See that? That is the door lock mechanism for a MINI Cooper (click through for the how-to at NAM). For those of you that follow along at twitter, you might remember reading last week that my door stopped opening from the inside. So, since I was successful in the fuel pump replacement on Friday, this …
Category Archives: My MINI
My First
My fuel pump cherry was busted wide open today. After 230k miles and pumping over 8k gallons of fuel, I’m ok with that. For those of you wondering, this job is very simple unless you have issues with the smell of petrol. Took me about 20 minutes start to finish using nothing more than a …
A little Video Fun
Took the video camera out today. It’s on YouTube as well for you that prefer that sort of thing. I’m still getting the noise from the throwout bearing, I think. I haven’t had the time to get it back to a shop to have it diagnosed properly. I did, however, have the shocks sent over …
Get it right the first time
This is something I am becoming increasingly tired of. People that do things half-assed, especially when it comes to auto repair. I’m sure I’m not the only one either. A refresher. Clutch goes out. Take it in for replacement After 3 days, have to take it back. Transmission not properly installed Pick up my car …
There’s Your My Problem
It looks a little something like this. Drivers side. I hope I can get it fixed and not have to replace the axel. Those things are expensive!