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Harley
 Post subject: 1275 A+ rebuild manual?
PostPosted: Tue Oct 04, 2005 6:41 pm 
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Hey all,
I have one of those BMC car manuals, plus another two, but they relate to
cars before the A+ seris.
Will I need another manual to assist in rebuilding my engine? I'm not sure what differences there are in things like clearances, etc that would be different.
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Sorry not really answering your question, but when did the A+ engine come out in australia? What year is yours?
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Harley
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The A+ was in the UK minis after the 70s or so. Mines out of an MG Metro.
Only the very last Mokes got the imported engines.
Theres a thread in this forum on that somewhere.
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Harley wrote:
The A+ was in the UK minis after the 70s or so. Mines out of an MG Metro.
Only the very last Mokes got the imported engines.
Theres a thread in this forum on that somewhere.

The A+ came out around 1980. Last of the 1275 Mokes got them- we have one in Barney. :D
Seriously, any A series workshop manual will do. 99% of the internals are pretty much the same, except the dizzy driveshaft & dizzy mounting is a bit different- and they have a tensioner for the POS single row timing chain (but ours now has a duplex).

Of course the later A+.... SPI & MPI are a bit trickier. If you have one of those I'd grab a later Haynes manual.

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So my 60s BMC manual will be fine for a metro engine?
Beautiful. Thanks.
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Harley wrote:
So my 60s BMC manual will be fine for a metro engine?
Beautiful. Thanks.

It's won't cover the Verto clutch if you have one, but serious tuners fling that anyway. It's too friggin' heavy..... and complex. 8)

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I'm not worried about that.
Thanks doc.
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I have the Haynes Metro manual covering A+ up to 1987 - so if there is anything specific you want just let me know and I'll look it up.
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Thanks Jules.
Where did you obtain the manual? In Australia or bought it from Britan?
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I bought it many years ago in England (when I also bought my Metro).
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