Currently waiting for the Mini to be recovered. Cooling issue and overheated while driving.
FFS!
It feels like BMW have a tendancy to build multiple generations of car that share common weak points - cooling systems, oil leaks, valve stem seals..
Your fleet running reports
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integrale_evo
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I’ve been doing the rear brakes on the mito.
Happy that disks, pads and a pair of calipers totalled less than £100, I thought it was going to be a fairly straightforward job.
Unfortunately getting the handbrake cables back on turned out to be an utter bitch. One side I decided removing the spring would make things easier. It did. However getting the spring back on turned out to be harder than getting the cable on.
I’m probably one of the most placid people on earth, however I came very close to throwing things around in a temper
I’ve literally just finished and deciding whether to go for a short test drive or wait until the morning.
Wasn’t ‘just’ a brake job, I cleaned up and painted the carriers, painted the disks because the dirt cheap ones I bought didn’t have any coating to stop the non wear bits rusting, and drilled a couple of holes in the rear spacers so I can fit disk retaining bolts. Trying to line up a freely rotating hub, disk, spacer and wheel really annoyed me last week
Happy that disks, pads and a pair of calipers totalled less than £100, I thought it was going to be a fairly straightforward job.
Unfortunately getting the handbrake cables back on turned out to be an utter bitch. One side I decided removing the spring would make things easier. It did. However getting the spring back on turned out to be harder than getting the cable on.
I’m probably one of the most placid people on earth, however I came very close to throwing things around in a temper
I’ve literally just finished and deciding whether to go for a short test drive or wait until the morning.
Wasn’t ‘just’ a brake job, I cleaned up and painted the carriers, painted the disks because the dirt cheap ones I bought didn’t have any coating to stop the non wear bits rusting, and drilled a couple of holes in the rear spacers so I can fit disk retaining bolts. Trying to line up a freely rotating hub, disk, spacer and wheel really annoyed me last week
Cheers, Harry
Re: Your fleet running reports
Picked up the Clio and drove back via the B660.
Cycling twats being some of the worst all over the place, randomly darting out into the road group of oblivious misfits I've ever encountered.
Absolutely love it but the pull to tinker and modify is strong. Listened to some Armand Van Helden on the CD player on the way back and had a great drive, even though I did the B660 the wrong way round.
Dave!
Cycling twats being some of the worst all over the place, randomly darting out into the road group of oblivious misfits I've ever encountered.
Absolutely love it but the pull to tinker and modify is strong. Listened to some Armand Van Helden on the CD player on the way back and had a great drive, even though I did the B660 the wrong way round.
Dave!
Re: Your fleet running reports
Holy shit the Mito brake brought back some memories. I ended up removing the armrest and there’s a handbrake tensioning nut. Slackened it off and it gave enough play to reconnect it.
Had my own moment of rage today. So this particular mini tractor we have needed new PTO belts which required removing the PTO. It had a weird PTO which was basically a CV joint with a collar that you pull to release. The stupid thing is to fit it you have to put the CV joint in place whilst pulling the collar back whilst pushing the CV joint forwards. It took an hour to refit. Reading about it online it’s a new government recommended health and safety type because of course everything shit is due to some bollocks legislation
Had my own moment of rage today. So this particular mini tractor we have needed new PTO belts which required removing the PTO. It had a weird PTO which was basically a CV joint with a collar that you pull to release. The stupid thing is to fit it you have to put the CV joint in place whilst pulling the collar back whilst pushing the CV joint forwards. It took an hour to refit. Reading about it online it’s a new government recommended health and safety type because of course everything shit is due to some bollocks legislation
How about not having a sig at all?
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integrale_evo
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Yes, I did that in the end. Even then there’s a massive metal bracket perfectly placed to make adjusting the adjuster a nightmare 
Anyway, went for a spin, no nasty noises, smells or excess heat, so all good. Just need to put the centre console back together tomorrow. Then change the exhaust front pipe / flexi and put a new gearbox mount in to replace my bodged up one. Was hoping to get the whole lot done today…
Anyway, went for a spin, no nasty noises, smells or excess heat, so all good. Just need to put the centre console back together tomorrow. Then change the exhaust front pipe / flexi and put a new gearbox mount in to replace my bodged up one. Was hoping to get the whole lot done today…
Cheers, Harry