OK, who has the highest mileage Mini out there with the original engine and trans?

 

My 2006 MC has 227 miles on it.

Has anyone else put more miles on their Mini?

 

2005 HB/MCS 15,512 awesome miles-top that .

 

Thanks.

C'mon, folks...it's an easy question that you ALL know the answer to:

The current high miles Mini is:

dogdal24 with 15,512

You gotta have more than that to beat his post.

 

'04 MCS with 68,789 miles on it. Where are the folks with 100,000+???

 

I'm over 100,000 miles, but on my third transmission. The old 5-speed in the Cooper has issues with extreme cold and I live in northern Vermont.

 

Who has more??

 

50k on my 05 cooper s.

 

We're stuck at 100,000, and that's with 3 trannies.

 

I have an 05 with 72K. Still on the original engine, tranny, etc... Many mods, but the only thing replaced due to failure was an O2 sensor at 49K and the hydraulic motor mount at 70K.

 

So tell us please, what happened to the first two transmissions and at what mileages? Thanks.

 

Yeah, I want to know how much longer I've got on my 03 MC before the tranny craps out.

I wonder if any kind of pre-emptive actions can be done, such as Red Line or Royal Purple transmission fluid..if that would help?

Sorry about the thread hijack, 100,000 and 3 trannies still leads.

 

The early Cooper 5-speed, made by Midlands, has a seal that doesn't hold up to extreme cold temperatures. I'm talking well below zero fahrenheit, like -20° or colder. When it gets that cold, the seal fails, the transmission fluid leaks out, and the transmission fails. It has nothing to do with miles on the car, driving style, or anything else. Just extreme cold. That's how both of my transmissions failed.

The first one was in the first winter I owned the car. I forget how many miles, but I picked up the car in October and the first failure was in February / March or something like that. The second failure was 2 years later. I was over miles on the warranty, but within 2 years of the replacement part going in (by a few weeks), so the second replacement was covered under the 2-year replacement part warranty. That was two winters ago, so it better either get cold soon, or stay warm or I'm out of luck.

I was told that the second replacement I got had a resdesigned seal that was less susceptible to cold weather problems.

And I know personally at least two cars with more miles than mine - and we all take our cars to the track. NHRef has around 107,000 miles like me, and dkstone (I think that's him) has over 150,000 miles on his car.

 

Here's a post from dkstone on the high mileage on original engine / tranny topic:
https://www.northamericanmotoring.co...60#post1291160

 

04 MCS with 46k miles.

 

All original, but I'm not the highest. Should turn 129000 tomorrow...

Nik

 

06 MCS - 1498...

 

Howdy folks...
2 MINIs, 1 mine (MINIBLU) another belongs to the company.
MINIBLU is at 126,000 and change.
Company is at 134,000 and change.


Both are 02 MCS.....

 

No one higher than 129,000?

 

No, I'm not the winner, whysky has 134k, I know of one with 150k, and a rumor of one at 200k ..

But I had the lead for a minute

Nik

 

...the title is yours until someone else claims it.

Anyhone else??

 

Sorry for hijacking again, but with me owning an 03/04 build date Cooper has me concerned now. Living in Cleveland, there is always the possibility of 0 degree weather. Has anyone out there with an 04 Cooper Midlands 5-speed model had to replace their tranny? I would appreciate any input as I just turned over 45000 at the turn of the year and I now wonder if I need Classic MINI to look at or what before the warranty is up. Cheers!

 

search for something like

cold midlands

and you'll get the matches...

Here are some:
https://www.northamericanmotoring.co...=cold+midlands

https://www.northamericanmotoring.co...=cold+midlands


0° should not cause any problems. Extreme cold weather, -20° or colder, seems the be the culprit.

 

I'll turn over 100k this week on my 10/03 MCS. Original trans,original clutch!
Jim

 

Thank you very much for the links SNID. I guess I'll just keep watching for leaks until my next scheduled mantainence. I'm leaving this morning for Detroit for the auto show. Hope nothing goes wrong!