What did you do to your mini today?
Doh shouldn't post at night when tired, it's the new calipers they seem to be rubbing the inside of the wheel. But it's not getting stuck you're right so could just be in my head 🤷♀️
I have to take the car off the lift today so I'm going to see if I can't source a wheel to borrow real quick. If not when I start looking at summer rubber I'll look into wheels as well.
I have plans to wrap it in inozetek midnight purple this summer so could be cool to have done bronze wheels to go with
I have to take the car off the lift today so I'm going to see if I can't source a wheel to borrow real quick. If not when I start looking at summer rubber I'll look into wheels as well.
I have plans to wrap it in inozetek midnight purple this summer so could be cool to have done bronze wheels to go with
will do!
I half too say. I truly love my little money pit. As much work I had to do in the past 4 months. Most people would say f@#K it.
Now for the rest of the story. My power steering pump is going out an my swaybar in the front is bent. How the hell that happened I would love to know. So I waiting on my parts. An down comes the subframe again.
God I love this little car. ❤
But I still won't get rid of it.
Now for the rest of the story. My power steering pump is going out an my swaybar in the front is bent. How the hell that happened I would love to know. So I waiting on my parts. An down comes the subframe again.
God I love this little car. ❤
But I still won't get rid of it.
The following users liked this post:
jcolletteiii (03-20-2021)
6th Gear
iTrader: (1)
The following users liked this post:
Eurothrasher (03-21-2021)
Another option is to disable continuous pages, but leave related threads active. This will give you a short list of related thread links in a separate box at the bottom without automatically changing to one.
The following 3 users liked this post by RB-MINI:
6th Gear
iTrader: (1)
You can disable this in your User Control panel. Left Column, Edit Options, scroll down to Thread Display Options. You can also disable continuous scroll to have pages again. Eliminates accidentally replying to the wrong thread when you didn't realize the thread changed because you scrolled past the original thread you were reading.
Another option is to disable continuous pages, but leave related threads active. This will give you a short list of related thread links in a separate box at the bottom without automatically changing to one.
Another option is to disable continuous pages, but leave related threads active. This will give you a short list of related thread links in a separate box at the bottom without automatically changing to one.
My rear wipers were always sticky, and never pressed against the rear window properly, so I finally got those taken care of. Also, at somepoint over the winter, one of my rear wiper caps busted. Replaced both arms and caps with new ones this afternoon.
And, finally got my R56 triangle nets properly installed:
Excuse the dirty cargo area. Its not quite spring cleaning time.
And, finally got my R56 triangle nets properly installed:
Excuse the dirty cargo area. Its not quite spring cleaning time.
The following 2 users liked this post by njaremka:
Eurothrasher (03-21-2021),
jcolletteiii (03-21-2021)
6th Gear
iTrader: (1)
A bit more getting ready for spring clean-up. Did a deep clean and condition on my steering wheel. It is amazing how much gross stuff gets in/on there. Took a good hour to clean and condition, but it looks new again.
I ordered a bunch of supplies to make some JCW-style down tube covers - leather, some blue #138 thread; I think I am going to re-stitch the wheel with the blue thread when it gets here. Should be a fun project and should really bring the blue-stitched interior together. Wish I could get a new steering wheel air bag cover without buying the whole thing... the chrome 'wings' in mine are in awful shape.
I ordered a bunch of supplies to make some JCW-style down tube covers - leather, some blue #138 thread; I think I am going to re-stitch the wheel with the blue thread when it gets here. Should be a fun project and should really bring the blue-stitched interior together. Wish I could get a new steering wheel air bag cover without buying the whole thing... the chrome 'wings' in mine are in awful shape.
The following users liked this post:
Eurothrasher (03-21-2021)
The following users liked this post:
jetsr6 (03-23-2021)
The following users liked this post:
jetsr6 (03-23-2021)
A bit more getting ready for spring clean-up. Did a deep clean and condition on my steering wheel. It is amazing how much gross stuff gets in/on there. Took a good hour to clean and condition, but it looks new again.
I ordered a bunch of supplies to make some JCW-style down tube covers - leather, some blue #138 thread; I think I am going to re-stitch the wheel with the blue thread when it gets here. Should be a fun project and should really bring the blue-stitched interior together. Wish I could get a new steering wheel air bag cover without buying the whole thing... the chrome 'wings' in mine are in awful shape.
I ordered a bunch of supplies to make some JCW-style down tube covers - leather, some blue #138 thread; I think I am going to re-stitch the wheel with the blue thread when it gets here. Should be a fun project and should really bring the blue-stitched interior together. Wish I could get a new steering wheel air bag cover without buying the whole thing... the chrome 'wings' in mine are in awful shape.
Finally got around to doing some of my maintenance items this weekend. Flushed my coolant system. Changed the Thermostat housing, crossover pipe, water pump, water pump pulley, tensioner pulley, and the coolant reservoir. Some of those items were a pain I the ***. Really tight space in the mini engine bay. Probably would be a lot easier to work on it if I had smaller hand,but my wife wouldn't like it if I had tiny hands lol. I also installed an AEM Cold air intake and a solid urethane lower torque arm.
6th Gear
iTrader: (1)
6th Gear
iTrader: (1)
Things didn't start out well this evening with the work on the MINI. I snapped off the T30 bolt holding the AC clutch on the compressor after replacing the clutch coil. Thought I was screwed - in fact was contemplating an A/C delete at that point. But thought I'd try removing the bolt. Drilled it out about 1/4 of an inch with a lefty drill bit, then threaded in a #1 bolt remover, and out the bolt came! So that was the turning point.
That was when I decided to do the driver's side power door lock module. It had been non-working since before the head gasket went back a few years ago. It was a bit more difficult that the passenger side because you have to line up the sort of gigantic phillips head door lock backside with its mating part on the door lock module. Took 3 tries to get that lined up. Then I had to finagle one difficult cable back into place. Overall, not a tough job, but definitely a lot of stuff to keep track of routing on and get back into the correct places.Happy to report that all of my power locks are now completely functional!
Now I just gotta find a M6x1.5cm to replace that clutch bolt and hope that that cures my non-functional AC system!
Love tinkering on this car.
That was when I decided to do the driver's side power door lock module. It had been non-working since before the head gasket went back a few years ago. It was a bit more difficult that the passenger side because you have to line up the sort of gigantic phillips head door lock backside with its mating part on the door lock module. Took 3 tries to get that lined up. Then I had to finagle one difficult cable back into place. Overall, not a tough job, but definitely a lot of stuff to keep track of routing on and get back into the correct places.Happy to report that all of my power locks are now completely functional!
Now I just gotta find a M6x1.5cm to replace that clutch bolt and hope that that cures my non-functional AC system!
Love tinkering on this car.
Or actually hitting the calipers, which I had happen on both my JCW and my R56 with the Wilwoods. I just have them moved inboard a bit when they balance the wheels. Has not been a problem doing the balance that way.
still going to look into the wilwoods though. my bud is offering a pretty solid price to me for these and i don't think i need "that" much braking power tbh. That could let me do things like chassis bracing
The following users liked this post:
jetsr6 (03-23-2021)
The following users liked this post:
scotty_r56s (03-23-2021)
Well it’s got the RPM Power open boost map so I can use a Cortex Electronic boost controller for controlling boost and port injectors that are in this billet rpm powered manifold. I am only looking for 300whp. But I’m sure it will be a bit more now. I was at 275whp at 21psi with a custom built ko4.