I have owned three Minis in total (One of which was my first car and I still own the car for which I part exchanged it 42 years ago) but now own an earlier Issigonis creation, namely a 1971 Minor Traveller. There are some similarities in the layout of the front suspension links and the steering rack is in a similar place, perhaps the steering column not being at quite such an angle. The box section, that runs above the steering rack, is also similar and has been injected with Waxoyl.
The first Minis borrowed the speedometer of the Minor and in turn, my Minor has added the oil pressure and water temperature gauges of the type that my first two Minis had (The last Mini was my only brand new car and sadly that lacked the oil pressure gauge). Until the original Minor voltage stabilser failed, all worked well but the replacement stabilisers have all been short lived and in each case, lost the ability to reduce battery voltage, causing the gauges to over read. I've been looking for information on testing the fuel and temperature gauges and their sensors and found Checking, Testing And Adjusting Smiths Fuel Gauges - Electrical - The Mini Forum . Alas I can't view the images, in my region. Can anyone help?
