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I had this problem on my e36 a year ago. I drilled a hole in the barrel holder to locate the locking tab, then pressed it with a screwdriver and removed the barrel. It's a bodge but it worked and has been fine since.

Very nice work and attention to detail. Keep it up.

Great fella to deal with. Parts arrived very promptly and well packaged.
Thanks Lee.

The car is coming on really nicely Ken. Well done. It's great to see an E30 getting the treatment it deserves. Are you taking it to the Big Meet?

Keep banging away so. That's sound.

I have the circlip off thanks, Brian.

What's the best way to get the bearing off the prop. I need to change one too I have the prop split, but the baring seems pretty solid.

As above it's the profile gasket, but it's still a head off job to fix it.

You can still use the E30 M42 bits on the M44. If you could pick up a damaged E30 M42 you;d be laughing. You can then swap the M42 loom, intake and exhaust manifolds, coil packs, exhaust and the sumps. Use an E30 M42 ecu and get a good chip for it. It will run the M44 nicely. The only issue is the t...

Get yourself a balljoint splitter. They aren't expensive and if you plan on doing your own work, it's essential. As for the springs, you'll need a spring compressor to get standard springs back on. If using lowering springs they can usually be built up without it. If buying spring compressors, get a...

All you need is the head gasket, the bolts and the front rubber profile gaskets. Elring gaskets are good quality. Any decent motor factors should be able to get them. Not sure if you can get the profile gasket outside BMW. You'd be best getting all the gaskets from BMW though, less chance of oil lea...

Front wheel bearing?

Are they silver too and what offset? PM me if you want, so as not to glog up the thread, as what sort of monies? Thanks.

Lovely car. The wheels are fantastic. I'll have to keep an eye out for a set.

Lovely looking car. The wheels look great and I love the bootlid. Did you use stickers or what is it?
I have a not too tidy four door which I'd like to give the same treatment to.

Jozi wrote:She's a beauty this car and Baz knows it!

I'm thinking another dyno day is in order, late summer? August maybe? When I have mine on the road.

You'll be lucky at the rate your moving.

I see a video there of Barry's car, I presume it's from the same day.

Maybe it's 275, which would be a very good price.

You'll have to get a remap or chip to get it running right.

You'll also need to modify the airbox to take the bigger afm.

Not sure of the gains.

The IS rad is bigger than the M40 one. The M40 will work fine though. I've used them before without issue.

Fantastic car. It looks sweet on the BBS.

Have you sold the Borbets yet? If not how much are you after?

If you don't mind me asking, how much did the clutch set you back. I'm thinking of going the same route with an M30 swap.

Royalratch wrote:Nice - but what's up with the manual window winder filler plug - yeeuk. Fix that quick.

It's far too low for a winder filler. It must be for something else.

Ah, give over, it's his car. If he likes the interior then so be it. I've seen much worse things on E30s in my time. Excellent thread by the way Diddler. I'm loving the attention to detail and the no expense spared attitude. I'm sure nearly every E30 owner would love to be in a position to take some...

My old Mauritius Blue touring (Not on your list, but the best blue in my opinion) http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll171/aonghus-murphy/IS%20touring/S8000505.jpg And one for the lighter blues, here's my Glacier 320. http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll171/aonghus-murphy/92%20320i%20Blue/S8001872....

On the fuses. There is nothing worse than a pile of cheap shitty looking fuses in the fusebox. it's one of the first things I change whenever i buy an E30. Has to be the genuine fuses for me.

Coolant I'm not worried about though, I use blue coolant, but it wouldn't bother me.

What a car. It's a real credit to you.

It may be standard but it looks very tidy.

Best of luck with it.

That's tidy.
Lovely shine off it. As above, is it an IS?

I never found the rack too bad, even putting in an E36 rack is pretty simple.

I agree on the rear beam bushes though & I don't like rear wheel bearings either.

Very nice work done. It's looking very nice. The wheels are fantastic.

I have 15 inch wheels on the back with snow tyres and bottletops on the front with good grippy tyres. I find it great. I can go nearly anywhere. The 15" snow tyres are excellent. I can check the make if you want. They're 195/50s.

Nice bit of snow in Ireland too. Here's my 320i.
Really enjoying it. I've snow tyres on the back and I find her great.

I use a 320 as my daily. I get about 32mpg on a run and obviously less around town. I love it. The only four pot I would have as a daily is an IS. I'd take the 320 over the 318 anyday. The tax on a 325 in Ireland makes it very difficult, so the 320 is a more sensible option. Decent power and a lovel...

I noticed it's a prefaclift shell.

Were they all prefacelift chassis with a Tech 2 kit?
Did they make Tech 1 kitted motorsports and facelift chassis Tech two ones?

My old blue M42 touring sold http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll171/aonghus-murphy/IS%20touring/S8000669.jpg http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll171/aonghus-murphy/IS%20touring/S8000505.jpg My old red M42 touring now a bare shell again. http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll171/aonghus-murphy/90%2...

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