The £400 Mini Cooper
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Had what I think is probably the dreaded PAS failure today. Steering went heavy and light a couple times and then just stayed heavy. we've checked the fluid and theres plenty, so assume the pump has failed. Been quoted £300 for the pump so far but was told about needing it programmed to the car.
mattyowen5 said:
Had what I think is probably the dreaded PAS failure today. Steering went heavy and light a couple times and then just stayed heavy. we've checked the fluid and theres plenty, so assume the pump has failed. Been quoted £300 for the pump so far but was told about needing it programmed to the car.
Pumps are a doddle to change says my other half's dad. He did it a few times. You can get recon pumps of eBay for about £100 I think. If you're going DIY, make sure you get the very specific R50 PAS fluid. It's not normal stuff, I think it was green in the bottle. I've spent some time under R50's and the pumps seem pretty accessible. Have a look at Mod Mini on YouTube, he has guides for just about everything you could ever want.
I haven't updated this in a while, the PAS did indeed fail last time around. I got a quote to rebuild for £150. So I sent off the pump, but it was sadly not repairable, they gave me the option of ordering one from them which I did for £300. The first pump that was sent out was faulty, it would stay on after the car had been shut down and was very loud. They replaced it under warranty and the second unit is much better and has warranty for life.
After this I used it as my daily car over winter and got the car into this state
After looking around on eBay i found a Mini Cooper S locally to me for a decent price while on holiday. I made a low offer on the car thinking it would be rejected straight away but he came back with a acceptable price, so when I came back from holiday I proceeded to go and view the mini. When I got there all seemed fine and nothing too much wrong with it so it came back with me! Best of all it was only £950.
Here are the two minis together.
I bought the black mini about 10 days before lockdown and have only just got the V5 for the car so it's just been sat there waiting to be used. The car is currently stored and sorn'd. The only thing i've done so far is swap my alloys over, so that the new one has the newer alloys.
The plan for the future is now to move the blue mini on, I will probably stick it on eBay auction when lockdown is over, it's a pretty good car with nothing too much wrong, it does still have the oil leak unfortunately but it's good otherwise. I also can't currently do much on the black mini at the moment as it's not at my house.
After this I used it as my daily car over winter and got the car into this state
After looking around on eBay i found a Mini Cooper S locally to me for a decent price while on holiday. I made a low offer on the car thinking it would be rejected straight away but he came back with a acceptable price, so when I came back from holiday I proceeded to go and view the mini. When I got there all seemed fine and nothing too much wrong with it so it came back with me! Best of all it was only £950.
Here are the two minis together.
I bought the black mini about 10 days before lockdown and have only just got the V5 for the car so it's just been sat there waiting to be used. The car is currently stored and sorn'd. The only thing i've done so far is swap my alloys over, so that the new one has the newer alloys.
The plan for the future is now to move the blue mini on, I will probably stick it on eBay auction when lockdown is over, it's a pretty good car with nothing too much wrong, it does still have the oil leak unfortunately but it's good otherwise. I also can't currently do much on the black mini at the moment as it's not at my house.
Awesome!
Funnily enough me and my misses did the same thing. I bought a “S” for the grand sum of £1000 and shortly after I got my misses a cooper for £750 with a new clutch. Both had under 80k on them as well. We’ve had them 4 years now.
They’re great fun to drive as well. We’ve done the length and width of the country in our. The cooper has cost us the most since purchase. Blew a rad, so I put a new rad and water pump in, along with thermostat and housing which came in at around £130, then the starter died a few months ago which we got rebuilt for around £30.
Great cars.
Funnily enough me and my misses did the same thing. I bought a “S” for the grand sum of £1000 and shortly after I got my misses a cooper for £750 with a new clutch. Both had under 80k on them as well. We’ve had them 4 years now.
They’re great fun to drive as well. We’ve done the length and width of the country in our. The cooper has cost us the most since purchase. Blew a rad, so I put a new rad and water pump in, along with thermostat and housing which came in at around £130, then the starter died a few months ago which we got rebuilt for around £30.
Great cars.
The blue has now been sold, it was sold via an eBay auction and was an easy transaction overall. Got £770 less eBay fees in the end, which isn't too far from what I expected.
Pictures before it went to it's new owner.
While listing the blue mini, I've had some work done on the black one. It's had brake discs and pads on the rear and just pads on the front, a nearside wheel bearing, oil change, spark plugs, CV boot and some new wipers. All in it's about £320 of parts. I also gave the new one a good polish as the black was showing a lot of scratches, it's come up quite well but as always could be better.
My next steps are to get an aftermarket intercooler, air filter and a reduced supercharger pulley to give it a little more power.
Pictures before it went to it's new owner.
While listing the blue mini, I've had some work done on the black one. It's had brake discs and pads on the rear and just pads on the front, a nearside wheel bearing, oil change, spark plugs, CV boot and some new wipers. All in it's about £320 of parts. I also gave the new one a good polish as the black was showing a lot of scratches, it's come up quite well but as always could be better.
My next steps are to get an aftermarket intercooler, air filter and a reduced supercharger pulley to give it a little more power.
Was just going to write “I’ll have the blue one off you when you’re ready to sell” and it’s gone. Someone’s got a bargain there.
I’m after one for my daughter but pretty much every single advert I’ve seen is along the lines of
Mini Cooper 2005
Good car
£950
And I just can’t be bothered with them...
I’m after one for my daughter but pretty much every single advert I’ve seen is along the lines of
Mini Cooper 2005
Good car
£950
And I just can’t be bothered with them...
A lot of the cooper adverts do seem to be quite lacking in information, the only positive is that there are a lot for sale. Prices vary by quite a bit near me, there are a few under £800 but tend to need work and go up to £2,000 (Which don't seem to sell). Good luck with your search, from my experience I've seen a lot better prices on marketplace but don' know whether these are the poorer condition cars.
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