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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 :(
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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!

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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. :mad:
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Mon May 27, 2013 9:41 am

Absolutely feck all.
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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!

:D
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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. :mad:
Hahah! :D
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Mon May 27, 2013 11:24 am

I had a new exhaust fitted
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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.
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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.
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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 ! :D
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Mon May 27, 2013 8:44 pm

Fitted pop out rear windows

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Mon May 27, 2013 8:52 pm

Started converting to power steering, need a pas steering shaft with decent uj if anyone has one
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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!
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Mon May 27, 2013 9:44 pm

Is that the American spec "ALpina" readout?
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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.
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Mon May 27, 2013 10:13 pm

Got a link for it Ajay? :D
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Mon May 27, 2013 10:18 pm

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Tue May 28, 2013 9:35 pm

shedrool83 wrote:Fitted pop out rear windows

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New car Jake?
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'88 e30 328i M52 track bint.
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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.
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Tue May 28, 2013 9:47 pm

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

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'88 e30 328i M52 track bint.
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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. :)
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'88 e30 328i M52 track bint.
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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????
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Tue May 28, 2013 9:57 pm

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

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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. :D
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Tue May 28, 2013 11:34 pm

I put this into this.....

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Wed May 29, 2013 9:26 am

Pete's a "freind" to you though winkeye
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CR24v??? Where's it all gone?? LOL
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Wed May 29, 2013 10:30 pm

drove it...lots!
current: 318is,
previous: 1988 325i see. 1988 325i sport, 1988 320i, 1990 325ise. 1990 325i sport, 1985 320i, 1988 318i, 1986 325i, 1991 325i touring, 1990 325i touring. e21 320, an e28 525i, 2 e36 m3, 850ci, e46 320d touring, e39 530d sport. E39 325i s
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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. :mad:
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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!
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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.

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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?
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