Metro starter

Not heard of any need to change the starter or ring gear, they are most likely to be the same anyway. Any differances might be the solenoid, on the Mini this will be mounted to the drivers inner wing area, on a metro this might be mounted on top of the starter, in which case use the Mini starter.

Jono

Thanks, Jono. Have bypassed the mini solenoid altogether - just using it as a connection point to take power to the fusebox / lights etc. I've got the metro starter wired up and working - can' t I just keep it?

Dont see why you cant, I have a 2001 Mini classic, it is much the same, the solenoid is mounted on top of the starter.

I use the metro starter on my mini, I forget how I wired it up but I know it works better than the old mini starter motors

-anthony

Thanks for all your help!

Phil

To anyone else that comes along. Aside from the small wiring modification you need to make on cars that are being changed from an inertia starter, the only real problem is when you need to buy a new starter - the pre-engaged ones are so much more expenisve than the intertias.

Also when using a Metro engine, you can sometimes have fouling issues due to the way the soleniod is mounted (I know I did in one of my cars)

- on the side at a 90 degree angle to horizontal. Where the proper Mini one has the soleniod mounted at a 45 degree angle.