Beemerlad's M52 Chromie

[Dezzy]

All you need is the bar that links them Lee. I removed one off a comfort one last time I was down. Think it's in there somewhere.

Looks good though. I am keeping the pov carpet. Goes well with leather highbacks

[baptie0]

That floor looks solid Lee

[Ollie_bwoii]

Nice progress. Always a nice feeling when you lift the carpet too mintyness.

If you were closer I have some sports seat runners you could have had FOC.

[E30BeemerLad]

Nice one Dezzy, I spotted the bar, thought it was the broken one off the sport seat, will get that fettled then.

Thanks for the offer Ollie.

I'm a happy man with the floor situation. Need an accelerator pedal though as the old one had a violent removal

[Dezzy]

I have one here for you. Sunday?

[town325i]

What type of pedal is it a does it have a male or female mount to the floor?

[E30BeemerLad]

the mount on the actual floor is female I guess

[Dezzy]

the mount on the actual floor is female I guess

There is one here my brother

[Rav335uk]

the mount on the actual floor is female I guess

There is one here my brother

The heat getting to your head Dezzy, turning a shade"Tan" are we, "Bruv"

[Dezzy]

Rav your not getting it we are Cr 24 v Brothers.
I have a good tan going on it's 28' up north today.

[Rav335uk]

Rav your not getting it we are Cr 24 v Brothers.
I have a good tan going on it's 28' up north today.

Oh I get it, my question was with the "Bruv" is you going "Tan" too to keep up with the lingo Bruv

[Dezzy]

Yeh I got it

[DanThe]

Dezzy gets more tan off the welder being up north

[beardymat]

Tell me about it Dan, ive managed to get some holes removed on Pauls moredoor lately and am deffinately showing a little colour, mind you its been baking the last couple of days and im going up to Dezzys tomorrow to fit a headliner, can see me losing a few pounds doing that one, best take the right guard.

[Dezzy]

I remember years ago just grabing the gas welding gog's when doing a quick welding job. Say no more guys. What a fooking fool a looked when my hole face was RED apart from these great bit glasses still White.

Its going to be a warm one tomorrow for Sure Mat.

[DanThe]

'Just closing your eyes' is never a good idea

[beardymat]

'Just closing your eyes' is never a good idea

ive seen the results, can just picture you with a bright red face and white lines round your eyes

[Rav335uk]

'Just closing your eyes' is never a good idea

ive seen the results, can just picture you with a bright red face and white lines round your eyes

I just have this image of Dezzy after welding.

[Dezzy]

One of them things Young, Stupid and in a rush.

What a t1t I looked. Even about 3 days on when my face started pealing.

[Rav335uk]

One of them things

What a t1t I looked. Even about 3 days on when my face started pealing.

Totally agree

[Dezzy]

Lee that fooking pedal is still here. I will post it tomorrow mate.

[E30BeemerLad]

No rush mate

Picked up handbrake cables today so can complete the rear end now, then it's finish the plumbing & wiring connecting, get the rest of the interior in and then it will just be exhaust left.

I'll have to wait for you to earn some credits from the warden

[E30BeemerLad]

Had a scratch around on the car today, just a load of fanny little jobs. Realised I had forgotten about the rear ARB, which needed the diff rear mount undoing to drop it down a little in order to fit. My usual style, doing the job twice

Back end is done though, just the rear calipers to bleed. Exhaust is fitted at the back, but I am far from happy with it. The brackets need sorting as it is a 4 pot car so doesn't have 2 brackets in the same place for the brackets that wrap around the rear silencer. Although it is on the pish in this pic, it can't go any higher. Which is what I really dislike on chromies, all the guts on show underneath. So in the long run, I reckon I will be sorting some kind of custom system.



Fuel pipes are connected up after the front to rear hard lines were also replaced. Clutch slave bolted up after changing it for the one from the touring. Inlet manifold bolted up and all pumbing & wiring in place/ connected for that.

I'm near to sticking a battery on it now, but have confused myself with which wires connect to which terminal now as I smoke too much green and can never remember what connected where

Questions for Dan here really

In the pics below, is the long red on top of the cam cover supposed to go to the battery live or alternator live?


Are these all like to to be live?


Now onto the leccy fan loom, Dan you're a legend as I realised tonight when looking at the terminals that you acutally labelled them like "K6" "K1" etc. So it is obvious to me which area these are to connect to, but there are 2 types of terminal in the pic below. Some are female spade terminals and some are the clip in type for the fuse box. On the clip type that have the K numbers on them, which part of the respective K relay area on the fuse box do they plug into as each relay obviously has a few terminals? Am I making sense?


I also had a quick tart about and dyed the rear parcel shelf with blind.
Before

After - coverage looks shite but looks fine in real life & darker too

Fitted

Fitted the mims to the front too in order to get an idea what it will look like


They need 3mm spacers on the front just for the standard calipers as you can't turn the wheels when they are bolted up, christ knows what they will need for the wilwood 4 pots.

So it ended up in proper pov mode at the end of the day, on bird shit covered steelies


Need to draw up a list of what needs doing to finish it as I keep distracting myself too much. If I do a list and hit it, I should be ready for action soon.

Exhaust mani is in hand thanks to brother Dezmond. Driver front wing is shocking at the bottom as is the jacking point on both front sides, finger in the wing job. Should have left the mud flaps on

[Dezzy]

Looking good my brother!

Them mim's look the nuts. I have had another wheel change. Pm on it's way.

[E30Gheko]

Nice to see it coming together Lee. Are you aiming to have it roadworthy for the Pod again this year? There's a remote chance of me turning up in an M30 powered something...

[E30BeemerLad]

I hope to be doing 1/4 mile passes at York in July Rob

[Dezzy]

I hope to be doing 1/4 mile passes at York in July Rob

I hope to be with you.

[The_Diddler]

Look like the local bird's dont appreciate the 24V goings on in your garden Lee, obviously one of them has a passion for tugboats and took a dump on the beloved CR24V iconic symbol you have blazened on the jimmy hill

Dont let the Bruv's see that

Oh, yeah car's coming on a treat

[E30BeemerLad]

I hope to be doing 1/4 mile passes at York in July Rob

I hope to be with you.

Mate, that would be the stuff of legends

3rd July is the next I believe

Paul, yeah that is birdshit on the jimmy hill, cooonts. Does Rav keep pigeons?

[Dezzy]

I hope to be doing 1/4 mile passes at York in July Rob

I hope to be with you.

Mate, that would be the stuff of legends

3rd July is the next I believe

Paul, yeah that is birdshit on the jimmy hill, cooonts. Does Rav keep pigeons?

[E30Gheko]

I hope to be doing 1/4 mile passes at York in July Rob

Fair play Lee. I hope u make it bud. I'll be delighted if I get mine done by September. Cooks don't have as much free time (or hard cash) as you office dwelling lawyer types...

[The_Diddler]

Paul, yeah that is birdshit on the jimmy hill, cooonts. Does Rav keep pigeons?

Yep, highly trained 24V attack pigeons, also trained in the art of finding ancient M30 donks and intercepting them before Captain Pugwash has a chance to fit them to his tugboat!!

[Alex]

Paul, yeah that is birdshit on the jimmy hill, cooonts. Does Rav keep pigeons?

Yep, highly trained 24V attack pigeons, also trained in the art of finding ancient M30 donks and intercepting them before Captain Pugwash has a chance to fit them to his tugboat!!

M30 boys use pigeons, 24v boys use email

[DanThe]

The red is power to the loom, one of the two black cables is power to the fusebox and the other is earth from the loom, at a guess id say the one on the left is the loom earth as it looks to have two cables inside the sheath



K6 has two connections, one is feed from the fan switch Pin 85 and the other is an earth Pin 86, you can test for the earth with a continuity test between the spade terminal and the earth ring that bolts in the ABS pump area

As for the exhaust get Dezzy to weld the extra hanger in place, you can buy them from BMW for a few quid, I didnt fancy getting the welder round mine so I did this



Not much left now

[Dezzy]

Inner arch and welding might not be a good idea Dan

We can sort that Lee.