gearbox help

[Rob197]

Hi my sister just text asking if its bad her mini jumps out of 5th while driving! Just a bit! So what am I looking at? New box or something simpler? No too good with mini R numbers but its a 2004 mini one

[rigga]

I think then that's the midland box which has issues ....strip and investigate but 5th gear syndrome/baulk rings needed at a minimum.
Might be cheaper getting an exchange rebuilt one.

[JABB]

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[colinc01]

The 56 mini cooper S I have just bought has had a refurbished gearbox at 40,000 miles which I did not discover until I started going through the history. I believe it is a common fault on the mini. I also had to change the clutch and flywheel which involved dropping the engine out soon after I purchased it again a common fault. Think the new box was around the 2k mark.

[rigga]

colinc01 said:

The 56 mini cooper S I have just bought has had a refurbished gearbox at 40,000 miles which I did not discover until I started going through the history. I believe it is a common fault on the mini. I also had to change the clutch and flywheel which involved dropping the engine out soon after I purchased it again a common fault. Think the new box was around the 2k mark.

My understanding is that the Cooper s gearboxes are very robust and don't generally suffer with problems, yours must be an unfortunate experience as its the box fitted to the lower end minis that do have a Known history of issue's.