On Wed, 01 Oct 2008 07:44:50 +0100
"Just zis Guy, you know?"  wrote:

> On Wed, 1 Oct 2008 00:19:17 +0100, Rob Morley 
> said in <20081001001917.267426fc@bluemoon>:
> 
> >Once the cup is gone the ball grinds against the suspension arm with
> >considerable force - leave it for long and it can wear away the
> >recess that the cup fits in so a replacement cup isn't properly
> >supported and wears rapidly or breaks up.  Not totally off-topic -
> >the weird suspension was designed by one Alex Moulton.
> 
> I know this; I think there used to be a bodge with something called
> liquid metal

Sounds reasonable, and not too bodgy - the filler only needs to
withstand a lot of compression, it's not going to go anywhere.  Of
course coil over conversion kits are really the way to go, and avoid
this problem by throwing away all of Dr. Moulton's bits.[1]

> but it was All A Long Time Ago.
> 
Too long for me, but have you seen the prices[2] that rough old Minis
are fetching these days?  I gave one away a few years ago because I'd
lent my welder to a mate and never got around to picking it up ...  :-(


[1] But if you do that is it still a proper Mini?  Are the Hydrolastic
ones proper Minis?

[2]  I don't pay more for a car than I would for a bike, and my bikes
aren't top-end.