E30 Zone

You could have a weekend toy with no pressure to keep it on the road. I know lots do, but it's not an option for me. I actually got very close to buying a TR6 a couple of years ago, though, until I realised a couple of things......... 1) I don't have space to keep another car. Most of the household...

martauto wrote:Really Stuart?

Yes, Mart. REALLY!

The E46 is staying bog-standard and as soon as I think it's getting long-in-the-tooth it's getting replaced. I'm done with running older cars as dailys.

It can't be that bad! Depends on your interpretation of "bad". I've thrown in excess of £6k at that car in the last 4 years, including a full engine rebuild and a £2.5k respray - at which point the only things that let the car down were car park dings. Structurally, the car was solid. Within 2 year...

I think I have just realised I need a proper everyday car rather than a showpiece. ........... time to go is when you are at the top rather than sliding down the slope into obscurity and the knackers yard. :( :( Oh! how I wish I'd had the same "eureka moment" 4 years ago.......... (See my post above)

I did this to my E30 today...........

Returning soon to a Tesco near you, disguised as Value kitchenware.

Goodbye and good riddance MoneyPit, I'm a lot better off without you.

It was intermittant, but getting more frequent. I thought, at the time, it might have been the chip but as I had a spare ECU with a suitable chip in I just used that. I never got 'round to swapping the chips to test the one in the ECU that went tits-up. When I lobbed the ECU it still had the chip in.

Ed, I had something similar. See here I was convinced it was the ICV, but it turned-out to be the ECU. After I changed the ECU it never missed a beat until I scrapped it 9 months later. IIRC it was a 172 ECU - don't know now, though, I binned it.

HTH
Stuart.

I ended-up not going. Watching my E30 items ending on eBay seemed more appealing, given how cold the breeze was.

I might rock up and have a mooch around, if i get a spare half an hour this afternoon. I thought about joining-up a few years ago, but the neighbour who told me about it said he thought they wouldn't allow the E30 so I never bothered following it up. Too late now, they definitely wouldn't want the E...

I removed some more stuff from mine. Not much left now, just the LPG, engine, towbar, steering wheel and Scorpion. The remains should be getting weighed-in in a couple of weeks.

I've got some bell-end who won't take no for an answer wanting the skirts off my touring because he's too f*****g lazy (or too tight-fisted) to get a set off eBay. :rolleyes: How do the clips on the bottom come off, please? I've sussed that the front bit (on the wing) has a 10mm-headed bolt, it's ju...

Good news Mick!

bmwsport wrote:just browsing the meets and events section and can find no real mention of this yrs gaydon show

There's a very similar thread to this on E46Zone. Sign of the times???

Mick, I'm proper p155ed off for you. It all sounded so promising yesterday morning, when I was there..........

magpie wrote:i have a plan .,....

Looking at that, it should break for good money - ie. free engine!

What did I do to my E30 today????

I started taking the I.C.E out, and morsels off, in preperation for the remains of the car going to lands a long way east of here to be returned as Tesco Value toasters.

joeyb wrote:my head says 15's for cheaper tyres lol

Not necessarally true. 205/55x15 are getting thin on the ground, especially in "better" makes, and 205/50x16 are not much dearer.

There's a clue in the stamp. It's a Raid 'wheel. I had one in my e30 for a while. The cover in the centre was an option. I think you'll find the Hartge badge is actually meant to be road wheel centre cap badge. Is the badge roughly 45mm diameter?? Do a Google image search on "raid type 1 steering wh...

Agree with everything said here. For that kind of money I'd want a comprehensive ad, a car that's 100% original, and on a Sport I'd want to see it with all the plastics off before I part with my hard-earned.

Brianmoooore wrote:Standard tint is just right IMO.

x2. It's beyond me why anyone wants to make their car look like an ambulance or a van, depending on the body colour of the car.

Does seat fabric count as a morsel? It's been NLA for at least 5 years.

Lancaster renewel price £360 ,is bout £100 dearer than last year, I hear/read this kind of thing a lot, and I don't understand. :mad: I can't get classic insurance on my cars because they're all dailys. I've been with LV for 7 years, and in that time the most my insurance has gone up is £12/year. T...

ImysE30 wrote:CarPartsForLess have got front discs and pads for £75, Pagid make. Seems like a good price?

I paid £96 for Pagid front discs and pads for my touring from ECP, so I'd say your £75 for M3 stuff is good.

As for will they handle 300bhp, I can't say. But they handle 170 OK.

Brand new, still in wrapping, Hartge 16" wheel centre caps x4 (mind, Maya may have "found" some more since I bought mine......) I just watched a decidedly tatty looking set go on eBay for £123 inc p&p! Ooft, they were selling them on the hartge site for less than that, delivered to your door, brand...

StuBeeDoo wrote:Brand new, still in wrapping, Hartge 16" wheel centre caps x4 (mind, Maya may have "found" some more since I bought mine......)

I just watched a decidedly tatty looking set go on eBay for £123 inc p&p!

Barry just bought the last brand new m tech 2 front valence........ There is a gnarly used one on eBay for £225! :clin: I've got a gnarly used one I was going to bin. Looks like it's getting added to my list of stuff going on eBay when I break the car, then. .......And I've still got the drilling t...

Glass sunroof panel, sourced from USA
MTechnic1 370mm steering wheel
MTechnic touring tailgate spoiler
BMW Westfalia detatchable towbar
Brand new, still in wrapping, Hartge 16" wheel centre caps x4 (mind, Maya may have "found" some more since I bought mine......)

What do you mean? Drooping too far, then going back to the right level?
None at all.

The flywheel on my 2.7 is very light. I've never weighed it, but when I bought the engine it was alledged to be 5.6kg. Since then it's been faced, so is probably nearer 5.5kg. IIRC, this is about as light as an M20 flywheel should go. The idle is fine (850-ish on the rev-counter), if very slightly l...

Stu ! i hope your well ? :D Advancing old age aside, fine thanks. Yourself?? stick with your current steed, the 46' Derv touring will give you a lot more hassle !! :( Chance I'll have to take, Steve. The E30 is getting to that point now, in any case. :( It's a case of weighing-up the economics. Rea...

Shame, but needs must. Quite. rust Stu? long time no see on here. I can't be arsed to chase the rust, or throw big money at a proper restoration, Simon. It's not serious yet and I reckon I can get it through its next MOT in August. TBH I'm done tinkering on a regular basis, I want something I can j...

pacerpete wrote:Quattroporte by any chance ?

Touring

Dunno how many are left, but there'll be one less when the 'shell of mine heads to Asia to become something else.

My M20 has develpoed a 3k(ish) rev limit under load. At the same time as this happens, the rev counter needle and econometer needle jump all over their respective guages.

I'm thinking TPS. Any other suggestions??

TIA
Stuart.

what happened the first time you put the heaters on after using the K-seal?? Nothing happened, as such. I had been checking the coolant level every day and topping-up every 3-4 days, depending on mileage. The day after I used the heater, the coolant level hadn't dropped, hasn't since, and the syste...

While I've been on the forum with another, unrelated, problem I thought I'd update this one. A new pressure cap did nothing to resolve the problem. I decided to replace the water pump, as the timing belt was due in about 6 months anyway. The pump shaft had a little play in and it looked like there m...

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