Hi Ry
Welcome back to the site, sorry for the slow hello, but I'm sure you can
understand the reasons for most of our members standing off for a while, as
you can appreciate we have a bit of a small irritation that pops on to the

Has anyone removed the parcel shelf rail padding (with the plastic
chrome strip) without damaging it (I need to re-use it)

denature the glue, I think perhaps a scalpel blade to carefully release

Santa forgot to bring me one of these and they're not in the January
sale either.
http://www.minisport.com/mini-sport/mini-sport-7-port-power.html

Can an MG Metro head with the 1.406 inlet and 1.150 exhaust valves be
converted to unleaded?
I have heard that there is not enough metal between/around the valves.

Merry Christmas folks
from
Fitzy

I'm selling both a 1981 Mini Clubman Estate and a 1992 Mayfair.
They'd both make good bases for projects. They need some work but are
both do-up-able. There must be people on this forum who know what
they're doing with Minis more than me, right?!

My name is Ry`
I am one of the original members of this news group back when Rocky
Frisco started it.
I left this group briefly in 1999 when I traveled to The United Kingdom

I've recently purchased a 1972 1275 GT, which runs pretty well but has
the following problems:
1) When I first got the car it would stall immediately at normal
operating temperature unless run with the choke approx 3/4 inch out. I

All Classic Mini questions welcome!
Ill try my best here.(my medication sometimes impedes my judgment!{I can
only imagine the wrath I am subjecting myself too}, but what the hell,
you only live once!)

now that we are in the midst of winter and i am doing a lot of driving
in the dark, i'm looking for some advice for replacing the lucas seal
headlamp bulb on my 1994 spi rover mini with some halogen bulbs.
i'm pretty sure you cant get a direct halogen replacement so what do i

Does anyone think it would be possible to use a transmission cooler to cool
the Engine oil?
1972 Mini Clubman
Cheers

I've got some rot in the whole panel there underneath the rear seat so
obviously it's going to be an MOT failure.
Anyone have any experience changing the whole panel rather than just the
subframe mounting points. Obviously the whole panel will have to be cut

ok I back four anoter tuff day on the news grupes it my job tast is
waht I
do so bringit on you loosers
  show-na-to-va (that is the greeting for this time of year as  JEW

Our open classic has just developed a problem.  The tickover when cold is
really irregular and keeps cutting out, irrespective of where the choke knob
is.  Once warmed up it is perfect, any suggestions what to check
appreciated.

My Mini 2003 is overheating here are the symptoms:
needle goes to middle point when driving as normal
after driving for a while and the car is stopped but still running (in
traffic or something)the needle of the thermostat goes to maximum and red