First, for as long as I could remember, the hazard lights never worked on the Mini. After doing some snooping around, I discovered that there was a line fuse missing from one of the wires hanging by the firewall. I swapped in a spare (there are two spares inside the fuse box) and they now work! And as a bonus, my interior light (which never worked before) works as well. Which I'm equally as excited about.
Second, I needed to re-glue a piece of carpet by the footwell that came off during the steering column and master cylinder R/R. I made a trip to the auto parts store and picked up a bottle of headliner/carpet adhesive spray...the last one on the shelves. It was $11.50 and only needed a couple shots of it, but I figured I didn't have a choice. As I was checking out, two guys came in asking for the exact same thing and were bummed to find out I got the last one. On their way out, I stopped them and asked if they wanted to buy it from me after I use the little I needed. So they made a stop at Hollywood Video as I reattached the carpet in the parking lot. I asked $9 for it, which I thought was fair considering the small amount I used.
Lastly, my interior rear view mirror has never really stayed in one place due to the less-than-stellar suction cup design. I filled one of the ball joints with super glue (toward the roof) hoping that'll make it sturdy enough. Then I can still adjust the angle at the mirror end. I don't know if it'll work as well as I'm hoping though. I'll see tomorrow morning.
The Mini is up for inspection by the end of the month, so I'm glad I at least got the hazard lights fixed (though apparently that wasn't cause enough for it to fail last year.)
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