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[Domeo_Jones]

hey i have a problem with my little mini i have noticed that the exhaust is blowing so ramped her up only to find that the y peice ahs cracked around the centre pip clean off ansd also the little bracked had snapped! i have a feeling that the engine mounts have worn or gone completly ! either im being a total n00b but cant find any info on this! pictures and a time frame would be blinding! GREAT SITE and all you people are worth your weight in gold honestly!!
1993 rio!(yuck) stage one lcb etc!

[Guess-Works.com]

It's more likely to be your top engine steady bushes ( or the bracket ) which have failed... Was the exhaust strapped to the back of the gearbox, if not that will also cause stresses on the pipe.

Engine mounts are a bit of a fiddle and will require the removal of one side at a time ( suggest doing the o/s first ). You will need to support the engine and remove the clutch cover (wok) and then you can replace the engine mount which is attached to it... The n/s you will again need to support the engine and then remove the radiator, and after that the radiator bracket, you can then access the engine mount which is attached to that.

[Domeo_Jones]

It's more likely to be your top engine steady bushes ( or the bracket ) which have failed... Was the exhaust strapped to the back of the gearbox, if not that will also cause stresses on the pipe.

Engine mounts are a bit of a fiddle and will require the removal of one side at a time ( suggest doing the o/s first ). You will need to support the engine and remove the clutch cover (wok) and then you can replace the engine mount which is attached to it... The n/s you will again need to support the engine and then remove the radiator, and after that the radiator bracket, you can then access the engine mount which is attached to that.

blimey charlie you guys dont mess about that was fast!! okay so what/where do i find this bracket is it expensive or safe to drive before i get the parts? this clutch cover(wok) does it look like a wok then? lol! we talking a day week to do or hour?

[Domeo_Jones]

It's more likely to be your top engine steady bushes ( or the bracket ) which have failed... Was the exhaust strapped to the back of the gearbox, if not that will also cause stresses on the pipe.

Engine mounts are a bit of a fiddle and will require the removal of one side at a time ( suggest doing the o/s first ). You will need to support the engine and remove the clutch cover (wok) and then you can replace the engine mount which is attached to it... The n/s you will again need to support the engine and then remove the radiator, and after that the radiator bracket, you can then access the engine mount which is attached to that.

blimey charlie you guys dont mess about that was fast!! okay so what/where do i find this bracket is it expensive or safe to drive before i get the parts? this clutch cover(wok) does it look like a wok then? lol! we talking a day week to do or hour?

[L400RAS]

These pictures should help. The upper steady bar that guessworks refers to is on the left hand side as you look at hte engine, above hte flywheel housing wok. Put the handbrake on hard, and then wobble the engine forwards and back, checking for movement in the bar / bushes. If movement here, replace the bushes. Availaible from minispares.com etc very cheap, you could even look at poly bushes.

Edited by L400RAS, 20 March 2010 - 02:38 PM.

[Domeo_Jones]

These pictures should help. The upper steady bar that guessworks refers to is on the left hand side as you look at hte engine, above hte flywheel housing wok. Put the handbrake on hard, and then wobble the engine forwards and back, checking for movement in the bar / bushes. If movement here, replace the bushes. Availaible from minispares.com etc very cheap, you could even look at poly bushes.

Thats great just going to have a brew and then attempt to have a go!! would you reccomend poly bushes? also where did you get such detailed drawings? is that a haynes book scanned in to your puter!!

[L400RAS]

would you reccomend poly bushes? also where did you get such detailed drawings? is that a haynes book scanned in to your puter!!

I poly bush mine, you do get slight increase in noise, but they are much harder and hold the engine more, however - when they fail their perforemance decreases much quicker than the standard rubber ones if you get me.

Regarding the drawings, these are not haynes...
PM me your email address if you wish me to send you a load of pdfs...

Ryan

[adam_93rio]

i had this with mine fairly recently, the top engine steady had snapped the bracket on the bulkhead which i had to weld back on

Regarding the drawings, these are not haynes...
PM me your email address if you wish me to send you a load of pdfs...

Ryan

does this offer stand for anyone?

[L400RAS]

i had this with mine fairly recently, the top engine steady had snapped the bracket on the bulkhead which i had to weld back on

Regarding the drawings, these are not haynes...
PM me your email address if you wish me to send you a load of pdfs...

Ryan

does this offer stand for anyone?

Until i get bored of sending loads of emails...

[Domeo_Jones]

right okay fellas just got up in that engine bay and that bar you were talking about all looks fine!! i was rocking lil mini and no movement at all!! iv takern som pictures and a vid so il try and upload them didnt check the mountsing on the bulkead tho but il have a squint

[Domeo_Jones]

okay so this is what im loking at it all looks good to me and theres no movement at all! got a ultimate top head steady too and all that looks okay!! im going to try and have a go at them engine mounts but do i have to pop the slave cylinder off and all that cover? and on the othere side does the rad have to com off!1 looks well fiddly that!!

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