POTD- PROJECT OF THE DAY: What Did You Make In Your Shop Today?

great white said:
Every car with a transmitter key these days will throw a dash message if you take the key out of the car (ie: in your pocket) While its running. The intent is so you don’t drive away without the key (leave it somewhere, falls out of your pocket, etc) and get stuck at your destination without a way to restart the car.
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So, this truck being a work truck still has 'standard' keys. (Standard in quotes, because it's the one with sharp poky edges that have cut my pants pocket!). I think the 'idiot proof' stuff is baked in by default now. It's easier to remove options for low end trucks than add them for high end ones, so the defaults are there.

I'd still be driving my '08 (85K miles) if it didn't develop something in the cab that I was deathly allergic to. Long story there...

With the Eco Mode/Normal mode on startup, it's not that it changes to default. It's that it gives a message asking if I want to return to eco mode, but hides the message before I can respond. Then asking again a little while later. The message center is just idiotic, before you answer one of many questions, it throws up others on top of it. That way you're not even sure what you're agreeing to!


great white said:
Perhaps find someone who “tunes” these trucks local to you and see if they can turn some flags in the asbuilt off for you so you don’t get the things that are irritating you going off. I’d give it a go if you were local to me, so theres guys out there that do it. Perhaps even approach the dealer about changing some of the irritating things for you since its still new. They probably won’t touch anything safety system wise, but may be able to change/turn off some things for you.
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We're in a small town with no local tuners, but I can check around. Thanks for the tip!
Hesitant to make too many changes, as it's still so new, tho...
 
davek181 said:
It might still have the charging program. Which means you would have to register the battery on replacement. I copied this from a Mini site online. It is coming to them all eventually.

The following late-model vehicles require battery registration:
· 2002 and newer 7-Series E65/E66 chassis
· 2003 and newer 6-Series E54/E63 chassis
· 2004 and newer 5-Series E60/E61 chassis
· 2006 and newer 3-Series E90/E91/E92/E93 chassis
· 2005 and newer X5 E53 chassis with N62 engine
· 2007 and newer X5 E70 chassis
· 2008 and newer X6 E71 chassis
· 2007 and newer Mini Coopers (R56)
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Nope, it's not a feature on our Mini. Confirmed it in the car's configuration files, even though it's a 2009. That doesn't mean its not following a charging "map", just it has no way of knowing if the battery has been replaced or not, nor is there anywhere in the program to tell it the batt has been replaced.
 
The way I read it only the R56 models so far are the ones with battery registry. That is another source of confusion in the bay, does it or doesn't it? Some cars it takes almost as long as the actual oil change to reset the maintenance reminder and check oil level. Just another example of difficulty built in for servicing.
 
davek181 said:
The way I read it only the R56 models so far are the ones with battery registry. That is another source of confusion in the bay, does it or doesn't it? Some cars it takes almost as long as the actual oil change to reset the maintenance reminder and check oil level. Just another example of difficulty built in for servicing.
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Oura is an R55 (clubman), which is an R56 (hatchback) With a body stretch.

From what I can gather, R56 generation may or may not have the battery monitor.

Easiest way to tell is the sensor built into the pos batt cable (Which ours does not have).
 
dkemppai said:
Shim as necessary.
https://www.mcmaster.com/shim-stock/
Check it for height against the spindle with a dial indicator swept around a dead center or similar in the tailstock. If the bed is worn, you may be chasing your tail some tho.


I also need to replace/redo the felt and felt mounts on my ways. The last time I bought felt, was from McMaster Carr. (To replace a dust seal on a grinding spindle). It came in a square foot chunk, and I just cut what I needed.
https://www.mcmaster.com/felt/
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Thank you sir!
 
yep, I was having a lovely ride up until that point! Still, at least it didn't damage the rim, I've had a deck screw go all the way through my tire and rim before. The amount of junk on the roads here in San Antonio is unreal and they never get cleaned. On the plus side, I do have a lifetimes supply of 10 and 12mm sockets :)
 
mattthemuppet2 said:
yep, I was having a lovely ride up until that point! Still, at least it didn't damage the rim, I've had a deck screw go all the way through my tire and rim before. The amount of junk on the roads here in San Antonio is unreal and they never get cleaned. On the plus side, I do have a lifetimes supply of 10 and 12mm sockets :)
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If you want clean roads, you have to tax people for it. In Texas, they look to a higher power to clean the roads instead. I hear you have to handle a rattlesnake in church to get that sort of attention, so next time you spot a cottonmouth along the road, you know what to do. Carp, this post is gonna get reported. Been nice knowing 'yall.
 
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