More work on the R53 Mini Cooper S project car. Engine swap action in two parts. Be sure to check out the second part as well! • E31b - Putting the Eng... As always thanks to @spuriouspseudo for all the help.
Just watched part 1, keep the faith mate.... It's been a long journey for you & minis do tend to throw buckets & buckets of s**t at us when we work on them. It's not surprising you get out of sequence & forget to install bits, it has been a while since you started your journey. Keep up the good work, I have watched & enjoyed every video you have posted on this mini & will watch the rest. Great channel, keep your chin up & get it done 👍👍👍👍
Yeah, besides replacing the heater core, bleeding the slave cylinder is one of the most unexpected PITA jobs on the car! I think I bought three. One of them I literally blew up by pressing the pedal with the strap holding the rod compressed. Good job getting it done!
I going to have to change (or repair) my 2007 mini cooper engine. I never drove it again , bought it like this. First I'm building my garage so I'll be able to do mechanic on my car/truck year around (Canada)... Glad to see you're still progressing :) Many years ago, I replaced an engine on my 94 suzuki sidekick, but it is probably 50 time easier then do it on an mini !! I rememeber back then I took many pics while I was removing the engine. So it has been easier to put another one back in place. In fact the first time I did it it took me many weeks, but the second time, on my 93 Tracker it took me a weekend !! However there's a suzuki forum with a tons of knowledgable people who know pretty well those little truck. it was so helpful.. My question are, what would you have done differently to make it easier to put the engine back in place with all wires, hoses, bolts etc in that tight environment? Film everything in detail when removing things ? Removig everything can be easy, but remember in which order to put things back in their place can be a pity.... At first we say, oh, I'll remember where that wires/botls goes, but as it takes time to do it, and there's so many steps to do, when its time to put things back, its a pity... It can be like assmbling an ikea furniture, you dont want to end up the restoration with many bolts left in your hands !! :)) Also, You told in one of your video that one of your friend give you some info about the mini but is there also a mini forum where you get some info about your restoration ? Thanks, and keep the good work...
I think the second time and beyond will be much easier. If I had to do it again I would pay more attention to where small brackets go and how things like wires and cooling hoses are routed in and behind other things. I had a decent system I think with the labels but just figuring out how it was all packaged took awhile.
Forums I use are North American motoring, Facebook, and a few others that come up in google searches. I mostly lurk, not that active but the older posts from when the car was released can be helpful.
i broke 2 slave cylinders, then finaly was able to bleed it sucessfuly. Im am actualy going throught the same steps as you are now. Except when i did my first start my serpantine belt broke becasue i think i did not set it on all the way and i had an oil leek from my oil house housing :( so need to figure that out next. Also i think i have another braket that you JB welded. I can ship it to you it you want. Just cover shipping cost.
Thanks for the offer, I do appreciate it! I think the JB weld should hold but if I run into issues I’ll reach out for sure. Not sure who designed that slave cylinder but it seems like a terrible design to bleeding.
