If "My Buddy Can Do It CHEAPER Was A Car" My RARE Mini Cooper Is DESTROYED

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  • Опубліковано 26 бер 2024
  • The last time I bought a cheap "John Cooper Works" it wasn't at all. It was just an S with the JCW Aero package. This time I finally picked up a REAL John Cooper Works R56 Mini for far more money, but I might have overpaid. I don't know what's wrong with it yet but it has some serious problems.
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  • @theMick52
    @theMick52 3 місяці тому +85

    Usually, if it stops leaking... It's empty!

    • @WatchJRGo
      @WatchJRGo  3 місяці тому +8

      It’s empty for sure 😂

    • @davidandrews9670
      @davidandrews9670 3 місяці тому

      they look like destruction derby cars. all they’re good for. i once saw one in person, i laughed and ran like hell away.

  • @ChevyCitation
    @ChevyCitation 3 місяці тому +46

    JR is back with the John "Cheaper" Works

  • @andrewlaw
    @andrewlaw 3 місяці тому +13

    Congrats JR you've bought the rarest of beasts, a JCW Mini Cooper S Wish edition

  • @neallandsburgh4222
    @neallandsburgh4222 3 місяці тому +22

    Oil filter housing gasket. Worst design ever. That also isn't a stock JCW exhaust. They should have twin round with JCW logo embossed. The transmission is unique to the JCW with larger input shaft so clutch and flywheel are totally different from Cooper S

  • @alt7488
    @alt7488 3 місяці тому +20

    ray charles asks' dude,what's wrong with my welding job?'

  • @davidstewart3868
    @davidstewart3868 3 місяці тому +13

    If the VIN confirms it is a real JCW, then it’s worth repairing. If it is a Frankenstein S/fake JCW then part it out and recoup your money.

  • @richardchayer6597
    @richardchayer6597 3 місяці тому +112

    Scrap it and never speak of this again ......

    • @Chris-hw4mq
      @Chris-hw4mq 3 місяці тому +12

      this is getting into WatchJR buy junk. Not even hoovie would buy cars like this.

    • @wdsmauglir4683
      @wdsmauglir4683 3 місяці тому +3

      More like, watch JR get ripped off, not good to see 😮

    • @michaelreynolds1904
      @michaelreynolds1904 3 місяці тому +3

      ​@@Chris-hw4mqHoovie did just by a Range Rover convertable. 😂

    • @gomd3rd
      @gomd3rd 3 місяці тому +1

      Front wiring harness is easy to replace. Plus with how easy it is to pull the front on these it should be easy to fix.

    • @jamesmiddleton4741
      @jamesmiddleton4741 3 місяці тому

      ​@@Chris-hw4mq because he needs to pay ninja for bmws

  • @Isryal
    @Isryal 3 місяці тому +38

    As a British man who has owned plenty jcw Mini Cooper S across all chassis code, I’d say the only thing on that car that’s JCW is the brembos. That car is a normal mini S with jcw parts added. You’ve been scammed heavily

    • @WatchJRGo
      @WatchJRGo  3 місяці тому +3

      The VIN and carfax comes back as a JCW

    • @scottpollard3270
      @scottpollard3270 3 місяці тому

      Maybe it's been de-jcw'd

  • @andrewhillman9632
    @andrewhillman9632 3 місяці тому +15

    I'll buy the exhaust....... Looking to repair a few posts on my chain link fence 😮

  • @slobberybog
    @slobberybog 3 місяці тому +18

    This car would be a complete episode of @JustRolledIn on its own. The state of the backbox on the exhaust actually made me snort coffee.

  • @rcw198
    @rcw198 3 місяці тому +6

    Rename this video to “Why you should look at a car before you buy it.”

  • @brianselt291
    @brianselt291 3 місяці тому +6

    I’m guessing that Eric’s construction job is the side hustle now.

  • @AutoAuctionUSA
    @AutoAuctionUSA 3 місяці тому +6

    Holy hack jobs Batman! This thing is worse than a clapped out Honda Civic with a fart can on it. You guys are crazy taking on this project, but respect for sticking with it. Can't wait to see what magic you pull off to turn this into a dream JCW. Also, "mechanic" in quotes is the perfect way to describe whoever did this to the poor car.

  • @GrotrianSeiler
    @GrotrianSeiler 3 місяці тому

    This is such a great car enthusiast’s channel. Good on you John Ross.

  • @DuggleBogey
    @DuggleBogey 3 місяці тому +1

    Really enjoying the Mini love on this channel. They really are the most fun* cars to come out in the last couple decades. (*for the money)

  • @trevorvincent9409
    @trevorvincent9409 3 місяці тому +4

    That's known as the Redwood interior. Pretty rare and valuable!!

  • @marqueshairston1173
    @marqueshairston1173 3 місяці тому +2

    There is potential for the mini. There easy to work on. Don’t forget to do a walnut service. That might help with the leak down test.

  • @judyfenske1429
    @judyfenske1429 3 місяці тому +2

    JR, Sir,
    I heard your introduction music in a "call hold" on a pharmacy phone lie, today. Only it was the regular version. An excellent song for you, though not for a pharmacy.

  • @keasbeydave
    @keasbeydave 3 місяці тому

    Great news! I want to see this JCW fixed. You guys can do it.

  • @memertmemes2586
    @memertmemes2586 3 місяці тому +2

    Wow. I've come to know my R55 pretty well, having done quite a bit of maintenance. Certain things bother me about my car and I'm always trying to rectify small little things, but this car makes mine look MINT. I say you fix it. Start swapping connectors. Im not so sure about the input shaft being different but I havent googled deep enough. There's really not that much different though, a couple sensors, rods, pistons, tune.

  • @wdsmauglir4683
    @wdsmauglir4683 3 місяці тому +2

    JR, next car you plan to buy, get it on a Jack before you pay!

  • @deanstanley2277
    @deanstanley2277 3 місяці тому

    Looking forward to this build. Will be a great save these cars are Rareish....

  • @plantedinpr886
    @plantedinpr886 3 місяці тому +2

    @watchJRGo, There is a screw in right front tire. I spotted it in the video. 7:53

    • @thedge7
      @thedge7 3 місяці тому +1

      Thats keeping the air in...

  • @69Dartman
    @69Dartman 3 місяці тому +5

    My 95 Neon blew the rear main and it would use a quart to work and a quart back plus puddles at each stop. Found a shop that replaced it for 300 bucks. Best money I ever spent vs doing it in my driveway in feb years ago. Hopefully it salvageable but it has good parts i spose if nothing else. Hoping for the best for you.

    • @commonsenseisdeadin2024
      @commonsenseisdeadin2024 3 місяці тому

      Probably threw in $50 worth of stop leak, changed the oil and gave it back knowing the engine will blow before it starts leaking again 😂

    • @69Dartman
      @69Dartman 3 місяці тому

      No, he actually replaced the seal and it never leaked from the main again. It had about 160k on it and still ran good till almost 190k when it tossed the timing belt. It needed paint and a door hinge mounting point was damaged bad enough I couldn't aline the drivers door properly after I replaced it so figured time to walk away.

    • @commonsenseisdeadin2024
      @commonsenseisdeadin2024 3 місяці тому

      @@69Dartman I was just poking fun.....
      If you were losing that much, that fast, there's no "fix in a can" that will stop it!

    • @69Dartman
      @69Dartman 3 місяці тому

      @@commonsenseisdeadin2024 I tried the fix in a can, didn't work. Owner of the shop said he thought the oil pan was leaking but he would do whatever it needed. He said when he started taking it apart the rear seal almost fell out but it took him a couple of hours so he only charged me 300 like I was quoted at another shop😁

  • @dewdew34
    @dewdew34 3 місяці тому

    I just noticed a bunch of cheap Mini's near me for sale. One is in great shape but needs an engine, seems a common thread. I got room to store them till pickup JR...

  • @defectvirus
    @defectvirus 3 місяці тому +2

    Love the John Cooper Works! Cheers 🎉💯

  • @mr_jake.y8348
    @mr_jake.y8348 3 місяці тому

    If anyone can fix it you guys can. Good video Mr JR.

  • @mikecole6842
    @mikecole6842 3 місяці тому +1

    The cooper s eaither had limited slip option and it was also available with out it! But the cooper s trans will bolt right in to the jcw i went through a few with mine! And the cooper s and also the clubman trans both fot that

  • @Mrcasey2u
    @Mrcasey2u 3 місяці тому +1

    "Bespoke" count = 5
    "Literally " count = Too f'ing many

  • @badmonkey3669
    @badmonkey3669 3 місяці тому

    Won't the wire harness from the parts car fit the one you want to fix ?

  • @johnparrina
    @johnparrina 3 місяці тому

    Looking forward to this JCWS frankenbuild.

  • @noonehere1793
    @noonehere1793 3 місяці тому

    JCW’s are indeed completely different it took over 4 months from order to shipment to the US when i ordered mine in 2006. By the way you want a spicy exhaust just remove the in line resonator….lots of pops and crackles after that ….when you get on it anyway.

  • @etherealbolweevil6268
    @etherealbolweevil6268 3 місяці тому

    Sir - the advantages of a One Marque Workshop. Or in your case Two - Vettes and Mini "Coopers". Pile em up, strip, assemble, sell.

  • @fomocopowersgarage7103
    @fomocopowersgarage7103 3 місяці тому

    That muffler looks like my cutaway display model Flowmaster. 5:45

  • @WildDigger
    @WildDigger 3 місяці тому

    That mini looks like a car my neighbor's kid would have. Literally the first thing he does to any car is take a cutoff wheel to the muffler. But he completely removes it. 😂 He even convinced his Sisto let he cut hers off. 😂

  • @alansmith4734
    @alansmith4734 3 місяці тому

    I was at a traffic light yesterday, behind a Cooper S, and I noticed the rear window wiper. I would describe it as having an Eric Wiper Arm (beefy), and a John Ross Wiper Blade (wimpy). Nerds Rule! =P

  • @scott01clay74
    @scott01clay74 3 місяці тому +1

    I said yesterday the bolt on the battery terminal bolt hold down being broke was sign of what the rest of the car was going fro be like

  • @liamegan4303
    @liamegan4303 3 місяці тому

    JR, that's such a shame. I hope you can still fix it up, Good luck with it. 😅👋👋🇨🇮

  • @NenadTrajkovic
    @NenadTrajkovic 3 місяці тому

    At the end there will be JRGo works and works and works...😉😃

  • @cppctek
    @cppctek 3 місяці тому +3

    Pretty sure that ecu is tuned btw.

  • @liar882
    @liar882 3 місяці тому +1

    So, is Eric just the new goto guy? No more Gabe? No more Josh?

  • @WilliamHBayer
    @WilliamHBayer 3 місяці тому

    🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 You got reamed!!

  • @Uncle-Duncan-Shack
    @Uncle-Duncan-Shack 3 місяці тому

    After special edition comes unique, and you own it.

  • @bretthatfield2516
    @bretthatfield2516 3 місяці тому

    Laughed out loud at the muffler!

  • @cppctek
    @cppctek 3 місяці тому +2

    Some ones been ragging this car on and off road. I can’t tell if this use to be a wanna be rally car and maybe the t taps were for a lightbar or what. There’s so many things that give me clues of the previous owners hooning 😂

  • @joeconti2396
    @joeconti2396 3 місяці тому

    Seeing a Zebra ZT411 in the background scares me so much. I hate those printers.

  • @bluenigel08
    @bluenigel08 3 місяці тому

    Oil filter housing cracked or gasket is bad. I rebuild my JCW engine three times before it got totaled. Love/ hate! Taking the front end off was a 2 HR job the first time. Could probably do it in 10 min now. Called my dealer just to check, the transmissions have two completely different part numbers according to them. Don’t know how different they really are.

  • @James-sir
    @James-sir 3 місяці тому

    I definitely wanna see one of these mini’s fixed and beat on a lil bit

  • @TKsGarage405
    @TKsGarage405 3 місяці тому

    Holy that things destroyed lol

  • @nolahahnshouse3389
    @nolahahnshouse3389 3 місяці тому

    No it’s you oil filter housing seal.. just replace mine a few weeks ago on my 09 jcw clubman with is basically the same car as yours. Not a very hard job to do

  • @n9wox
    @n9wox 3 місяці тому +1

    3:29 only 5 grams of sugar per 1-1/3 cup serving. Actually, not that bad.

  • @DakotaCarlson92
    @DakotaCarlson92 3 місяці тому

    Man did you not look over this thing?!?😂

  • @on-site4094
    @on-site4094 3 місяці тому

    Jr go. car strip & flip 😂😂😂

  • @johncarella1836
    @johncarella1836 3 місяці тому +2

    Loving the consistency in the videos the content in such videos and the videos them selfs are great! Would love to see a new full build/or bring back something from past and revive that. But a Drift or Safari car build or a Mordern Cafe or Scrambler build on an older Japanese style Bike!!!

  • @commonsenseisdeadin2024
    @commonsenseisdeadin2024 3 місяці тому

    You seemed surprised to see black spark plugs after seeing the o2 sensors (or lack there of)
    The muffler looks like all the Chinese "center out" mufflers.

  • @BlooMule
    @BlooMule 3 місяці тому +1

    From John Cooper Works to JC Whitney

  • @boelensds
    @boelensds 3 місяці тому +1

    intercooler been blasted with power washer.

  • @nobodynobody2632
    @nobodynobody2632 3 місяці тому

    My 11 JCW was the valve stem seal, every thousand miles it used a quart of oil.

    • @commonsenseisdeadin2024
      @commonsenseisdeadin2024 3 місяці тому

      According to GM that oil condition is completely acceptable for a brand new car!

  • @johnstaples3605
    @johnstaples3605 3 місяці тому

    Those bugles are great

  • @dmann1209
    @dmann1209 3 місяці тому +1

    Awesome content. WJRGO Mini Cooper Works S, has to be a collectors jewel. More please!

  • @chriskeiser5809
    @chriskeiser5809 3 місяці тому

    What in the world was going on with this car that the wiring hackery up front was needed?

  • @B_LockVids
    @B_LockVids 3 місяці тому

    Issa BMW if there is no leak that means there is no fluid to begin 😂😂

  • @harrylumsdon6773
    @harrylumsdon6773 3 місяці тому

    He has the hoovie touch dor buying cars!

  • @johnnyhernandez2790
    @johnnyhernandez2790 3 місяці тому +5

    Like I said in the previous video, whoever sold JR this car saw him coming a mile away!

    • @seanmoody3381
      @seanmoody3381 3 місяці тому +1

      He complainers that selling cars don't make a profit wait till he finds out about storing parts no one wants

  • @wkeithtexas
    @wkeithtexas 3 місяці тому

    I’d say warped head from overheating is where to find the oil leak.

  • @streettosky5983
    @streettosky5983 3 місяці тому

    I don’t think that’s the factory JCW exhaust as that’s not what my JCW exhaust looked like. And I’m pretty sure the engine is the exact same between JCW and the S models but the injectors, turbo, exhaust and intake are different.

  • @Scotty_in_Ohio
    @Scotty_in_Ohio 3 місяці тому

    It's pretty bad when I would want the mower more than any of the MINIs in the shop.... and I'm a "Mini Guy" (I own 5, 3 are JCWs) - I wouldn't touch the one you have with a 10-foot pole....

  • @Spokaneexploration
    @Spokaneexploration 3 місяці тому +1

    Do you still own the mini resort?? I've not seen any updates on that in a long time

    • @WatchJRGo
      @WatchJRGo  3 місяці тому +1

      Oh yeah, did an update last week

    • @Spokaneexploration
      @Spokaneexploration 3 місяці тому

      @@WatchJRGo I will Go look for it I watch all of your videos but I happened to miss that one

    • @WatchJRGo
      @WatchJRGo  3 місяці тому +3

      @@Spokaneexploration it’s towards the end of the selling CLS video

  • @TAGTED1
    @TAGTED1 3 місяці тому

    i have a 2010 r55 jcw 100%stock, i may sell. like 50k miles. laser blue. 6speed. legit. 1 dent in rear quarter from neighbor. bangs and pops.very clean

  • @TheRedgtv2000
    @TheRedgtv2000 3 місяці тому

    For a cooper S from 2007-2010 is 172hp and for JCW is 208HP!

  • @TruthyToo
    @TruthyToo 3 місяці тому +1

    Though the rebuild would be fun content, probably best to part that turd out.

  • @chuckkolancz4969
    @chuckkolancz4969 3 місяці тому

    Is your mechanics cart orange or red?

  • @KeithJenkinsvideos
    @KeithJenkinsvideos 3 місяці тому +1

    Dual mass flywheel

  • @t20594
    @t20594 3 місяці тому

    Engine oil leak always the engine oil pressure sensor blown through.

  • @scottpollard3270
    @scottpollard3270 3 місяці тому

    So is this the post pre-inspection video?

  • @deanstanley2277
    @deanstanley2277 3 місяці тому

    You should collaborate with weird beard....he dumpster dives for scrap...sometimes the cops fine him sometimes he getts away clean......betwwen the 2 of you you could share scrapping tips.

  • @douglasbray3563
    @douglasbray3563 3 місяці тому

    Good Evening John Ross

  • @garretts318
    @garretts318 3 місяці тому +1

    Unfortunently & I hate to say it BUT stance brah is probably watching & laughin while you uncover everything that was wrong with his car and glad to get what he could out of you..... man that's sorry

  • @randyharrison4065
    @randyharrison4065 3 місяці тому

    The only word I can think of is, "WOW". Guess it must have been owned by a plumber...LOL

  • @F06M6
    @F06M6 3 місяці тому +1

    I'd bet the valves need walnut blasted, they get BAD on N14s

  • @just-a-waffle
    @just-a-waffle 3 місяці тому

    That's about the condition of every car I've ever seen with raceland coilovers

  • @robertmeyer7664
    @robertmeyer7664 3 місяці тому

    You need to build a storage space maybe have a local sale on car parts

  • @ToddFlannery
    @ToddFlannery 3 місяці тому

    OMG YOU NEED A Business manager lol

  • @QALibrary
    @QALibrary 3 місяці тому

    I would not be surprised if this car had not been in a crash or two

  • @IsmailiaSix
    @IsmailiaSix 3 місяці тому

    I woulda sold you my r56 with the n18 engine in it. 2012 58k on it manual also. Let me know

  • @DaveDeVault
    @DaveDeVault 3 місяці тому

    Just remember, it gets worse before it gets worse.

  • @tjm5492
    @tjm5492 3 місяці тому +1

    Dad's crusher still operative?

  • @Amanda_Hugnkiss_
    @Amanda_Hugnkiss_ 3 місяці тому +5

    Let me get some parts off those R56. I live just north of Topeka and need some stuff lol 😂😂 just bought an R56

    • @WatchJRGo
      @WatchJRGo  3 місяці тому

      I’m parting out another R56, what do you need?

  • @jonathonmason6394
    @jonathonmason6394 3 місяці тому

    Has that car been in oklahoma🤔🤣

  • @KeithJenkinsvideos
    @KeithJenkinsvideos 3 місяці тому

    Blown up clutch

  • @bigbot1975
    @bigbot1975 3 місяці тому

    At the. Start of the video I'm like wow. At he end im just wtf.

  • @jeffjudd3968
    @jeffjudd3968 3 місяці тому

    Maybe its to soon but that thing is a boat anchor

  • @SpaceTech54
    @SpaceTech54 3 місяці тому

    Leak - can't leak if the sump is dry...

  • @charlesdalton985
    @charlesdalton985 3 місяці тому

    I'm almost certain if the previous owners had kept this a little longer, they would have taken a Sawzall to the roof. Good golly what a hack job. Good luck gents, please try to save it.

  • @noodlezdotcom
    @noodlezdotcom 3 місяці тому

    cant wait to see the next video for the swap

  • @elliot9634
    @elliot9634 3 місяці тому

    RIP the transmission, hope that swap is cool

  • @glassvial
    @glassvial 3 місяці тому

    If the wiring harness is that chopped up, maybe you can swap that from your parts car? That thing's going to need a lot of un-hacking to make it a half-decent car again.

  • @robertchandler7733
    @robertchandler7733 3 місяці тому

    LOL!!! BOFL BUT WAIT... THERE'S MORE!!! Part them both out and find anohter one

  • @toml4951
    @toml4951 3 місяці тому

    Well at least this is not a JCW exhaust. Those have two rear tips.

  • @Heffelz8
    @Heffelz8 3 місяці тому

    “It’s beat,”. Yes, yes it is.