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| Author: | Kennomini [ Fri Sep 21, 2012 10:06 pm ] |
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I just want to know the year and a few other details. Type: YMA2S4 Car number: 1889 Engine number: 99H119/---- What I've figured out so far is it's a 998cc, automatic (no park), appears to have an original red vinyl floor mats, speedo is MPH, hydro suspension. 
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| Author: | drmini in aust [ Fri Sep 21, 2012 10:16 pm ] |
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Early series 998 Matic (Mini deluxe speedo style). Later ones with the K binnacle with oil & temp gauges like mine were a YA2S5. Engine prefix is correct for both early and late ones. |
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| Author: | Morris 1100 [ Sat Sep 22, 2012 12:09 pm ] |
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Yep, Mk1 MiniMatic. Production started very late in 1967 for release in early 68. They only made a couple of thousand before the change to the Mk2 in the middle of 69. Which way to the wipers park? (square wiper motor or round wiper motor?) that will give a bit of a clue because they changed in the middle or 68. |
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| Author: | Kennomini [ Sat Sep 22, 2012 6:49 pm ] |
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Morris 1100 wrote: Yep, Mk1 MiniMatic.
Production started very late in 1967 for release in early 68. They only made a couple of thousand before the change to the Mk2 in the middle of 69. Which way to the wipers park? (square wiper motor or round wiper motor?) that will give a bit of a clue because they changed in the middle or 68. Round wiper model. |
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| Author: | Kennomini [ Sun Sep 23, 2012 12:07 am ] |
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What's the best way to figure out the year of this car and month if possible? Also I noticed the drive shafts are universal joints, I've never seen this type of "CV" on a mini before. Is this a special thing to the matics? |
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| Author: | Morris 1100 [ Sun Sep 23, 2012 8:44 am ] |
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Kennomini wrote: What's the best way to figure out the year of this car and month if possible?
Also I noticed the drive shafts are universal joints, I've never seen this type of "CV" on a mini before. Is this a special thing to the matics? There is no real accurate way of working out the month but I can take a rough guess based on what we know about production. They started very late in 67 (some say January 68 ) and they changed from the square wiper motor to the round wiper motor in the middle of 68. So we know for sure it was built in that 6 month period of the first half of 68, knowing a bit about how many they built in total your numbers work out closer to the middle of the year, just before the change of wiper motors. (my Cooper S was the second last one with the square wiper motor!) The uni joints are the correct ones for the matic. They are the same as the Cooper S uni joints. |
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| Author: | Kennomini [ Sun Sep 23, 2012 1:56 pm ] |
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Morris 1100 wrote: The uni joints are the correct ones for the matic. They are the same as the Cooper S uni joints.
I see this joint being much much better than the pot joints or the rubber uni joints. They are more compact/neater, dry so they don't need a sealed rubber boot, and they also look much cheaper. Are their any draw backs to these compared to the other joints? And here's some more pics; 
Crumpled sill. 
Top dash rail deformed. 
See where the hydro line guard is and how far back the firefall is, and this is the better side  .
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| Author: | drmini in aust [ Sun Sep 23, 2012 2:19 pm ] |
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Kennomini wrote: Morris 1100 wrote: The uni joints are the correct ones for the matic. They are the same as the Cooper S uni joints. I see this joint being much much better than the pot joints or the rubber uni joints. They are more compact/neater, dry so they don't need a sealed rubber boot, and they also look much cheaper. Are their any draw backs to these compared to the other joints? The U/Js inside them are cheap to replace, sure, but the 2 drive yokes are expensive new, so is the drive flange and diff output shaft if needed. Apart from autos they were only used on Cooper S AFAIK, so they didn't make millions like they did the rubber U/Js and pot joints. They are stronger than a pot joint. I like em, I use on both my motors/cars. |
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| Author: | John Smidt [ Sun Sep 23, 2012 2:34 pm ] |
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Apart From The Mini Matic & Cooper S This Type of uni was also used on The Mini Moke |
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