If your mini is under warranty and has the Midland gearbox,get it back into BMW as many have failed,lots of chat on the fix and repair threads.My Cooper had a new one fitted at one year old and this one has a chrunchy sound shifting into 2nd at 4000 rpm and above.
Minimaniauk have a recon midland box which they claim solves the problem.Using the BMW warranty gets you a new and free gearbox that will probably fail down the road.I am out of warranty so my options are BMW goodwill which is pay the labour to have another free one installed ,mind you BMW stands for (bring money withya)or buy a Minimania box and have my outside mechanic do the work and prob end up at the same cost,what a delima,hope it works out for you.Regards Peter |