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ChrisBray · Jul 16th, 2004, 09:22 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by TomH

I struggled for about 45 minutes trying to remove the old surround without loosening the filler neck. It is much easier if you loosen the filler neck first.

Good to see there is another person lacking in strength on here.

The other bizzarre problem was that the official screw supplied by Mini seemed to be too long. Would stop about 4mm from being tight so the chrome cap would keep popping off the hinge sligthly. Had to chop the end off it

Jul 16th, 2004, 09:22 AM	#14
ChrisBray MINI2 Regular Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Manchester Local Time: 11:21 PM Posts: 74 Offline	Quote: Originally Posted by TomH I struggled for about 45 minutes trying to remove the old surround without loosening the filler neck. It is much easier if you loosen the filler neck first. Good to see there is another person lacking in strength on here. The other bizzarre problem was that the official screw supplied by Mini seemed to be too long. Would stop about 4mm from being tight so the chrome cap would keep popping off the hinge sligthly. Had to chop the end off it Dink Dank Doo!