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998_Clubman
 Post subject: neally had an acco today
PostPosted: Sun Jun 05, 2005 7:32 pm 
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well story goes i was driving along in the mini.. went to push the brakes and straight to the floor.. no feel to the pedal at all :shock: with the help of a good 5spd box and the handbrake i managed to pull up pretty quickly.. the r clip fell out of the pin at the pedal/master cyl which cause the pin to fall out.. i was really lucky i wasnt in traffic or it didnt happen in the city the other night when i was driving sensibly :shock: new r clips are in, but was a close call..

has this happened to anyone else before?

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PostPosted: Sun Jun 05, 2005 7:58 pm 
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i had that happen to me but it was the clutch. good bit of advice i got was to use Baby Nappy Bobby pins. There easy to get it and won't fall out. Just don't buy them when you girlfreind is around :oops:

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I had a Clubman with lousy brakes, the pedal was really low and after adjusting the brakes and then rebuilding them I found out that the pin was missing! The brakes worked but the pedal was nearly on the floor!
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Ok so my brake pedal has fallen to the floor a couple of times before... Lucky for me it has not been a total lost of braking, pump it "SEVERAL" times finally gets the brakes to work. But on a more interesting subject a mini with a 5spd gearbox??

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PostPosted: Sun Jun 05, 2005 10:04 pm 
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998_Clubman wrote:
has this happened to anyone else before?


Amongst other things I had a brake master cylinder fitted by a mini 'specialist' in Brisbane. Recently I pulled the brake M/C out to fit the twin line one. Needless to say I was less than impressed when there was no R clip holding the pin in there.

Said mechanic also fitted non-locking, metric nuts to my steering rack ends.

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PostPosted: Sun Jun 05, 2005 10:10 pm 
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Whitestriped63 wrote:
Said mechanic also fitted non-locking, metric nuts to my steering rack ends.


:shock: Christ almighty.
Dodgey people out there... non-mini specialist i suppose?
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Gordo wrote:
But on a more interesting subject a mini with a 5spd gearbox??


It's powered by a Gti with a 5spd box, not an A series with a 4 speed :wink:
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PostPosted: Mon Jun 06, 2005 7:18 pm 
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Ahh well that explains things a little... :lol:

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