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Is there a certain way to find out what size engine my mini has I was told it was a 1300

Great video. What year mini is that ???

3 great videos , enjoyed them all , you have probably saved a lot of people breaking a lot of bolts , please carry on doing your videos in your own style , its refreshingly honest , your subscribers will soon build up , after watching theses i am confident enough to tackle my broken exhaust manifold stud , which is a head off job

Hi.just come across this.when you were talking about rotary arm position you did make me smile.knowing that the bottom of distributor is off set.but at least you are doing your best having ago.great.kevin.been doing this for 50yrs.

Very good video thanks for that. I bought one of these because local garages couldn't handle my motorhome after I changed the outer and inner tie rods. I got a bit confused with the instructions. After each adjustment you have to start again and was quite difficult to get right with new components as setting up using the old components settings was way out. The result was good in the end. Vehicle drives in a straight line hands off so happy with that. Would recommend but be prepared for the time it may take. I wouldn't bother with a car far easier to take it to a garage but great for large vehicles.

you may want to move your overflow fuel pipe away from the exhaust manifold

I got special needs

My new mini is doing something like that, I'll rock the engine and check the bushings, mounts and bolts. I hope the problem is the same as yours, I watched the conclusions video. Thanks

Mini -stay Bars proved a Problem on every single mini they were fitted to.

We're missing you again!

Your piston rings are bad

I dont trust garages charge a fortune an still cant get it right

Thank you for the video. I don't see any easy way to properly calibrate this, so the video is sufficient for me to know I want something better.

Nice job Tom, I also used the dunlop gauges for years. I now have non so i shall order one of these kits. Thank you for sharing.

Hey, just bought a trackace and I am struggling a bit on my Porsche 924, the trackace tool measures the angular difference between the right an left wheel. But if the wheels are pointing into one direction but equally the tool will still show you 0° of toe but your steering wheel will not be level, how do i get around that? I have done all the adjustments so that the tool shows 0° toe and my steering wheel is still not straight. Am I missing something?

to fix the 180 degree offset issue, you simply open up the distributor and flip the mechanical advance part 180 degrees.

I would have loved the video more if the camera was focused more on the brakes and less on your dumb face

I know this is a three year old video, but I found it looking for the same info - how to fit a distributor on correctly. In the video you have found TDC but not on the compression stroke for cylinder 1, that's why the Rotor Arm and ergo the Distributor shaft is 180 degrees out. AFAIK you would need to rotate the engine another full turn so that the rockers on cylinder 1 on on the rock (both loose). This is when cylinder 1 is on its compression stroke and thats when the rotor arm should be pointing to cylinder 1. The way you have done it will work but you would need the HT lead for cylinder 1 in the non standard position - bottom left.

I've now used this video again for my Renault captur. As after changing the disc's and pads on my fiesta the car was stolen.

Little tip if you find the distributors worm gear drive shaft is 180° out the long cylinder head stud on a minis engine threads into it making it easier to remove and reinstall the correct way

I think we have the same interior, I have a Sky model. What is yours?

Are the ignition leads in the same place if 180 degrees out

Just found this video as I am debating about painting my minis dash board or keeping it wood grain look and your technique isn't that bad (been watching spray painting tutorials) and the only time they move their wrists is at the edge of the panels just to stop paint runs and it is a quick flick aswell, also what did you have the air pressure as the compressor set too?

How do u crawl under to access the tie rod without disturbing the alignment tool too much?

Thanks for this tom, just put some track rod ends on and they want fifty odd pounds for re track so i am thinking about buying one of these.

Looks like abit of a hassel..was thinking of buying one..but looks like I'll take it to the shop..also told on mercedes they can adjust the rear aswell im just too confused to be dealing with it..but wish it was simpler..

Hi Tom, thanks for this video. I watched it before tackling removing the needle roller bearings from the suspension arms on my car. It's a 1969 Mini Cooper S I'm restoring. It tried the official tool, having bought a kit for £28 on eBay. It uses slide hammer which didn't work at all. No chance of moving the bearings that had been in there no doubt from new 53 years ago using this method, so I had to think of something else. I was inspired by your video to make one of my own, initially thinking it would be easy with the right tool. Not the case! So I had to think of another way to do it. The whole saga can be seen in the video I made here: th-cam.com/video/ZtLS1emAsio/w-d-xo.html Incidentally, I noticed that all my original bearings were sitting dead flush with the end of the cast iron. I guess it probably doesn't matter if it's slightly further in or not. The casting inside won't let it go much deeper than you've done it anyway. Great video, thanks, Steve

Welcome back

Nice work on showing me how to find TDC as I as not sure. Thank you

Great to see you in the mini! 😎

Snap crackle and bleedin pop mate 🤔

Nice to see you back and looking forward to the new video's

Hello!

About spit out my Yorkshire Tea when I saw your video pop up 😁…. So good to see you dude!!

Nice work Tim. Look forward to seeing more from you soon mate

Ey up it’s me mini Tom!

Tom.. were you been you look all grown up!.. lol.. Seriously hope all as been well over last few years & looking forward to some videos 👍

Looking forward to this much awaited new video of the completed Mini. Getting a bag of popcorn at the ready as I type.

Great to see you back Tom.looking forward for your next video

Tom, Good to see you back after 11 months lol. Nice to see you out and about with the mini and enjoying it. Cheers Dave

Welcome back, great to hear the car is on the road. looking forward to the next vid

Waiting for the insulting comment for a certain person 🤔

Where exactly did you connect the jump cables too please - both sides?

Do pads and discs always need too be done together or can you just do pads? Thank you

35 minutes too long.

Is it necessary to bleed the brake fluid out once you've pushed back the piston? I saw it on another video MINI TOM

Mini doors are terrible

No no need to remove this idea until you know what you are talking about. The distributor shaft has a off set dog and not a worm. The reason why the distributor won’t go in is because it will only go in one way due to the off set. Don’t confuse people

I’m glad I found this video! Interesting funny ,knowledgeable thanks again

Thank for video! I’m sure this can save a lot of people a lot of frustration money in time is this a preventative until? You can fix mini