What did you do to your E30 today?

[davelarge]

Fitted my new smoked crosshair lights

[Gavla]

Fitted a Bosch S5 096 Battery...

[johnono]

washed the car whilst listening to slipmatt on tunein,
so a flashback sunday
No pics of the car after sadly

also found out my central locking relay is dead, and i did the red black wire mod .

[jas025]

Went to take it for the MOT then this happened getting it out of the garage.



Took me an hour to sort it out by disconnecting the cable and rewrapping it round the cone but the cable has a number of kinks in it and it looks like it might go at some point. Missed my MOT slot



I rent the garage but organising someone to fix it will involve a bit of pissing about and having to put the car somewhere else while it gets done. I had a quick look at the web and it doesn't look overly complicated.

Are these simple to fix yourself? If so might have a go and deduct it from the rent.

[hennabm]

You can buy a new cable and fit it.

All that is needed is to take off the tension and then retension it afterwards.

IIRC there are a couple of allen keys to undo on the main cross bar which then allows you to engage a couple small bars to allow you to turn the spring round and round to retension the cables.

[Neilios]

Mades quite a few plates. Welded some holes up! More to do in the next few weeks.

[jas025]

You can buy a new cable and fit it.

All that is needed is to take off the tension and then retension it afterwards.

IIRC there are a couple of allen keys to undo on the main cross bar which then allows you to engage a couple small bars to allow you to turn the spring round and round to retension the cables.

Cheers - I'll look for the make on the back of the door - have seen a few youtube clips that give some instruction.

[Cypriotgeeza]

Well not quite today (yesterday) but still

[Mafisher]

Fitted a new battery and bled the clutch! Next is new brakes all round and MOT

[singlezero]

It's been a long time coming, but finally in my mates garage today and let him work his magic...

(It's Brilliantrot by the way, my camera was struggling big tme with the gleam)

[Gert_8]

Was that done at mates rates? If not, how much did it cost, if you don't mind saying.

[singlezero]

I haven't got a figure I'm afraid.

[my325ise]

I fitted a new battery, fitted new 14"BBS (courtesy of T-coz), put an MOT on her, insured and Taxed her, gave a her a quick wash ( polish after it stops raining) and fixed the alarm and started installing some I.C.E... Bussy and Expensive week!!

[my325ise]

Maybe silly question but has my avatar taken over everyone else's page?! (Sizewise)

[Gert_8]

Yes!!

[BHadley]

Finally fitted a diff that's been knocking around, hopefully no milk float sounds now! had cleaned it up and painted it before fitting.
lubed all drop links and ARB bush mounts to aid removal to renew parts

[my325ise]

Yes!!

My apologies.. I don't know how that happened! I've deleted it now!

[biggill]

New shoes on the lady, original BBS RM split wheels along with a brand new wind screen chrome trim

[hennabm]

MOT and oil service at dealer and then fitted new fuel gauge.

However, the new gauge came with the face marked in litres instead of just 1/2 and F.

So a quick swop of the old face to the new unit and voila - a working fuel gauge again

[bigbird76]

Cleaned the car today and went for a quick spin

[oomz1975]

Cleaned the car today and went for a quick spin

Properly nice!

[milescook]

Fixed my ignition (push button), sprayed the roof with hammerite as there's bits of rust coming up , oh and not today but las week, fixed my passenger window after two years US...

Next month she's going back on the road. Hello trackdays!

[Motorhole]

Failed to fix it. Again.

[Jona1971]

Flushed radiator and fitted new Thermostat, topped up with blue coolant.

Gearbox next...

[daimlerman]

MOT and oil service at dealer and then fitted new fuel gauge.

However, the new gauge came with the face marked in litres instead of just 1/2 and F.

So a quick swop of the old face to the new unit and voila - a working fuel gauge again

So the new gauge came with a European face?
I swapped a klm speedo to keep the litre fuel gauge in my touring!

[hennabm]

MOT and oil service at dealer and then fitted new fuel gauge.

However, the new gauge came with the face marked in litres instead of just 1/2 and F.

So a quick swop of the old face to the new unit and voila - a working fuel gauge again

So the new gauge came with a European face?
I swapped a klm speedo to keep the litre fuel gauge in my touring!

It certainly did. I prefer the original of half and full rather than litres but I can see the attraction

[Craggy73]

Fitted my new fuel tank. Put the diff, subframe and trailing arms back together ready to fit back on the car.

[E30Worx]

Tried to adjust tappets... had wrong feeler gauge... will try again in the week with the right tools.

Tried to fit new discs and pads... found no disc retaining screw in the drivers side front disc and couldn't get the calipers off so another failure.

Opened a big box containing fuel filler neck... looked at it a bit and then didn't even attempt.

Quite a bit for me to do this week including preparing the Mtech 2 kit ready for fitting and then breakdown of the entire car, fitting of new wing, ready for full respray.

Need to remove all interior including carpet. Carpet will be redyed black and leather is getting a full Lotus White makeover.

[jonnyd]

fitted new battery took her out for the first time in three months ran like a dream! happy days

[brian_s]

Opened garage door, thought how good it would be to have it on the road, remembered I'm a lazy sod and shut the door again!

[jimbom30cab]

bought this

[davidt]

Like the wheels Jim, will you be taking this to the Liphook show.

[johnono]

Sorted the central locking system out , at last i can lock the car
Turned out to be 2 motors and the conto, unit that needed to be changed. Now nice and smooth

Also changed the 4 o-rings on the head>coolant pipe on the s14 so no more water leak

And then took it for a drive for about 4 hours

[Rich2388]

Thats tasty looking jim. Where did you find it?

[jimbom30cab]

Yes I will Dave, see you there

Rich, I gave it a mini resto last year , then sold it and I just bought it