What did you do to your E30 today?

Post Mon May 27, 2013 7:43 am

Pulled the throttle body off to be sent off to Byron. Noticed the hose from the TB to thermostat was filled with limescale and completely blocked in the TB housing. So went to remove it from the thermostat and it snapped off. Then realised how much I have to remove in the bay to get the thermostat housing off. MOT's due in a month and the cost of repairs I have has just grown some more

Post Mon May 27, 2013 9:25 am

Gert_8 wrote:That's a HOMO's. BBQ. Man up and create fire using wood and charcoal you gaylord!

I bet he has a few people round "See, i didn't mention Freinds"
and they all have to draw tickets to see who gets a plate first.
looking at that "BBQ", it looks like it only does half a full plate at a time.

Post Mon May 27, 2013 9:41 am

Absolutely feck all.

Post Mon May 27, 2013 11:03 am

Rav335uk wrote:
Gert_8 wrote:That's a HOMO's. BBQ. Man up and create fire using wood and charcoal you gaylord!

I bet he has a few people round "See, i didn't mention Freinds"
and they all have to draw tickets to see who gets a plate first.
looking at that "BBQ", it looks like it only does half a full plate at a time.

Hahah!

Post Mon May 27, 2013 11:24 am

I had a new exhaust fitted

Post Mon May 27, 2013 3:13 pm

diable wrote:
It looks "wonky"

Someone has mentioned that but its an exhaust, im not really bothered that the two pipes are a few mm's out. I could adjust it but what the hell, there are more important things to worry about.

Post Mon May 27, 2013 7:16 pm

If it's not level, then it's probably that its weight isn't distributed across the various hangers as it should be, which leads to broken exhaust mounts.

Post Mon May 27, 2013 8:02 pm

diable wrote:
Cotty wrote:
diable wrote:
It looks "wonky"
Someone has mentioned that but its an exhaust, im not really bothered that the two pipes are a few mm's out. I could adjust it but what the hell, there are more important things to worry about.
Would you go out with a bird whose t it s where so misaligned?

YES !

Post Mon May 27, 2013 8:44 pm

Fitted pop out rear windows

Post Mon May 27, 2013 8:52 pm

Started converting to power steering, need a pas steering shaft with decent uj if anyone has one

Post Mon May 27, 2013 9:05 pm

After months of re wiring and testing, finally got the new dash back in. With a bit of luck in the near future i should be able to re fit the carpet ( been out for 7 years)lol!

Post Mon May 27, 2013 9:44 pm

Is that the American spec "ALpina" readout?

Post Mon May 27, 2013 10:03 pm

No its the german Awron display, im paranoid ( post engine swap) need to know oil,fuel pressure mainly but it does read a few other things too, and is upgradable (via download) to read a lot of the engine conversion data too. Prefer to loose an air vent than cut up the ash tray area, plus a bit more practical at eye level than glancing down on the move.

Post Mon May 27, 2013 10:13 pm

Got a link for it Ajay?

Post Mon May 27, 2013 10:18 pm

http://www.awron.de/hauptnavigation/pro ... me/e30dga/

Post Tue May 28, 2013 9:35 pm

shedrool83 wrote:Fitted pop out rear windows

New car Jake?

Post Tue May 28, 2013 9:40 pm

Yeah bought a shell only and bolted all my spares to it,and ended up with a a nice 2 door m20 2.5 for the wife.

Hear you have a new on to and you old shell maybe up for sale.
Pm me the details fancy a track car project myself.

Post Tue May 28, 2013 9:47 pm

Started removing M40 wrongness from the touring. Removed crappy 90's alarm.

Post Tue May 28, 2013 9:48 pm

shedrool83 wrote:Yeah bought a shell only and bolted all my spares to it,and ended up with a a nice 2 door m20 2.5 for the wife.

Hear you have a new on to and you old shell maybe up for sale.
Pm me the details fancy a track car project myself.

Will do. Started new one tonight.

Post Tue May 28, 2013 9:53 pm

Took a drive, rear wheel rain action, wondering if its the new rear poly bushes that make the ride feel more bumpy????

Post Tue May 28, 2013 9:57 pm

Cleaned and sprayed this.
Exhaust heatsheild cleaned and VHT silver used to cover it.

Post Tue May 28, 2013 9:58 pm

Vacuumed then cleaned,with G101, a very nice Green hounds-tooth interior
I recently acquired. Tomorrow, weather permitting , I 'll fit it
all in the 4 door.

Post Tue May 28, 2013 11:34 pm

I put this into this.....

Post Wed May 29, 2013 9:26 am

Pete's a "freind" to you though

Post Wed May 29, 2013 10:30 pm

drove it...lots!

Post Wed May 29, 2013 11:15 pm

Hopefully got rid the 'wet fish' smell in the boot area, that started after a trip to the seaside.

Post Thu May 30, 2013 8:20 am

Looked in through the windows, saw a puddle where the rear bench should be (removed it because it was damp at the weekend)...need to find the source of that leak, damn rain!

Post Thu May 30, 2013 12:45 pm

FinalD wrote:Looked in through the windows, saw a puddle where the rear bench should be (removed it because it was damp at the weekend)...need to find the source of that leak, damn rain!

Most likely source is blocked drains in the compartment under the hood cover.

Ben

Post Thu May 30, 2013 1:05 pm

That would explain the sloshing noise I had the other day too (water in the hood compartment), where abouts do I need to look and also, how do I clear them?