I was here in 2004 waiting for my BRG Cooper S to arrive in March...
MY MINI has been very trouble free for 12 years but the HK amplifier has died. so I am looking for help in that area... I put some posts in the ICS first get area and they said awaiting moderation is that because I have not posted in this forum?

 

It could be because you have been so inactive for a while. You can shoot Gray Raven a message on here and see if he can approve them for you: https://www.northamericanmotoring.co...ay-raven-.html

 

Some good info can be found at this link for replacing the HK amp with an aftermarket amp while keeping the factory radio and 2 ohm speakers.

https://www.northamericanmotoring.co...p-failure.html

Details of the original poster's install is in post #34. If you don't want to replace your radio and speakers, this is probably the best way to go.

 

I looked at that but it looses the auto muting of the entertainment for directions from the factory sat nav system I found one person selling new units with 2 year warrantee for about $850 (dealer price is $1050 plus tax)and on fleaBay the ones from parting out wrecks seem to go for about $400 from venders with good scores... I saw on for $325 but the seller had only 2 reports... thats a lot of risk with not much you can too if the unit is also dead... and and how close was it to death when it was removed.... I doubt very much if the MINI dealer will do much for a car they sold over 12 years ago.

 

thanks Pelican I will, I checked your website but you show $1,248.25 for the replacement which is too much for me on a 12 year old car.... I wish I could find someone repairing these things I bet its just a bad Capacitor or FET on the Power side.... there are folks specializing in the repair of 80s vintage LCD instrument binicals of basically rare cars I am a mazed that some one out there has not set up a cottage industry in his shed with the circuit diagram and doing a repair for 200 to 300 bucks. Of course when I asked HK about getting a circuit diagram they told that as it was obsolete there was none available.

 

Welcome back windshadow

Some people have had luck with this,

https://www.northamericanmotoring.co...nt-part-2.html


if its something else then the amp will need replaced.

Here are the diagrams also:

https://www.northamericanmotoring.co...-retrofit.html

 

Thanks I have not opened the panel up to check for corrosion I guess its worth a look but I have had no signs of moisture anywhere

 

Welcome, let me know if you find anything.

 

Another option is to use an HK amp from a BMW. Cheaper and easier to find than a MINI unit.

https://www.northamericanmotoring.co...amp-works.html

 

Thanks for the link rkw, some amazing adapting in that thread... but not I think for me I do want to keep the HK features of the system.
my plan looks like this...
1. find a working MINI HK amp to get things running again (I hope for less than $400)

2. find someone to repair my now dead HK amp and keep it in reserve. (Someone Somewhere must repair these things!!!)

3. rinse and repeat swapping the two while a failed one is out for repair

Step 2 is optimistic I know but since I am 67 years old and plan to keep and drive this MINI until I can no longer work the clutch or it becomes totally uneconomic to keep it on the road... thats 20 years if I am optimistic....