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Author:  240stu [ Mon Mar 20, 2006 5:41 pm ]
Post subject:  Hydro suspension/Dry suspension models?
Can anyone give me a run down of what models got what suspension? Dry/Hydro?

Thanks.
Author:  bnicho [ Mon Mar 20, 2006 6:08 pm ]
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Basically (talking Aus production only):
All Mini sedans (850, early Cooper, Mini-Minor) to 1965 - Dry
All Mini sedans from 1965 to mid-1974 (Deluxe, K, Cooper and S, Clumbman) - Wet
All Mini Clubmans from mid-1974 - Dry again.
All vans and mokes regardless of year - Dry.

Cheers,
Author:  drmini in aust [ Mon Mar 20, 2006 6:14 pm ]
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Morris `Mini Minor' (850cc) from 1965- 1967? was dry too.
And the Coopers here were all dry, the 998 Cooper was dropped when the Mini Deluxe started in 1965.
Oz Cooper S was wet until end of model in 1971.

<edit> pretty sure hydro went to dry in 1973.
Author:  240stu [ Mon Mar 20, 2006 6:23 pm ]
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Thanks for the reply, that is very helpful.

Would anyone care to discuss the different pro's and con's of dry and wet suspenion setups for different purposes?
Author:  Morris 1100 [ Mon Mar 20, 2006 6:29 pm ]
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There was the Mini 1100 (Clubman shape) that was dry as well. It was the cheap model.

Dry is lighter.
Wet is softer.

They all need work after 30 years. You can buy new rubber springs for dry but you can't get new Hydro units.
Author:  drmini in aust [ Mon Mar 20, 2006 6:31 pm ]
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Hydros ride nice, they still handle good, 5,000+ Oz Cooper Ss can't be wrong.
Many hydro Minis have been butchered to dry suspension, in the belief they will handle better, and be supposedly more reliable.. My hydro is now 36 years old, and still has original displacers and pipes. No leaks... :wink:

BTW we have a couple of dry ones too- one was a hydro, now converted to dry, with Hi-Los and Koni shocks. No it certainly doesn't handle better, just pitches more at low speed and understeers more too. :lol:

<edit> sure you can't buy new hydro bags any more, but I have 4 S/H in case. May never need `em... 8)
Author:  Lillee [ Mon Mar 20, 2006 6:42 pm ]
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Hey noone mentioned matics! they where hydro 8)
Author:  Morris 1100 [ Mon Mar 20, 2006 6:44 pm ]
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68Delux wrote:
Hey noone mentioned matics! they where hydro 8)
Who is noone? 8) You mean "no one" :wink:
The Matic was really just a Mini Deluxe Auto, so they were Hydro.
Author:  Lillee [ Mon Mar 20, 2006 6:49 pm ]
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Soooorrrey! want me to look up all your posts to check and see if you had any typos?? :twisted: :wink: :P

But they are a different model!
Author:  udomatic [ Mon Mar 20, 2006 6:57 pm ]
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I though Clubman GTs were also hydro?
Author:  Morris 1100 [ Mon Mar 20, 2006 6:57 pm ]
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68Delux wrote:
Soooorrrey! want me to look up all your posts to check and see if you had any typos??

Thanks, I need all the help I can get. :wink:
Author:  drmini in aust [ Mon Mar 20, 2006 7:01 pm ]
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Morris 1100 wrote:
68Delux wrote:
Hey noone mentioned matics! they where hydro 8)
Who is noone? 8) You mean "no one" :wink:
The Matic was really just a Mini Deluxe Auto, so they were Hydro.

Actually most made here were a Mini K shell, hydro, but with the mighty 998 auto of course.

September 1968
New: Mini Deluxe Auto Mark II

March 1969
New: Mini Deluxe Mark II K (Mini K)


Anybody know when `matic production stopped? Not listed in any of the timelines.

Yes Clubby GT here was hydro, it was a Cooper S dressed in drag...haha
Author:  bnicho [ Mon Mar 20, 2006 7:07 pm ]
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udomatic wrote:
I though Clubman GTs were also hydro?


Clubman GT's are early Clubmans (72), which were Hydro. :wink:

I prefer hydro myself, the dry suspension ride is too harsh for a daily driver. But none of my current Minis are hydro. :(
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