Also, I figured out the starter issue after sending the flywheel back to CM, got a new flywheel and found that I had my starter wired to the motor side and not the solenoid side, so needless to say it saw 12v's and continued to run, quick fix. Like I said it was almost 2 yrs since I tore it all down and it doesnt resemble anything like stock in the engine bay, so it was kind of best guess and I didnt think it through until I troubleshot it. As for the disengaging problem, still an issue, but I think my slave cylinder is bad and letting air in as I can hear it after I bleed it. New slave on it's way and then I need to figure out how to jump out the clutch switch that isnt a switch....

in for updates

No luck with the new slave....looks like the engine and tran will be coming back out and I will be swaping out the entire clutch/fly(clutchmasters fx600) to something different. May be some time, as I moved shops this past weekend and wont be getting a lift until the weekend. Nice thing with this shop is my Fab area is far away from the bay, so I wont have misc car parts laying on my fab table or tripping over larger parts like engines & trans. I also get to finally move my powdercoating shop from my garage at home to the new facility, which means I should be able to do much much larger items!

Nice work

you must have small hands . Very great work indeed

updates

Nothing new on the MINI....still working on the new shop, had to tear down a room in my shop, paint all the walls(15') and epoxy the floor. That took 2 solid weeks and I havent got to dropping 220 lines for my welders or wired up the new lighting. Now it's time to start on the garage bay. I need to get that done quick as jobs are starting to pile up and I've yet to get the lift installed...

who needs lift all you need is some jackstands,creeper,a skate board, and some beer. come on man up

F'ing awsome build

MINI clutch slaves are a pain to bleed. when i was working for Rasmussen MINI we used the power bleeder and did the initial bleed with pressure in the system i would step on the clutch 2 to 3 times and then bleed again. but make sure you bleed it with it out of the trans and have a stopper plate attached to the slave. thats if you still have a problem after the new clutch is installed. Good luck:)