Hello all, I recently just picked up a 2005 mini cooper s. A family member was going to have one of the online wholesalers come pick it up, but I figured I'd give a shot because the price was pretty good.

It did come with problems , supercharger noise and no a/c. but with the help of this forum I believe I can sort it out. The car was maintained pretty good just was never cleaned.. I'm a no stranger to forums or tools so i'm making good progress so far. I didn't know if build threads are cool around here but i have some pics and vids of the rattle I'll share.

any suggestions on things to do while i've got it dismantled would be helpful..

http://photobucket.com/PROJECTMINI

thanks guys

 

Welcome this site is a good site to learn about your mcs !! I have only had it for about 3 weeks

 

Holy **** what happen to the s/c ?? In those pIc's

 

there seems to be issue w/the pto gearset loosing its oil. on pg3 theres a vid to hear what it sounded like..

 

Welcome!

 

Welcome! I have a British Racing Green MCS as well! Good luck with it, mind asking how much you paid?

 

welcomen congrats

 

Car has 141K on the clock, I got it for poor trade in value on kbb.

 

congrats on the coop! just curious....did your family member leave the windows open for a few months? lol

 

you have QUITE the project there...hopefully your buy in costs were low enough..i know Im interested to hear your progress...ive had mine, an 03 s, for about 6 months...had 137 k when i bought it, so i may have that kind of fun in front of me in the future

ive read a bunch here as well, and , so far, it seems that everybody ive run across here has a good , helpful attitude ..sometimes rare in forums..

good luck and have fun...the worst part MUST be not being able to play w your new toy yet

 

LoL ... I do believe he left the sunroof open under a few trees. But what I know he did was take excellent care of his yard, soo just about every scotts lawn care product was tossed in the back. I currently have 4 hrs in to the repair work and probaly 6hrs more to get it back together I bet it will take me just as much to detail it..

 

I am playing with it, as I already have to many toys to drive.

And I estimating about $1500 for parts on this project. Has anybody actually replaced the pto gears? I see supercharger technologies sells a kit. And I need a good source for an ac compressor..

 

Very common....the op diagnosed it right...pto oil loss....the gears the ground themselves up.
Solution, A GOOD rebuild(with new pto gears and seals (one very cheap place in flordia does not replace the pto seals)....exoect to pay $600-900.
You can find low mile takeoff units for sale from wrecked cars for a similar price range...
Good luck, the mini is a fun car. I just hope the driver stopped driving before they overheated the motor too badly.....

 

No seals on the supercharger technologies unit? I thinking about just buying there pto gears, and not shipping this s/c... I'll have to look in to that... Where's a good spot to get a a/c compressor.

 

Taking appart the pto is pretty hard...the place you refer to does rebuld the nose/snount, but they only glue in a new seal....more of a basic take appart, clean, install new seals bearings in the snout/nose.....ingnore the pto, but they do install new gears if needed, but not really fix why the gears ran dry....good warrenty, high failure rate, low cost.

 

just an update. i got the parts last friday, so last weekend was outta question. so saturday i put a few hrs in and sunday a few more. car was started 3hrs after i started saturday morning including a trip to auto zone. i also installed the a/c compressor and started a vacuum. i'm amazed at how little time this takes guys.

It took me longer to raise the suspension on the s4 1 1/2" just the fronts, than it took me to get this mini back together. ( not really but very close.)

today i charged the a/c and cleared up some issuses i had with it throwing codes. loose i/c boot.

i did a bad job with the pics but theres one new pic of where im at now and and new video of how it sounds..

http://s1104.photobucket.com/albums/...8-14-58-44.mp4

 

updated the pics this weeked

 

Love the color. Nice project car. You seem pretty handy with a wrench.
I am really new to the Mini Scene. Can you tell me where is that oil leak coming from, on the side of your engine?

When you get it all back together you will have one sweet Mini Cooper.

 

This project was amazingly not that hard..and the car leaked no oil, that was a coolant leak it just got all mucked up..

 

I'd like to thank Waylen from Way motor works for being an awesome vendor.. Supercharger came quick , he was very easy to work with and core money came fast. Thanks
Way..

 

Well its been finished for a couple weeks , heres some updated pics.