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MiniBlueVancouver · Mar 28th, 2005, 03:48 AM

My g/f had a little accident with our beloved Cooper. Nothing huge, but still significant.

The radiator mount (I think that what they call it?) is broken and needs to be replaced. The body shop's estimate indicated that it would take several hours to complete the replacement. It doesn't look all that difficult a task, but I understand it requires disassembling much of the front end, somewhat time consuming.

I'd like to tackle that myself to try to save some cash, does anyone have any experience with this?

A friend of mine has just purchased a service manual, but has yet to receive it. Does anyone have this service manual? Can I do this repair myself?

mignon · Mar 28th, 2005, 04:50 AM

sorry to hear, miniblue

.

can't offer practical help but can sympathise. i had a front ender last year. (see pic)

hope repairs go smoothly

cheers
mignon

pocketrocketowner · Mar 28th, 2005, 05:00 AM

VERY , very easy indeed. It is all a matter of screws and nuts and bolts. If you are capable, you will laugh at how easy it will be.

tntomek · Mar 28th, 2005, 06:17 AM

Agree with above. I removed the bumper when only of my fog lights burned out. It is 4 screws to remove the bumper and only a few more to do the rest. I would definitely do this myself and save the $$$ as the body shop thinks it might be much more difficult because of how compact the vehicle is.

MiniBlueVancouver · Mar 28th, 2005, 05:32 PM

Thanks guys,

I'm going to order the parts today.

Mignon, looks like we had the same accident

driver's side front corner

Mar 28th, 2005, 03:48 AM	#1
MiniBlueVancouver MINI2 Newbie Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Vancouver Local Time: 03:09 AM Posts: 12 Offline	Front End Collision My g/f had a little accident with our beloved Cooper. Nothing huge, but still significant. The radiator mount (I think that what they call it?) is broken and needs to be replaced. The body shop's estimate indicated that it would take several hours to complete the replacement. It doesn't look all that difficult a task, but I understand it requires disassembling much of the front end, somewhat time consuming. I'd like to tackle that myself to try to save some cash, does anyone have any experience with this? A friend of mine has just purchased a service manual, but has yet to receive it. Does anyone have this service manual? Can I do this repair myself? MiniBlueVancouver

Mar 28th, 2005, 04:50 AM	#2 (permalink)
mignon MINI2 Master Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: brisbane australia Local Time: 08:09 PM Posts: 2,142 Offline	sorry to hear, miniblue . can't offer practical help but can sympathise. i had a front ender last year. (see pic) hope repairs go smoothly cheers mignon WHY BOTHER TO SHOW UP IF YOU CAN'T SHOW OFF

Mar 28th, 2005, 05:32 PM	#5 (permalink)
MiniBlueVancouver MINI2 Newbie Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Vancouver Local Time: 03:09 AM Posts: 12 Offline	Thanks guys, I'm going to order the parts today. Mignon, looks like we had the same accident driver's side front corner MiniBlueVancouver

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Mar 28th, 2005, 05:00 AM	#3 (permalink)
pocketrocketowner Best Personal Regards Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Ile de Vaux, France Local Time: 12:09 PM Posts: 2,001 Offline	VERY , very easy indeed. It is all a matter of screws and nuts and bolts. If you are capable, you will laugh at how easy it will be.

Mar 28th, 2005, 06:17 AM	#4 (permalink)
tntomek MINI2 Newbie My Classifieds Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Calgary Alberta Local Time: 03:09 AM Posts: 22 Offline	Agree with above. I removed the bumper when only of my fog lights burned out. It is 4 screws to remove the bumper and only a few more to do the rest. I would definitely do this myself and save the $$$ as the body shop thinks it might be much more difficult because of how compact the vehicle is.

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