From john.bullas at gmail.com Mon Jun 7 04:31:02 2010 From: john.bullas at gmail.com (Dr John C Bullas) Date: Mon, 7 Jun 2010 11:31:02 +0100 Subject: [Mini] Fwd: Fw: Vandervell Email Alert In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: For information... Vandervell is not dead!!! ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: allen.graham at gb.mahle.com Date: Mon, 7 Jun 2010 09:34:04 +0100 Subject: Fw: Vandervell Email Alert To: john.bullas at gmail.com Cc: paul.grosvenor at gb.mahle.com Hello John, Yes, we do still make the heavy duty Vandervell bearings, but they are now branded differently. When MAHLE bought us a few years ago they insisted that everything must be branded as MAHLE so we had to drop the Vandervell name. I was concerned that we would be lost within the MAHLE organisation which is why we discreetly set up the Vandervell website "on the side". I don't think MAHLE know about it yet. Anyway, we have just started reproducing the mini bearings for the 998cc and 1275cc engines and they are made here in the UK. We now laser mark the ID on the bearing back rather than stamp it as the stamping tends to impair the transfer of heat from the bearing to the housing. This is something we have taken from our race bearing experience and we decided to offer it as an extra benefit over anyone else trying to make Mini bearings. Other than the laser marking the bearings will be just the same, if not better, than the original Vandervell sets. The new parts have a cast lead-bronze substrate and a lead-indium overlay and the part numbers are as follows: 1275cc Big end bearings: Set number VC1003, individual part number VP8004. Main bearings: Set number VM1004, individual part number VP8005. Main bearing with plain lower half: Set number VM1005, individual part numbers VP8005 and VP8006. 998cc Big end bearings: Set number VC1017, individual part number VP8019. Main bearings: Set number VM1018, individual part number VP8020. They are supplied in a MAHLE Motorsport box as shown on our website but they still have the VP logo laser marked on the back. We have already supplied the 1275cc sets into our aftermarket and the 998cc bearings are being manufactured right now. Let me know if you need some and I will find out where you can buy them. Kind Regards Allen Graham MAHLE Engine Systems UK Ltd. Applications Engineer / Account Manager (Race Unit) 4 Inchmuir Road, Whitehill Industrial Estate, Bathgate EH48 2EP West Lothian, Great Britain allen.graham at gb.mahle.com, http://www.mahle.com ----- Forwarded by Allen Graham/GB/MAHLE on 07/06/2010 08:29 ----- From: "info at vandervell.co.uk" Date: Sat, 05 Jun 2010 23:18:03 +0100 To: Subject: Vandervell Email Alert Fullname Dr J C Bullas Email Address john.bullas at gmail.com Telephone 07946 317 467 Message Do you still supply the "tougher Vandervell bearings" I was advised to buy (and bought) 8 years ago (and still going strong) when I built my 105bhp (@ fly) 1330 A Series lump??? Kind Regards DR B Webmaster http://www.ime.org.uk/ -- Sent from my mobile device =========================== http://uk.linkedin.com/in/drjohnbullas From millerls at ado13.com Tue Jun 29 23:31:12 2010 From: millerls at ado13.com (Larry & Sandi Miller) Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2010 22:31:12 -0700 Subject: [Mini] Parts Manual Message-ID: I have a 1966 Cooper S and am in need of a parts manual. The only one I can find at the moment is for sale at $90 usd on eBay. It would be nice to find one that is a little less expensive. Any ideas? Larry Miller From T.A.J.M.vdnBogaard at uvt.nl Wed Jun 30 00:14:59 2010 From: T.A.J.M.vdnBogaard at uvt.nl (T.A.J.M. van den Bogaard) Date: Wed, 30 Jun 2010 08:14:59 +0200 Subject: [Mini] Parts Manual In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <000001cb181b$91639fc0$b42adf40$@A.J.M.vdnBogaard@uvt.nl> Heritage CD rom, available from Minispares contains manuals and parts lists: http://www.minispares.com/Product.aspx?ty=pb&pid=38601&title= HTH, Theo van den Bogaard -----Original Message----- From: mini-list-bounces at autox.team.net [mailto:mini-list-bounces at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Larry & Sandi Miller Sent: Wednesday, June 30, 2010 7:31 AM To: Mini-List Mini-List Subject: [Mini] Parts Manual I have a 1966 Cooper S and am in need of a parts manual. The only one I can find at the moment is for sale at $90 usd on eBay. It would be nice to find one that is a little less expensive. Any ideas? Larry Miller _______________________________________________ Mini-list at autox.team.net Donate: http://www.team.net/donate.html Suggested annual donation $12.75 Archive: http://www.team.net/archive Forums: http://www.team.net/forums Unsubscribe/Manage: http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/mini-list/t.a.j.m.vdnbogaard at uvt.nl From irdesigns at vision.net.au Wed Jun 30 00:29:00 2010 From: irdesigns at vision.net.au (Ian D. Ross) Date: Wed, 30 Jun 2010 16:29:00 +1000 Subject: [Mini] Parts Manual In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hello Larry, I have an original BMC Australia February 1965 Parts Catalogue, a 1966 BMC UK Workshop Manual, and a 1969 BMC Australia Workshop Manual with Australian model supplement, am and in need of a 1966 Cooper S! Perhaps we can go halves ;-) Seriously, If there is specific information you are looking for that I can scan and email to you, let me know. I have scanned info from it over the past decade or so for other Minilist members. I have thought about scanning the Parts Manual some day, but its about 2.5kgs and 400 + pages so not a lightweight undertaking. Cheers, Ian >I have a 1966 Cooper S and am in need of a parts manual. The only one I can >find at the moment is for sale at $90 usd on eBay. It would be nice to find >one that is a little less expensive. Any ideas? > >Larry Miller >_______________________________________________ >Mini-list at autox.team.net >Donate: http://www.team.net/donate.html >Suggested annual donation $12.75 >Archive: http://www.team.net/archive >Forums: http://www.team.net/forums >Unsubscribe/Manage: >http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/mini-list/irdesigns at vision.net.au -- ** 1961 Morris 850 ** _______ /z z z z z //__!!__\/_.z z z z Ian Ross / !` ! ) Tasmania =-(*)-----(*)-= Australia **KERMITTHEGREENMINI**