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[gwidley]

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Hi,
Was at knockhill on Sunday and all your glorious minis gave me a renewed desire to sort my mini out and get it back on the road.

Currently have a 2007 R56 cooper a auto with a stretched timing chain. So although it still runs (just), it is very sick. The garage I took it to wanted £1000 to put a new chain on and I couldn't justify the cost. So I'm going to attempt it myself.

Wish me luck.....hopefully I'll have it ready to join you on an outing sometime soon!!

Cheers

Garry


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[callumrobson]

Welcome! I also have a R56 MCS, great cars when working, let us know how you get on with chain!


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[scottch]

Welcome aboard, and good luck!

[MINI William]

Welcome to NMS. Pleased that you liked our stand on Sunday and that it has given you the motivation to get out with us. Keep us posted on the progress of your Cooper S

[DigitalLemming]

:welcome:

[M600-RKJ]

Welcome to NMS Just had the timing chain done on my 2009 Mcs no way you should be looking at £1000 I got a discount because my dad is in the motor trade but the full timing kit from BMW is £170ish and the Labour time is supposed to be less than 4 hours so if you get the parts yourself should be looking to pay maximum of £400 at a garage. Hope that helps

[Craig]

Welcome to NMS - best of luck with the timing chain [emoji2]


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[badwolf340]

:welcome:

[jonnie]

Welcome


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[Crombers]

Welcome to NMSland :saltireflag:

[gwidley]

So, two years after I posted about replacing the timing chain on my mcs, I finally got around to actually doing it!

Not an easy job, and not finished yet, by a long way, but the new chain is fitted and the engine appears to be timed correctly. Haven’t managed to run it yet, as the friction wheel that drives the water pump is broken and I’m waiting on a new one arriving. Hopefully get it running next weekend.

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Timing chain looking rather loose.

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Camshaft locks installed.

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New chain fitted.



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[Twisterboy]

Have you seen the latest edition of Savage Garage on Youtube, there were replacing the head gasket and were talking about the timing chain, very intresting to watch.

Davy

[gwidley]

I haven’t, but I’ll have a look for it. I’ve watched loads of YouTube content about timing chains trying to prepare myself for doing this job. (I’m not a mechanic, and I’ve never changed a timing chain before...scary as the potential for real damage is high if I get it wrong.)

Cheers

Garry


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