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Here is the thing you need guys. I just did the same thing and it came with no wires. I bought from this guy arrived no problem in less than a week.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/274888822274 ... SwEvZhB~4q

100% change the top mounts. But if it ain't broke leave it alone. You could replace a lot of things while 'you've got it in bits' but that takes away the 'fun' of working on it another weekend.

When I fitted a tow strap I cut a thin slit under the black trim inline with the bolt hole that holds the bumper to the car, and ran the strap through the slit, and the eye of the strap through the bumper bolt. Bit of a faff to get it in place.

Nice! Restored by Xworks. Proper then!

Very nice dude! Very.... nice!

Supercharged V8!! Please show us more. I'm sorry I can't help with the problem.

I would be inclined to rub the airbox with an oily rag, normally brings back the correct colour.

To get a good finish on the intake it would either need to be soda/bead blasted and or painted to get it a nice factory silver again.

Looks like the right part They are all the same length. As Gus says, bit of a knack, have to rotate the pump as you put it in.

Or. Has the bottom of the fuel tank been pushed up slightly by someone jacking the car in the wrong place?

Somehow another week slipped away, although I did have two wisdom teeth removed quite urgently. It was Mot'd yesterday :cool: A few bits and bobs to sort out still. Thank you Dan. Sorry for all the questions towards the end but I am very grateful. Heres a short vid https://youtu.be/6yWSRtQ-8Mc (If a...

Glad you got it sorted Steve.

What is different about touring rear brake setup?

Removing the standard rear brake bias valve and plumbing it to somewhere/something controllable within arms reach was on my list...... Be interested in what you used to achieve it.

Steve. Pretty sure the bar that links the pedal to the booster has one type of thread on one end and the reverse on the other. SO just just undo the nut near the clutch pedal and spin the bar and that changes the adjustment.
I hope that makes sense.

Small update. Got the solid rear brake lines remade today. IMG_5474.PNG (excuse my grubby fingers) Also got the suspension sorted. Rich (Rix313) sorted me out some Dampers which arrived in super quick time. Thank you mate! :cool: New top mounts front and rear. Few hours of taking things apart, putti...

I've managed to get 4 or 5 hours work in on the car almost every day this week. Unfortunately I'm apparently now useless at taking pictures. Fitted the new Spal Fan and swapped over the wiring from the old unit. I'd refitted the oil cooler and before tightening the lines to the oil filter housing, f...

You are trying to fix a problem that doesn't exist, there is nothing wrong with a front bowel sump Glad you've said that Dan. You've obviously run the S54 like that on track without problems, and presumably the M52 aswell? It was a 'problem' I had read about, and considered in the past. Good to kno...

I just had to lift the drivers footwell a bit so I could do some welding. No problem I thought.....

I'd buy some decent speakers or earplugs.

Interesting. I didn't know the late model cars came with a drivers air bag.

An interesting use for this wire, it can be attached to car stereos that adjust the volume based on speed.

Went to swap over the instrument clusters yesterday. But the new Touring which is a K plate has this blue wire connected to this green connector on the back of the cluster. Not seen this green part before. Does anyone know what this Blue wire is for? Car has no OBC or cruise control. IMG_5412.PNG

It was definitely on my 'wanted to do' list of things, as I remember this job being an utter c***, but my mate came over today to help out and he was convinced it wasn't that hard, so, they were duly removed. As I'd remembered, it was the refitting that is the terrible part of this job. While this w...

Another long day of it today. Removed the front struts from the touring. Took the disk and calipers off the struts and refitted them to the 2 door to keep it in a rolling state.The front subframe off the touring had already been refitted to the 2 door. Refitted the front subframe to the touring and ...

Thursday was spent removing the front subframes from both cars. IMG_5355.PNG While I had it back off the car, I decided to give it a bit of tlc. The Eibach anti roll bar was rusting all over the place (wasn't new when I bought it) and the powder coating on the subframe was also bubbling and rusting ...

Spent the day removing everything from the 2 door, in preparation to remove the engine. So, airbox, exhaust, prop, gear linkage, wiring, radiator, power steering, oil cooler, electric fan wiring, fuel lines, etc etc I got the oil cooler fitted onto the touring after fighting with a slightly bent fro...

I got this bit cut out and replaced today. I'm self taught, be kind

As boxclever says, tough after 4 on a Sunday. Halfords in the morning.

I had one very similar a few years back and it was great but the batteries were its downfall. One died within a month, the other lasted about 6 months and that was it. Now I'm back to working on the e30 and feeling like making my life a little bit easier, I decided to invest in a 90 degree impact dr...

Few more hours on it today, removed the exhaust, heat shielding, prop shaft. gearbox and selector linkage etc. Gave the engine bay a once over with some degreaser a brush and hose. t2.png I presume the yellow stuff around the strut towers is waxoil. I'd like to clean it off. Petrol and a rag? t3.png...

A very well timed review. Just the info I was after

That might just work in that position you know

It is going to be a S50 touring :D I might keep the gaz, for those 'blue moon' track days. But will be fitting the bilstein B12 kit, well that's the current thinking anyway, but I am open to suggestions. Duly noted on the ABS location, probably best to buy one then, and see where it fits as close as...

No no no no no NO! The touring will be sporting the majority of the other cars nice bits by this time next week. This conversion was designed, so it could be as plug and play as possible with another e30. Unfortunately I didn't consider the ABS unit....the carbon airbox tubing for the air filter goe...

Sooooooo..........this arrived on Thursday. Bought unseen on Sunday night after seeing an ebay advert with 5 poor photos, for the princely sum of ........ONE thousand pounds... :eek: (advertised as having oil pressure issues) touring4.png touring1.png Anyone recognise it? touring3.png Anyway. The la...

The touring I bought was sold as having oil pressure issues. The light is on as soon as you turn the engine on. But it doesn't sounds as bad as other m40's I've had. I don't currently have a oil pressure testing kit. Was just looking at some cheap ones on ebay and amazon. Am I right in thinking its ...

Thanks for the reply Ben. I will investigate again with the hose tomorrow

For what reason do you not want to swap the engine?

Swapping over to the 325 engine would be the cheapest, quickest, simplest way of getting more power.

I just had a touring delivered :roll: After washing it, there is a lot of water in the rear compartments. The car has been stood up for over a year and I didn't check them before I washed it. The left side with the jack was almost full the top and the jack looks like its been sat in water for some t...

Either pay extortionate prices from BMW or follow the advice from X-works about half way down page 14

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