Big Up Andy335Touring! pre-lemans 335i surgery with pics!

[Toby_Unna]

Have to say a huge thank you to Andy for coming down and helping me for a full 8 hours today, to sort out my shed of an e30 ready for the race down to le mans this thursday. invaluable help and tools, cheers mate!

if you hadn't come down i'd still be under the bloody thing now!

my m30 now has a sump gasket installed and an oil pump that's clean and torqued down properly for the first time since it spat its chain sprocket off hopefully that won't happen halfway through france

couldn't get the front crank hub off to install the oil pump chain tensioner though, the nut came off easy but despite a lot of heat and a lot of abuse with a lump hammer the eventual outcome was i broke Andy's hub puller, oops sorry mate!

HOW NICE DOES YOUR CAR SOUND



yes the entire engine is being supported by those two bmw jacks

[Moofles]

well done, glad to see someone making something half decent out of an e30

[Zayyan]

well done, glad to see someone making something half decent out of an e30

Moofles praising an E30...?

[Toby_Unna]

well done, glad to see someone making something half decent out of an e30

half decent's being a bit optimistic

that blue e28 in the background of the pics, now that's a nice bmw
so obviously it's for sale

[craigieeb]

nice1 glad to see it's sorted, fingers crossed it doesnt brake down on the journey


and is that phill mitchell i see under the car

[Turbo-Brown]

Bloody hell!

Who's livin' on the edge by getting under an engine supported on a couple of jacks?!

[Demlotcrew]

pics no worky for me!

A

[320Touring]

pics no worky for me!

A

:yeahthat:

but anyways,

andy335Touring

[Geeman]

No worky worky for me either...

Big up for Andy! Elevated to Hero staus now.

[Kedge]

Nor me,

Well done Andy, shame your having so many troubles though Toby.

[Jos]

img.photobucket.com don't seem to be working atm, that's why the pics won't appear..

And that's a big heavy engine to be under with only 2 axle stands holding it!!

[Geeman]

Working now... Yay!

Tobay, mail me about the M535i dude...

G.

[Davenotouring]

Good work chaps!

Andy, you worked so hard that you're asleep in the last picture!

I agree, Andy's car does sound awesome!!

[paulj]

well done lads

Andy your a different class and i think im in love with your tourer
Any chance of a hand when i get my 3.5 conversion underway

[Karan]

wel done guys....nothing like a few action pics......

[Toby_Unna]

not forgotten ya Giles, just been well busy. it ain't for sale for a few weeks at least so i'll speak to you after le mans (or on saturday night if i have to get towed home )

pics should work, think it was just photobucket being crap

went to my local scrappy and picked up four crank position sensors for a fiver, so if that was the problem then it won't be anymore!

the end of mine had been bitten off by the crank wheel at some point, no wonder it was causing a problem

[glenn]

not forgotten ya Giles, just been well busy. it ain't for sale for a few weeks at least so i'll speak to you after le mans (or on saturday night if i have to get towed home )

pics should work, think it was just photobucket being crap

went to my local scrappy and picked up four crank position sensors for a fiver, so if that was the problem then it won't be anymore!

the end of mine had been bitten off by the crank wheel at some point, no wonder it was causing a problem

must be somthing in the air to f**k up crank sensors this week,
mine went this week as well!!!!

[Richy325iTouring]

braver men than me to be under that engine

[Andy335Touring]

LOL ! I hate pictures of me !

That engine was very steady,we had been smacking the crank hub before i got under there and it didn't budge.

Good luck with the trip to LeMans,TRY to get some sleep before you go !

[Toby_Unna]

not likely, it's 12.46 and my alarm is set for 3.30

but i'm not tired so just gonna sit and watch tv /

car is fully dechromed and all one colour FINALLY

[Davenotouring]

You're going to Le Mans this morning?!

Lucky git!!

On the way out to Amsterdam on Monday, I saw an X5 with three lads in with Le Mans stickers all over it.

[Toby_Unna]

yeah don't think i'm going to bother going to sleep!

got a good group going down his time - 964 carerra 2, 968 clubsport, boxster, a gsxr 750 and... an e46 320d, err?

so i'm not going to win really

[Davenotouring]

That will be brilliant fun.

When are you there until?

[Toby_Unna]

back monday night

or sooner if i blow the thing up!

porsches and new bmws will probably survive a hammering better than my e30

[Davenotouring]

Excellent.

I might do Le Mans next year.

You getting the ferry?

We come back from the Ring monday night too, via Calais. Ferry is with Seafrance at 11:45pm. Might try to get a slightly earlier one depending on what occurs!

[Toby_Unna]

when i went to the ring last we decided to come back a day early, just arrived at calais and got straight on a ferry, they didn't care

[Davenotouring]

We did the same this Tuesday just gone, they moved us forward which saved a couple of hours sitting doing nowt.

What time is your ferry on the way back? Who with?