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Easy way to get them 2 screws out of switch ignition...took me literally 2 mins to get the first one out by using a bendy ratchet screw driver cost £10 from amazon ..saves tons of time and stress
It isn't essential to do it this way but I found it far easier than struggling from underneath, which I tried first. It's much easier to see what everything including the tiny grub screws this way.
I'm not sure what you mean. I did think all mini's came with a tachometer? I would take a look under the plastics and see if there is some wires and if so, buy a tacho and fit it.
@@tonyrepairs5558 there are two wires that are plugged into the direction of the steering wheel. One is black and one is green. Maybe the green one is for the tachometer but im not sure maybe its for airbag/honk or somethung. How is it plugged in your mini?
@Roger-wu2eg from memory I think the two wires your talking about are for the airbag. The wires for the tacho don't go to the steering wheel. The wire should ve just under the top plastic cover where the tacho fits.
I have a 2002 mini cooper, and it came with a aftermarket radio. However, the original radio (cd53 r50) was in the back. Now I installed it, but it shows “disable”. I dont have the round plugs. It l just fits the original plug. How can I fix it? I dont need another wiring harness, do I?
Hi. You will have to fit the correct connector for your original radio and make sure the IBUS wire is connected. If you don't all you will get is a disabled message on the radio. There is 2 types, flat pins and round pins. Depending on which you have you will have to match up with the radio you have. Hope this helps.
Can you see if the IBUS wire is in? I'm jot sure what the colour is but it is in my video. It's been a long time since I did that. It does seam like the IBUS isn't connected.
Yes the Ibus is connected. I also tried to hold the M button, but nothing happens. I just really want to get the buttons on the back of my steering wheel to work.
I'm not sure what else as it could be that the Ibus wire has been cut for some reason. When fitting an aftermarket radio, it doesn't need that but it also doesn't need to be cut.
Hi Just wandering if you can offer me any advice on my situation with my mini radio: I have a 2 seater mini coupe 2012 model. I went on holiday January 31st, I drove it just hours before leaving and the radio worked fine. I came home, 2 weeks later, got in my car and the radio won't turn on. The date and time show up and the radio screen lights up orange when I put the key in the ignition but it just won't turn on. I took it to my local garage, they said all the fuses are fine and that they couldn't work out why it wasn't turning on. I took it to another garage today. The mechanic there thought, if it had been sitting for a while, maybe the battery had lost power, enough to not power the radio. I said i'd been home a month from holiday and drove every couple of days, roughly 8 mile out and 8 mile back to and from work so it hadn't been sitting loads but thought it was worth hearing what he was saying. He said he charged the battery up, checked my car battery, disconnected my car battery or whatever to see if re-connecting it sparked the radio back to life, he checked the alternater and said it was all fine and in good condition. He said he'd fiddled around with the radio and again, that the fuses were all fine and still couldn't figure it out. So, it remains un-fixed. He suggested I go to my nearest MINI Dealership which is Shrewsbury and get them to have a look at it. He said its likely there will be roughly a £100 fee for them to even look at it and at least a 2 week wait to even get an appointment. I go away again in 2 weeks for 10 days - my work days are unpredictable beyond this and so, i'm undecided with what to do for the best right now. Whether to book it in for a few weeks time, have unknown costs hanging over me and deal with work after, or, whether to wait and wait until after the holiday. I just don't know, I just feel like its a complete mystery! - one day it works, two weeks later, it doesn't work anymore, it just won't turn on. Although I have only tried 2 mechanics, I live in a rural area, have to drive about 10 miles out to a garage and make a day of it in the local town whilst the car is looked at. I've done this twice now and, well, i don't have anything pressing to do in town anymore! It is just me and my mum at home, she works a lot so I am on my own in a sense, i can't drop it somewhere and get a lift back. I just feel like no one can offer me an answer, a cause or dare I say it, a solution to the problem. I am just undecided with where to go next with it or what to do. Luckily, its nothing crucial that has gone wrong in the car like, the engine or something mega important. It is just fustrating and its always on my mind as, as trivial as it may sound, I love my music in the car and hate driving along thinking there is something wrong with the car, that something just bugs me and I feel like I need it fixed. I don't know.. its a mystery and could be an expensive fix at a Dealership - ugh, I just don't know.... If anyone sees this message and can offer advice, please do! Thanks!
Hi. Can you send me more details of the car so I can have a look at images. The radio could have blown it own fuse. You will need to pull the radio out to get to that. Again, if you can tell me the year and model of your mini I can do some homework and hopefully give you some answers
@@tonyrepairs5558 Hi thanks for replying. My mini is a 2012 mini coupe - it is a 2 seater mini. The model is a 'MINI Cooper Coupe 1.6'. I'm not sure i'd be able to pull the radio out myself - wouldn't want to tamper with it myself, don't know anything about car mechanics or electrics but i'd appreciate any advice to then decide on a next step. Thanks
@Imogen Sadler ok so I've done a little digging and one thing that could have happened is because the power went off the car radio could trigger the anti theft system. A good diagnostic tool could turn this back on. I also read that they do have an internal fuse on many so it could also be that. Because I'm not close to you I can only give advice from afar. It's quite hard to work on a car you can't see lol. Something I would try is, disconnect the battery again and leave for a couple of hours, this will hopefully trick the radio in to cokjbg back to life. When you reconnect the battery make sure you have the key in the ignition so the car knows its not being stolen. Hope this helps.
@@tonyrepairs5558 I’ve got similar and irritatingly my code reader won’t pick up the ABS system so don’t know which wheel but I have amber tpms and abs. Have four sensors so tempted to replace them all. What are the chances I do that and it’s not the sensors but one of the rings? Losing the will to carry on with this car, just changed the clutch which was a pig of a job
@Iain Hay well to be honest the only way to tell if its the ring is to use an bit of magnetic film that you put on the bearing where the ABS ring is and look for broken segments. Not easy. I would change the front left first then the rear left as they seam to be the most common when I've had issues, not to say others will disagree haha. The other option is to ask someone to do a diagnostic read for you so you have the wheel that's bad. I've done so many gearboxes and clutches now on my back on my own. Not the best job. Hope this helps.
It's only the rev counter and temp and on some the MPG comp but the milage is kept on the ECU. This is a straight replacement and NO coding needed on the R50 R52 & R53 Hope this helps.
Yes there is a way but the wire that link with the ECU is to stop anyone from stealing the radio. I'm jit sure how you do it but I do know there is a RU-vidr that shows the radio working out of the car and on his bench. Sorry but I don't know who it is.
@@tonyrepairs5558 I bought a used BMW E46 car radio from ebay, it's not stolen :) I just wanted to drive it as a stereo for my room. But it doesn't work because of this ''disabled'' problem. Guess I must to resell it then.
Glad to see putting it back in isn’t so easy. There’s a rubber hose above that makes it tough to position. Nice video. I used a brass round stock and a three pound hammer and really had to pound it. And that’s after using penetrate oil days in advance.
Excellent, I'm comfortable with mechanical jobs but a bit wary of electrical items so it's good to see the reasoning process for this. Let's hope that's all it is on mine too! Also very useful to see you take the alternator out in real time. Thank you for making the vid 👍
I have a complicated question when the engine isn't on but the ignition is on my dash works and sound but when I start it the led switch doesn't work or the sound but from the outside my indicators work anyone know what's going on? I did replace the radio and this happened Ive checked all the fuses looks fine
It sounds to me like you could have a problem with the BCM. It's in the foot well on the right side. Check for water ingress and inturn dry naturally and not on a radiator. Hope this helps.
Great video & really instructive. On my Boxster, the spring-return position for the energising the starter motor has failed. We have to remember to turn the key back to the power on position, so all other electricals work. Will changing the ignition switch fix the failed spring-return function please?
@@tonyrepairs5558 thanks for the reply mate,have you had the linkage problem on yours with stiff gear changes? Daughter picks hers up nxt week and it’s got that problem,car was cheap for that reason but I knew it’s not a bad fix
@@richardmathers7238 the last time I had stiff changes it was down to the clutch but hopefully its the cables. Let me know what you find. I'm interested.
Hi. Thank you for your message. The fuel filter arrow is the original filter and the new filter was fitted with the arrow pointing in the flow. I did make sure it was the correct way.
Top man saved me a massive headache. Btw mine was a pink wire but regardless of the colour followed your instructions to the letter booom radio kicked in And yes it doesnt have to stay in Brilliant thankyou
I'm glad you managed to get your radio working again. If you don't leave it in, you will have to do the same again if the battery is disconnected, but I'm sure you know that. 👍
Nice video Tony, i'm having the same problem on my r50. Mine has multiple functions... do you know of i can repair or replace just the LCD? There is not so many parts of mini in my country :P
Hey man great video… just a little correction thou just so there is no confusion , that right there is the clutch slave cylinder, the clutch master cylinder in these cars are directly attached behind the clutch pedal. Again 🙏🏾 thanks for the video there aren’t much out there I really appreciate these videos
You don't need to do any of that trim and light switch removal. Just pull the duct apart under the dash get under then pull the wires then undo the two grub screws and swop the switch them put it back. This is all unnecessary.
I agree, but the first time of doing this, it was easier to understand where the grub screws were. Also I could show on the camera. From underneath I would find it harder and just did it the way that was easy for me. Next time (I hope there isn't a next time) I possibly would do it your way. Thank you for our comment. 👍
Hi. If you done leave the ibus connected then yes you have to just touch the two together again and the radio will work. I have joined mine and I can take the battery on and off OK.
They will all swap pretty much but the car will only show what's programmed. You can get it reprogrammed to show mph and a few other things. I think some mini indi garages do it for around £80.
Got to do this to my wife 17 civic tomorrow. Already tried about a 2months ago but it was stuck. But didn’t have channel locks to see if I could get it to loosen. So I just sprayed it down with penetrating oil and will give it a go again. Ordered a new wheel bearing just in case. I mess it up. But was hopping you should doing it with the axl out. In case I had to do it that way. Wish me luck.
Hi. It's been a while since I did this and can't remember the part number but if you go on Design911 you can find them on there for a great price. I think I paid around £50 for mine. Hope this helps.
Yes all is still good. All I would say is check to make sure the bearings are still good. It's been a year now but I've only done about 3000 miles since.
I'm still in talks with the owner and it is in a dangerous place. The roof could fall in at any time so safety is an issue. I'm hoping to do something very soon.
Don't worry. I will get it sorted. I just wanted you to see how bad the work was that someone did. I've ordered new parts and all that will be cut out and made safe again.
HiI have a small question I have a problem with my tachometer he only shows the I have a small question I have a problem with my tachometer he only shows the tachometer
