Wiper arm nut cover
Discussion
Adambul said:
I'm quite sure they are the same as the ones fitted to the original mini. Having had a few minis over the years from what I remember they are the same.
Are we talking proper Minis here? ...not that godawful BMW pastiche thing?... if so (and I am prepared to be corrected) all the Minis that I have ever owned/worked on/seen have had a cast female push-on fitting to the spindle, secured with a little spring steel catch under the male boss. This was typical of most cars of that era, and like 99% of Mini parts, was never changed from Mk1 to Mk4.During the 70's, manufactures started to use the later (and still used) method of the threaded end of the spindle passing right through the arm and secured by a nut, hidden by a plastic cover...eg as seen on Mk2 Escorts in 1975 on, whereas Mk1s (1969 on) had the push-on type.
Examples on eBay confirm the above. It may also be the place to identify what covers are used on the Cerbera, although when I enquired on her a while back, no one was able to tell me what the arms themselves originally came off.
Mr Cerbera said:
No scrappies in Lux, I'm afraid, which is why I was trying to order them from the Web
There are loads of scrappies in Germany, just an hour awayA couple of years ago I was directed to one in Mullenbach, which is just a couple of miles from the Ring, when one of my coil packs failed
http://bit.ly/2AlmmHk
I spotted a Saxo in the scrap yard and within a three hours the car was working again perfectly - sadly too late for the track day, but at least I got to drive home on 8 cylinders
TwinKam said:
Are we talking proper Minis here? ...not that godawful BMW pastiche thing?... if so (and I am prepared to be corrected) all the Minis that I have ever owned/worked on/seen have had a cast female push-on fitting to the spindle, secured with a little spring steel catch under the male boss. This was typical of most cars of that era, and like 99% of Mini parts, was never changed from Mk1 to Mk4.
During the 70's, manufactures started to use the later (and still used) method of the threaded end of the spindle passing right through the arm and secured by a nut, hidden by a plastic cover...eg as seen on Mk2 Escorts in 1975 on, whereas Mk1s (1969 on) had the push-on type.
Examples on eBay confirm the above. It may also be the place to identify what covers are used on the Cerbera, although when I enquired on her a while back, no one was able to tell me what the arms themselves originally came off.
I'm talking the original mini, and will bow to your more extensive research. I also had a MK1 escort so my memory may be confused over the years, just trying to help but phoning around a few of these places and asking the questions usually sorts things like this outDuring the 70's, manufactures started to use the later (and still used) method of the threaded end of the spindle passing right through the arm and secured by a nut, hidden by a plastic cover...eg as seen on Mk2 Escorts in 1975 on, whereas Mk1s (1969 on) had the push-on type.
Examples on eBay confirm the above. It may also be the place to identify what covers are used on the Cerbera, although when I enquired on her a while back, no one was able to tell me what the arms themselves originally came off.
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