WHAT NEEDS TO BE CHANGED TO COVERT A MK1 FROM RHD TO LHD??

[SMOKE GREY]

Anyone know what needs to be changed. I can think of steering rack,throttle pedal, relocate dip switch, door handle and lock swopped over, heater??

[tjw89]

Master cylinders

[GraemeC]

Headlights?

[Dr.Mabo]

Door handle and look swap over won't work.

You really need a set of door handles and looks for LHD. If you just swap from one side to the other you have to open the doors by pulling the handles upwards rather than pushing down. But some of the handle guides don't allow to pull up the handle.

At least you need one look and one drivers side handle for LHD. Then you can keep the codriver handle and look where it is and the Mini ibe unlooked by key on both doors.

I just had this problem on my MK2 while I changed from RHD to LHD.

so long
the Doc

[BRI MK1]

I have a left hand drive throttle pedal if you need one cheers Bri.

[Craig]

Longer brake and clutch pipes from the masters ......

Craig

[Spider]

Pedal box.

Strictly speaking, the inner of the steering column, but only so the Cancel Peg ends up the right way, if it were me, I'd probably just refit it 180 degrees around.

[ianh1968]

<SNIP>I'd probably just refit it 180 degrees around.

AREN'T THE RACKS DIFFERENT?

I read here recently something about the fact that you can't just
turn the rack over, or you'll end up with back to front steering.

PLEASE CHECK!

Ian

[mk1]

The racks are different.

M

[rich@minispares.com]

I read here recently something about the fact that you can't just
turn the rack over, or you'll end up with back to front steering.

PLEASE CHECK!

Ian

the rack is different

I know someone who fitted a lh rack to a rh car and crashed their car into the garage wall as they drove it out.........

[nick@dunsdale]

yep defo the rack

i converted an innocenti many years ago and found this out lol

[rich@minispares.com]

yep defo the rack

i converted an innocenti many years ago and found this out lol

mind you, once you got used to it, it would be a great theft deterrent....

[cheleker]

Wiper arms, if you want to be precise. The wipers should park in front of the driver.

[GraemeC]

<SNIP>I'd probably just refit it 180 degrees around.

AREN'T THE RACKS DIFFERENT?

I read here recently something about the fact that you can't just
turn the rack over, or you'll end up with back to front steering.

PLEASE CHECK!

Ian

Hang on - you've 'snipped' the important bit where Spider says COLUMN. No one has suggested flipping the rack

[Spider]

<SNIP>I'd probably just refit it 180 degrees around.

AREN'T THE RACKS DIFFERENT?

I read here recently something about the fact that you can't just
turn the rack over, or you'll end up with back to front steering.

PLEASE CHECK!

Ian

Hang on - you've 'snipped' the important bit where Moke says COLUMN. No one has suggested flipping the rack

Thanks Graham.

My wordy.

I was banging on about the inner column, but now I've looked in to it a bit more, I'm not sure if this was an issue with the UK Built Cars.

We had 2 different pinions fitted to the racks here



Those with the scollop (on the left) were fitted such that the scollop was facing down when in the straight ahead position. I am unsure if the UK made racks were similar? So, with the rack having a positive index, the column can only be fitted one way (unless the rack is disassembled of course, but I'm referring to production). That being the case, the cancel peg would end up in the wrong position.

For a short while here, it was just a matter of doing this;-



You'd have to cut a new hole in the floor to flip the rack and then 'adjust' to a new driving technique!

[Spider]

Wiper arms, if you want to be precise. The wipers should park in front of the driver.

Yes, true, and if the wipers are self parking, there's a different wheel in the wiper motor, so they park the other way.

[ianh1968]

No one has suggested flipping the rack

Exactly my point - Nobody had suggested the rack and this was prompted
by Spider's column observation...

I didn't <SNIP> anything important - Both are relevant here!

It was not a case of me not knowing the difference between a column
and a rack!


And as Spider points out, there are two types of splined spigot, the one
which allows any orientation of the column, and the one which will only
assemble in one position. But if the rack is upside down and inside out
and steers back-to-front, this may not be relevant anyway.

Ian

[Spider]

No one has suggested flipping the rack

Exactly my point - Nobody had suggested the rack

Ian

I was sure I read in in one of the posts,,,,,,

Hangem on

Anyone know what needs to be changed. I can think of steering rack,throttle pedal, relocate dip switch, door handle and lock swopped over, heater??

Never mind mate, I miss stuff all the time,,,,,,,,,

Now, to make a Christmas list,,,,,

Ian Reading Glasses,
Mark A bigger shed with a heated floor,
850man Appointment with Dr for tetanus shots,,,

these are easy, but where it comes to Rich, I'm evenly torn between a box of Scotch or a booking for rehab,,,,,

[ianh1968]

Ian Reading Glasses,

Yep - Definitely - I'm due an opticians appointment...
... must sort that out asap.

If nothing else, my "Duplicated Rack" suggestion did highlight
WHY this is necessary, so it may have been of some benefit after-all.

Ian's List:
1) Go to opticians
2) Get new glasses
3) Read stuff properly before posting...
(Sorry!)


Ian

[Spider]

If nothing else, my "Duplicated Rack" suggestion did highlight
WHY this is necessary, so it may have been of some benefit after-all.

Ian's List:
1) Go to opticians
2) Get new glasses
3) Read stuff properly before posting...
(Sorry!)


Ian

rack?

did someone say RACK?