[mike ken]

have just got a retrofit r56 cooper s fuel cap does anyone know how to fit them

[Wooly]

Assuming you can get hold of the cap, if it is the same as the previous mini. you take off the wheel, take out the wheel arch liner (6 or 8 plastic clips i think), this exposes the fuel pipe you disconnect this. Then a lot of twisting and turning and damaged fingers to get the cover off. Then repeat the process to finish up.

There should be a guide in the faq and diy section, i imagine the way it is put together is the same.

[Rakey]

would be good if you took photos as you did this, and wrote a full 'how to' for other users to follow for the R56, if it varies

[burns863]

This is what you need matey Cooper S Gas Cap Conversion

[mike ken]

will this be the same for the r56 mini

[burns863]

Quote: Originally Posted by mike ken (original)

will this be the same for the r56 mini

Apologies Mike as i didnt read your post properly or at least I did but I never even thought about the guide being for an R50/53

Im afraid I couldnt answer this question as Iv not owned an R56. Sure someone will pipe up though

[raiderz]

I've just done my R56 Cooper D, its pretty easy...

1. Jack up the wheel and remove it.

2. Chock under the hub and ease the car down onto it so the weight is off the cars jack.

3. Remove the black plastic screws and their surrounds from the cover behind the wheel.

4. Remove 2 plastic nuts from the cover behind the wheel.

5. Remove 1 self tapping torx screw from the bottom of the wheel arch at the front of the rear wheel.

6. Remove steel nut holding filler to bodywork from underneath wheel arch.

7. Remove steel nut holding filler tube to bodywork underneath wheel arch.

8. Lift the filler tube over the stud that held it to bodywork.

9. Open the filler cap, remove black cap, push the filler inwards into the wheel arch, you may have to wiggle the filler tube at same time.

10. Remove the filler locking mechanism, I used the torx screwdriver to rotate the black plastic grommet anticlockwise 1/4 of a turn, then pull it from the rubber gaiter underneath. It may be best to lock the car so that the filler lock plunger moves further in. I didn't do this and ended up losing it inside the bodywork for a time!

11. With your left hand put your fingers into the now empty filler hole, find a way underneath the rubber that seals it between the filler pipe on the right hand side and give it a tug outwards and to the front of the car at the same time, hopefully it will pull off one of the little clips that holds it to the bodywork.

12. Remove the old filler cap.

13. Put the new filler in position, before clipping it fully, make sure it fits over the locking plunger, then place the plastic grommet and rubber gaiter over the plunger and clip into place, then push onto bodywork.

14. This is the hard bit... push the filler pipe back onto the stud on the side of the bodywork, after I did this the filler spout just fell into place in the rubber seal on the filler cap. Believe me you will not regret chocking the car at this point!!!

15 Once the filler is in place, remover the rubber lanyard from the old black filler cap where it slots into the old filler, and replace on the new filler cap.

16. Haven't painted my plastic trim yet so haven't done this part yet.. but i'd imagine the trim just clips into the filler over the chrome cap.

17. Refix the 2 steel nuts underneath the wheel arch, then re-attach the wheel arch cover, the 4 black plastic screws just push in this time, the 2 plastic nuts and 1 self tapping torx screw.

18. Don't forget to put wheel back on, it doesn't drive well with just 3 wheels

[Copy_Cat]

I'm having big trouble with step number 11, i cant get the clips to release... HELP!!!!