Are the power steering hoses something that you have to get from MINI or can I go to any auto supply place with my old ones and have them cut them to length and get some sort of heat tape to wrap them. I want to get this done tonight but if I had to take a trip to the dealership, I'm not sure I could get it done.

 

Mini Specific, The end of one of the line's goes to a crush gasket…
It's really easy to do… once you have the new lines, take out the Res then connect the tubes the same way the old one's were connected, then insert them top down.. See the manual for torques.

 

I bet you found that out by now ")

 

I wish I could say yes but I spend way longer than I wanted to getting outer ball joints out of the steering knuckle (tip: manual "beater" chisel w/ hammer then air hammer!). I'll call the two dealerships around here and see if I could get my hands on one tomorrow or by Wednesday. Subframe is out so will be a piece of cake to replace them. Thanks for the tip!

Nick