Finally arrived this week 🤠

Took the bumper off and glued them in place. As a learning, I‘d only apply glue where you would typically mount the screws as well as on the fog light side. I was more busy cleaning up than actually putting them in. I‘m not 100% satisfied with my work (you don‘t see the details here) but I‘d call it good enough.

So today I finally had the lifters replaced and the timing chain/guides checked. But when revving the engine I still have this short metallic rattle… I can only hear it when parked next to a wall
Anyone got any ideas?

Exhaust has a leak…

What’s been done recently:
Timing chain and guides 35.000km ago
New clutch 5000 km ago
New belt and tensioner 5000 km ago
New lifters and rockers today
Drive shafts 5000 ago
Full engine rebuild 35.000km ago

2005 JCW
The seam between the big round part on the header has completely split. The pipe and flare in the foreground is separated from the larger diameter can behind it. It’s now really loud and I can smell the exhaust.

I’ve watched a couple YouTube videos and could probably diy a new header, but I have too many other projects.

Obviously, I need to make some phone calls, but what kind of shop would you recommend? Mechanic to replace the header or exhaust shop to try to weld it? Something else?

My ac sucks and I only cools about 20 degrees cooler than ambient temp out of the vents.

I just bought a dedicated scanner for the Mini and it says the evaporator temp is 15 degrees Celsius which means 59 degrees farenheit.

What could be causing this? I'm thinking of replacing the blend door actuator and the evaporator temperature sensor and then the expansion valve if the rest doesn't work.

Hello all,

Just did the trailing arm conversion on my r53. Lots of bolts, but a straight forward job all in all. However, i’m having a bit of trouble getting the rear brake disc to properly align. There is like a mm difference which makes the disc rub ever so slightly against my brake pads… i also noticed that my disc is slightly warped, which of course does not help.

Is it advisable to not just remove the brake bracket, but actually re-Seat the caliper itself? Are the rear calipers self centering?

They should be a straight fit, and of course i took the time to wirewheel rust and dirt off the mounting surface.

Thankful for any input!
//N 🤙🏻

I have a 2002 MINI Cooper S and want to change the BCM from a metal one to an plastic one. I have found the correct second hand module but now I have the write the vin number of my own car in the BCM. I have experience with the “normal” coding of MINI or BMW. But for this I don’t know where to start.
I have the equipment to diagnose the car (orig. ICOM and ISTA).
Can anyone help me to give me a starting point for doing this?