steering wheel

as my user name might suggest i'm a big bloke and have come upon a problem,i'm about 3/4 of the way through refurbishing my series 3 109 and have found that when sitting i can't depress the brake pedal because my bloody great legs are jammed under the steering wheel!,anyone know of a smaller diameter wheel that'll fit?.its either that or i sit on a cushion straight on top of the seat box!

you do get smaller steering wheels to fit, one of me S3's has one, personally i dont like it as it is very small and feels like it was one of those computer steering wheels for driving games!

do you know what it's off of?

its a mountney one, possibly bought new by previous owner, i've sent you a pm....


its probably this one:
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Be very wary if ye have to buy the boss for this wheel!!!
Ah was just over at a mate of mines tonight and he's had nothin' but trouble with his. He's had to keep sendin' his boss back because of the really crap welding on it, and it's not a pretty site!
I'm no welder, but ah reckon ah could do a far better job, luckily he is and is gonna make a new one himself.
hopefully ah can get back over on sunday and take some pics of it, if he hasn't made a start on it already, just to show you how scary this thing is!!! There's no way ah'd trust it

EEEP, DUNT THINK MINE'S THAT BAD, WILL HAVE A LOOK!

HAD THE STEERING WHEEL COME OFF IN ME OTHER SERIES 3!! WERENT MOVING LIKE WAS ACTUALLY TAKING IT OF TO GET INTO THE DASH BUT WENT I PULLED AT IT TO SEE HOW TIGHT IT WAS SECURED IT FOOOKIN PULLED RIGHT OFF! IT WERRE RIGHT SCARY!

had mine come off during a comp safari once lol on a bend.that was a little disconcerting to say the least.by the smell i think my navigator crapped himself lol.

I think at the time they were a standard British Leyland size. I have a maestro wheel on mine, Metro ones seem popular. To do the job properly (& safely) needs a bit of messing about with lock tabs etc.
A smaller wheel will make the steering heavier. How much will depend on how stiff yours is to start with, which is linked to your tyre choice. they all seem to vary, so try it and see how you get on,

the one i have is 15" diameter and to get clearance for my legs i reckon i need to go to 12" or sit on the seat box!

be carefull which one you choose as some of those boy racey type ones already mentioned are not recognised by insurance companys and i have heard tale of someone having a claim refused just for changing the wheel over

I've got a 13" Mountney on me III. I'm 6' & it gives me legs plenny of clearance. Int too heavy to turn on or orf road & declared it to me insurers.

Duz the job.

i'm 6'6" so i'm hoping this mountney will do the trick.

Ah went to me mate's earlier on, thankfully he hasn't started to make his own boss yet, and ah managed to get some pics. Ah just wish ah'd got some pics of the other ones before he sent them back, but ah did manage tae get some of this one....











Nice!!!

fooken ell!!! its bloodywell ugly!!!

dunt mountney make a decent boss fer that??

nice chequer

yup - cheap as chips - and the welding is better

Bushtoy said:

fooken ell!!! its bloodywell ugly!!!

dunt mountney make a decent boss fer that??

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That's supposed tae be the boss fur the Mountney!!!
like ah said 'beware'! Ah wonder how many folk have bought one of these things and pressumed it's ok!!!

thats not welding....its fooken pidgeon ****!!

yella said:

nice chequer

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S'not mine yella, but thanks onyways

ah've got a mountney wheel and boss, and it sure dunt look like them three bits o orfcuts stuck together wit pidgeon ****....it a nicely turned piece o artwork!!