might be an ideal time to change the diff, Ray recommended a 3.6 but but I think my ears would explode on the motorway with that

One soon to be broke mini owner
Philip

Oops !

CLUBMANGT wrote:Oops !

Yep and it has developed an oil leak too from the oil temperature sender.

I changed the oil 2 weeks ago and there were no bits of gearbox attached to the sump plug but there probably is now!

its the curse of stud after spreadsin to county wexford!!!!!!!!!!! i broke a diff pin 2 weeks ago

Engine been rebuilt now, Ray works fast

But it needed lots of new bits:
X-pin Diff
Box Bearings
Layshaft bearings
New synchro on 2nd gear
Pot joint as Ray said the Minisport ones never fit
Second hand exhaust as the Minisport one broke in half, spot the trend here
New oil pump and water pump
And most importantly shorter gearing, should make it quicker

But the bill is yet to be calculated

Kenneth Murphy wrote:its the curse of stud after spreadsin to county wexford!!!!!!!!!!! i broke a diff pin 2 weeks ago

Did the front wheels lock up? mine didnt break but due to the amount of play in the diff, it would of broke soon.

Well I got it back this evening and its driving perfect now The closer gearing has made a huge difference to acceleration and the engine is much less stressed on hills.

But as I have grown to expect from this car, it has developed a new rattle

yea the whels locked solid for a few minits but i pushed it home

Kenneth Murphy wrote:yea the whels locked solid for a few minits but i pushed it home

engine rebuild time then?, is this the car you are going to put a turbo on?

Since the gearbox is sorted now, Im starting to get ideas, specifically attaching one of these



But may wait a while as I just left my job

yea the turbo one is under way!!!! should be out for mtm!!!