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A bit concerned I have 8 screws left! 1 I could cope with, but 8! All parts were screwed in, I am at a loss as to where they are from! The round bezel covers the bottom corners of the touch screen, may set about it with a saw as the mapping app that comes with it has a button down there which is hard to hit. Also forgot to install the indicator sound speaker, very annoying as the dash needs to come out again, hey ho.
scrw. said:
A bit concerned I have 8 screws left! 1 I could cope with, but 8! All parts were screwed in, I am at a loss as to where they are from! The round bezel covers the bottom corners of the touch screen, may set about it with a saw as the mapping app that comes with it has a button down there which is hard to hit. Also forgot to install the indicator sound speaker, very annoying as the dash needs to come out again, hey ho.
Looks fantastic mate. A cracking job. 8 screws does seem alot? Are they large or small? I took apart some of the dash yesterday and forgot to put back two screws from the steering column plastics but it doesn't seem to be an issue.
If everything feels bolted in I wouldn't worry.
So stripped out the centre console again and fitted the noise generator/speaker, all back together and only 4 screws left LOL, all the smaller type t20's. Also managed to drop the little trim that goes over the top bolts by the hazzard switch into the air vent, thats gone for good FFS.
Next job to do is install the rear view camera....
Next job to do is install the rear view camera....
CoolHands said:
Do you know if the spring tensioners sometimes need changing too?
Never needed to change a belt tensioner on any car I have had, some did up to 260k miles. I would give it some time to bed in a bit. My squeak seems to be weather related, only happens when damp is in the air.Edited by scrw. on Wednesday 30th December 22:46
So my cheapy OBD dongle works with Torque but not Bimmercode, no big deal, a new one arrives from the Bimmercode list of acceptable devices on monday and will stay in the Mini all the time.
The bezel/fake speedo is bloody annoying, will trim it down once the cutting disks arrive for my Dremell, you cannot touch the bottom corners of the screen.
IMG-20210101-WA0005 by Old_Chad, on Flickr
The bezel/fake speedo is bloody annoying, will trim it down once the cutting disks arrive for my Dremell, you cannot touch the bottom corners of the screen.
IMG-20210101-WA0005 by Old_Chad, on FlickrSo on fitting the heated seats, apart from the seats and the switch panel you need the following:
2x heater control units (if you don't get them with the seats)
20210101_130049 by Old_Chad, on Flickr
2x sensor/heater control looms
20210101_130041 by Old_Chad, on Flickr
Then it is programming via Bimmercode...
2x heater control units (if you don't get them with the seats)
20210101_130049 by Old_Chad, on Flickr2x sensor/heater control looms
20210101_130041 by Old_Chad, on FlickrThen it is programming via Bimmercode...
No updates for a bit, just using it! Still haven't got around to installing the software on my laptop to code the seats in, and lockdown has buggered my exhaust plans up, maybe in a couple of weeks.....and not 100% happy with the st1 map I have on the car, need to look into a st1.5 map, not keen on full stage 2 as pistons seem to be a weak point.
Was discussing on the R55 FB page about my dipstick mod so will post here. Basically file 1 side of the plastic end flat, do not take of alot of material, just enough to give you a flat edge and importantly flatten off both top and bottom bulbs on the plastic as these wipe the oil taking the stick out and cock up your readings. Also I put in 3 lines as per the pictures, middle mark is with the correct oil fill (forget the litres), top one is with an extra 0.5litres, then the same distance apart for the bottom mark. I fill to between the top and middle mark.
2021-02-23_11-17-17 by Old_Chad, on Flickr
2021-02-23_11-17-40 by Old_Chad, on Flickr
looking at my mark the Clubby has used ~250ml of oil in 3000 miles which seems okay to me.
2021-02-23_11-17-17 by Old_Chad, on Flickr2021-02-23_11-17-40 by Old_Chad, on Flickrlooking at my mark the Clubby has used ~250ml of oil in 3000 miles which seems okay to me.
Hmmm, so can you disable your rear lights with Bimmercode? I have been playing around with daylight running lights (in standard mode not expert) and now have lost the rear lights on side and full beam, all other lights are okay, and all the settings look good. May just be a coincidence and I have lost both bulbs, just seems unlikely.
Edited by scrw. on Wednesday 14th April 22:17
Well the bulb thing was sorted by restoring the FCM in Bimmercode, odd there are no options to disable the lights as they were. I was playing around with daylight running lights, will leave that alone for a bit. Still haven't coded the seats as I don't have a 32bit version of windows to install the software on, need to spin up a vm on my laptop to install it on. And really need to look at a better map, throttle response has a dead spot pulling away.
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