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Drove it to my sister's place to borrow her CRV to pick up a new (used) sunroof for the MINI.



Thanks again Zillon.

 

The right front pad is down to 1 mm and the caliper is stuck, plus the rear brake lines are almost rusted thru on the S and I gotta drive to get it fixed....brrrrr. The tranny in the R50 [cvt] has decided to not work anymore, as of yesterday [runs but does not "shift" in any mode]. So, both cars are in the garage and I'm driving my wife's when she is not out and about.

Fortunately/unfortunately, I have only one more long distance tow left for the year, so it looks as if the Cooper will get it.

 

Have it flat bedded and put both MINI's on it..... Wouldn't that count as the last tow of the year? A twofer?

 

Took the 11 Countryman to the dealer on Thursday, it was puddling a little slick fluid in the garage. Turned out the water pump was going bad, a weep through the weep hole, just enough. I knew it was not oil, oil was black as tar at 8 months, water pump out at 51,650 or so.

Extended warranty replaced the water pump, oil was changed on my dime, V-belt was getting frayed, changed on my dime. I got out for $299 and a bit of change. Good god labor is high at the MINI stores. The $$ include my pay out of $50 deductible for the gold 100K warranty. Hope to get the 11 to 90K, it is paid for.....



As an aside, Pat had to drive my Park Lane, she really, really likes it, said something about swapping MINIs. Nope! :crazy:

Don

Btw, wonderful weather here in Colorado after last weekends 16 inches of Snow. Hit 77 today!

 

Collected more parts.


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The Cooper will have to wait awhile...at least til I pay off my looming credit card bill with the MCS' charges. I'll drive veeery slowly to MAG with the S as I do NOT want the brakes to fail on the way over. Sometime in June, the Cooper will get its flat bed trek for a tranny redo.

 

Had a coolant flush & fill done, all ready for you know where.

 

My car is ready for the Dragon so all I did was take it out for a run today and got it covered in pollin.

Came home and washed it.

 

Drove 265 mies to Asheville this morning. Beautiful day for a drive. Only saw two Mini's on the drive.

 

Drove my Classic 10 laps around Buttonwillow this afternoon during the lunch break. Next best thing to being the real deal...

 

Warshed the MINI and took it for a spin... Felt great...

 

Started the MINI after a dead battery (some idiot left the lights on). Put the trailer mostly together. And it's a beautiful day out ,so, screw cleaning, I'm going driving...

 

Drove to work, drove home. Looked at all my parts gathering. Just a few more and a free weekend to get him running and driving the way i want


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How did you do that while waxing?

 

Went out for a nice country road drive in my little roadster. It was such a beautiful day I couldn't resist. Life is good.

 

Lose control of your walker?

 

Took a nice drive down to Hocking Hills to shack down the car and driver before heading off to the Dragon.