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Car Forum / MINI / February 2004A Couple of problems
Hi all, Having recently just passed my test (4th time lucky :-s) I decided to get the beast on the road. The only problem is that the MOT decided to take that moment to expire. Ah well. Anyway I do have a couple of small problems on the car at the moment that prahaps someone can help me with. Firstly on the drivers side door seam at the bottom there is a thumb sized rust hole there, someone told me that this would not pass the MOT and that I should get it patched up. If I just clean this up and slap some anti-rust stuff over the area will this be a problem. Secondly due to a problem on my part, I had to change the locks in the car (including the petrol cap) when i managed to get the old cap out... part of it broke up and went into the tank, it was not small enough to go into any of the pipes but the indicator guage is not working at the moment..... how hard is it to get the tank out to turn it upside down to get rid of the problem. Thirdly, 2nd gear dosn't like staying in and when it goes in it goes with a bit of a crunch, going round Hyde Park Corner and then realising that the gear you was just in is no longer the case is not funny, any idea of what could be the case? Thanks in advance people Nick > Hi all, > Having recently just passed my test (4th time lucky :-s) I decided to get > the beast on the road. Well done! > Firstly on the drivers side door seam at the bottom there is a thumb sized > rust hole there, someone told me that this would not pass the MOT and that I > should get it patched up. If it on the door itself, you should be OK, but a quick dose of fibreglass filler will make a temporary repair that the MOT tester cannot fail. If it is on the door step, it should fail because it is structural. This will need welding. > I had to change the locks in the car (including the petrol cap) when i > managed to get the old cap out... part of it broke up and went into the > tank, it was not small enough to go into any of the pipes but the indicator > guage is not working at the moment..... how hard is it to get the tank out > to turn it upside down to get rid of the problem. You can take the sender unit out and see if the offending part just drops to the bottom of the tank. It may never be a problem if it is too large to enter the pipe. Otherwise you will need to drain the tank (long job if there is a al ot of fuel in it!). There is simply a strap over the tank with one bolt. That is all that holds it in. > Thirdly, 2nd gear dosn't > like staying in and when it goes in it goes with a bit of a crunch, going > round Hyde Park Corner and then realising that the gear you was just in is > no longer the case is not funny, any idea of what could be the case? Either the synchro ring is worn (causing the crunch) or the selector fork is worn (causing it to jump out of gear). Or both! Any problem like this will require the gearbox out of the car to fix.  SignatureRgds Steve steve@dsnclassics.co.uk www.dsnclassics.co.uk *****SNIPPED******* > Either the synchro ring is worn (causing the crunch) or the selector fork is > worn (causing it to jump out of gear). Or both! [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > steve@dsnclassics.co.uk > www.dsnclassics.co.uk Well I took it to have the welding done today and also to have an MOT, when they guy first looked at it, he said that the engine was on the move, so the engine stabilisers needed rewelding, and a couple of odds and ends which ended up costing me 140 quid with the MOT. After the MOT I go back and he tells me that the engine is pumping out 4 times the normal amount of CO2 and also some of the suspension bits are warn, which is another 100 quid. :-( Damn! Nick > Well I took it to have the welding done today and also to have an MOT, when > they guy first looked at it, he said that the engine was on the move, so the > engine stabilisers needed rewelding, Which should have stopped it jumping out of gear - if that was what was causing it. The Muffin Man > Either the synchro ring is worn (causing the crunch) or the selector fork is > worn (causing it to jump out of gear). Or both! > Any problem like this will require the gearbox out of the car to fix. Could it also be worn runners in the steady bar pulling it out when the engine rocks? The Muffin Man |
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