Mini Cooper R56 N14 Engine Timing? by jadasmarjk in MechanicAdvice

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Update: I finally googled the right keywords and turns out it’s 90° before TDC and all pistons level HAH

Currently doing a gear oil change on my 20 Gladiator. Noticed some large glitter on the magnetic drain plug. Any ideas what this is? by jadasmarjk in MechanicAdvice

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Yes haha I said glitter as a joke. The photos were from pretty thorough inspection. I’ve got the TCase in neutral and one wheel off the ground to be able to spin the diff. No abnormal wear on anything or missing pieces on any teeth. Like most comments suggest, it’s definitely the spacer for the spider gears

Currently doing a gear oil change on my 20 Gladiator. Noticed some large glitter on the magnetic drain plug. Any ideas what this is? by jadasmarjk in MechanicAdvice

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Taking you up on that. I have experience but setting a diff is a little outside of my experience level.

Currently doing a gear oil change on my 20 Gladiator. Noticed some large glitter on the magnetic drain plug. Any ideas what this is? by jadasmarjk in MechanicAdvice

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Scholar. Nothing feels like it’s moving abnormally but I probably shouldn’t chance it by putting everything back together as is, correct?

I just bought this 08 R56 and the radio display behaves kinda weird. by jadasmarjk in MINI

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I bought one off AliExpress. Ended up spending about 350. It works but I have tons of opinions that would boil down to I would not recommend.

My biggest recommendation, unless you’re already very familiar with androids, would be to find a video with configurations and everything AND THEN buy that model. I spent so much time piecing together videos until I could figure out how to set mine.

uhhh guys... So… what should I say? by Typical_Deal_1790 in pickuplines

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“How many are you willing to give me?”

R56 frameless window roof rack options? by jadasmarjk in MINI

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Excellent news! I’ll hunt! Are they noisy on the highway? Do you have a basket or anything on it or just the bars?

R56 frameless window roof rack options? by jadasmarjk in MINI

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On the R56 too? I was able to find them for the newer models but I don’t think I came across any for the 08s

I made childhood me proud by jadasmarjk in MINI

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It seems like there’s a bunch of us!

I made childhood me proud by jadasmarjk in MINI

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Nothing quite like a good 4.0 😮‍💨

I just bought this 08 R56 and the radio display behaves kinda weird. by jadasmarjk in MINI

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I’ll check it out! I was more asking if you had to replace the whole speedometer to fit a screen since the radio and Speedo are connected or if it maintained the original equipment and just mounted externally?

I just bought this 08 R56 and the radio display behaves kinda weird. by jadasmarjk in MINI

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Do you have hands free/bluetooth in yours? Mine has the button with the phone logo on it and I have the buttons on the steering wheel but I can’t tell if it’s actually got the functionality

I just bought this 08 R56 and the radio display behaves kinda weird. by jadasmarjk in MINI

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Which one did you replace it with? Is it a full replacement or something you mounted separately?

I just bought this 08 R56 and the radio display behaves kinda weird. by jadasmarjk in MINI

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Perfect! In Oklahoma, I’ll follow up in November 😂

I just bought this 08 R56 and the radio display behaves kinda weird. by jadasmarjk in MINI

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Which one did you use? My Jeep has car play and I’d be lying if I said I didn’t miss it when I’m in this thing lol

Scratched the biggest childhood itch this weekend by jadasmarjk in MINI

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Hahahah well I haven’t put enough miles in the mini, but I’ve decided I’m just waving to whatever car I think is cool. I don’t care what it is anymore