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Cool, yeah let me know. Am looking to buy a house at the same time so may end up not needed once it comes around. NIck

Hi all, just moved back to Wellington from the UK and looking for a garage to rent in Wellington, ideally in or near Brooklyn. Wan't to bring my mini down from Taranaki and get it back on the road so ideally somewhere dry, secure and with power. PM me if you know of anything. Nick

I got a dizzy complete from this guy. Be aware, they are a copy of the original casting and not perfect. Mines been running for a year and has been perfect. http://www.simonbbc.com/

Some suggestions. Float value in carb sticking/not adjusted right? Dizzy gunked up and advance weights not expanding out all the way at high RPM? Plug leads degraded? Nick

Found a recommendation on some of the NZ BWM forums for Page European on Mt Vic. Gave him a ring and he sounds like a good sort. $320+ for a full service. Any experience with them anyone? Nick

Cheers guys. Just checked with BMW. The 60,000 km inspection is meant to be Inspection 1. $300 to $400. Is pretty comprehensive: http://forums.bimmerforums.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1810648 Won't include brake cable/pad replacement, and they figure a couple of hours on the ramp to complete it all. Always had great service there too. Will try Autocare too.

Thought this was the best place to post this. Looking for a recommendation for a garage in Wellington to service our modern daily. Can't be bother doing stuff on it ourselves. 2003 BMW 318ti Needs an oil and filter change, brake checkover and adjust. Maybe needs handbrake cables replaced, possibly pads as well. All in all, just a good general service. Currently have had Dave Tunley of Taranaki Street recommended. Would prefer a garage within walking distance of the CBD for easy dropoff. May touch base with Jeff Gray too, see what their ballpark figure is.

Has anyone had any experience with these Eastwood welders? http://www.restosupplies.co.nz/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=198 They are a Chinese manufactured unit. Reviews also sound like its hit and miss whether the one you receive works straight out of the box, but once they are going the reviews are good. As they have a NZ importer I would be asking them to unpack and test it before sending to me. Seems like a good price for home use considering it comes with a reg and foot pedal at that price.

Try these guys. The dizzys are knockoffs but I have one in my mini and it's pretty good. http://www.simonbbc.com/

Yup, probably slave and/or master. I believe there is also a helper spring under the dash that pulls the pedal back too. These are well known for losing their springiness???? (is that a word....). http://www.paddockspares.com/ These guys look like they have everything you need, or do ebay.co.uk. Cheap as.

No pictures sorry Chris. Stupid Samsung phone is crappy... Was mean fun around the rocks. Read up a bit on the clutch, should strip and clean hydralic system and grease pivot point between clutch pedal and master cylinder push rod. The pivot actually has a little plug in it to allow you to oil it. Probably all dried up tho. Keen to get into it once this rain is gone....

Yup, see attached. I am hoping it is just crimped and I can cut it here and crimp a new cable in. Was only frayed at the carb end, frays in the pic are just from it lying around.

Been a long time but time for an update. Over the last couple of months I have got the mini running well, got a WOF, got a reg, had a valuation and organised agreed value insurance. Perfect. I've been hooning around Wellington in it now for the last month. Things to do: Buy/ have repaired choke cable as the ends frayed pretty bad. New one is expensive and I think this one is savable. Just have to start it from under the bonnet when its dead cold. Check timing, tighten head bolts and check valve clearances. Clean up minor rust surface rust on passengers footwell. Check brakes and adjust up. I have also bought a new clutch for it (cheers Ben at Repco for hooking us up). Will do the rear crank oil seal at the same time so must order one. May also buy a Mini specific flywheel puller as they have a rep of being very very had to pull off. So, pics. Clutch kit. I also bought some wide wheels. They are 'Reverse' rims, not Cooper S rims. 4.5 inches wide as opposed to 3.5 inches standard. These were an option from the dealer back in the day. Two are Dunlop brand from the 60's, two are BMC produced from the 70's. Ive had them sandblasted and 2-pack primered ($30 a rim) and am now deciding on the colour to paint them. Will either be Old English White or Silver (see example pics). Also added example of existing wheels for comparison at right. After blasting, Dunlop Markings, Options, Also from a few years living outside the paint is starting to wear in a few places. Kinda tempted to get the body touched up and then get a white vinyl roof and white circular numbers on the doors for a bit of a 60's weekend racer look.

Steelies, no question. Wish something like that would follow me home... Looks to have Cooper S/Reverse Rims, Morris Cooper S grill.... Hmmm. It couldn't be tho. Could it? More picture and plans please..

So... Bit of a boring update but I will get some more photos at some point. My mini is now running after a lot of head scratching... Turns out that when I swapped over the plug leads to another cap I switched two of them around so as labelled they were wrong. Stupid mistake but good to sort it.... Next on the list, I've ordered a can of paint to touch up the hinges once I have re-bushed and re-pinned them. I'm also half way through going over the brakes and cleaning/fitting new return springs. Lots of other bits and pieces are ready to fit so I'll get a few good sessions on it to sort the final bits hopefully and then WOF and valuation time. One question, I looking for the centre parts of the horn. They are the same as a Morris Minor so hoping someone out there has one spare. Its both the internal insulator and the spring to go with it. See below: Let me know if you have one going spare!