Just wanted to share this :-)
I was on my way home from work one day last week, and it was raining
pretty hard.  Travelling along the freeway I came up behind a grey
coloured ford something.  The ford was doing 85 and the limit of the

In the May edition of Practical Classics magazine, Peter Simpson in his Classic
Helpline column has advised a reader that a 1275 A+ engine has different
head stud spacings from a A-series engine. He's wrong isn't he?
The poor reader was only trying to use a head from a A+ on his ...

I am having a little trouble tightening reattaching the hubs onto the front
suspension arms of my 76 mini.  Is there some trick to stop the ball joints
rotating when trying to tighten the nuts onto them??
cheers

Since last thursday my mini has been at the garage i take it to usually, but
this time for a 1300 conversion. Been told will take only two days and here
i am still today not got it back. Rang up and been told will be definately
ready tomorrow lunch time and i could go and pick it up ...

Seen the thread about setting up fuel gauges, mine has a habit of not
working (indicates empty or somewhere in betweenas it suits it), or
correctly - full. could this be caused by the same problems you other chaps
are having with magnets and stuff?

If anyone is interested, watch chips now on UK gold, they are chasing
someone using a Cooper, RHD as well!!
Alex

hiya
after looking for some time i now have a grp bonnet at a reasonable price,
?50 + vat for a single skin. rips the piss out of Zeemax...
http://www.plmini.co.uk/parts/kits.htm

Hey all again,
Well called avonbar to ask for advice on how and what do i need to lower my
mini a bit as the rear end seems to be a lot higher than the front.
The guy did explain but didnt get any of it. Any of you guys can point me

The latest Esquire magazine has an old photo of Arnold Swartzneger(however
you spell it) lifting a mini with some older woman sitting in it.

Hoping for help from the group.
The little red beast decided it did not want to run on anything less than
full choke a couple of days ago. First tried to solve the problem my
favorite way.  Park it for a few days and hope the malady cures itself.