R56 "Secret Compartment"
#51
Anyone Have any luck getting rid of the "Stickey" compartment door? Mine has a a brushed aluminum cover on it and I can push it a few times and it will finally open but would love to have it as smooth as some that I have seen. I have looked for points to apply a lubricant but the working parts of the hinge seem to be deeper inside the dash. Thanks!
#52
Not me - I'm an expert in that secret. I had a base R57 for three years which over here comes without the secret compartment so now that I've stepped up to a Chili pack car, I have owned it for three months and still never once remembered to open it......
#53
Anyone Have any luck getting rid of the "Stickey" compartment door? Mine has a a brushed aluminum cover on it and I can push it a few times and it will finally open but would love to have it as smooth as some that I have seen. I have looked for points to apply a lubricant but the working parts of the hinge seem to be deeper inside the dash. Thanks!
Had some good weather the past couple of days and so I got adventurous! Started looking around with a flashlight and found the actual gears that mesh to make the mechanism move in and out (which operates the push to open feature) and sprayed them with a precision sprayer with some white lithium grease. Pushed the lid closed and pushed it to open about three or four times and it works smooth as silk every time now!
#54
#55
Fixed! I should have taken pics of the whole thing but on the left side is a metal bracket that can lock the thing closed if seized up. I fixed that, lubricated the 47 little gears in there and the right side was a tooth off so I fixed that as well. It now works as it should. Biggest pain in the *** was taking the dash apart to get to it. Woo! *ducks black helicopter*
Last edited by superducky; 11-30-2016 at 12:02 PM.
#56
Here is the conversion. This is for a GP2 with is one of the only MINIs without the secret compartment from the factory. Click on the flickr link.
https://www.northamericanmotoring.co...-owners-3.html
But you just need to swap it. 51459166599
https://www.ecstuning.com/Search/SiteSearch/51459166599/
Diagram: http://www.realoem.com/bmw/enUS/show...35#51459166599
https://www.northamericanmotoring.co...-owners-3.html
But you just need to swap it. 51459166599
https://www.ecstuning.com/Search/SiteSearch/51459166599/
Diagram: http://www.realoem.com/bmw/enUS/show...35#51459166599
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#57
Sweet! Thanks ECS Tuning! The pics on all the links really helped. The dealer made it sound like there was a lot more that needed to be removed.
#58
Welcome. Thats what I like to hear. Easy DIY
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#60
So I got my new part to fix my Mini's secret compartment that wasn't opening or closing - https://www.ecstuning.com/Search/Sit...h/51459166599/
But I'm wondering about the silver bracket/hinge on the left side. The compartment only seems to open or close if the hinge is in the middle position (see 1st pic, "position 1"). But, on my new one, the hinge slides freely without resistance into any position, whereas in my old one there's definite resistance moving from one position to another. Does anyone know if it's supposed to move freely? I'm afraid on my new part it would move out of the operable position if I hit a bump or something and then it won't open? Not sure why that silver piece even moves if the only way it would open or close is in the middle. I read an earlier post that in some countries the secret compartment is locked. Is this why this piece moves?
Any thoughts? Half thinking about taking the metal wire from the old one and putting it in the new part I got. There are multiple places I think the old compartment failed. So not sure if the silver v-hinge is supposed to move freely or have specific positions.
Position 1: only position of the silver bracket that the Secret Compartment opens and closes
Position 2: tray doesn't open/close/slide, locks shut
Position 3: tray doesn't open/close/slide, locks shut
But I'm wondering about the silver bracket/hinge on the left side. The compartment only seems to open or close if the hinge is in the middle position (see 1st pic, "position 1"). But, on my new one, the hinge slides freely without resistance into any position, whereas in my old one there's definite resistance moving from one position to another. Does anyone know if it's supposed to move freely? I'm afraid on my new part it would move out of the operable position if I hit a bump or something and then it won't open? Not sure why that silver piece even moves if the only way it would open or close is in the middle. I read an earlier post that in some countries the secret compartment is locked. Is this why this piece moves?
Any thoughts? Half thinking about taking the metal wire from the old one and putting it in the new part I got. There are multiple places I think the old compartment failed. So not sure if the silver v-hinge is supposed to move freely or have specific positions.
Position 1: only position of the silver bracket that the Secret Compartment opens and closes
Position 2: tray doesn't open/close/slide, locks shut
Position 3: tray doesn't open/close/slide, locks shut
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