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BMW Mini Cooper 1.6 Clutch Change - silverzx - 22-02-2016
Anyone done one? Know any tricks? Looks like most people take bumper/slam panel off for access?
RE: BMW Mini Cooper 1.6 Clutch Change - bashbarnard - 22-02-2016
Bumper slam panel subframe off.
BMW Mini Cooper 1.6 Clutch Change - Frosty - 22-02-2016
Petrol 1? I done a 1.6 diesel 1 which is the Peugeot lump. That was a pain just have to take dpf off cuz 1 bolts going into the gearbox from engine side
RE: BMW Mini Cooper 1.6 Clutch Change - bashbarnard - 22-02-2016
(22-02-2016, 01:52 PM)Frosty Wrote: Petrol 1? I done a 1.6 diesel 1 which is the Peugeot lump. That was a pain just have to take dpf off cuz 1 bolts going into the gearbox from engine side
Lol that's not just minis. f*cking stupid bolt that one!!
BMW Mini Cooper 1.6 Clutch Change - Frosty - 22-02-2016
(22-02-2016, 01:56 PM)bashbarnard Wrote:(22-02-2016, 01:52 PM)Frosty Wrote: Petrol 1? I done a 1.6 diesel 1 which is the Peugeot lump. That was a pain just have to take dpf off cuz 1 bolts going into the gearbox from engine side
Lol that's not just minis. f*cking stupid bolt that one!!
Yeah I know it's on all them engines, right pain really. Though on the mini it was all front end off to do it, not quite so bad on some other cars
RE: BMW Mini Cooper 1.6 Clutch Change - silverzx - 22-02-2016
1.6 petrol Frost.
RE: BMW Mini Cooper 1.6 Clutch Change - welshpug - 22-02-2016
Tritec or prince engine?
RE: BMW Mini Cooper 1.6 Clutch Change - silverzx - 22-02-2016
Did some research, bumper, slam panel, radiator, subframe... It's a big list for a clutch, gonna give it a miss.
RE: BMW Mini Cooper 1.6 Clutch Change - welshpug - 22-02-2016
just charge more to do it !
RE: BMW Mini Cooper 1.6 Clutch Change - silverzx - 23-02-2016
(22-02-2016, 07:26 PM)welshpug Wrote: just charge more to do it !
I don't mind doing favours for mates but don't want to sink a whole weekend into doing a job. Engine swap on a 306 is quicker than a clutch change on a mini.. Anyway, he's taking it to someone else, £400 all in including the clutch. Damn, maybe I should of done it!
RE: BMW Mini Cooper 1.6 Clutch Change - Toms306 - 23-02-2016
Engine swap on a 306 is quicker than most other things, not a fair comparison lol.
Assuming the clutch kit costs ~£100 that's only like 6 hours labour?
RE: BMW Mini Cooper 1.6 Clutch Change - bashbarnard - 23-02-2016
(23-02-2016, 09:14 AM)Toms306 Wrote: Engine swap on a 306 is quicker than most other things, not a fair comparison lol.
Assuming the clutch kit costs ~£100 that's only like 6 hours labour?
This is why I like having a 306 daily. I can do my work fast on it compared to modern crap.
RE: BMW Mini Cooper 1.6 Clutch Change - Toms306 - 23-02-2016
Some work anyway... I'd rather swap an engine on a HDi than a turbo for example... But I'd rather swap a 1.9PD turbo than engine...
Access seems to be getting worse on cars though, even as engines get smaller, the DV6 is tiny yet still seems to make everything inaccessible somehow. Plus that's in the Focus with a huge bonnet, dread to think what it's like in the Mini!
RE: BMW Mini Cooper 1.6 Clutch Change - welshpug - 23-02-2016
very very accessible, as the bonnet is the whole front end.
http://www.mini2.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=161494&d=1304635119
RE: BMW Mini Cooper 1.6 Clutch Change - Toms306 - 23-02-2016
Oh well that makes it easier lol!
RE: BMW Mini Cooper 1.6 Clutch Change - Jake - 24-02-2016
I watched the garage do part the clutch change on the girlfriends cooper-s. Needles to say im bloody glad i didnt do it. It looked a nightmare.
RE: BMW Mini Cooper 1.6 Clutch Change - daddyfixit - 23-06-2016
just reading this; last week my mates wifes 07 cooper 1.6d turbo went sick.......noise when pressing clutch pedal;
I gave job to my mates garage , whole front off car,subframe down,exhaust off...he wasn't at all happy with me. flywheel had gone so that added £360 to the cost.
I looked on the mini forums afterwards and the average price is anywere from £1100 to £1450......7.8 hours booktime !
apparently petrol ones are much easier.........
RE: BMW Mini Cooper 1.6 Clutch Change - Seb_Ryan - 23-06-2016
Yeah petrol ones are easily do able in 3/4 of a day, same sorta set up on fiat 500s..
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RE: BMW Mini Cooper 1.6 Clutch Change - v1n33r - 20-03-2017
I own a Mini cooper clutch job is around 4 hours and is the front end off I'm afraid