What instructions I can find to fit the Hi-Lo's say the fuel tank has to come out to remove the LR Shocker - that I understand but why does the shocker have to come out? Can't you just disconnect the bottom of the shocker and drop the swing arm?

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David L


My greatest fear in life is that when I die my wife will sell my Mini and tools for the price I told her I paid for them!

I doubt you will be able to move the bottom of the shock enough to get it off of the trailing arm with the top attached. The shock will hit the body before it actually comes off of the trailing arm I think (been a while since I worked on a dry car).

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"In two years time your car will be like a lady's clothes, out of date, my car will still be in fashion when I am dead" - Sir Alec speaking to Pininfarina

The bottom of the shock is on a stud, with a nut. There isn't enough room to move the shock off it, unless it's disconnected at the top and laid down.

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DrMini- 1970 wasaMatic 1360, Mk1S crank, 86.6HP (ATW) =~125 @ crank, 45 Dellorto (38 chokes), RE282 sprint cam, 1.5 rockers, 11.0:1 C/R.

Bugger - lot long ago got the tank back in after a long struggle - now it has to come out again

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David L


My greatest fear in life is that when I die my wife will sell my Mini and tools for the price I told her I paid for them!

Not right out, just move it -> enough to get a spanner on that nut...

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DrMini- 1970 wasaMatic 1360, Mk1S crank, 86.6HP (ATW) =~125 @ crank, 45 Dellorto (38 chokes), RE282 sprint cam, 1.5 rockers, 11.0:1 C/R.

I just put my hi-lo’s in on the weekend…………it was time seeing I bought them over year and a half ago.

Yep you have to move the tank like every one is saying, unless………..

I had a spare set of trumpets/cones………the long ally thingys
So instead of taking the tank out I just drilled a pile of holes through the cone/trumpet and snapped it in to two half’s………came out real easy…….and the fuel tank stayed in place.

I figured that I have a set of hi-lo’s in that I would not be needing the trumpets/cone any time in the near future……..and have now got three rears for spares.
Cheers neil

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I have a mini because I'm not allowed to play with small thermo nuclear weapons any more. (bloody neighbours you’d think they would be happy that they don’t have to turn a light on when they need to take a leak in the middle of the night)

Matt (Nav) on here, and I had to do the same with mine just recently.. makes a lot more sense to do so rather than to buggerize around with the tank..

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Bluey-1973 Clubby - 1330, high lift, big cam, 7 port madness in progress..

Gumby-1978 Minivan, British Racing Green - 1310, high lift, mild cam, enlarged porting and chamber shape with big valve head, supercharged build in ever slow progress!

ive managed to do this without removing the tank on several occassions. if you get enough leverage to get the bottom of the shock off then you can compress it up to get into the trumpet area.

i had to use a BFH to coax the donut out, and to coax it back in.

i guess it depends on what shocks you are using. How big they are in diameter.

and if you need to get in behind the tank, just loosen the lock strap and budge it over, you dont need to remove it.

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Aussie Leyland, Aussie Factory, Aussie Mini S.