Palmer Works S ltd

10/08/2026

What an amazing find on eBay. Picked up this time warp Mk1 es**rt 1300 estate. 47 years in the same family. 2 owners from new. 15 yrs stored in this garage on axle stands. Incredible how it’s survived in such good condition. Lots of paperwork/history and all the tax discs bar a couple. Back to the workshop. An hours work and it runs like a Swiss watch.

12/06/2026

Update on the R56. So I took a chance and replaced the brake vacuum pump and fitted a new timing chain. That didn’t work out to well . It did run but not very well . The valves and pistons had made contact. So off with the head and a full strip down revealed two seriously bent valves and a couple of slightly tapped valves. 16 new valves and a few other bits and pieces and with have a very healthy engine running like Swiss watch. Another mini saved from the scrap yard

05/06/2026

You guessed it. Yet another R56 that’s eaten its self. Chain guide and sprocket bolt sheared off due to brake vacuum pump failure. Only covered 44000 miles.Next question can I save it?

24/04/2026

Palmer works mini clubvan. Whilst replacing the rear discs and pads very late one evening a week ago . I noticed the o/s/r road spring was broken. I purchased these 40 mm lowering spring from eBay 4 years ago. Over 50000 miles on these £89.99 full set eBay lower springs,this one decided to give out. I must say that these lower spring are amazing and give a really smooth ride.No complaints.So at 10 pm at night what did I do. My only means of getting home I took a chance and welded it back together, not expecting it to last more than 5 miles. A week later and just over 400 miles of driving the new springs arrived and to my amazement when I removed the spring I had welded it was still complete.Unbelievable 😂

23/04/2026

Time to play hunt the broken bits of timing chain guide. Such a quality piece of engineering

21/01/2026

So this little mini one has come in with a drivetrain issue. It’s a 2015 mini one with approximately 50000 miles on the clock. After scanning fault codes it was showing camshaft timing issues . This it whats been found. Strip down to expose camshafts. Broken chain guide, vanos actuator valve failure and cam sensor pick up on exhaust cam moved. Sump off and lots of little gremlins in there. Will it run again? Time to get the magic wand out🤣

13/01/2026

2015 f56 Mini Cooper 53000 miles. In for service. Vibration at low speed. Brake pad warning light on. It’s quite scary to think that there are many other vehicles like this travelling on motorways at 70+ mph. Cars like this could be behind you doing motorway speeds. It’s definitely not going to stop safely. It doesn’t cost must to service a car once a year. It takes a few minutes to walk around your car and check the tyres.

01/01/2026

Happy new year to all my amazing customers and friends

16/12/2025

16/12/2025

A big thank you to Ike from IKEngineering for building this stunning 2.5 Pinto for my mk1 es**rt Mexico. Time to put this pounding heart back where it belongs. Can’t wait to hear it run.