Kansas City MINI Enthusiasts

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davester wrote:When you jerk it off, it will come flying. So open the sunroof just in case.

davester wrote:Bring it by the "garage day" and we will show you how to remove it.

I thought the garage day was going to be PG-13

Don't waste your time, she's probably out of your league!

Minidave wrote:Minicoopers43, since you're doing the most work on your car, which stall do you want, the left or right?

Let me know so I can get a few things moved out of the way.

I'll take the right stall

That looks like childs play compared to mine. Since yours isn't bad you might be able to tell where' it's coming from. If it's coming from the front of the engine then i'd bet it's the crank sensor. Mine is so hard to tell if it's one or the other so i'm replacing the crank sensor o-ring and the oil...

So did Baron still charge you since they couldn't do it? I'd hate to get into that position and end up having to pay twice! I had thought about Shore as well. I guess I could get the tires mounted/balanced at one place and go immediately (or very soon thereafter) and get an alignment done (although...

Doesn't the owner's manual have a maintenance schedule? I'm not for sure but I think most of them do. I think the lower control arm bushings start to go around that mileage. Also check all the motor mounts for oozing or cracking. I'm sure there is tons more but those are the first that come to mind.

I recently had a huge tire/ alignment disaster. First I used Douglas tire in lee's summit. Don't go there! first time I went they said they aligned it just fine but the second time I went they said there is no way they can align it with their equipment. Then I went to baron and paid the premium alig...

I"m still all for it!
Cold doesn't bother me but if it affects attendance we should post pone.

Whether it's in Dave's Garage or my garage I will be working on my MINI this saturday.

When looking for coolant I found this ad and thought I would spread the news if anybody else needed some. I bought 3 but you can buy less but you also save less. They are normally 14.99/ea and after discount and mail-in rebate it comes out to about $3.65/ea Here is where I found it. http://hip2save....

I thought of another tool that would really be beneficial to the club, that's the engine support tool that suspends the engine from the front fenders so you can work on oil pans, motor mounts and such. Looks similar to this, and I'll bet Harbor Freight has one pretty cheap... Here is one at harbor ...

Crank sensor is super easy to do, especially if you already have the front end off! And I'll bet 90% of the oil pan gaskets that have been replaced haven't been needed - but were due to a leaking crank sensor letting oil run down to the pan and making it look like it's coming from the pan gasket. A...

Well the last garage day was only a week ago but I believe there is still a few hitches and pulleys that need to be installed so I thought i'd just see what's on the table and then we can go from there as far as a date. If the weather stays like it has been then the next garage day might not be too ...

Another excellent Garage day! Thanks a bunch to MiniDave for once again offering the use of his garage and tools. I agree on the cravenspeed puller it looks much easier to use and maybe my mini can be the first trial with it. Since driving Marcus' Mini after putting on the 17% pulley I am definitely...

I can't remember exactly but I think we've had a garage day at Dave's when it was cold before and it wasn't too bad.
I always say if you're cold then you aren't working hard enough

I'll tolerate the cold because I probably can't make it if we move to sunday

I"ll be there to help.
My MINI doesn't need any attention this time.

Here I am as always, offering help and a bit of experience if you need it. Just let me know!

I just saw today that there is a new episode of Top Gear.I thought the episode was absolutely hilarious! It is a special in India. One of the cars driven and unfortunately torn up is a 2000 Classic Mini Cooper S. Made me want one even more! Here is the first 14 minutes http://www.youtube.com/watch?f...

Zackattack28 wrote:
Hey Clint can you make that picture of my car into an avatar for me? Scale the image down?

Sure, which one? Whats the file name/number?

Here they are! All are untouched and every pic taken yesterday is there so some of them may not be worth viewing. It is hosted on my personal home server so if it is slow I apologize. Also please don't put links to the site/pics on NAM or similar. I don't want my ISP getting any crazy ideas if there...

I'm working on getting the pictures uploaded. I am going to try and host them on my own server unless there is another image hosting service I could use that doesn't compress the photos or provides a link to download full size.

Ok no word from walnuts. Tom and I will be driving Yoshi and Oliver down to the West Bottoms tomorrow early before noon probably early before noon isn't very specific. Does that mean around noon, 9am, or somewhere between there??. Could you narrow that down to a specific time or at least a 30 min w...

depending on if my wife is working or not I might be able to join. Post the time and place and i'll go from there.

Let me know if you stumble upon a cheap amp in the meantime :D http://www.amazon.com/Kenwood-Kac-8405-600-Watt-2-Channel-Amplifier/dp/tech-data/B0038FNIBW This is the amp I got and it's actually gone down a bit in price since I got it a few months ago. I have been extremely happy with it and the re...