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[me madjoe 90]

i dont know the modle of car ot year i know its an automatic mini in british racing green and had a creamy colored roof and wallnut dash it seems prity nice condtion but i want a manual dose eny one know if its posible to change to manual and how hard it wo8uld be what it would involve and what efects this would have on the car? and i cont know if its injection or not yet from what ive heard i presume it is but if so id be thinging of going back to carb. and also would replacing the whole engien and gearbox be easyer?

thx for your help i just like to kinow becouse its a bargin car and its near my house i been lookin for two years now and only thing i dont like it its an auto

oh and i forgot to ask how much would it cost est. and i just found out its a 1988 1000ccc or syimler prob 998cc i dont know its british racing green and been well looked after..... please help and fast got to veiw soon and then decide if i want it £800 also do you think good price and local its no rust mint condition well looked after alwayses serviced ecetra.............

[me madjoe 90]

oh also sry i cnt spell and have bad grammmer i failed english exams defonatly .........

[mars red mike]

To convert an auto car to a manual you will basically need the entire engine, front subframe, pedal box, manual clutch components ie master and slave cylinder and of course the gear lever compenents.

[Pencils]

We changed our 200 sx from auto to manual. I'll ask the 'man of the house' for more details, I know it's a different car but it might help??

We didn't have to change the engine

[Asphalt]

I think it's easier to change the lot. The auto engine block is very different to the manual block; it will require lots of machining work... I read on the aussi forum, that A+ engine blocks are even harder to convert...

And you'll need some spacers for the engine mounts, as the auto subframe is wider where the engine mounts sit o make room for the taller auto gearbox.

Have a read here: http://www.ausmini.c...opic.php?t=1461 (and read the part about the A+ auto blocks!)

[me madjoe 90]

thx for the help i bught the car now £900 its a good car shame about auto ill be thinking about converting it but im not sure it will be worth it. its running on wellers and got a cream vinle roof lol its good condition tho no rust eny where other than small amount under headlights scabing other than that its a clean littel car

[MiniBonkerz]

get some pics up then let us all see the beauty

[me madjoe 90]

ill try i need to find a camera and investin a few gallons of washing and waxing products befor im puting eny pictures up i cnt drive it for a year so ill just have to wash it every 2 days and wax once a week ma mini gona shine

[MiniBonkerz]

wax it every 2 weeks ? mad i clay bar mine then give it a 3 stage cleaner,polish and wax will last a good 6 months before i even think about touching it with products again just wash it once a week looks awesome put the effort in in the begining stays gorgeous with a quick clean then

[me madjoe 90]

good idea maby just wash every week with the ocational wax un polish every say month

[me madjoe 90]

whats best to make vinle roof look good and what would you say about trying to paint vinle or would this go wrong
i dont realy want to be riping up the vinle sanding and preping the whole roof and spraying bit of a big job

Edited by me madjoe 90, 10 June 2009 - 10:53 AM.

[Ouster]

A year is a long time for the car to be sitting. Really it needs firing up and driving at least once a fortnight.

[me madjoe 90]

its gona be getin driven often my brother will ocationaly use it and ma dads gona be using it oncein a while it will be well looked after and wont be left to rot or enything i have a garage for it to go oin so it should be ok and i can drive just not suposed to i do at work tho moving cars around the forcourt at the garage i work at so i might take out once in a while when its quite and its going to be a littel long term project for me the body work is ok but its going to need my personal tuches to make it mine i dont like rushing things

[me madjoe 90]

and also as a project i might be converting it to manual as well as i realy wish it wasnt an auto probly just take whole lot out and replace tho........ posibliitys are endless who knows yet

[MiniBonkerz]

the garage i work at so i might take out once in a while

Hope you dont mean public roads?