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

[SPF2006]

Replaced the final stage unit/resistor on the e39 and got the HVAC operational again (just in time for a break in the 90-degree weather). Next up, replacing the failed windshield washer pump and gaskets.

[oldskool]

Just bought an 05 Jeep Cherokee for our new 16yr old driver.
A click-click no-start condition had me up and out the door for fear MikeW would find out, and I was soon crawling around that car like a spider monkey on crack.
I was still wearing my tennis whites, so I elected to not crawl under and hammer away at the starter, but just check the condition of the grounds and strength of battery carefully while using the neoprene gloves cek sent me. Paying no mind to the middle fingers surgically cut from each glove, I went to work holding my chin in my hand while saying "Yep" a whole bunch, eyeballing that engine bay. Being a BMW guy, I found a battery terminal kinda loose, so I just wedged a screwdriver on it and turned the key. It fired right up, and I went on a victory drive to seek out a well deserved 40. Then I went home and made some omelettes for breakfast.

[davintosh]

Just bought an 05 Jeep Cherokee for our new 16yr old driver.
A click-click no-start condition had me up and out the door for fear MikeW would find out, and I was soon crawling around that car like a spider monkey on crack.
I was still wearing my tennis whites, so I elected to not crawl under and hammer away at the starter, but just check the condition of the grounds and strength of battery carefully while using the neoprene gloves cek sent me. Paying no mind to the middle fingers surgically cut from each glove, I went to work holding my chin in my hand while saying "Yep" a whole bunch, eyeballing that engine bay. Being a BMW guy, I found a battery terminal kinda loose, so I just wedged a screwdriver on it and turned the key. It fired right up, and I went on a victory drive to seek out a well deserved 40. Then I went home and made some omelettes for breakfast.

What? An omelette instead of the requisite victory quiche? You uncultured swine.

I hope you at least remembered to remove the screwdriver and tighten said battery terminal before closing the hood; I would imagine that wouldn't do for your daughter's wheels to have a big ol' pimple on the hood.

[MicahO]

As noted on Dave's calendar, Saturday was "Drive your Studebaker day!" But it rained like mad Saturday, some three inches of rain in about 24 hours......

So yesterday we made up for it and drove the Studebaker! Last weekend I went through it and the Model A, draining last year's gas and topping up with fresh fuel. Today's gas really doesn't make these cars happy. It ran great, though that old no-synchro transmission does make people turn and look. *crunch*

Fun car, great to rumble about town.




Also, last week we finished getting the wheels back on the F100. These pics are before we buffed out the fresh paint. They are so nice and clean and white now I don't really want to put the hubcaps back on.

[e28Sean]

They are so nice and clean and white now I don't really want to put the hubcaps back on.

Want an opinion? Don't. Seriously, it looks great without. Both it and the aforementioned Studebaker are beautiful.

[Duke]

Finished the prep of the soft top frame, went with black vs the OEM gray. Now off to the upholsterers to have a new black cloth top installed.

[1st 5er]

Following up on my last post in this thread...



It runs, well that has not been a problem.
Shifting? ...well that's a whole 'nuther story.

Now shifting is smooth and effortless.

Here's the scoop:
E28 fitment 4HP22-EH main body,
w/ an E32 bell/pump and rear housing and output shaft,
and the original E32 7 pin valve body.

4HP22EH 2015 graduating class:
Sherman Watters Sr. and Aiden Watters (so proud of my son).

Now to sort the other warts.

Oh!!! ...and thanks to Greg, Memo, Paul, Rob, Todd, Eric THE HitMan X, and L J,
for the physical, intellectual, and emotional help along the way.
It really does take a village.

[a]

The latest reason the Rat is on blocks is an exhaust redux. Back in '12, when I had the exhaust out to R+R the clutch, I had the foresight to buy a 4 pack of those long brass nuts used in Chebbies to hold the wye pipe in . The squeaks were horrible, but the nuts backed off without drama.. Somebody had welded in an oval track pipe, poorly. onto the collector flange. The pipe is sound enough to use , grinding off the weld is too much work and prolly would have wrecked what I was trying to save. Instead I slit the pipe lengthwise and tapered it into a 3" inlet adapted down to a 2 1/2" outlet. Rivets hold the lap together and a 3" clamp will hold the adapter on. Next is a length of 2 1/2 pipe going into the cat.

[a]

DOUBLE POST

[Duke]

Minor timing cover coolant leak. What a frikin PITA to fix. Can't risk not passing tech for the upcoming HyperDrive at the Blue Oval vintage races at the NASCAR track next Sat.

[slammin_e28]

I joined the e32 club.



1989 750iL. 264k. $500. I drove it 120 miles home after diag and replacing the main relay for bank one.

[djazz]

Had PK and Ann over for steaks.

The work completed:

Changed out lifetime drivetrain fluids(oil,diffs,transfer) in his X5 3.0i. (He had second thoughts about using the ford fluid in the tranny. Any knowledge here?)
Swapped out the sunroof cassette in the ti plus some weight removal.
Did rear brake pads on my daughter's 328i.

[Mike W.]

Had PK and Ann over for steaks.

Were pixies mentioned? (a real blast from the Mye28 past)

[1st 5er]

They're both fully legal and roadworthy now.

[SPF2006]

I joined the e32 club.

1989 750iL. 264k. $500. I drove it 120 miles home after diag and replacing the main relay for bank one.

Outstanding.

[davintosh]

Feeling some real e32 love here today. It does my heart good.

[slammin_e28]

I got the brake lamps and the interior lamps working on the e32.

Also there was a loud tick tick tick from the engine....oh noo! I listened around the rocker cover with a screw driver and alls well there. turned out the #11 plug wire was loose.....I like being able to say that....#11 plug wire.....

I guess I'm going to end up keeping it....buhhh.....

It is such a baller car though.

[Mike W.]

They're both fully legal and roadworthy now.

You're getting into 7's now? Time to update the fleet list in your sig.

[funfunfer]

They're both fully legal and roadworthy now.

Nice stuff.

[slammin_e28]

I think all these e32s need to end up in Asheville, NC around May 20th....hmmmmm?

[dhdrums]

The e21 was having trouble starting. It would crank and then die the first one or two times and then third time it'd start. The way it did and sounded was really similar to when my vacuum line cracked and prevented the car from going anywhere. So I replaced all of the vacuum lines in it. While it helped and needed to be done (after looking at the old hoses), it is still doing it. So I guess its back to square one.

[wkohler]

Probably the warm-up regulator. Welcome to K-Jet. Also, where the fuel "injectors" are, those Seals are usually junk and are vacuum leak city.

[1st 5er]

They're both fully legal and roadworthy now.

You're getting into 7's now? Time to update the fleet list in your sig.

Nah... flippers.

They came in handy and at a good time.

My son needed a temp car and the blue one was dragged home needing a new tranny, so I told him, you do the swap, you can drive it as long as needed and when it's sold you can recover your labor expense.
The white one, well it was such a good deal we couldn't say no when it popped up. You know, luck, when preparation meets opportunity kinda deals.

They are nice, butt...

[nik77356]

I think all these e32s need to end up in Asheville, NC around May 20th....hmmmmm?

The year of the E32. THIS NEEDS TO HAPPEN.

[nik77356]

Now back to our regularly scheduled programming. I finally pulled the headlights apart on the E39 to replace the broken adjusters. It's nice that you don't have to bake the housings to pull them apart, they just kinda pull apart when you yank long enough.

[John in VA]

I finally pulled the headlights apart on the E39 to replace the broken adjusters. It's nice that you don't have to bake the housings to pull them apart, they just kinda pull apart when you yank long enough.

Lucky you - not so on the later E39s (mine's an 05/2003 530i).

[foamy]

put new rear rotors on my subaru drove it 5 min blew out a trans cooler line that was rusty cut the line off and replaced it with a rubber line and some clamps.

[euro635gas]

I now have no headliner in my Rover!

[tig]

Long overdue (2+ years?) wheel well cleaning on the 911.




It's really quite dirty, as you can see, so this is really in prep for a full detail tomorrow:

[oldskool]

Up and at 'em early Friday to put new shocks on the LandBruiser. Note that all parts to be removed had been soaked in PB blaster all week and the tools to pull off this mission had been laid out meticulously.
After my latte, I summoned the mechanical God strength of MikeW and laid into this job like a furious spider monkey on acid. Four trips later to the auto parts store, I finally bought a nut splitter (huh-huh) and proceeded to break the fucking thing on the last nut split. (huh-huh). It pissed me off, so I went back to the auto parts store and returned that broken piece of shit. I then went and bought a case of Heineken to celebrate. What I celebrated was basically just splitting nuts because those old fucked up shocks are still on the car and awaiting my attention. Anyone want a Heiney?