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1st 5er wrote:S38 tunes here whenever possible.

I agree to those terms.

Since I had the day off I decided to get into the M5 no-start issue. Everything was fine before I messed with the Hofmeister Kink fuel supply hose so I'm thinking, 'maybe I pinched it somehow'. Checked for fuel and it had it so I went, 'Noooooo, electrical issue!'. Swapped the main and fuel relays and nuttin'. Then I'm thinking, 'hey the CPS plugs are right above where I was working on that hose'. One of 'em had come unplugged just enough to break contact without being noticeable to the nekkid eye.
Problem solved and boy do I feel stupid. Relieved, but stupid.

That was a bastard of a crank hub nut, but I won!

^^ Holy crap.

ahab wrote:^^ Holy crap.

Right!?

That would have been a pain if it was still in the car. I made two cuts with a cut-off wheel on the top and bottom and worked a chisel in and tryed to stretch and relieve as much tension from the nut that way. I heated it up, drenched it in repsol chain lube and it eventually spun off with a 1/2 impact.

It's easy to see why people wreck crank hubs trying to remove it. If you hold the crank hub and wrap on it with a beefy enough impact, I could see the woodruff key slot cracking or distorting.

Interestingly the crank hub was not very tight on the crank. I still needed a puller and bearing splitter, but I was thinking it was gonna be a beast to remove like the nut.

After all of that, I did get a chance to clean up the timing chain cover! Next up, inspection of chain guides etc.

Removed this:


Installed this:

Got it detailed

Untitled by gjktaylor, on Flickr
Untitled by gjktaylor, on Flickr

Worshed it and installed a new battery.

I'm trying to come up with a better exhaust-side mounting bracket for the M50. The one I made last year with 1/8" angle iron is a little bent now, which I assume is a bad sign. Today I made a jig and started building another bracket with 3/16" plate and bar stock. I'm trying to keep it as simple as possible, while being sturdy enough and allowing access to all the bolts.

Finally got the style 75's off there and on with the original wheels with new tires and alignment.

Then I went down to DMV and acquired an (Admin vir) Passed! Pretty good numbers too

Today I changed the front rotors and pads. Then washed it and liquid waxed it. Getting ready for Cars and Coffee tomorrow.

It felt good to get a little work done on the s38. I got the cam cover looking a lot better, bead blasted a couple pieces. Not a bad way to kill a couple hours on a Friday morning.


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rollcentre wrote:It felt good to get a little work done on the s38. I got the cam cover looking a lot better, bead blasted a couple pieces. Not a bad way to kill a couple hours on a Friday morning.


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Wow Keith! You are making fast progress. You will have your M5 in top shape in no time.

I did this.

New dogbones! Now for a shakedown.

As I got the weed wacker going .Rotted fuel line, Then the lawn mower, Bad gas, I meditated on the whereabouts of a good center link for B6II

I went to a buddy's place in NJ this weekend and did lock strips, roundels and a detail. And a couple new vinyl sticker things. My buddy ensured they're not too cheesy.

Took this out:


Put this in:


Also recently went with the pissbeam look:

(E30 is not mine)

Whoa, that's ummm ... well I can find no other way to say it ... "thick and meaty looking".

What variety of shift knob is that?

It's sold by a company called "Innovative Car Tech GMBH" out of Germany.

I also think it looks bigger in the photos than it actually is. It fits nicely in my hand, and is certainly seems no bigger than BMW's current manual shift knobs.

Drove SUPA ETA to and from the office yesterday w/o incident.

Guten cloisonné roundels! I haven't made my mind up on actually using these badges on my car, but they sure are pretty to look at.

I wasn't sure anyone was gonna get my humor with the euro plate, but then a guy in a 911 cabriolet gave me a triple take as he cruised by.

Nice.

rollcentre wrote:

Guten cloisonné roundels! I haven't made my mind up on actually using these badges on my car, but they sure are pretty to look at.

I wasn't sure anyone was gonna get my humor with the euro plate, but then a guy in a 911 cabriolet gave me a triple take as he cruised by.

Saturday should turn out to be a fun day.

I'm looking forward to it!

Replaced ze bomb...now has power brakes and steering again!



It is a tad loud without its O2 sensor...off to the muffler shop to get a new bung welded in!



Also, finally unloaded the snows the PO had in the trunk

3rd gen Camaro wheels!

rollcentre wrote:3rd gen Camaro wheels!

Yup, I only have the 2 studded snows for the rear. I thought the car looked kinda cool with them on (they were on when I first saw the car) because I've been looking for a replacement for the Style 10's. Apparently the bolt pattern is almost spot-on and the PO only had to grind out the hub bore a tad to make them fit. Kinda fits in with the rest of the "patina" of the car's paint.

Took 'er out and hosed the stank off!