Shold this be in technical or Pub chat?! Touring maintence!

Post Sat Apr 08, 2006 10:02 pm

How to remove the steering rack and rear axle from a touring without getting back ache or doing your kneck in, or hitting your head.

Take 1 big hairy rope
1 pick up truck in 4*4 mode
Pull gently
Vola!

Post Sat Apr 08, 2006 10:29 pm

Widge,

Your a bad person. Just look at that poor thing

Ian.

Post Sat Apr 08, 2006 10:36 pm

Yes but all the parts are going off to make lots of other little tourings happy. Dobbie now has the nearly new exhaust AFM and FPR........ Less3223 has the alloys to put his sport back to original. gcorkey has the sump so he can turbo his touring, a guy in Bedfordshire has the leather seats....
and it had had an engine fire and about 40kg of filler all over the body, I kid you not... it was what is know in the trade as a shitter.

Post Sat Apr 08, 2006 10:37 pm

Here is fine, Its an E30....Check...Its a BMW....Check.....Its chat....Check

Post Sat Apr 08, 2006 10:39 pm

Sunroof panel for somebody!

Post Sat Apr 08, 2006 10:40 pm

thats certainly an easyier way to do the work,sometimes sacrafices have to be made for the greater good of others,1 e30 dies so several more can live on

Post Sat Apr 08, 2006 10:48 pm

stevetigger wrote:Sunroof panel for somebody!

Hundreds of kilos of filler in the body, go on I'll give you 1 guess what the underneath of the sunroof looks like......................

If anyone needs a fuel tank, it looks like it will be coming off as I can hear the fuel sloshing about and wouldn't want to wase it, the fuel that is not the tank, being a Yorkshireman and all that...

PS What do I do with the hand brake cables when the axle comes off?? Just cut them? If some one converts to discs can they use their old cables?

PS Steve did that code plug work then??

Post Sat Apr 08, 2006 10:57 pm

How would I know if the code plug works

I havent even started the bloody thing

Im going to spend a day on it tomorrow, Like fitting the code plug and temp sender.......and plumbing in a few other bits

Just bought me an Audi Master Cylinder too.

Im just waiting on the Prop to arrive and an electric fan!

Just need a diff and a BLOODY exhaust, that seem like rocking horse poo

Post Sat Apr 08, 2006 11:01 pm

Sorry mate for some reason I have this mental image of it working already!!!

Fitting the code plug shouldn't be difficult, or the temp sender. So what you going to do after 9.30??

Post Sat Apr 08, 2006 11:02 pm

Widge wrote:Sorry mate for some reason I have this mental image of it working already!!!

Fitting the code plug shouldn't be difficult, or the temp sender. So what you going to do after 9.30??

True, Nah Im going to take the rocker cover off and replace all the gaskets then plumb up some stuff like fuel and stuff! It will take me 20mins just to get into the garage!