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    1 hour ago, Sammo said:

    I saw this at Caffeine and Classics today, good looking car.

    lots of positives to it but I would have been budgeting a full respray for sure...

    Oh yeah definitely. The seller was going to give out some extra goodies to whoever took the car and one of them was 4 or 5L of the correct paint colour to respray it with.

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    2 hours ago, _ethrty-Andy_ said:

    And i have just sold a M20B25 for more than the asking price in that add.

    History’s a bit foggy though. Apparently engine was from a 320i that was auctioned off turners as crash damaged, then was put in the seller’s 320i wagon which sat for 2.5 years with the occasional startup to move the car but without stretching its legs, and decent leak from the rocker cover and sump.

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    1 hour ago, leichtbau said:

    M20: “Let me sing you the song of my people.”

    They all do that to varying degrees, but that definitely needs a valve adjustment at minimum. 0.10” on the feeler gauge is correct but they get slightly quieter at 0.08” at the expense of some power. Could also be injectors, which can get super clicky.

    worst case - it needs new valve guides. 

    Yeah, I quickly looked it up and realised that was the case.

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    4 hours ago, KwS said:

    That seems to be a real common thing to do, but since i try to avoid autos I dont have direct experience with the job. It looks like its the common overflow in the drain plug setup, which yes, will require the transmission temp to be within a certain range to be correct, which can only be done with a scan tool.

    I wouldnt drive it low on fluid. If you have to, i'd put 1L (or as close to what you drained as possible) in and carefully nurse it to the mechanic and then have them do a full service on the trans there.

    Mate said he’ll just tow it to the shop tomorrow - which will be interesting as neither I nor him have tow bars in our cars 😂. Cheers for that!

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    Hey all,

    So did a dumb and embarrassing thing and accidentally drained transmission fluid instead of the oil. Eating that humble pie now. Thankfully it’s not all of it, we drained about 1L - in some ways was a blessing as it looked pretty nasty anyway. Problem is now we have to fill it up before getting it to a shop on Tuesday to have the bushings replaced to pass WOF as I’m assuming it’ll run the transmission if we run it with not enough transmission fluid. Referring to an article online for it and have some questions to avoid doing any more dumb things

    1) Should we just do a proper change, replace the filter, fill up with new fluid or can we just fill it up with new fluid to get it to the shop by Tuesday?

    2) If we’re just filling it up with new fluid, should we get the leftover fluid up to temp (35-45deg C) and heat the new fluid as well at the same temp (35-45C) before filling it up

    3) Any tips if we should just do a proper change? Do we really need a scan tool to measure ATF temp or could we just let it idle for a while? @KwS thoughts?

    4) Mechanic said to just drive it to the shop and he can do it there - is this safe or should we just tow it there?

    Below is the article we were looking through

    https://www.pelicanparts.com/techarticles/MINI/28-TRANS-Automatic_Transmission_Fluid_Change/28-TRANS-Automatic_Transmission_Fluid_Change.htm

    Cheers!

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    It sounds like a real pain either way so mate would rather a proper mechanic to do it rather than two wannabe home DIYer (aka me and him)

    I did wonder if could provide our own bushings to make it cheaper but those superpro ones on trademe are $220 a pop as well or am I looking up the wrong thing? For reference I’m talking about these https://www.trademe.co.nz/trade-me-motors/car-parts-accessories/parts-other-makes/suspension/auction-3103942587.htm

    Any recommendations on good Mini auto shop somewhere close to North Shore (Auckland)?

    Also @KwS how much did it cost you back overall. Seems like they’re the same with these ones, is this the right one compared to the one I mentioned above? https://www.trademe.co.nz/trade-me-motors/car-parts-accessories/parts-other-makes/suspension/auction-3098204199.htm

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    Oh I totally understand that’s the case for both your comments. I did try to buy it, offer was just too low for him. I’ve gotten in contact with him again with a higher offer - so far no replies 😅

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    11 minutes ago, E28E30 said:

    Seriously having you on!   :)  the photos of mine make it look a great example, has a few unseen little dints and signs of being  a 31 year old car now that I have crawled around it more.  And am working my way through a few blown interior bulbs, but wow I know what you mean about Ardo’s, seriously looks mint

    Of course they do, they get driven outside so will have the odd stone chip or so chucked at it. I didn’t mention anything about Ardo’s?

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    6 minutes ago, E28E30 said:

    Rude :) joking lol.  I can’t quite get my head around the alloys on the blue one, ruins the look, would look better on others.

    These SEs are a bit tippy-toes, they look great when on decent suspension like @adro’s awesome silver one in town

    Sorry nah, that’s not what I meant. I can definitely see why you think I meant that though. I was talking about the silver one. Sammo mentioned that the photos are poor - I made a joke that maybe it isn’t that tidy anyway and it’s not really the photos that are poor.

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    12 hours ago, Sammo said:

    FB Marketplace - both these have full matching sports leather interiors and are manual. 

    Hard to see condition of the $24k auto on TM as the photos are poor - with @E28E30 one you can see it’s immaculate and looks fantastic in red with the basket weaves.

     

    Not feeling those ones eh, especially not with those price tags.

    Agreed, photos definitely make a difference. Or maybe it really isn’t that tidy haha

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    2 hours ago, Sammo said:

    @Ghost Chip I know you were also looking at E36.

    this is priced on the high side but looks pretty special and IMO, well worth it:

    https://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/used-cars/bmw/auction-3104481518.htm

    Rare colour, seems immaculate, tastefully modified - stunning.

     

     

    Yeah, I’ve actually talked to this guy already before he listed it. He’s related to someone on here. I think I may have offended him by offering too much of a low amount. It’s a pretty tidy car though, and definitely is miles better than all the e30 on TM right now. My stupid mind is thinking that as soon as I buy that, I’ll find an e30 that I’d like better. Realising how absurd my thinking is right now.

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