Irish Mini Owners Club

I was about two hundred yards away from the church in which I was travelling to in Cavan after leaving my house at 7am this morning and one of the last corners this happened

Stud was in the ditch in the back ground.


The nice man who got me up to the local


Snapped the brake line


Cracked the ball baring cover thing


Stephen re-building the hub Thanks Stephen!!!


I had snapped the brake line, the tie-bar, driveshaft, cv joint and a few other bits but Stephen is sorting me out with parts so we should have Stud back by tomorrow afternoon and body I just bent an a panel.

Thanks to Stephen, the lads in the jeep who towed me out of the ditch, Donal for sorting out the tow truck to get it back to Stephens, Si for giving me a lift the rest of the way to the churchand Fifi for supplying the tea!

How the back bumped end up coming off?

Your mini doesnt ike you!

let me no if your stuck for anythin

Kenneth Murphy wrote:let me no if your stuck for anythin

yeah likewise if you need anything ,i have 2 hubs in the shed......

Stan, are you a jinx by any chance ?

The Marcos Graveyard wrote:Stan, are you a jinx by any chance ?

young inexperienced driver, but we all have to learn somewhere....

Tmg I think I am. And I wouldn't mind but I was going about 20k as I was behind Simon! I was waiting for something from you Si, I thought you were being a bit nice but thats not really you

StanO'Toole wrote:Tmg I think I am. And I wouldn't mind but I was going about 20k as I was behind Simon! I was waiting for something from you Si, I thought you were being a bit nice but thats not really you

what do you mean, you are a young inexperienced driver ,and yes i was being nice and if you need anything i have surplus, its there for you.....

Well that seems to be the mini Injury of the month! with Buddys and now yours...Wonder if steven will charge you 3.5K for the fix :p


Glad to see your back though, bring it to a car park(empty one!) and try messing about in the ice, you can learn alot in a few minutes.

Just make sure you know where the Kerbs are etc.

gareth wrote:How the back bumped end up coming off?

To be honest I don't know, I sort of picked it up and f**ked it in Stud!

And thank you MiniIreland I thank you for the offer!

stan u wil jist have to take it easy and GO SLOWER

No way Stan ,just get some spiked tyres stick the boot down and show her who,s boss yea !!

Bad luck man ,hope you get sorted

wow not havin much luck with stud are ya

PAUL D wrote:wow not havin much luck with stud are ya

i think that could be classed as an understatement
hope your luck inproves

[quote="kona"]Well that seems to be the mini Injury of the month! with Buddys and now yours...Wonder if steven will charge you 3.5K for the fix :p


Glad to see your back though, bring it to a car park(empty one!) and try messing about in the ice, you can learn alot in a few minutes.

Just make sure you know where the Kerbs are etc.[/quote]

yeah i was just thinking the same looks identical to mine!!

jayus how long did ya have it on the road for this time!!!! if your stuck gimme a shout...

what did ya hit?? just the ditch???

ouch! sure it's not called dud?

Dud, now that's good.

Back to the test center stan!!!!

with your luck stan i wouldnt have taken stud out in the snow hope u get bake motering soon

Stan whats the story with you and the right wheel comin off minis ur in?

Hey Stan, why/how did the wheel actually come off?

Darran

sent him on his way earlier on, well left him (and the father) to the do last few bits as i had to do a course so hope he did what was left to do well

i didnt see it but il tell ya wat happened:
he understeered aka slid, accelerated and went a bit across the road, slid some more, and slid some more.... then the back of the car decided to slide along too and whipped its ass 180 around and then he went into the ditch backways
he's lucky, the right back side of the car was leaning on the ditch (wheel of ground) and on the other side of the ditch was an 8 foot drop!!
anyway when we got the car pulled out of the ditch the wheel collapsed more, the tie rod had bent completely (he has pics) all the balljoint casings were cracked/broke so the balls of them actually popped out, and the driveshaft had snapped at the coupling... so the wheel was left hanging on by the bent tie bar and the steering rack...

lucky for him i had all the spares to send him back home a day later.... couldnt put up wit him anymore

steven