Just found your channel since I'm about to upgrade my brakes and rear trailing arms (on my daily). So far i'm loving your content and how you explain everything. I just wanted to add those screws holding the rotors on are basically to hold them from falling off on the assembly line before the calipers get put on. I Never put them back in unless it's giving me a hard time setting the pads, sometimes the rotors are heavy and keep pushing them out, but 9 out of 10 times I throw them out.
@jonassilvers2277Ай бұрын
What did you do for the ball joints
@RegardingAutomobilesАй бұрын
Hi! These are for the rear of the car so no ball joints.
@neemetrestipАй бұрын
3 years ago a 1999 Volkswagen Passat was purchased and at the time of purchase it had a dual mass flywheel and a clutch disc with springs. When I replaced the clutch a few weeks ago, I finally figured out why the car tended to jump like a frog when accelerating hard and immediately after suddenly releasing the gas pedal. I changed to a regular disc without springs and the jumping frog problem disappeared, the start and gear changes are also much smoother now.
@spuriouspseudoАй бұрын
GRIND IT!
@donz240Ай бұрын
Grind it. It'll be fine. 👍
@BlougheedАй бұрын
make sure its not a sticky weight inside the wheel first..
@RegardingAutomobilesАй бұрын
Checked!
@owenmonaco7817Ай бұрын
Send it. They'll clearance themselves 😂😂
@liamfanning81482 ай бұрын
Im about to tackle the trailing arm conversion, good motivation right here. Cant wait to go racing
@VegaRaizeki2 ай бұрын
Hi, are the trailing bush brackets the samebetween the old and new one?
@RegardingAutomobiles2 ай бұрын
Yeah they are the same
@liamfanning81482 ай бұрын
Heads up those rear calipers need to be twisted in as theyre compressed, the tool looks correct but maybe they twist the opposite direction? I tapped mine with a hammer and that broke it loose, probably something tight in the ebrake mechanism
@RegardingAutomobiles2 ай бұрын
Appreciate the feedback! The kit I got has compressors to spin both ways but this bad boy was just not moving. I ended up replacing the calliper and it went a lot smoother. I guess that’s what happens when you let a car sit for months/years :)
@StalltoStart2 ай бұрын
We use white vinegar, works well
@hiyapal68193 ай бұрын
Thanks for sharing, I need to tackle this project as well so its great to see everything you experienced in this project.
@DHEvans3 ай бұрын
Yes, I still have to fix my driver side tail light rust on 2005 R53 so I have taken notes. Overall, I find these BMW bodies are super strong underneath and came with a ten year rust warranty. I had my two doors and hatch replaced under warranty in 2011. Its been 13 years and not a speck of rust in 2024.
@DHEvans3 ай бұрын
Five years later, what brake pads are you running with these days ?
@RegardingAutomobiles3 ай бұрын
Well, right after this video I took the car to the track and blew the engine. It took me four years to figure out how to pull an engine apart and get the car running again. So after all that, I am still running the same pads. Hope to put a lot more use on them this summer.
@CarlosCamino-lf4eo3 ай бұрын
I was just wondering what book you were using to clock the pistons. I have the Bentley publisher service manual and it doesn't seem to be in it.
@RegardingAutomobiles3 ай бұрын
I use the Haynes manual.Direct link here haynes.pxf.io/rQLGJG but you can get it lots of places.
@CarlosCamino-lf4eo3 ай бұрын
@@RegardingAutomobiles thank you
@forthvalleydents-pdrscotla23 ай бұрын
What obd reader are you using?
@RegardingAutomobiles3 ай бұрын
Ancel BM500 (My link) amzn.to/3xs1r3R I think you can get a newer version now, the BM700?
@oscarc79933 ай бұрын
oh man that whining sound is addictive
@oscarc79933 ай бұрын
Been watching your channel for ova a year and truly helped me 2 understand how 2 get around things and 2 buy the right parts, I own a 2006 R52 JCW, gotta admit is a luv n hate relationship with this cars. Wanna ask, You did replace the radiator right? Did u get the stock one or the aluminium double row, if it was the second, which brand did u go 4? cheers mate
@RegardingAutomobiles3 ай бұрын
I did replace the radiator but just with an oem replacement off rock auto, nothing fancy. Thanks for watching. The love hate relationship is real! This year will be the first time the car is running for the whole summer so fingers crossed nothing else goes wrong.
@peanutbutterisfu3 ай бұрын
I have the cheap plastic harbor freight ultrasonic cleaner that I use for pistons and whatever engine parts I can fit in. The best cleaner I found as far as cheap goes is “Awesome Cleaner” from the dollar store it’s not corrosive. I can put a piston in for 8 minute cycle and it looks like new. If I used just soap and water would take idk an hour. The worst cheap cleaners are the purple power type ones not only do they not work that great they are corrosive. Literally didn’t clean pistons any faster than soap and water. They don’t even work good for cleaning the floor any my repair shop I use zep brand it’s far better. Plus all those degreasers are corrosive they are terrible for aluminum, they will accelerate rust and corrosion on other metals if not washed off very well soon as ur done. The funny thing is people talk about how great these degreasers are but have to scrub them too. Can you tell I hate these products? lol!!
@DoingthingswithDAN4 ай бұрын
Agh I wish it would clean it faster. I don't got 30 minutes to spare to clean pistons :(
@besticandogolf59014 ай бұрын
THANK YOU. Many times during all the work and filming, you probably said “will this truly help anyone or am I wasting my time?”. Having a ton of wrenching experience but being completely new to the R53 platform, your channel is a godsend. I’m gonna binge the fire out of it. You rock man!
@daviddickson95484 ай бұрын
This is a great series. I love the emotional highs and lows that you share with the viewers. Well done. I landed here, looking at potentially jumping into a rusty tail light R53 purchase. How was the frame and undercarriage on yours? Amy structural issues? Any issues removing/replacing any components u der there do to locked up rusty bolts, etc... or your your rust issues mainly only body panel related? Again, thanks for putting this together, its very helpful for the handy but non-mechanic DIYers out here in the world.
@RegardingAutomobiles4 ай бұрын
Glad you like the videos! I live in Canada and the previous owner daily drove the car through winters. Almost every bolt on the car was rusty and hard to loosen but the only major rust I’ve found so far was around the tail lights and hatch that I fixed in the video. Frame was good and the rest of the body panels seem okay. Subframes both had surface rust that I had blasted off and refinished.
@loRd11115 ай бұрын
Just found your vids today. Great job and thank you for the motivation. I‘ve got a r53 waiting for restauration as well. And i‘m starting by learning from your vids ;-).
@RegardingAutomobiles5 ай бұрын
Awesome! Good luck. I think I had some terrible luck so I am sure yours will go much smoother.
@vickieholcomb30535 ай бұрын
What would be wrong with my 2003 mini cooper it will not go into 5th or reverse? Do we not have the cables right or what
@RegardingAutomobiles5 ай бұрын
This is after replacing them? One moves forward and back, one moves side to side. If you can’t hit 5th or reverse it’s likely an issue with the side to side. Also check out episode 30, I talk about a tiny plastic piece in transmission side of the shift linkage that can wear out and cause problems.
@m1cklife1685 ай бұрын
Nice ok. Guess id rather my clutch surphace slip/wear than be shocking on the crank- as the dual mass MAY allow occasionally.
@RegardingAutomobiles5 ай бұрын
I am not sure there is a difference in clutch surface wear. I am, obviously, not an expert.
@hipoman80875 ай бұрын
I’ll be doing that but the audio will probably have a lot of beep beeps! LOL😅
@RedArrow736 ай бұрын
Ring Lands.
@Furkankeskinnn6 ай бұрын
Dmf cuts the gear rattle. What if we use light flywheel with single plate and use sprung clutch? Can we reduce or remove gear noise this way? What is your opinion?
@RegardingAutomobiles6 ай бұрын
That is the setup I have now that the car is running. Single mass flywheel and a sprung clutch. It works very well. I do get flywheel chatter at idle.
@Furkankeskinnn6 ай бұрын
Thank you for your the reply. Can you share its idle sound? @@RegardingAutomobiles
@victorvicara85186 ай бұрын
Wire brush and 5min a piece would rather go old s😢
@RegardingAutomobiles6 ай бұрын
Where is the fun in that? :)
@Secondrunnerup6138 ай бұрын
So what was the tool you used to get the broken screw out with??
@RegardingAutomobiles8 ай бұрын
Speed out! (My Amazon Affiliate Link: amzn.to/40aLaKG ) It worked because they are banjo bolts. I would have been royally screwed if if was a solid bolt.
@Secondrunnerup6138 ай бұрын
@RegardingAutomobiles I have some of these. No you would have been OK. Just drill a small hole in the broken bolt shaft and put the appropriate size in. ( if there was one. That would have fit.) Thanks for the info.
@Secondrunnerup6138 ай бұрын
@@RegardingAutomobiles happy mini motoring!!!!
@robertoudokrapf4539 ай бұрын
OLÁ. Voce poderia iniciar de forma diferente. Para comessar deveria primeiro aprender. Voce não sabe nem desmontar um motor. ABRAÇOS...
@seankenney37889 ай бұрын
Glad you figured it out.. I’ve been watching your videos out of order, so I already knew you dialed it in.. maybe I’ll see you out on the track once I’m done with mine. Cheers 🍻
@dgaz30579 ай бұрын
Real Mechanics always get a bad rap for tiny things but those little things that can lead to high costly mistakes. What kind of break in oil did you use? synthetic, blend, mineral oil blend? etc?
@RegardingAutomobiles9 ай бұрын
For the first few drives I used a cheap Quaker State 5w-30 synthetic and then switched to Liquimoly 5W-30 Special Tec LL SAE. Changed it again after the 500 mile break in and that is what I run full time now. amzn.to/3rETUMx
@dgaz30579 ай бұрын
so on the initial start up did you raise and lower the rpms aggressively up to 3k and back to seat the rings? or was that not needed? I heard that was a good way to get the rings to seal better initially@@RegardingAutomobiles
@RegardingAutomobiles7 ай бұрын
Heya! Sorry just saw I never replied to this. I drove the 500 mile break in by keeping it under 50% throttle and under 4K rpm. @engineeringexplained convinced me that all the other break in ideas of running it super hard are not right.
@onsturn9 ай бұрын
Why would a company make dual disc unsprung clutches with single mass flywheel to be used on the street? Like the McLeod RST which has many reports of floater plate chatter under 2000 rpm.
@RegardingAutomobiles9 ай бұрын
My guess is that they tried to reduce the harshness of the singlemass FW and un-sprung clutch plates by using the twin plates. They market the RST as street-able but able to handle up to 800 HP so I am guessing the chatter at low RPM is just the tradeoff they had to make to get those two features to work.
@jaylay309 ай бұрын
I found this video recently and am hooked. I am working my way through all the videos from the start. It’s fantastic. It’s great to see a normal person working on his car with limited space and not a mechanic. Just like I would be.
@RegardingAutomobiles9 ай бұрын
Really glad you like the videos! Wanted to get that whole, “if I can do it, you can do it” message out there!
@jaylay309 ай бұрын
You definitely got that. I am now thinking of doing the same thing.
@benkanobe75009 ай бұрын
You could have tried hand-polishing the journal. It is easy to in the car/block, it just takes time. After doing that you can measure to see if the crank journal is in spec. If so, put it together and you are done. If not, then you were going to pull the crank and have it turned anyway.
@RegardingAutomobiles9 ай бұрын
Unfortunately I ended up taking the crank to a machine shop and they said there was no way to repair it. “Thrust” was off? Something like that.
@ja44769 ай бұрын
Wow, simply amazing to finally see you on the track........ almost every part of this Mini has been removed then cleaned or replaced.... From a man without any mechanical knowledge at first, this is so cool..... My bet is 90% of people would have burned or throught away this car after 6-12 months...... but 4 years later you're on a racetrack, even with all the problems you encountered..... Patience and determination, you'll have to go to give seminars in school to talk about it !!
@siimot9 ай бұрын
When my R53 boot started rusting i bought a second hand rust free one for £40 and swapped it over :) fair play for trying to DIY it, massive job
@VegaRaizeki9 ай бұрын
Hey mate, i have a blown oil cooler causing the steel pipes to be full of the same gunk you pulled out, no coolant flowing through it, did u have this problem? Did u clean it or something?
@RegardingAutomobiles9 ай бұрын
My metal coolant lines ended up being so corroded that there were holes in them. I ended up making new ones. E29 - Fixing a Coolant Leak with Custom Braided Lines kzfaq.info/get/bejne/g6qfdtl1rc6lcYE.html
@VegaRaizeki9 ай бұрын
@@RegardingAutomobilesdo u know how to get them out? I cant seem to get access to the bolt holding them in place, does engine need to comeout?
@RegardingAutomobiles9 ай бұрын
The hard pipes are bolted on and then attach in two places on both ends. I don’t know for sure but my guess is you’d have to take the air box out to get at the one of them closest to the reservoir. Wish I could help more but I had my engine out when I worked on them.
@VegaRaizeki9 ай бұрын
@@RegardingAutomobiles i ended up giving up on it and just chucked laundry detergent into my expansion tank 20 mins idling and 3000 rpm sometimes, i unhooked the heat exchanger lines off the heat exchanger and off the gunk went on the inlet side, now ive chucked them both back onto the heat exchanger and hoping the outlet side will clear up. Fingers crossed
@spuriouspseudo9 ай бұрын
Ha, I wish I didn't sound so gleeful when you discovered the mixed-nuts carnage sticking to the sump... I was laughing with you, with you.
@RegardingAutomobiles9 ай бұрын
Hey I was expecting like a bent rod or something so the weird brown bits were a shock. I appreciate you laughing… with me.
@devacds9 ай бұрын
The cables are the same ? Or is there a difference between them? Lenght? Etc
@RegardingAutomobiles9 ай бұрын
They are not the same. One has a “mass absorber” on it. 25117547371 and 25117548431 are the two oem part numbers. I got the Dorman 905621 instead of the oem 25117547372.
@devacds9 ай бұрын
@@RegardingAutomobiles Thnx i can find them now in the webshop. I have the problem that the second gear pops out or not engaging enough so i hope it is the cables
@ja44769 ай бұрын
Hope you'll make more videos, you're the exemple of patience and determination......
@RegardingAutomobiles9 ай бұрын
Definitely more to come!
@NowsNu9 ай бұрын
What a journey
@spuriouspseudo9 ай бұрын
Wooot! Looked great on track... satisfying to see it back in action!
@mrfochs9 ай бұрын
I know you said small projects, but I would suggest the shocks on all four corners with adjustable camber plates on the front and then a full alignment/set up. I am lucky enough to have a shop near me (Mountain View, CA) with a former MINI Racing mechanic. With the rear trailing arm conversion you did and the wheels you have (I think you said they were 16s in a previous video), you should have no clearance issues getting a full GP2 Camber/Toe/Caster set up on your car (I was able to fit it on my R53 and I have the JCW 19" Wheels). The cornering is so much improved vs the factory R53 settings.
@RegardingAutomobiles9 ай бұрын
Technically that is fairly small compared to some things I’ve done. :) I was thinking about camber plates. For shocks I wasn’t sure if coilovers are the way to go or as even a bigger stretch there is the Tein EDFC system. I am not even sure if they make one for the mini.
@billcunningham84859 ай бұрын
What small fun projects....? Maybe one video could be, if you are looking for content ideas - walk us through the changes you made to the R53 while referencing the episode the mod happened in. Just a thought.
@RegardingAutomobiles9 ай бұрын
Index video? That might be fun!
@jenBaker7079 ай бұрын
Congrats on getting it going again
@billcunningham84859 ай бұрын
How cool was it to have the in car and video from the trailing car on a slip screen? So cool Congrats on the runs.
@NowsNu9 ай бұрын
Man, she sounds so good
@RegardingAutomobiles9 ай бұрын
Throttle pedal is even more addictive to hit with that supercharger noise!