What did you do to your E30 today?

[oomz1975]

Gave it a wash & wax, just as I thought it was now running great, discovered a leaking gaiter on the steering rack....typical

[magpie]

dusted a brace of vxr's with it

[shedrool83]

Washed and polished it yesterday after 3 fishings trips this month it was barket.

[Gok]

Yesterday I took advantage of this weather, worked on removing my rear suspension for an overhaul. Aleady done front end: reinforced / powdercoated subframe, eibach arb, FK shocks n springs and poly bushed. Trial fitted E46 rack need to swap tie rods for e30 items.
All this is my long term project .... M60B40 w/S6S 420G

[moggie]

fitted new power steering belt

[steve_k]

Took my old clocks out ready to be replaced with a new set (complete with white dials) thanks to maxfield.
Heat wrapped the rest of my exhaust, fitted a new electric pusher fan.

Jobs to do, finally install & connect my oil pressure/temp gauges & vacuum gauge.
Spray & fit a new passenger wing, & fit my new smoked headlights & fog lights.

Fingers crossed that's it for a while.

[oomz1975]

Fitted replacement steering rack sourced from Pacerpetes 'back passage'

[gnrsoul]

Clean rear Arches and then Undersealed

[pacerpete]

I fragged (another) four door and it was a 325 with lots of tasty treats !

[Morat]

I waved it off as Magpie took it on its last journey

[beemerbird]

Prognosis? The drive shaft has lost all the nuts holding it in place

Curiously, one of the RAC chaps who assisted me owns an E36 325i Touring, and the other ones brother has a green E30 Touring. There was some definite old BMW love going on, lol.

[pacerpete]

Prognosis? The drive shaft has lost all the nuts holding it in place

Curiously, one of the RAC chaps who assisted me owns an E36 325i Touring, and the other ones brother has a green E30 Touring. There was some definite old BMW love going on, lol.

Fitterz !


PS ; Nice Witter !

[beemerbird]

The most annoying thing is they initially thought the auto box had gone, so it's been taken to my local garage. Had they spotted from the off that the drive shaft had become disconnected, I could have had it taken to my house and sorted the missing bolts myself ! Or (who knows) the men in orange could have fixed it!

[320Touring]

Mine is just back on the road this week, after a 2 year sabattical..

this afternoon is mainly going to be sitting staring at it through the window at work..

Alpine white FTW

[veeza]

getting it ready to sell.

[beemerbird]

Prognosis? The drive shaft has lost all the nuts holding it in place

Curiously, one of the RAC chaps who assisted me owns an E36 325i Touring, and the other ones brother has a green E30 Touring. There was some definite old BMW love going on, lol.

Paid forty quid to a nice man and then took it for a drive

[ImysE30]

Good to hear it got fixed and back on the road

I heard mine start up for the first time in 4 years

[beemerbird]

Good to hear it got fixed and back on the road

I heard mine start up for the first time in 4 years

Excellent, Imy. When are you going to be cruising in it?

[ImysE30]

Good to hear it got fixed and back on the road

I heard mine start up for the first time in 4 years

Excellent, Imy. When are you going to be cruising in it?

I think unfortunately POD is too soon. Hoping end of this month

[beemerbird]

Good to hear it got fixed and back on the road

I heard mine start up for the first time in 4 years

Excellent, Imy. When are you going to be cruising in it?

I think unfortunately POD is too soon. Hoping end of this month

Well, just brace yourself for the fact we're approaching autumn / winter and it might not see the road until next Easter

P.S. you disappoint me. It was going to be 'ready for POD' every year since you started working on it

[pacerpete]

Excellent, Imy. When are you going to be cruising in it?

I think unfortunately POD is too soon. Hoping end of this month

Well, just brace yourself for the fact we're approaching autumn / winter and it might not see the road until next Easter

P.S. you disappoint me. It was going to be 'ready for POD' every year since you started working on it

Meetings, innit !

[ImysE30]

Excellent, Imy. When are you going to be cruising in it?

I think unfortunately POD is too soon. Hoping end of this month

Well, just brace yourself for the fact we're approaching autumn / winter and it might not see the road until next Easter

P.S. you disappoint me. It was going to be 'ready for POD' every year since you started working on it

Nah not me, It will be driven all year round apart from when it snows

It would have been ready for this year but got to get it done properly

Nothing escapes our Pete's memory

[tomislav]

Pulled some more bits off the battered shell before it goes to china.

Now amassing parts for the v8 that needs fixing!

[zaust]

Just showed my car a bucket of water with a dash of shampoo and a quick leather, still looks filthy but hey ho.

[paul13899]

Fitted some fog lights today. Also found a powersteering leak :/

[rich318i]

sideways action in this weather LOVE IT!!!!

[shedrool83]

Took a grinder to a few blisters on the rear arches.

[ajay]

Belted it up to santapod at the crack of dawn, blagged our way in FOC and parked it in a suitable spot!



Job Done!

[darkchild]

Fuelled it, cleaned it and touched up a few bits of pealing underseal with 3M 08537 sealer. Unfortunately, the driver's side "jacking point" looks pretty terminal and is disintegrating fast

On that note, I've booked it into my local body shop for the necessary repairs before the winter salt worsens things considerably and ruins my carpet! Will also be having a couple of minor rust scabs on the sill and door remedied and one of the arches sorted, it's not too bad but wants sanding down and painting before the welder is a necessity. Don't you just love these old things!

[Automaton]

Chatted with another garage owner, since the one i've been waiting for is not particular in a hurry or disposed towards restorations. Six months to change oil and belts is long enough to stretch friendship and patience.

[oomz1975]

Chatted with another garage owner, since the one i've been waiting for is not particular in a hurry or disposed towards restorations. Six months to change oil and belts is long enough to stretch friendship and patience.

Owning an e30, you should learn to do these jobs yourself.
Invest in a good quality socket set, trolley jack & a decent set of axle stands. Then read the wiki & away you go...

[aimlessrock]

stripped down my Drive shafts and cleaned out all of the old grease (it was like tar and much the same colour) nwe greease and boots etc.

painstakingly the replacemet suspension is being rebuilt bolt by bolt. My new subframe bushes also arrived so thats the job for the weekend.

[Rob_farmer]

Replaced rubber on my clutch pedal

[pacerpete]

I worked on an E30 today. It was very therapeutic Fragging a FOUR door manual 325!

[pony]

I worked on an E30 today. It was very therapeutic Fragging a FOUR door manual 325!

With all those spare parts u have could u not have done it all up ?