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[richw911]

Had My 1275 set up by these guys and they really know their stuff, a true old school garage! I paid £92 and it drives like a different car!

Highly recommended from me and lots of others in this area.

Tipton St John nr Sidmouth Devon - http://www.tiptongarage.co.uk/ Call Steve on 01404 812091

[Teapot]

Unfortunately the rolling road is out of action for the moment. They said give it a week before enquiring.

*edit* What did you do to it, richw911?

Edited by Teapot, 30 January 2013 - 03:11 PM.

[richw911]

Unfortunately the rolling road is out of action for the moment. They said give it a week before enquiring.

*edit* What did you do to it, richw911?

Oh no! My 63bhp must have been too much for it to cope with

[Tupers]

Unfortunately the rolling road is out of action for the moment. They said give it a week before enquiring.

*edit* What did you do to it, richw911?

Oh no! My 63bhp must have been too much for it to cope with

I think Matt might have pre weakened it with his 115BHP Metro.

[richw911]

Unfortunately the rolling road is out of action for the moment. They said give it a week before enquiring.

*edit* What did you do to it, richw911?

Oh no! My 63bhp must have been too much for it to cope with

I think Matt might have pre weakened it with his 115BHP Metro.

Thats Sweet! love it

[Teapot]

Another plus for Tipton Garage ...

 

Huey has been suffering from (excuse the technical jargon) two-peg syndrome for a couple of weeks

which means although the weather isn't getting cold yet he needed two pegs on the choke for a couple of minutes,

otherwise he spluttered and bogged down at low revs. Plus once warmed up, the engine would die on coming to a halt.

 

Steve understood what I was on about, and found the mixture screw had been tightened right up. He reset it, bunged the gas analyser up the exhaust, checked the engine with a strobe and raised the idle speed a tad.

 

He was very busy in the workshop with proper jobs and I hadn't phoned beforehand.

About 15 minutes' work and he charged ... nowt. What a nice guy.

 

 

Huey immediately felt ok again so I'm just waiting to start him up from cold tomorrow to make sure all is well.

[MarlonSpi]

Booked the Clubman Estate in here for a proper Tune Up later this week will let you know how she does...

 

Already running sweet but always piece of mind to get everything set up right.

[MarlonSpi]

Job done !

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We'll happy excellent service and top fellow who tuned it up. Spent nearly 3 hrs there charged me for an hour n half, stripped carb down, adjusted tappets and timing.

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Edited by MarlonSpi, 22 November 2013 - 07:40 PM.

[richw911]

Great stuff they really know A series engines dont they!

[MarlonSpi]

Great stuff they really know A series engines dont they!

Yes they are good people Rich gave me sound advice offered to help in the future with some other stuff I'm doing so well happy with my experience today. Also saw this in their workshop....  image.jpg   54.92K   3 downloads
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[Redrat]

They are good in there. I have been using them for about 8 years and always found them to be top notch . Dropped my engine off there earlier today for gearbox work , arrived unannounced but Steve had time to have a chat and discuss what he could do , also got a look at a Lamborghini engine he is working on !

In all they are the best around exeter / totnes area and know their stuff , Richard the owner used to work at downton back in the 60's & 70's and has been racing minis since then.

[jacobtomos]

Another plus for these guys, really friendly and knowledgable. Steve sorted my timing and mixture out and fabricated me a new sandwichplate for my air filter for peanuts. Top guys and would definitely recommend them to anyone in or around Exeter. 

[Fish45]

Took my mini to Tipton garage today as there not far from me to ask for a little more knowledge on some engine problems,and was met by Steve,found out his sister was in my year at school and he was two above lol,and been a passionate person on cars he came off the car he was doin and got his tools out on mine and done a leak test and was very on the button as to what we can do😄old school are very rare,he made my day,and they have a machine shop. A credit

[InnoCOOPER]

Visited them yesterday after pre booking on the way back from Beaulieu and they did an excellent job on the rolling road.   Steven talked through what he did and got the engine running really sweet a nice compromise between performance and drivability. Explained the settings and how to setup if i moved to electronic ignition.   Would highly recommend.