About a month or so back the clutch in my 05 basic cooper started squealing as I depressed the pedal,it got worse and now is really loud and wont go easily into gear and when it does car wants to move while pedal is still depressed.I would like to hear from people who have done the clutch repair .Where to get the parts? Have looked at Mini Mania and Pelican, like to hear from others.Thanks

 

Well it is a very labor intensive job, I think that it is easier on a justa but I'm not sure, if you are not in a rush and have the correct tools is very doable and you will save a ton in labor cost.
I wouldn't do MIni mania they are overprice but that's just me. pelican, Way M works,ECS,Outmotoring etc...they are all good with fair prices.

It took me about 3 weeks working mostly on weekends and some weekdays for a a couple of hours at times, you could do it in a day.... A very long day lol also I had to wait about 10 days for the clutch to show up, 112.00 shipped from parts geek LUK.

Follow Pelican parts how to and others around the web

 

It's not to bad. If it's your only car then you may want to pay someone to do it quickly. If you do it yourself take your time. Some things I did that helped:

-Put every bolt back into the hole it came out of to keep track of them.
-Took pics with the camera on my phone when trying to memorize the routing of wires and hoses
-drop as much of the subframe as you can in one piece (don't bother taking the hubs off)
-clear a large space to store parts, a lot of my car was in my basement while I was doing this work.
-Plan ahead and replace other things like the weepy o-ring on the crank angle sensor, oil pan gasket if leaking, water pump, check SC oil, put in limited slip diff if you are planning on tracking or auto crossing, shifter cables etc.

Good luck!

 

+1, bag and label whatever is loose and place them in the same order that you take them out it will help you once you are done, research torque specs, as mention above the axels can be taken out out of the hubs and leave them in place, and make sure that you leave room to move the subframe out of the way, I agree that you may want to change some other things while you are in there, also just to be safe get a new slave as well. Tranny jack will help too.