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Mini Mania Open House and Lawn Party
by Jerry (Siddhartha) Bradbury
What can transform a peaceful sylvan lawn in Gold Country into a carnival overnight? The annual Mini Mania Open House and Lawn Party of course! Those who were there got to see first hand all the eye candy, but for those who were not, the Mini's ranged from an electric Moke to a VTEC powered Classic, to Randy Steven's tricked out CVT to Robert Holt’s Purple Haze convertible to three full on Mini race cars: my sprint car, Jacques Andres' enduro car and Eric and Colin Herricks's rally car, and many in between.
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Race Report -USTCC

Infineon Raceway, April 11, 2008.
by Jerry (Siddhartha) Bradbury
My Mini has a new setup for this race. Speed parts from my sponsor Mini Mania have been added by my sponsor Bay Bridge Motors and USTCC sponsor Nitto has provided four brand new NT 01 tires. This will be my first official race with the US Touring Car Championship and I look forward to hitting the grid with more horsepower and quicker lap times.
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MINI Clubman Review

Published: 21st April 2008
The new MINI was launched in 2001, to much acclaim. Although bigger than the original Mini, what it lacked in rear legroom, it made up for in unusual styling and a vast array of personalisation elements, much loved by a local estate agent.

The MINI Clubman has the same raft of options but its main benefit is the extra length, which should make rear passengers happier.
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Possible replacement Brake Servo
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Possible replacement Brake Servo

    Created by: 69miniCoop
Orig. Posting Date User Name Edit Date Msg No.
Apr-30-2008 11:20AM dklawson   837487
Apr-30-2008 05:00AM 69miniCoop   837422
Apr-29-2008 05:35PM dklawson Edited: Apr-29-2008 05:38PM   837364
Apr-29-2008 10:56AM 69miniCoop   837313
Apr-29-2008 10:53AM dklawson   837312
Apr-29-2008 10:47AM 69miniCoop   837311
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dklawson
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Posted: Apr-30-2008 11:20AM Reply
You are thinking of the air valve.  That's the pentagon shaped disk off the front portion of the cylinder body.  The check valve is the component where the vacuum hose from the intake manifold connects.

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Posted: Apr-30-2008 05:00AM Reply
didn't i read somewhere that it's better to keep the check valve facing down for easier bleeding?

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dklawson
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Posted: Apr-29-2008 05:35PM
Edited:  Apr-29-2008 05:38PM 		Reply

Thanks for the compliment.  I picked my car up as a project and spent 2-1/2 years on it.  I still need to go through the transmission and that may happen later this year.  I think it's fair to say that my engine isn't quite that clean anymore.  The picture is about 5 years old.

EDIT:  BTW, you may/probably will need the check valve off your Inno booster instead of the one on the Lancia one.  The Lancia valve comes off at 90 degrees while the Mini on sticks straight up.  Of course... the Inno could have been like the Lancia all the time.

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Posted: Apr-29-2008 10:56AM Reply

Yes that was most likely my post.  I def looked the Alfa route when i was looking but was surprised when i found this Lancia one that looked just about the same.

 your engine bay looks great by the way.  Must have taken a great amount of time to get it looking that clean

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Posted: Apr-29-2008 10:53AM Reply

It looks very much like the reproduction part being offered by our host.

Did you read the thread during the past month that talked about brake servos (was that your thread?)  In that thread I mentioned that various Alfas used a servo that crosses with the Mk1 Mini. 

You can see (some) of what the reproduction servo looks like in this picture of my engine compartment:
http://home.mindspring.com/~dklawson/minipics/EngineCompartment1.jpg

I think you'll agree that apart from the paint (applied by me) the link you found looks very similar.

Doug L.

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Posted: Apr-29-2008 10:47AM Reply

Hey Guys -

Found this on eBay today (even though i have bought my servo already) and was noticing how much it looks like mine.  Wondering if this can be a potential replacement part for when we have trouble finding our parts.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Lancia-Montecarlo-Scorpion-Brake-Booster-Servo_W0QQitemZ280221551151QQcmdZViewItem

 Just wanted to post it up in case anyone needs one right now and this one works. 

Hope it helps. 

P.S.  my mini is a 69 innocenti cooper model

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