Left my sunroof tilted & windows down about an inch while it poured rain on & off all day. Didn't discover it until around 4 P. M., when I left the house to go out to dinner.

Both front seats were wet (glad they're not real leather!), front & rear carpets soaked, door panels wet, armrest wet (but no water inside!).

So, I toweled everything down, took out the carpets & hung them on an outside railing, and used the shop-vac to suck up as much water out of the carpeting as possible -- which wasn't much, thanks to the throw carpets. It's supposed to be sunny tomorrow, so I'll park it in the sun with the windows open and an oscillating fan running inside to keep the air moving.

I just can't believe that I forgot the windows were open!

 

Damnit, sorry to hear that brother. Hope the water cleans up quick and no damages were done.

 

That stinks, clean it with a wet,dry shop vac and then let it air out in the sun on a hot day, check the footwell and make sure the footwell module and fuse box in the kick panels are ok and did not get wet. I would pull the trim covers off and let them dry out.

 

Thanks for the advice and the sympathy!

I'm using an oscillating fan to keep the air moving inside the car. Even though it's sunny now, there's still a 40% chance of showers, so I have to keep an eye on it if I don't want a repeat of yesterday!

 

Welcome. Yes that will help. I would check those module near the floor , you dont want those expensive this to get wet.

 

Will do -- thanks!

 

Nothing as exciting as some others on this forum recently...

But I did the annual swap out of the wiper blades when I noticed one of my brake lights were out. Took some time to swap out the lights and replace them with new units. Back to motoring. 5 minute fix.

I gave him a bath and broke out my polisher and gave him a new coat of polish and wax.



Debating on picking up some black plasti dip and painting the wheels for fun. Curious to see what it would look like...

 

Technically on Saturday. Installed the 25mm H-S rear sway bar set at the stiffest setting. Installed new front and rear rotors and pads from ECS. Installed Powerflex engine mount bushing.

Much thank to a great friend in the area, Cerenkov for the help. He actually did most of the work. The cross-drilled slotted rotors look great in the rear. Loving how the Hawk pads bite so hard when braking. Haven't really tested the difference in the rear sway bar yet.

I don't know if it's me or the engine bushing doing this, but i can feel the engine more from start up to second gear.

 

Check a few pages back, I actually had to tear out my carpet!

 

Today I changed my front wiper blades (finally), and earlier today while at work, I noticed one of my headlight bulbs had burned out, so I went ahead and bought some new bulbs.


The following pics are from yesterday, but this is what I found on the inside of my rear hatch.






So yeah, I'm going to have to get that fixed at some point. I did not get a photo of the outside, but it's bubbling in three different areas, but luckily has not broken through...yet.

 

Yep, right behind the trunk hatch grip. Rust got into my hatch grip and housing so i replaced that after the paint was fixed. It rusted the electrical connections at the bulb and the terminals inside the hosuing.

Places to check for rust :

https://www.northamericanmotoring.co...oper-rust.html

Trunk grip :

https://www.northamericanmotoring.co...ght-cover.html

 

Thanks for the order, post up some pics

 

New crank seal, crank bolt, harmonic balancer, and belt. Done!



Successful test drive too!!

Did this Monday...ended up cutting off wiper shaft. This is the $2 wiper delete mod. Wanted to do it since I got the car.




$2 wiper delete.

 

AC seemed a bit anemic since the rebuild. He's I should have checked everything. Three months is to long to sit.

 

[QUOTE=xsmini;4213710]AC seemed a bit anemic since the rebuild. He's I should have checked everything. Three months is to long to sit.

I know what that is!!! They love my 2000 4Runner (beater)

 

And did the same thing to my wife's Prius this Spring. Those little critters can get into some pretty tight places, make a mess and do a number on electrical wires. Someone suggested, before shutting off the car when parking, to put the vent system on Recirculate. Closing that flap might help keep the mice out. We've been doing that, and so far, so good.

I did do something to the Mini today. Made an appointment with a local Paintless Dent Removal guy to see about getting a pushed in area between the rear of the driver's door edge and the gas cap smoothed out. He came highly recommended, and I see why. In about an hour, the panel was back to its original shape. No paint was damaged and after he did his thing, I really can't tell where the deformation was. Quite a skill. I was sweating this for about 3 weeks. None of the sweating was needed.

 

I did this today!

 

And they said that relationship wouldn't last!!

Nice going. That's what these cars are meant for... lots of fun miles.

 

I had new stripes put on. Could not stand looking at the car without stripes
Red stripes for the roof soon to follow.

 

Thanks for the tips. Interestingly enough, I don't have any other areas where the body is rusting. I've surprised many people lately how "clean" it looks and the lack of rust. I tell them I've owned this since 2006, and their firs response is usually that it looks newer than that. It also doesn't help that because I live in WI, I've had to endure a decade worth of salt-infested winters.

If and when I do fix this, I don't want it to be a quick fix. I'd rather get if fixed, and never have to worry about it ever again. Part of what I can see is the foam that sits between the trunk lid and the hatch itself is rather thin, so might be prone to leaking over time (hence the rust). it also doesn't help that because the rear wheels are so damn close to the bumper, when it rains, it kicks up water, so my rear wiper is almost always turned on when it rains. It really sucks Mini (or any aftermarket brand) never made rear mud flaps because I'd get those in a heartbeat.

I also need to replace the rear wiper motor as that's been acting up, and possibly due to the rust build up. However, the rear hatch button still works just fine, and that had a corroded wire years ago that caused the hatch to frequently open and close at any time which was replaced by Mini.

 

Looking good! Great color combo

 

she looks great, coming along nicely.

 

More trouble shooting and work on finding the coolant leak for me today. Talked to the mini dealer and they claim its the hose between the heater core and the thermostat housing. I will confirm today and let everyone who is interested the update.

 

Ireland engineering fixed camber plates and koni non-adjustable fronts. I named her too, finally. With the head work and all the front end stuff I named her Minerva...cuz all this money for my mini is getting on my nerve aghhhhh. Still love motoring though lol

 

LMFAO I hear that. But I bet the ride is great with those camber plates and konis.