What have i forgotten? is brakes+suspension install

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Gwynleym10
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Post Thu Apr 21, 2005 3:35 pm

Right going to be installing the is suspension and brakes next weekend, can any of you think of anything else i may have forgotten?

Parts:
M3 excentric bushes
E46ci top mounts
Self locking nuts
brake hoses
think i need a new just boot for on of the control arm knuckles
springs? Karen have you still got them springs?

ATE racing blue brake fluid, Does anyone know where I can get this in london, or enroute to Nrth wales ie B'ham etc etc

Tools
Trolley jack, stands etc etc
Impact driver bzzzzzzzh!
spring compressor
monkey wrench
puller (maybe)
ball joint fork


Any thing else? TIA
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Post Thu Apr 21, 2005 5:35 pm

thats all really...

to get the rear trailing arms off on the drivers side u will need to remove the rubber filler hose that gpes into the fuel tank... as u wont be able to remove the bolt otherwise....

u have pm regarding springs
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Post Thu Apr 21, 2005 5:37 pm

to get the rear trailing arms off on the drivers side u will need to remove the rubber filler hose that gpes into the fuel tank... as u wont be able to remove the bolt otherwise....

Might be time to get a new one of them, cause its probably the original and no doubt perish in my hands when i take it off!

Thanks for the P.M will call you at some point
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Post Thu Apr 21, 2005 5:51 pm

Sounds to me like someone's had it off before and put the bolt in the wrong side? :?
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Post Thu Apr 21, 2005 5:57 pm

Martinaston wrote:Sounds to me like someone's had it off before and put the bolt in the wrong side? :?
no mate.... trust me the bolts go from the centre out always... as it would be immpossible to remove the bolt if it was the other way round as it would touch the chassis of the car...
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Post Thu Apr 21, 2005 7:48 pm

yup i back karan up on that.

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Post Thu Apr 21, 2005 10:39 pm

Gwynleym10 wrote:
ATE racing blue brake fluid, Does anyone know where I can get this in london, or enroute to Nrth wales ie B'ham etc etc
I've got a liter of Castrol SRF if you want ?
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Post Thu Apr 21, 2005 10:48 pm

I've got a liter of Castrol SRF if you want ?
mmm nice, do you recon a 1litre is enough? how much does the brake system take? allowing for minor spilages etc :mad: :mad: :mad:

Nottingham ain't far of the the track either...How many dollars do you want?...P.M me!

Thanks!
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Post Thu Apr 21, 2005 10:59 pm

YGM 8)