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She started acting funny, after leaking ATF from the cooler lines for a few weeks. Sure enough, the fluid was low. Bought some ATF from Autozone, then got it home and read the label a little more carefully. Nope, wrong stuff. Went BACK to Autozone, got the right stuff (says import cars on the front, BMW somewhere on the back), put it in the transmission, and I think the leak WENT AWAY?!?

i changed the beasts oil and gave her a wash. nice and clean again

Not my e28, but I just helped my brother fab a custom exhaust for his new 528e and removed the vibration damper on the guibo.

Last night a buddy and I worked on my condensation problem in my trunk. ALL he trunk carpet came out, the rear cardboard, and the trunk trim piece itself. We discovered a small (ended up being about an inch or so) rust hole by the driver tail light... so we fixed and filled with fiberglass. Sanding the f.g. wil commence next week as well as paint to make her look pretty. We used heat lamps to dry the trunk and removed the insulation and adhesive left overs. We also filled in the broken antennae with "The Right Stuff" to prevent water entry into the trunk.

This morning, raining like hell... still a little water coming into the trunk by the tail lights... so we gotta get in there and fig out where the leak i coming from.

Later almost to work... I am behind a car who hits a 6 inch dia. branch in the road and ricochett's in my lane. It's going to be the oil pan or the tire I thought, so I swerved to hit my tire and instead knocked a fog light out... which dangled till I got to work. Repair to commence later.
FML

re-oiled the bushings on the heater blower.
Brought my e24 sport seats into the house to start work on them to see if they're worth putting in.

hammered my fog light bracket back into proper shape, so it aims forward, instead of 45 degrees at the ground

Replaced clutch slave and clutch hose. Replaced brake fluid with Supa Bleu.

Pulled center console and lower dash to install wiring for auto power antenna disable/enable switch (wife might leave the radio on when parking before an ice storm - don't want antenna motor damage, and don't want to always drive with the antenna up any time the head unit is switched on) and replaced numerous interior bulbs while in there...
A good reminder why never to underestimate the efforts required to maintain a fully functional and clean interior... especially without a garage in winter.

didnt DO anything on the e28 today but i did receive my euro headlight washer system from Ivo over in the Netherlands. Very much looking forward to installing them.

Did make a little more headway on the resto of the e9 interior though. replaced rear deck infiniti 5x7 cappas with 6.5 inch kappas. Also finished dying the front seats...

got it running for the first time since I've owned it.
swaped out the ICV so i wouldn't chirp tire trying to back it out of the garage
took it for a test drive
put five gallons in it
removed the front bumper to swap out the front valance.
called it a night

yay progress

Hella H4's are finally in with sylvania silverstar bulbs. They went in without much struggle, though one plastic screw did break in process of it coming out, but, I managed to get the lamp in without the grill all the way off. Good thing I'm young and still have relatively nimble fingers.
I am very happy with the results, light output is much better than the stock sealed beams. Nice results for the first real upgrade I have done to the car.

i will be purchasing my first e28 tonight!

http://www.mye28.com/viewtopic.php?t=72778

first up will be new dog bones, new fuel filter, clean up the engine bay to see if the power steering lines are leaking...

possibly new tires

tighten down the seats (back is a little loose) and look into fixing the headrests.

im sure there will be a bunch of little things i will fine to tweak...

the seller is throwing in a set of euro yellow high beams. what do you guys think about these on a euro converted car?

briansmith wrote:Pulled center console and lower dash to install wiring for auto power antenna disable/enable switch.

That's freaking weird...I just finished the same procedure about 2 hrs ago on my car...
Oh and lubed my squeaky blower motor and finally installed the microphone for the bluetooth function on my head unit.

Xenocide wrote:

briansmith wrote:Pulled center console and lower dash to install wiring for auto power antenna disable/enable switch.

That's freaking weird...I just finished the same procedure about 2 hrs ago on my car...
Oh and lubed my squeaky blower motor and finally installed the microphone for the bluetooth function on my head unit.

Great minds make the same dumb mistakes?
I'm using 2 driving/fog light buttons in the factory locations on either side of the head unit; one to switch power on/off for all "remote on" systems controlled by the head unit (amplified subwoofer and antenna) and one to switch off strictly the antenna.
Oh, and I replaced my blower motor last week.
One more thing alike in a row and we've gotta swap cars.
My occasional mechanic says it's time for CV boots, what is next for you?

Modded the tail lights on my 'is' and my 'e'.

First the 'is';



And, now the 'e';

briansmith wrote:I'm using 2 driving/fog light buttons in the factory locations on either side of the head unit

I used one of my fuel pump switches I had installed in place of the clock. Now I'm just running both pumps on one switch.

briansmith wrote:what is next for you?

That depends largely on what breaks next
If I can swing the cash in the months to come, probably an either an 885 or a 731 head.

installed pfeba lip and early valance
tomorrow should be removal of the old strut towers

New Meyle upper and lower control arms on the M535i, and an upgrade to 750/540i fronts and rears. Came out quite nicely. I'm so happy I get to use a lift now.

Put a bushel of miles on it.

Doughnuts.

Replaced the left front door lock and repaired the broken linkage on the right door lock. Even re-keyed the new left lock to my old key. The E28 now has locks that work with the key for the first time in many years

Replaced the diff mount and the fuel line to the rail.

Nothing!

Today was a bad day for the e28s.

The M535i was running way too hot yesterday, so I had to track that down. Replaced the fan clutch and aux temp sensors, bled and bled and bled. Then went to troubleshoot the sloppy shifter. Turned out the sheet metal shift console had broken at the rear. Thankfully I have a spare.

Then I went to replace the PS pump on the M5 which had left it layed up for the past month, took it out for a drive and the driver's side front caliper locked up and flat spotted a tire. Gotta pull those off and rebuild them tomorrow. Boo hiss.

I tinted the tail lights, side markers, and front blinkers. it looks realllllyyyy good.

spent about 5 hours cleaning and waxing and making it appear that the paint is not faded. also cleaned interior and shined the dash with some proshine shampooed the carpets and used bumper renew on all the black plasic exterior trim.

Finally fixed that stupid coolant light. Next, the oil level light.
Then the Brake Lining light. Then get rid of the crappy off-brand single fog light. (You know it's time to go when your WIFE asks what's up with it.)

Finished a 5 speed swap on my son's car late last night. (My name is also on the title so it is sort of my car...)

saturday i used it to move 50 miles away. 6 boxes. a dresser and a floor lamp. gotta love a gutted car.

Pulled the M5's calipers off and rebuilt them. The dust boots were in shreds.

Changed the fluid in the M535's dogleg to D4 atf to see if it'll quiet down the synchros. Worked wonders in my g280. Waiting on new shift console mounts for the M535i then we can put the transmission back in.