What did you do to your other car(s) today?

[davintosh]

Last week the e32 was running like crap. I didn't take the time to do much troubleshooting on it like I'd planned, but did pop the hood to check a couple of things and noticed that the idle smoothed out considerably when I touched the connector on the AFM. Shut the car off, cleaned the contacts on both sides, and it's been running like a champ ever since.

[slammin_e28]

Changed out the radiator in the D2. Something got in there and punctured the year old replacement that was done when the headgaskets were replaced.

You're supposed to pull the grill, etc off the front of the truck to do this....but with a right angle screwdriver I could easily not do that. Ended up removing the trans and oil coolers to mount them to the new radiator. Lost a good amount of ATF.....and I think it was already low. Went to move the truck and no go. So figured it's a good time to replace the trans filter. Did that, went to fill it and the cooler line blew off. Stupid quick connect fittings....fuck those things.

Rovers at Wintergreen starts Friday.......and I'm taking it to the wire getting ready apparently.

[davintosh]

New tires on the e32. I like driving with new tires better than I like wearing brand new socks, and that's saying something.

[slammin_e28]

New tires on the e32. I like driving with new tires better than I like wearing brand new socks, and that's saying something.

How about driving on new tires while wearing new socks?

.....with new wiper blades....mmmhhhhhmmmmm......

[jhall]

Touring came home from the body shop wearing a "new" front bumper. Deductible well spent. Next time i'll have my wife back into something so I can get some of the hatch rust fixed.

[Tammer in Philly]

For the first time in 2 years, the track car is a roller. Finished getting the suspension and steering in. It's currently sitting on a used (10k miles) Bilstein and H&R setup and a set of staggered DSIIs that came off an old parts car; they will all be for sale when the build is done. But for now they are keeping the car off the ground.

Installed new: ZHP rack (refurb from Rack Doctor), AKG poly steering giubo, tie rods, control arms. Reinstalled front hubs and got the shocks and struts on all around. Threw on rotors and wheels (no braking system yet).

I pulled the pedal bracket and clutch master, clutch and brake switches (no longer will be used), and front door glass and window regulators/ motors.. Still need to work out a couple things with the doors: 1) How far to strip them down (cut away the interior metal? Do away with stock door handle?), and 2) whether to go with lexan for rear door windows. There is some remaining sound deadening hiding around the car that I need to pull out, and I need to mock up the new brake/ clutch pedals and get a friend to weld in brackets for them, along with new master cylinders and reservoirs. Once any welding on the body is done, it can go for paint. Then I can put in the driveline, fit the new suspension bits, and actually have a working car. Maybe even this year!

-tammer

[1st 5er]

I think I now have all the parts.

[tig]

I changed the oil in my air compressor. It's up in the attic, so I kinda forget it's there. First time I've changed the oil since I installed the whole thing in 2011. The old oil looked brand new...

[oldskool]

Plugs cleaned and gapped, then some fresh VR1 in the e30. Dumped a full trunk full at the recycle station and lost some weight. That "blinky-blinky" turn signal and intermittent horn held out long enough for Saturday's yearly inspection, so I rewarded her with a few trips to 7000rpm.

[davintosh]

Took the e46 to a glass shop for an estimate to get the windscreen replaced. The kid at the counter came up with $180. I'm like, are you sure that's installed? About that time the blonde babe pops out of the office behind him to check his quote. She says she'd ordinarily price the job at $410 because there's a $50 molding and 4 hours of shop time involved on top of the glass cost. He was new at the job, but since he'd already quoted it, they'd stand by the price.

Yes, I made an appointment.

[MicahO]

The e46 got new front swaybar bushings so I don't have to listen to bonka-tonka-bonka all the time. Nice to have that car back to normal.

For the Touring, I had the original radio rebuilt at Dr. Don's and reinstalled it Saturday. The PO had installed a CD43 that looked reasonable, but I do like having the original bits back in their proper place. I have thought about hacking in an aux input, though for now I'm just going to use a cheap BT/FM thingee. I mostly like listening to the engine anyhow.

[slammin_e28]

Took the e46 to a glass shop for an estimate to get the windscreen replaced. The kid at the counter came up with $180. I'm like, are you sure that's installed? About that time the blonde babe pops out of the office behind him to check his quote. She says she'd ordinarily price the job at $410 because there's a $50 molding and 4 hours of shop time involved on top of the glass cost. He was new at the job, but since he'd already quoted it, they'd stand by the price.

Yes, I made an appointment.

No pics of blonde babe?

[LuczOr]

Did some work on the D6D this week. First some background: bought last year and it toasted the cylinder liner seals a few months later. That filled up the oil with coolant, which is no good! Here's the beast.

Here's the bad cylinder liner.

While I had it all apart, it seemed like the best time to do a full rebuild, so that's how it went.






That's basically where it sits now. I need special tools to install the front and rear main seals since they are set to very specific depths and tolerances.

Will keep updated with progress.

[LuczOr]

I guess I can post up about my other project, too. Cars involved: 2002 Camaro z28 and 1986 4runner.
Putting my hoist to work.

A wild pushrod 5.7 has appeared!

Some adapting.... Just like Legos. Sort of... Ok, not really.

Remove.

Replace.


Next up: modify transmission mount, weld in motor mounts, all of the wiring in the world, exhaust and tune.

[alabbasi]

My 1990 Mercedes Benz 300SL-24 5 speed car has had a running issue where it starts t hesitate badly after warming up. Bosch coil is about $140 so I ordered a cheap Delphi coil on closeout from Rock Auto for $20. Coil arrived and low and behold, inside the Delphi box was a Bosch coil which appears to have fixed the problem.

[Mike W.]

Sold the old E39 touring. Relief and sadness at the same time, it was such a good solid car, and a nice car, it was sad to see it go. But a relief, selling cars is a pain, we had it's successor, limited parking and could use the few bucks it brought. Good times with it and some good vacations. At least the new owner seemed enthusiastic.

[Stevo12]

Wrapped up the refresh on the Miata last week:

-Upgraded the suspension from Tokico Illuminas w/ 400/300 springs to OEM Mazdaspeed Miata Bilstein shocks with 600/400 springs
-Revised ride height
-Yonaka 2.5" catback exhaust
-Rear main seal repair
-New clutch w/ stainless line (factory line is notoriously hard to bleed)



On my way to work Friday, I lost one of the nuts to the lower shock bolt on the front - and the other side was loose. Guess I forgot to tighten them down - it only took 250 miles to back off completely.

[unt0uchable]

Changed the oil on the Saab yesterday. I'll be damned if I say to myself everytime I do it "I'm not going to overtighten this oil filter" and then it seems the next time I changed it, I'm cussing myself out trying to get the damn thing off!!! That took longer than draining the oil.

But on a good note, being a GM LS2 engine, it's only using roughly 1 qt every 4500 miles. I'm ok with that (I run 7 qts just becuase of known oil pick up problems with these engines so I end up around 6 qts by the end of the OCI anyway). We're closing the gap on 100k miles too. Now if only I could get the front end to tighten up for me....

[foamy]

changed the oil pan on the subaru it had 5 pinholes in it from rust.

[a]

I was out in the boonies this morning and I stopped in at a little junk yard and hit pay dirt for the Rat. The widget and spring "equalizer" for the E brake cables. NLA from Ford. 10 bucks for a good used one.

[davintosh]

I washed it. Between the overnight rain, the ash tree raining allergens, and birds crapping, the e32 was a disgusting mess this morning. The e28 was too, but Teen Boy drove off with hardly a care. He WILL wash it tomorrow.

[juan c.]

Last week I replaced the headlight adjusters and upper control arms on the E39 Touring. Control arms were straightforward, headlight adjusters not as much. Also put some Style 32's on for the summer. Mmmm I want a set for the E28 now.

[slammin_e28]

Had a vibration around 60mph in the Disco 2. Felt like driveshaft. I just rebuilt the front one a month or so ago. So eyeballing the rear....I noticed the rotoflex was installed backwards.

Arrows go towards the flange.

Flipped it and the truck is smooth as butter.

[slammin_e28]

Fresh front brakes on the e46.

Pulled the driver's door apart to check the window regulator....it's done. 165k....and 12 years....every regulator is original on that car until now.

Also M&Bd some new tires for it.

Installed auto-dim rear view mirror and heated, power, memory sport seats. OMnomomommom......

Then one of the Xenon headlamp bulbs blew. FAK.

Trying to get it back to DD status since it get's twice the MPG as the Discovery 2.

[white chocolate]

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Getting rid of a car without the title in your name is a REAL pain

[dsmith]

Getting rid of a car without the title in your name is a REAL pain

Agreed. I did that once and took the parts to the city dump in my van. Now I don't buy ANY car without a clear title.

[white chocolate]

Getting rid of a car without the title in your name is a REAL pain

Agreed. I did that once and took the parts to the city dump in my van. Now I don't buy ANY car without a clear title.

It is a very long, boring story, but it was clear when I bought it. As much of a pain as it is, it is so entraining to destroy things for some reason.

[cddallara]

In the middle of a couple little things (throttle cable, pedal bushings, speaker...), but I did manage to finally throw the staggered m systems on.

[alabbasi]

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Getting rid of a car without the title in your name is a REAL pain

Ain't no party like a Sawzall party

[davintosh]

Spent some quality time with the e32 last night; changed over to summer weight oil & changed the filter (all cars should have cartridge-style filters.) Also changed the transmission oil, again. I changed it last fall, with some Amsoil 80w90 gear oil, and that absolutely sucked over the winter. Cold-weather gear changes were difficult until a mile or so of driving warmed the trans up a little, especially that first shift from 1st to 2nd. It made me want an automatic, so I knew I needed to do something. The BMW recommended ATF went in it this time (which is what came out of it last fall.)

As long as I was making a mess in my driveway, I also drained the power steering reservoir and changed out a part -- #8 in the diagram -- that got torn up when I first changed the filter on it a while back. That whole assembly confuses me; the way it came apart didn't make sense, and none of the diagrams on RealOEM match what came out of mine (this one is close, but is missing a couple of items that were in mine.) When I first took it apart, I couldn't get #8 out because the round plate (#9) that goes over the PS filter was being held in place by a spring with a clip holding it in place. I had no idea what was holding it back, and tried about everything to get it out, but ended up tearing the rubber boot at the bottom of #8 because it had a smaller diameter than #9. When I put it back together I just left the clip off and let the combined pressure from both of the springs hold it down. Am I the only one to have this problem?