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It was a couple of days ago, but I washed the E12. The project one. And I looked inside and the the drivers seat was wet! WTF, the car didn't leak all winter and now it leaks from washing it? Motored the sunroof back and sure enough the drain was plugged. I tried some #12 stranded. Then doubled up. I pulled the splash guard. Hit it with 60PSI of air. Nothing. No progress at all. Finally cranked up the compressor to 140PSI. That worked. Then it wouldn't close, the sunroof clutch is worn and needs adjustment. Oh, did I mention project?:roll: Did something else too, but after battling the drain for an hour I can't remember what.

Bought it, washed it, put the Rials on it, and took it for a small drive. I like it. Manual '89 e34 535iS. New designated daily.

Installed my front seats.

Not that it matters, but I can say that they are probably the only pair or one of very few at least of Light Silver Grey e34 manual sport seats on US soil.

They aren't perfect, but manual sport seats are sooo darn cool!

'Scuse the crappy pic, I was in a bit of a rush to get to work.

I think I have found my swap donor for the ti. 99 328is coupe. Higher miles than I really wanted but hey this is a BMW six. I figure ~2500lbs easy and almost 200hp while getting close to 30 mpg. Not an S50, but a lot cheaper and better gas mileage.

I missed out on the e34 deal; probably a good thing, I guess. Oh well.

Friday my eldest son & I tore into the rear end of the wife's X5; I knew that things were worn when we bought it, what with the fat-lady-on-heels excessive negative camber on the rear wheels. So I ordered new control arms, ball joints, integral links & wheel bearings for it (a persistent growl from the rear wheels too) last fall, but didn't get around to the job until now. Things went well tearing the right side apart, and we high-fived when we finally got the inner bearing race off the wheel hub around noon, because that meant we could start putting things back together on that side. I took a little break, and when I went back out to the garage, my son had the new bearing pressed onto the hub. Backwards. Not sure why he didn't wait for me or check the diagrams or look at the assembly to figure it out, but... Unfortunately, without some seriously specialized equipment it's not possible to get the bearing off the hub without destroying it. $60 lesson.

I took it better than he did; finally had to tell him to stop with the beating himself up over it. His mom isn't upset over the deal; it just means that he'll have to come back for another Friday/Saturday wrenchfest to finish the left side when the replacement bearing gets here. In the meantime I think I'll clean up the bearing, have it engraved with something funny about lessons learned, and frame it for him.

Washed and waxed the 335i, and the P71 cruiser. Changed the oil in the Dodge Ram and P71. Got parts together for the B34 swap in the e3 2500, and gave the 1600 a tune up. Busy day!
Best
Justin

Weather was quite nice yesterday so I rounded up a new battery and washed and waxed the sixer to go for a nice cruise.

Took a little longer than anticipated, so figured I'd go today but of course it's pouring rain,so maybe next weekend. (Sigh)

Picked up a '99 328is yesterday. It was "drifted" into a tree, well at least one tree. It has a lot of really nice pieces but I'm not too sure about those wheels. lol



I've removed a few engines over the years, parting out E28s, but I didn't have to put everything back in the right place! I have J!m's Guide and a ton of info on the ti website so I think I'm prepared for the fun ahead.

djazz wrote:Picked up a '99 328is yesterday. It was "drifted" into a tree, well at least one tree. It has a lot of really nice pieces but I'm not too sure about those wheels. lol



I've removed a few engines over the years, parting out E28s, but I didn't have to put everything back in the right place! I have J!m's Guide and a ton of info on the ti website so I think I'm prepared for the fun ahead.

Yah , I haven't even had to pull a head . I yanked a few engines, mostly for practice.

Pulled 1st 5er out and gave her a good wash and then began to troubleshoot the non/ac issue.

djazz wrote:Picked up a '99 328is yesterday. It was "drifted" into a tree, well at least one tree. It has a lot of really nice pieces but I'm not too sure about those wheels. lol



I've removed a few engines over the years, parting out E28s, but I didn't have to put everything back in the right place! I have J!m's Guide and a ton of info on the ti website so I think I'm prepared for the fun ahead.

328ti? Sweet.

Got a sweet set of extended leather cards for my E34, $9 each!

AlpinaE24 wrote:Got a sweet set of extended leather cards for my E34, $9 each!

Wow! Great price!!

cddallara wrote:

AlpinaE24 wrote:Got a sweet set of extended leather cards for my E34, $9 each!

Wow! Great price!!

It is a great junkyard. I also got a complete e34 factory keyless entry, front plate filler, side light, and all the nice wood trim. All for $43

recently installed:
rebuilt cylinder head, ARP stainless studs
t-belt, w-pump, etc.
manifold-back replacement exhaust
radiator
e-fan

now doing gauges while waiting on the wheel adapters for 5x120 wheels...

Put the charger on my battery because I left the (parking) lights on. This battery is on it's 5th death between the faulty brake light switch, and my being a dumbass.
Completed inspection of the upper radiator hose where the fan makes contact (E30) to see if it's becoming to thin. I meant to change this out on Sunday, but felt the neighbors needed someone to help celebrate whatever the hell we celebrated. Threw hose in trunk of car along with a gallon of anti-freeze and jumper cables. Done.

davintosh wrote:Friday my eldest son & I tore into the rear end of the wife's X5; I knew that things were worn when we bought it, what with the fat-lady-on-heels excessive negative camber on the rear wheels. So I ordered new control arms, ball joints, integral links & wheel bearings for it (a persistent growl from the rear wheels too) last fall, but didn't get around to the job until now. Things went well tearing the right side apart, and we high-fived when we finally got the inner bearing race off the wheel hub around noon, because that meant we could start putting things back together on that side. I took a little break, and when I went back out to the garage, my son had the new bearing pressed onto the hub. Backwards. Not sure why he didn't wait for me or check the diagrams or look at the assembly to figure it out, but... Unfortunately, without some seriously specialized equipment it's not possible to get the bearing off the hub without destroying it. $60 lesson.

I took it better than he did; finally had to tell him to stop with the beating himself up over it. His mom isn't upset over the deal; it just means that he'll have to come back for another Friday/Saturday wrenchfest to finish the left side when the replacement bearing gets here. In the meantime I think I'll clean up the bearing, have it engraved with something funny about lessons learned, and frame it for him.

All that was a little over a week ago, and we finally finished up the left rear corner; new wheel bearing, parking brake shoes, integral link, ball joint, control arm, guiding suspension link, and brake disk backer plate. We got this side done in about half the time it took us to do the other side.

I dropped it off at this afternoon for a new pair of tires and an alignment, and it drives SO NICE now! The wife is gonna love it. She's spoiled, and she knows it.

Put new rear tyres on the e34 535iS, after getting a puncture yesterday. The old Khumos were on the belts, anyway. New ones are Bridgestone something rathers. It was either that, or some tyre made in china from recycled cheese. Turns out it's more difficult to find 245/45/16 tyres than I thought. Had to settle for 225/50/16 if I wanted them today, and I did, as I have to drive the damn thing up country tonight. Now just needs LCA's as the massage chair at 100km/h is getting kinda old..

I moved the front seat forward and Marina and I headed for Loews for peat moss. She hadn't driven a standard for 30 yrs . Just like riding a bicycle, Rene did fine.

Traded the '04 x3 3.0i 6MT in last night.

We put almost 100k miles on it in about 6 years. Only had to have it towed a couple times, and she came through in the really tough times. I worked on the car myself, and it really wasn't that difficult.

The decision came down to my wife wanting a dog, and our poor kids not having rear AC here in the desert. Also, the car was only going to break more and more. Already this winter, I was starting to plan another cooling system refresh, tires, maybe some suspension, o2 sensors, and a DMTL pump to finally shut the SES light off.

We had already planned to get an Accord, but then I finally caved on letting her get the poodle she has always wanted. I brought that up, and she agreed; if we want a fambly dog, we have to be able to transport it in relative comfort.

We purchased a Honda Pilot EX. Blue over Grey cloth, no sunroof, 2WD. It has three rows, Rear AC, and rear back up camera (all standard; amazing).They tint all vehicles here in Yuma, so that was done. Wheel locks and nice rubber floormats were basically thrown in, too.
We used the internet sales manager via USAA's car buying service, and I have never been happier with a car transaction in my entire life. Not ONCE did he push the pace or play any of the typical dealership games that piss us off so much. He gave me an offer, I counteroffered big enough for a "meet in the middle", they re-counter'ed right at the "middle" that I was thinking of, and that was done. Financing was easy, (online), and we made an appointment to sign papers. Done, done, and DONE.

I washed and vacuumed the x3 for the last time last night, so she looked pretty nice as we drove up. I even reset the SES light when I parked it for the last time... ha! It felt pretty good when he went down the laundry list of possible maladies with the car and I could confidently say that the car was pretty much trouble free. (Not that it matters...)

So, now I'm back to my newest BMW being a 1988, I won't have to work on the Pilot for quite a while, and the wife is ecstatic. Win.

^^^


Now update your sig already!

ldsbeaker wrote:... the wife is ecstatic. Win.

Does anything else really matter?

Finished fabricating the adapters to install the Scheel seats on the stock e30 sliders.

Gave them a sunbath.

1st 5er wrote:

ldsbeaker wrote:... the wife is ecstatic. Win.

Does anything else really matter?

Heh heh , my buddy Dana calls it appeasing the wife god

moved to the 3rd phase of unfucking the ac system in the shark, after scraping the furbie off the front evap and washing the fudge out of it i discover worldpac sold me the wrong expansion valve and am screwed till the new one comes from the intarwebz, till then its nicely torn apart and unusable, this is why i have 4 vehicles

have destruction pics, pretty much same stuff as e28

djazz wrote:Picked up a '99 328is yesterday. It was "drifted" into a tree, well at least one tree. It has a lot of really nice pieces but I'm not too sure about those wheels. lol



I've removed a few engines over the years, parting out E28s, but I didn't have to put everything back in the right place! I have J!m's Guide and a ton of info on the ti website so I think I'm prepared for the fun ahead.

Well, I haven't done anything with the swap yet but I did discover why Cindy finally agreed to "putting good money after bad."

We brought the donor car home on Sunday.

Monday: She asks me to bring the horse trailer up and give it a once over since we're taking one of the mares to be bred later this month. Now this trailer is no prize. It's old as the hills and I know the wiring needs redone. But it was cheap and reasonably solid when we bought it. Not any more though. I roll under it and discover some nasty rust eating through the floor rails.

Tuesday: She has an ad in CL and has it sold that afternoon. For only a hundred less than we paid for it.

Wednesday. She starts showing me ads for three horse bumper pulls complete with dressing room and/or living quarters. The light bulb suddenly flashes. She's wanting to spend more than the 318ti and 328is combined. In fairness they both had to be towed too.

Good one.

1st 5er wrote:

Needs moar low.


J/k, looks great!