hey, anyone noticed how keith has become a "noob" here

hee hee

sorry keith, couldn`t resist

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No offence intended here but--> anyone writing a book about minis 30 years ago may not have experienced such worn or stuffed-with components as we are finding these days.

You should put your heart & soul into everything you do.

hey matt i'll get poeee to change you to a Boob

makka

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Anonymous moderation means the agro that is built up towards the mods isn't aimed at an individual (fewer "Makk" attacks). Less stress for mods means less moderator "retirements".

hee hee,,,then i can play with them , er , ar, "IT"

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No offence intended here but--> anyone writing a book about minis 30 years ago may not have experienced such worn or stuffed-with components as we are finding these days.

You should put your heart & soul into everything you do.

is there any great benifit from changing oil filter types?

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ook!
69 mini k
'Kids don't recognise a Saab from a Volvo but they always recognise a Mini,'

Not really, except it's far less messy to spin the late one off and turf it- than to take the canister one apart, clean it, fit the bits back in the right order, drop new filter in, change the O-ring in body, and whack it back on.

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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.

there is no performance difference but there is alot of difference in the replacing the oil filter cartridge.

the normal one has a bolt that goes up through the bowl and the filter cartridge which screws into the filter head. this is sealed by a small rubber seal which sits in a groove. the bowl has to sit up exactly with this. if it doesnt it spits oil out EVERYWHERE! the bolt which you tighten up on the bottom of the bowl is hard to get to as the subframe is in the way. it is tricky and very messy.

on the other hand, the screw on oil filter is the similar but instead of the bolt which holds the bowl of the filter to the head of it, the screw on set up has a filter cartridge which has a thread in the top of the cartridge which screws to the head of the filter. this is always leak free as you cant get the filter sitting off centre as the thread guides it. to get it off and on you just use you hands and turn it. then you just throw away the cartridge instead of having to clean the bowl and finding all the little bits and peices.

all depends on how patient you are really- to me this was money well spent.

cheers

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did oil bout a month ago
it was kinda fun with the old style
exept the kid at auto one had never seen the catridge style and was confused as hell

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ook!
69 mini k
'Kids don't recognise a Saab from a Volvo but they always recognise a Mini,'

quite often when people change the old style filter element, they stuff up the order of the internals, spring, plate, rubber washer etc etc & if it`s all fitted the wrong way then it`s easy to be NOT getting filtered oil back into your engine,,,dirty UN-Filtered oil is not really that good for crank bearings which is where it goes to first port of call

you sort of can`t really stuff up the late spin on type

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No offence intended here but--> anyone writing a book about minis 30 years ago may not have experienced such worn or stuffed-with components as we are finding these days.

You should put your heart & soul into everything you do.

I have seen a heap of cars with the cartridge type that didn't have a spring under the filter.

Also....
There are two different types of cartridge filters, there is the UK made one and the Australian made one. The Australian made one uses the Ryco R2200P filter.
Imported engines (850,Cooper,Cooper S) will not take a R2200P.

Old thread but....


has anyone noticed that it's now virtually impossible to get mini air filters off the shelf at Supercrap or Autobarn etc?
At least for standard 1 1/4 filters and oil filter cartidges.

gotta get me a spin on....

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SooperDooperMiniCooperExpertEngineering

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