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  1. CHKMINI

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    #9 CHKMINI, Dec 3, 2014
    ...an update. The culprit was the crank pulley plus a broken right side motor mount. Cupelli Automotive who works exclusively on Mercedes, BMW's and MINI's in Lake Worth is repairing it. So far so good dealing with Frank Cupelli. They appear to know MINI's pretty well and have been fair with their pricing. If all finishes well with them I will definitely give my recommendation.
     
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    #6 CHKMINI, Dec 2, 2014

    He didn't know of anyone closer than him and he is 100 mile away. I found an Indy shop that does MINI's and BMW's and it's getting towed there this morning. When I talked to the owner and explained the problem he immediately said that it was probably the crank pulley. That made me feel like he knew what he was doing.
     
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    #4 CHKMINI, Dec 1, 2014
    Thanks Dave. I talked with Ian a little while ago. he too thinks its the crank pulley. We will know tomorrow.
     
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    #7 mrntd, Dec 2, 2014
    I thought we were going to have a road trip to fix the car. :frown5:
     
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    #8 Crashton, Dec 2, 2014
    Time for an ATI pulley. You'll never need another.
    Hope everything goes well for Blake.
     
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    #2 MCS02, Dec 1, 2014
    Oh man wish I could help!
     
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    #5 Dave.0, Dec 1, 2014
    Did he give you a good place to have Blake take / tow the car too?