Has any body got any tips on how to get my cooper s extractors out with the engine still in the car , Carbies are off , extractors are off , just can't get them out
I am putting in a set of freeflow maniflows

Mark

Drop the remote off at the front, then undo the engine steady bar for more wiggle room?
Might help...

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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.

Yep done that Kev
About to remove R/H engine mount, R/H uni drive flange , grille , oil cooler , just to move the engine forward,

Mark

Are you talking about the original style Cooper. S extractors?
I thought they did come out with the engine in? Just need a bit of wiggling around

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1969 Cooper "S"
1967 Mini Deluxe
1973 Clubman Van (the fleet spare)
1978 ex 1275 LS ("Wizard" Eaton Supercharged)
2015 HSV GenF GTS(occasional drive & tow car)
2019 MINI F55 Cooper S

Yes Michael , the original type ,just can't seem to get the bottom bend section up between the fire wall and the gear box , drive output

Mark

Maybe that's why most of these I see s/h have been butchered or broken there..

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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.

And I guess you don't want to scratch that nice shiney paint
Sorry many years since I have seen a standard set of S extractors
But they must go in and out as I remember fitting a set to a mini deluxe many years ago

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1969 Cooper "S"
1967 Mini Deluxe
1973 Clubman Van (the fleet spare)
1978 ex 1275 LS ("Wizard" Eaton Supercharged)
2015 HSV GenF GTS(occasional drive & tow car)
2019 MINI F55 Cooper S

Definately don't what to scratch it
I remember having to put them in the engine bay before putting the engine in
an then bolting it all together because the risk of scratching the hell out of the bulkhead and firewall was just to scarey for me to put it all in assembled

Mark

Are these the pressed steel ones were talking about?

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Can't you simply drop them?? ie instead of pulling them up, push them down...

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Hi Brett
Don't think I have the height
I have it up on stands , but I don't think they will go past the diff housing
Yes they are the pressed steel type

Mark

Good luck, I don't think it can be done. I couldn't get mine in with the engine sitting in a bare subframe.

Cheers, Ian

a jack??

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The best way to remove the original extractors is to disconnect the Hardy Spicer Joint on the Drivers side. Then either,knock the studs out of the Drive Flange to push the shaft aside or alternatively ,drop the top ball joint to give you the extra room required.Maybe tie it up with string,to give some clearance. With the engine steady released,the Extractors should then come out using this space near the Uni Joint.It still requires some manouvering,but thats how I have been doing it for decades.

Got them out as per origmini advise
unbolted engine mounts and oil cooler and moved the engine forward

has any body else had trouble with centre branch flange fouling on the inlet manifold ?. not the pipe , but the flange and the weld , had to grind it back so the inlet could sit flush on the head , what a pain in the rectum


Mark