Hi guyz.. why the minis done like that ?

if u gonna change ur clutch Kit, you have to pull the engine totaly out from the car ????????


I dunno how much they will charge me

 

The child of German and English engineering! No offense to German and English people, just their engineers.

 

You have got to be kidding me!
Is this for real, do you really need to disassemble the Mini that far to replace the clutch?

 

No, it can be done with the engine in the car, the tranny does need to come out but the entire engine/transmission assembly does not need to be removed.

 

If you are doing it on your back, here is another way https://www.northamericanmotoring.co...ad.php?t=96588 . There is a pro on this forum that only uses one jack and removes even fewer parts off the vehicle.

 

That looks like someone is doing more than a clutch. Either that or more work than they have to to do a clutch.

 

A really good Mini tech can do a clutch and flywheel in 6 hours or less. The going rate though is $1800 or so including parts so my guess is the flat rate is about 12 hours.

Rich

 

He is a very good tech.. he told me there is 2 types.. which u can assemble the transmission without the engine and the other type is you have to pull it out from the front.. even i asked the dealer they told me the yeah, you have to take it from the front :S

 

Uh... if you're paying $1800 for a clutch you're out of your mind. The parts are about $300 and any good mechanic can do it in 4-6 hours. 75x6 = $450.

Danny at Mini Corsa in LA can do them in about 4-5 hours and I think he charges $450 flat (Don't quote me on that).

 

I don't think he will charge me more than 450$

Today I went to the garage. everything was fixed :D, im gonna pick it after 2 hourz :D

 

Book time and what you can do it in are 2 different things....

 

They charge me 350$

I thoght they will charge me more for that job : )

 

My clutch was done at a local shop owned by a guy who has a MINI. It was his first clutch job on a MINI, but the guy was like a 25yr veteran mechanic. He did the job in maybe 6 hours of working time, but had other cars to work on so it took 2 days and cost $900 (the cheapest quote I could find in this area from places willing to work on a MINI) He removed less parts than k-huevo, and was super carefull and put it back properly (no pinched wires, no left over parts, nothing missing) I went in to see progress sevral times.

 

Guyzz.. there is any adjustments for the clutch ?? beacause there is gshshsh sound in the 2sec GEAR.. :S..WHY ?

 

I will do it in 3 hours. Do not know why you remove the whole front end though. I leave the bumper on.

 

:S I dunno why he did this.
Now I have another problem :S I think My 2sec synchos is gone...
can i fix this problem without changing the whole transmission ????

How Much it gonna cost me to fix the synchos ?

 

sorry to hear you are having problems with your trans. but as stated above you don't have to remove the whole engine just the trans.

it takes me about 4-5 hrs. working at an easy pace btw.

 

I think you cannot buy parts for our transmissions individualy. They are sold as a unit.

 

Oh My god :(
How much it will cost me the second hand transmission ??

 

I recently had to replace my 2003 MCS transmission and it set me back $2600 for a used 2006 MCS transmission with 5k miles and an LSD (that amount also includes the overnight shipping I had to pay, in addition to sending the core back). I received quotes from the dealer of ~$3300 for a refurbished transmission without LSD and ~$4500 with LSD. I certainly hope you don't have to go about getting your transmission replaced, as that's definitely an expensive endeavor.

GotMINI

 

where can I find this part ONline please ? instead of replacing the transmission :(

the synchos for the 2sec gear ???

 

This might help, contact them to see if it will work. It says Getrag 6-speed. Maybe the synchros are the same in all Getrag 6- speeds.

http://supercar-engineering.com

 

THXXXXX man

hope this gonna work,
all the cars are using the same part ? of its only for mini cooper s ?

 

Are these pix for real ???
This looks horrible. The place looks like someone's basement, messy and the engine is sitting on the floor