If you currently own a Mini with automatic transmission we can now offer the facility to convert it to manual transmission. We offer this service at a fixed price of £500 labour + parts.

We will need your car for a minimum of three days, we can offer a collection and delivery service at extra cost.

We can also supply any engine / gearbox combination through our trusted suppliers, so we can supply a sedate 998cc unit through to a 90 BHP 1380cc

We can source the parts that are required but if you want to find these at auto jumbles etc this is the items you will need to find.

Clutch Pedal - this can be fitted to your existing pedal box
Clutch Master Cylinder - We recommend a new one
Clutch slave cylinder +flexible pipe - We recommend a new one
Gear stick selector assembly + gaitor cover and gear stick knob
Subframe adaptor plates or replace the front subframe.
Engine and manual gearbox assembly
Service consumables - oil, filters, plugs etc
We offer an allowance on your old unit - this varies depending on type and condition

Whilst carrying this conversion out we would recommend fitting new engine mounts and looking closely at the suspension cones.

You cannot use the existing engine to mate to a manual gearbox the oilways are completely different and the automatic front subframe is slightly wider hence the adaptor plates or replacing the subframe. The park switch inhibitor ( if you are doing this yourself) needs to be bypassed otherwise the car will not start!

The benefits of this conversion are two fold, firstly automatic minis tend to have covered very low mileages by elderly ladies and are traditionally in fairly good original condition and secondly as these automatic cars are not so sought after they can often be purchased much cheaper than their manual counterparts. So when looking on on- line auction sites do not discount those cheap automatics that are always on offer!