The following link will show you what HI-LO's look like.

They replace the fixed suspension trumpets in your suspension. The trumpets act as the struts which connect between your rubber cone springs and the Arms which hold the wheels The advantage of Hi-Lo's is that they are adjustable, by means of either an allen key or an adjuster nut depending on the type you buy(there are many different aftermarket forms).

HI-LO link: http://www.minimania.com/web/Item/HI%2FLO/InvDetail.cfm

I was talking about the plastic strip which runs around your windscreen before. I have seen very few cars with genuine metal in the windscreen trim(Late Model Holden Statesman). If you really want the chrome look strip, the sun will be the major cause of deterioration to it's look. And yes, it's definitely easier to pay for a windscreen place to install it. If ya buy it there ya might as well get them to fit it. It used to take about 5 minutes to do a window with good slippy window cleaner FLOODED around it as we installed it. If ya do it yourself, and dont mind not having the right tools(DON'T USE A SCREWDRIVER OR KNIFE) the best way I found was to get one edge under the seal, then push the strip down as I worked the other edge in inch by inch. Then do a final run over the entire strip to make sure it's right in.

With yer wipers, I'd say Stainless Steel. Chrome looks nice but stainless will still be looking good while the chrome is peeling off the other ones

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Ryan, your car is riding too low. If it has hydrolastic it can be pumped up, if it is rubber cones you are in trouble because someone has dangerously lowered the suspension.

BTW When chasing oil leaks it is usually best to start with a clean engine, then observe where the stuff is coming from and fix the offending union, connection or gasket. You appear to have an auto Rover, get the steam cleaner out but make sure you don't go verboard around the ECU (bag it first!)

You sure you worked on tanks? Were they water tanks? Septic Tanks?

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ok here we go ill try my best

1. gasket: no oil drain
remove two bolts holding cover down, remove cover. clean cover. remove gasket, clean all little pieces away. clean up little bits if some fall among the rockers.
apply "gasket cement".
im not sure if its absolutely needed for the cork gaskets since they can compact down. better be sure and apply some. mine's a little white bottle (20mL) with a pink lid and applier and is dark brown and thick but runny

2. chrome is whiter and smooooother, and expensive as a metal, plated onto other metal or plastic.
stainless steel is an alloy, made of cheap iron, carbon and a small amount of chromium. its more grey than pure chrome and people can tell the difference. i dont give a hoot's arse.

3. a sump is a resevoir of something. a sump guard is a plate of metal you attach to the subframe (?) that guards the sump (your gearbox area).
http://www.angelfire.com/mech/ducho/sumpguard.JPG (cut n paste)
the triangular thick castiron-like silver painted thing in the front
ill tell you its pretty good. ive scraped it a couple of times on driveways, speed bumps, rocks. glad it wasnt my sump getting hammered

4. hi-lo's are things that allow you to adjust the height of the car by turning nuts on the hi-lo's. im not sure what they are classified as: suspension or shock absorbers? i think cut your springs to make it higher in the front (or is it to make it stiffer?) (dont think you can do it yourself), and add a sumpguard.

my car is about 8-9cm off the ground... pretty much no trouble

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i first wanna say a BIG THANK U to u guys for all the advise!!!

whats the steam cleaner??? n ECU??(the silver computer thingy)?? sorry man - im feelin so embarassed..hehe

alright now i know i DONT have a sump guard - therefore its pretty high up on my MUST BUY LIST!!!!!

2ndly yes i am a qualified tank mech with a 2a cert - "think" my cert is for the SM1 tanks (world world 2?) n the m113 (the light assult tanks - yes the ones u see on TV when US invaded iraq, same thing!!) but i neva realli had to do any repairs during my army days...i was more of the supervisor

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do i need this grommet too if i was to chnage the gasket?

http://www.minispares.com/web/AddedFrom ... Detail.cfm

where does this grommet? fit?

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Dude, lucky Singapore doesnt have to fight anyone any time soon. M113 is an Armoured Personel Carier used by the US and Australia and Israel and India and like 30 other nations since Vietnam, not a tank. They've been replaced in the US army by a combination of M2 "Bradley" (which is a light tank) and HAMVEE jeeps - which are what you'll see with the Yanks in "Airaaaaaq".

Anyways enough with the condesending lecturing, puting the g'box in the sump means nothing but the fact that the gerbox sits under the engine (sharing oil with the engine in the mini). From what I can see you do seem to have a sump guard - it would be some sort of a metal plate sitting between the ground and the ribs on the gearbox (that silver thing under the engine). Usualy the sump guards sit pretty close to the box, but in your case there's a large gap which brings it even closer to the ground.

All minis leak oil, its a dogma, its been said over and over again, I'm sick of repeating it myself but it has to be said again. the car is a product of the 1960's british car industry (the Rover minis used the 1960's design) and so the tolerances allowed were realy great (I'm sure the singaporean M113's leaked oil too and noone made a big deal out of it). If you only have several drops of oil under the car every morning, itsnot a bad thing at all. I also dont reckon you should tackle anything major right away if you're hesitant about changing the oil yourself. -

BTW do change the oil if you just got the car, you dunno what's in there at the moment and how old it is and good oil (20/50) is very important since it's shared by the gearbox. -In case you wonder you drain it via a plug at the bottom corner of the gerabox (have a 5litre bucket under) and fill it up through the hole at the top of the rocker cover.

The gromet in the photo Ithink goes on the two bolts holding the rocker cover in place. I dont think you need any gasket paste for the rocker cover gasket, the cork and tight nuts on top should be fine.

Go to Ebay UK and look for manuals for 90's Rover minis on CDs (less for postage).

1) so will i still need that grommet??? if i was gonna change the rocker gasket?

2) yeah looking to give my mini a thoro service once i figure a way to drain the oil - also where abts do u guys dispose ur used oil...down the drain?? just kiddin

3) yeah i did know that the m113 is a light assualt vehicle...just didnt bothered with the technical terms as i didnt know any1 in here would know anything abt them!..=)

did u know...the m113s are able to float as well? despite its size n weight - i swear i thought i was gonna drown the day when we took those m113s for a swim....water was gushin in thru the door - n i almost peed myself!!

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oh ryan youre such a girl
grind that boot floor harder until you atleat get the rust extremely thin and some bare metal around it (3mm border of metal)
i can still see bubbles which probably is rust.
make sure you do underneath the car too
what kind of rust converter did you get, ive got "motosport" and it works fine, i was sucked in to buying a bottle that had expired. it was 2/3 full of clay at the bottom and all you got was light brown water at the top.

i was talking about my sump guard as a cross section (triangle) its a hollow triangular prism or thick iron that goes across the front to protect the sump.
youve got one too... although it looks thin, should be fine to scrape and warn you

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1) so will i still need that grommet??? if i was gonna change the rocker gasket?
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You'll need two if your current ones have perished, but its not a big deal realy.

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