If you have a link to where I can get hold of those longnose pliers you mention that woould fit inside a 3.5mm hole I would LOVE to know....Timmyboybunter wrote: ↑Fri Feb 14, 2020 1:52 am Can't help with a 'proper' method, but if you have another aux port handy (and they're only cheap on Ebay) just use long nose pliers in the usb and aux holes - firm yank and out it comes.
Difficult to tell if you're serious or not Chris
but I had 3 old sets of long nose pliers sitting in my toolbox, they all taper into a point on either side so all 3 would have been suitable for the job: 1 half of the pliers in the USB slot, the other half of the pliers in the 3.5mm hole, squeeze, pull. Possibly you're wondering how a set of long nose pliers would fully fit into a 3.5mm hole - and I agree they wouldn't 
but sticking them in the hole wouldn't achieve anything!Timmyboybunter wrote: ↑Fri Feb 14, 2020 11:16 amDifficult to tell if you're serious or not Chris
See page one of my E89 thread in my sig - the aux port has 2 metal tabes either side which click into place when it is pushed into the plastic housing from the front - yanking hard with pliers just reverses this process but you need to squeeze with enough force to get suitable grip to be able to remove that it will damage the part. The alternative is to go from the back of the port, squeeze those 2 tabs and simply push it forward.
I guess I should have followed what you said and saved myself some time 
The AUX and USB sit side by side in the same housing as such and I managed to separate the AUX, so yes if you had the same type as mine I could just swap out the AUX socket. The only problem is I am in Spain so I don't know how it's going to be possible to try yours. Here's some pics of mine is yours the same?:Timmyboybunter wrote: ↑Mon Feb 17, 2020 12:20 am What a pain. Is the 3.5mm port interchangeable independently of the USB port? Just wondering if it's worth trying my port in your housing before forking out for another whole part - it was definitely working prior to removal but I wasn't gentle with it.
Ah, sorry - not sure why but I assumed you were in the UK (in which case I would have happily put my USB/aux mine in the post for you to mess around with, I have zero use for it) but I think by the time I've posted it to Spain it would be halfway to the cost of picking up a 2nd hand one off Ebay; plenty around, as all the Mini versions are basically the same too.Silverstar wrote: ↑Mon Feb 17, 2020 6:28 pm The AUX and USB sit side by side in the same housing as such and I managed to separate the AUX, so yes if you had the same type as mine I could just swap out the AUX socket. The only problem is I am in Spain so I don't know how it's going to be possible to try yours. Here's some pics of mine is yours the same?
I've tried to use the super glue trick last night like enuff_zed said but it didn't work. I checked Royal Mail too, seem standard delivery is around 2 to 3 GBP so yeah I'll send you a PM. If you let me have your PayPal I can send you some drink money. By the way I am not sure if you mentioned it in another post but why have you taken it out? replaced with something better? just curious. ThanksTimmyboybunter wrote: ↑Mon Feb 17, 2020 11:02 pm It's only £3 to post I think, so in the spirit of international forum friendship I'll happily send it your way for free - I owe the forum a favour or two
PM me your address details if you want it.
