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Re: [The Barspeed Mini`s Group] Re: Help it is the head gasket

I know what ya mean sometimes why do we bother with
these delightfull old cars... yes and its because they
are cool and we love the bl%&dy things. Even when we
get stranded on a dark cold road at 3 am and have to
put up with a grumpy old recovery man. Stay with it.
Miki


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Thu Mar 3, 2005 11:54 am

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Hi All, My son has a 1967 Mini Deluxe with a 998 engine. Currently it will start OK and seem fine till we drive it and it comes up with practically no power....
Charlie
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May 2, 2004
7:51 am

Having read and re read your problem, i can only think of a timing fault. Having changed the dizzy, i presume you placed it back in the same way as the other...
Jon
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May 2, 2004
11:59 am

Head Gasket. ... and ... valve...
mrspambraker2000
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May 14, 2004
4:01 pm

I would have thought that a blown gasket or damaged valves would have showed up perhaps in the running of the engine more and the checking f the cylinder...
Jon
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May 14, 2004
4:07 pm

Thanks for the help guys, I now have to admit that I haven't had a chance to get back to looking at it, one thing and another including the weather. When I...
Charlie
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May 19, 2004
1:14 am

We actually got back to attack the car in November. We took the head off and found that for sme strange reason there was 2 head gaskets on there, so we cleaned...
Charlie
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Mar 3, 2005
2:28 am

I know what ya mean sometimes why do we bother with these delightfull old cars... yes and its because they are cool and we love the bl%&dy things. Even when...
michelle mcclary
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