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I have fixed 2 minor faults on the Mini today. :) L-Turn tell-tale on the dash was not working. Took the whole cluster out and checked the bulb which was OK. I cleaned the copper track and tweaked the bulb-holder spring contacts and it all...

Last thing to do before stripping the dashboard: Cubby box. Need to buy a 10mm metal drill for that. But first, a beer!

Last week, when a friend was servicing my 2012 FL2, i noticed seeing daylight at bottom of airbox. I dont remember seeing the hole when i fitted a K&N panel filter six months ago so i know it must have been in place then atleast. I bought a...

I have the o-rings and I will tell you how it goes when I do it. On the seal I contacted a distributor of SKF and they think that they can help me. I am waiting to hear back from them next week before I do the work on the car.

All I am saying is that the ZF 8 speed gearbox is not optimized for British speeds. Yes it is used by many manufacturers but it is made in Germany and they will have considered the autobahn. Anyway I'm not really concerned about this because my...

I didn't want to know the answer to my question, I was just pointing out that a question can be worded in a way to be an insult to somebody. Given all of the insults that I've had here I just assumed it was another one. If you wanted to ask...

My OBD reader is iCarSoft and it is great. For my specific model of L322 none of the OBD readers or the SSD computers can work on the suspension settings. I spent 2 weeks researching which one to buy. Only the gap tool can do what I need, or a...

I did not imply you let the box get low on fluid, or state it was you, or blame you. You clearly said in the other thread it was low when you bought it, and was going into limp mode. You indicated (not stated) that you were looking at used...

Just hadda cool baff to cool down. Left the baff room door closed because the sun is about to hit the window. Nice and cool in the hall. Upstairs ok but downstairs is coolerer.

On the Discovery thread part of the forum there are various work-arounds that peeps have done to keep the torque convertor in lock-up. I have been tempted because it comes in at just about the legal max on A roads and, as you said, drops out for...

And DIRECTLY after that I said... "But my major concern is running the engine for a long time on a highway at a higher RPM than necessary." Do you have any more gotcha questions?

That's not exactly what Phil said but I'm not going to argue the details with you. Differential changes may have an effect on the gearbox but that will be on every gearbox not anything unique to my specific gearbox. You asked me a specific...

As you can imagine we, not having air con in the house, have become quite good at keeping the house cool. We close windows and curtains when the sun is on them but open doors and windows that are in the shade, which means the north facing side...

Exhibit B.

Yes but as the tailgate is closed and the opening mechanism does not release, then how do you get the tailgate open???????????!!!!!!!!!!!!

I looked at your PDFs. While the gearbox has those two sensors it also has information about which gear it is in, the road speed of the car (from the ABS), the throttle position and the RPM of the engine. I'm not surprised that the eight speed...

Indeed, the square labelled U must be the relay that controls the huge current that an underfloor eletric system uses. And yes, the B or 8 in the box must be the bimetallic bit that changes the switching according to the surrounding temp. So...

As it happens, RRPhil suggested your gearbox was probably on it's way out due to running low on fluid for a while before you bought it ? Mine was a simple question with no ridicule, hidden banter, mickey taking, etc. Just a query because...

Ta mate.

"To get the latch assembly out you need to get the door open." Yes but as the tailgate is closed and the opening mechanism does not release, then how do you get the tailgate open???????????!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I think that what happened was that when you asked me that question I had already had a lot of nasty condescending comments and I was done being nice. I probably thought that you were asking me for stuff that was not relevant, as a way of...

Another gotcha question!!! You guys are ridiculous. What does that have to do with the topic that I came here to answer? Let me teach you a little trick, when you drain your gearbox in order to change the filter you see how much fluid comes...

Did you rebuild the gearbox yet, or just assume it was low fluid ??

G-wagen, but again heck of a cost.

My loft is gleaming now. I’m just in the process of spraying down everything with a Dettol solution. I’m not the biggest fan of Dettol smell but it’s an improvement on smelling like burnt hair on a turd. Problem is I go up there, spray and come...

No you don't, because I only comment here when I see the little red alert and then I read the next idiot comment. You personally don't live rent free in my head because I don't even know who you are. But given that you have continued to come...

Has anyone got any S3 fold down side steps in the parts box. Come on there must be someone who thought swooping them for Lara Croft Tomb Raider tree sliders was a good idea.. @kermit_rr ?

Oh but I do. 😉

The overnighter (booze cruise) is the only one I can recall ever being available.

If any of you has just started with the presumption that I wasn't an idiot then this whole discussion would've gone a completely different way. My comments are in response to how I was treated and that is a reflection of the people here, not me...