I have performed this thanks to this excellent write up, and have started driving the car finally after a month in my garage. I replaced the clutch, flywheel, both rear and input shaft seals, and both cylinders. I now have a small puddle of oil which seems to only appear after a short bit while the car is warm. I looked under the car to inspect, and it appears to be originating from the inspection port on the transmission. I looked at the engine side of the flywheel and could not see any signs of oil there. Is this an indication of either of the new seals being bad or damaged? I was meticulous when installing, making sure they went in evenly and did not see damage on them prior to assembling the transmission. Do these seals take a few drives to fully seal?

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No, they seal immediately. Something may be wrong with the seal.

- Nick

I need ur expert advise.
I jusr recently changed my clutch to my 07 mini S. I ordered clutch kit from Pelican including MTF.

I i started driving the car for about 10 miles and all of s sudden it came really hard to shift.
I decided to changed the slave and master but gave no positive result.

I am getting frusrated and what would will be the possible cause and what is my next move?

The only components i did not was the flywheel. Is it nesessary to change this upon doing clutch job?

Please help

When individuals re-use their flywheel they will have it re-surfaced so the new clutch seats correctly. The MINI R56 flywheel is a dual mass flywheel though, which cannot be resurfaced and a new flywheel is recommended when installing a new clutch kit.

2007 Mini Cooper S Hatchback - Clutch & Flywheel - Page 1

Also, make sure to check your shifter cables and make sure they're not binding.