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New MINI Cooper S R53 Owner

Thanks everyone. I got the car with a little over 100,000 on the clock and the engine oil looked good had to top off the coolent expansion tank with probably a quart of antifreeze, cleaned the inter cooler as it looked like no one had ever taken the cover off and had a bunch of bug parts some small gravel and straightened several vaines that had been bent either closed or just needed straightening. I have found a local foreign car mechanic who was recomended by my neighbor who has a German import Bug. He told me that it wouldn't be a problem for him to change the supercharger oil as I'm sure it has probably never been changed and hope there is not a lot of metal in the old oil but believe that the supercharger is in pretty good shape by the way it runs. I can get supercharger oil from the local Chevy dealer but it only comes in 4 oz. bottles and is $12.00 a bottle and I will pick up 2 and hope that will cover both end's of it. If any of you have any thing that might help I would appreciate it. I'm already looking into a 15% overdrive pulley and doing some exhaust mods. down the road.

 

New MINI Cooper S R53 owner

I am a Vietnam era Veteran was in the last 1 1/2 years of the war but not in country. Had to deal with the ones coming back and that was pretty bad, we would go in to clean the latrines in the morning and every day for about 3 months in each of the units in the Bn. there would be found at least 1 Troop who had shot up China White and never got the full shot and was dead when we found them. We also had a lot commit suicide. These are the ones who trained me, I was a AERO SCOUT On Kiowa's for 10 years and did the last 3 years and months as a Bn. N.B.C. NCO. Had to many hard landings in the helo's and in my last unit 197th Inf.Bde. at Benning we went to Ft. Irwin 3 times getting ready for the First Gulf War and had a AN/VRC-46 68lb. radio fall 3ft and took out the disc at L3,L4 and L5. I spent a lot of time flying the East German Border with 11th ACR and flew left front seat as the rear was full of ammo bins for the M-134 hanging out the left rear door and also was the Col.'s Crew Chief and Scout with the 6th Air cavalry Combat Aviation Bde. We were the forerunners of the 160th S.O.A.R. and was ask to join Team Delta every 6 months of the last 3 years I was in.

 

New MIN Cooper S R53 owner

I'm new and don't know where to post any pictures but there are some on my page.

 

New MINI Cooper S R53 owner

I was told how to post the picture and there is one now on my origional post.

 

New MIN Cooper S R53 owner

It was missing one of the MINI emblems on one of hubcaps when I got it and when I had the new tires installed another came off so I'm going to spring for the aluminum ones with the 4 tabs that fit in the 4 slots on the hub cap. I found them for around $14.00 or $15.00 each.

 

I checked the link out but because of my back condition I am no longer to do that extensive maintenance even though I have a chest and roll away full of tools. I can't bend over or squat down that long I called the Dealer in Memphis,Tenn. and was told they don't service the Supercharge at all, would rather sell you a $2000,00 supercharger! I contacted a local foreign car Mechanic that was referred to me by my neighbor who has his late '60's early'70's Bug and he said that he thought he could do it pretty easy and shouldn't take him to long so he;so doing research on it and is supposed to call me back and let me know about what would be involved and a price range.:fingers crossed: