Did the annual swap out for me... Removed/Replaced the cabin air filter. Removed/cleaned/re-oiled engine air intake.

 

Did a Seafoam treatment and polished the scratches off the door handle area while waiting for the Seafoam to soak.

 

Installed new side mirror glass, blue low light glass with blind spot and new hood shocks.

 

Drove it like it was spring time again!

 

Almost 2 feet of new snow added in the last 2 days on top of the foot plus that was already covering the ground. Spring slipped away a few days. The Roadster's sitting in the garage with it's dust cover over it and I'll just have to be patient. At least the skiing is great.

 

Seeing Paul is distressed with the recent Eagle Creek forest arson Mini went to patrol the forest along the Columbia River Historic Highway. He came back with a selfie to show Paul not all are lost.




cue Siegfried's Rhine's Journey by Wagner

 

i put the mini on the ramps. drained the Transmission CVT oil and repump new oil through check level hole. with a manual pump. i used the Valveline CVT OIL the is light yellow. 4 quartz. and 1 Castrol CVT OIL that is Red in color.

 

Nice drive and great bunch of pictures! No snow? No sailboards? I love that area. Need to get back out there soon. It's only about a 3,000 mile scoot from here. Perfect Mini trip!

 

I put a new rear wiper and arm on Rupert.

 

No snow. Plenty of wind for sailboarding, trust me , if you are hardy enough. If you can see white caps 4 miles away they are huge. And the wind was blowing the same direction of the river so a not so good sailor will find himself/herself miles down river fast. Most people don't have a sail small enough to sail in this condition.

The daytime high reached just under 70F that day.

 

Intercooler upgrade and tire stickers!!

 

Made use of the empty space in the left rear cargo area. Mounted my 12v tire inflator pump and plug kit using a Velcro buckle.

 

A care package from AWE arrived today, time to pull out the jack. Anyone got tips or tricks for changing the exhaust?

 

Get this an Exhaust Pipe Hanger Stretcher

Taking it out of those rubber exhaust hangers was a pain. And the clamp to the downpipe can be a pain also.

 

Spray the rubber hangers with a little oil or grease and use a gear puller to pull the hanger right off. Set a nut on the end of the little pointy end of the hanger and set the pointy end of the gear puller in the other side of the nut and crank away.

Just use a saw or grinder to cut the bolt off the clamp and it will come right off. The hard part is taking care not to mess up the new gasket when putting it all back together. Replacing the exhausts in these things is really not too hard.

 

Shoveled it out. Again.

 

I heard/saw your area got hammered with snow again.

Good snow tires help, but only so much.

 

Installed a new rear spoiler last night. Now, if I can only get rid of these stupid winter wheels.

 

Pretty work Vinnie!

 

Thanks buddy!

 

Very nice. Looks GPish. Notice any difference at speed?

 

Nothing yet, but Ive only been able to go to work and back. I am driving to my cabin this weekend so I will "test"

 

Mini's got a new and improved joystick, so I played with it to make sure the O-Fun-Meter pointer pegs the limiter but no overload.

more than ever the joystick is readily accessible

 

Done!

 

put new rear brake pads, wear sensor and put summer tires back on.