Good luck with the work. It is not hard just long hours.

 

Got back from the airport and drove Barnaby home about 200 Miles. Hit 131k on the ride home. Starting to look into tires and suspension as my Barnaby is starting to ride really rough and making alot of noise on the road. HELP

 

Pins yes, bushings no.


Once I figured out where the connector was, it wasn't bad. It was a bit of a challenge getting both connectors back in their holders, though.



Oh, I also swapped out the stubby Alta antenna for the stock one. The Alta had faded pretty badly and was fairly purple in color. Not happy with that one.

 

Barnaby got a wash, wax, and vac today before classes start back up tomorrow. The weather went from 97 to 70 so today was a perfect day for it!

 

Changed the oil,replaced a parking lamp and both license plate lamps.

Looks like time for front brakes soon.

 

Took off the broken reinforcement bar, radiator, and radiator support today... Not as hard as it was made out to be. Getting the Mini ready to receive new parts!

 

I went out to the garage and caressed her thick thighs.

 

I obsessively read every single thing I could about what it'll be like to own a MINI and what to expect over the next 6-8 weeks while it's built, shipped, and delivered.

 

Glad to hear it!

I am planning a December radiator party for the MINI. I get about two weeks off from work for the Holidays so I plan on replacing the radiator, lower/upper hoses, fluid, thermostat/housing. While I am in there, trying to build up the courage to go after the LCA bushings, power steering lines, oil pan gasket, dip stick o-ring and CPS o-ring.

 

Drove about an hour yesterday in the 95+ degree weather with the A/C on with no issues. Came back to my car this morning to start it up and do an errand and turned the car over and it started acting funny. The car turned over and was really struggling to stay on it eventually stalled, I pumped the gas once and then got it started just fine. The ESC light, and the check engine light stayed on for a good half hour. I restarted the car 3 times and on the third time both lights went out and the car seemed to be fine again. Not knowing what it was I checked all fluids and under the hood and found the oil to be a little dark (needs changing) and the coolant to be a little below the min mark. I checked it last week and it was at the max mark. Any ideas as to what it could be? Also does anyone know what type of coolant to use to fill it back to the max mark? Thanks in advance!?

 

Steffen - This topic should probably be it's own thread but did you check for any error codes? How old is the battery? As for coolant, I flushed mine after I bought it and replaced with MINI blue.

 

Thanks ill send it to a separate topic as well. The lights all went off so no codes as of now. The battery is a few years old same one since I bought the car in 2012. And it was just filled with MINI blue coolant at the BMW dealer but blew some out it seems so I just need to top off.

 

For the past 5 days my son and I have driven his (my old) 2006 R53 Checkmate from California to South Carolina, 2400 miles in all.

No problems at all, in a 9 year old car with 141,000 miles on it. And for the first time ever we got close to 30 mpg!

Today before making the last leg we stopped off at Way Motor Works in Atlanta. Oil change, tire rotation, fixing some issues caused/not addressed by my independent; and the son got Way's 15% pulley kit installed.

Way and his mechanic were fantastic. A lot of work at a very reasonable price in a short period of time. Couldn't be happier.

 

I bought a green tire pressure gauge to match the car. Then I made sure the tires had enough pressure.

 

Took the coolant tank cap off, started him up topped off the coolant, Tightened the cap real good and then reset the ECU. Hopefully I wont loose any more coolant.

 

Installed my Schroth quick fit harness

 

What're we gonna do tonight, Brain?

The same thing we do every night... LOG ON TO MINIUSA AND TRACK THE PROGRESS OF MY ORDER!

On the one hand, I'm regretting ordering and not grabbing the fully loaded black MINI at the dealership on Friday. On the other hand, I know that when I do finally get to sit in the MINI that I designed, it's gonna be perfect.

The problem is staying sane until it arrives. It's only been 4 days since we ordered and I'm already bouncing off the walls.

 

Good luck Pinky. Instant gratification is not always the best. You will be happy you waited for the one you customized.

 

Even after just a 20 minute test drive, driving my Forester again was hard... and I love my Forester. Maybe I'll give it a good detail this weekend to get it ready for the new addition to the family.

 

I paid my taxes and transferred my plates and title..

 

Cleaned the interior, had the battery load tested (ALL OK), got a new strawberry air freshner, and blew all the water out of my rear hatch causing the hatch to continuously pop open haha

 

Mine got a new radiator (less than 3 hours start to finish, not too shabby) and an aux input for the stereo. Still have to find the best place to mount the stereo jack.

 

Welcome to the fun!

 

I logged in this morning and saw that my MINI had moved from "On Order" to "Scheduled For Production"...

MINI MINI MINI MINI MINI MINI MINI MINI MINI MINI MINI MINI MINI MINI MINI MINI MINI MINI MINI MINI MINI MINI MINI MINI MINI MINI MINI MINI MINI MINI MINI MINI MINI MINI MINI MINI MINI MINI MINI MINI MINI MINI MINI MINI

 

COOL!