'Oddjob' aka 2002 330i Touring
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Sf_Manta said:
B'stard Child said:
Sf_Manta said:
Went back in and went off to Mallory for RetroRides today.
Good work 
What were your impressions of the show?
Otherwise, there was some interesting cars, link for the pics here: https://imgur.com/gallery/m1D58VY
Jhonno said:
Sf_Manta said:
B'stard Child said:
Sf_Manta said:
Went back in and went off to Mallory for RetroRides today.
Good work What were your impressions of the show?
Otherwise, there was some interesting cars, link for the pics here: https://imgur.com/gallery/m1D58VY
Sf_Manta said:
Jhonno said:
Sf_Manta said:
B'stard Child said:
Sf_Manta said:
Went back in and went off to Mallory for RetroRides today.
Good work What were your impressions of the show?
Otherwise, there was some interesting cars, link for the pics here: https://imgur.com/gallery/m1D58VY
Unfortunately you do need a fairly good car knowledge to be able to cover this and "no modern plates" is the accepted criteria for show field which is where the "grey area" issue comes into play.
B'stard Child said:
Sf_Manta said:
Jhonno said:
Sf_Manta said:
B'stard Child said:
Sf_Manta said:
Went back in and went off to Mallory for RetroRides today.
Good work What were your impressions of the show?
Otherwise, there was some interesting cars, link for the pics here: https://imgur.com/gallery/m1D58VY
Unfortunately you do need a fairly good car knowledge to be able to cover this and "no modern plates" is the accepted criteria for show field which is where the "grey area" issue comes into play.
Bit of an update given I've had a week booked off this week, hitting the big 4-0.. 
Yesterday was spent doing a service on the handbrake mech, though needs new discs and pads soon for that too, so end of the month job there. No pictures though.
Today's job was to resolve the very crusty springs, and they arrived from KW yesterday. Today up went the car, first time i've been able to get it fully up on axle stands
Rusty front spring to show how bad they'd gotten, the dampers meanwhile besides a bit of grime on them, were still pretty much mint.
New bush for one of the dampers also got installed, despite bieng a complete PITA to refit!
All back together, just needs a coolant flush and that's about it.
Yesterday was spent doing a service on the handbrake mech, though needs new discs and pads soon for that too, so end of the month job there. No pictures though.
Today's job was to resolve the very crusty springs, and they arrived from KW yesterday. Today up went the car, first time i've been able to get it fully up on axle stands
Rusty front spring to show how bad they'd gotten, the dampers meanwhile besides a bit of grime on them, were still pretty much mint.
New bush for one of the dampers also got installed, despite bieng a complete PITA to refit!
All back together, just needs a coolant flush and that's about it.
Sf_Manta said:
d_a_n1979 said:
Lovely stuff!
They've not weathered very well have they!
Can you powdercoat them and sell them on, or are they past it?
They're pretty past it, they've done 5 years on the car, so i wouldn't want to sell them on.They've not weathered very well have they!
Can you powdercoat them and sell them on, or are they past it?
The new springs should give a good ride though now!
d_a_n1979 said:
Yeah that's fair enough... 5 years old isn't much though; wonder if they're not as well protected as they could be?!
The new springs should give a good ride though now!
A mate has KW V1's on his Mk5 GTI and his springs look like that after 3 years. Not what I would expect from KW!The new springs should give a good ride though now!
ManicMunky said:
d_a_n1979 said:
Yeah that's fair enough... 5 years old isn't much though; wonder if they're not as well protected as they could be?!
The new springs should give a good ride though now!
A mate has KW V1's on his Mk5 GTI and his springs look like that after 3 years. Not what I would expect from KW!The new springs should give a good ride though now!
I know my pals had a few sets it to rebuilt too; all seized, all shot & maybe a few years old...
Well, small disaster last night. Went to warm the car up and try and unstick the windows which had frozen in the cold weather by blasting the heater on full while driving around.
Driver's side made a few clunks then went down, went back up then went down... rapidly and didn't come up. Which is 99% the regulator's gone. :
No pictures yet but the glass is fine, but a very cold drive home and the car's been confined to the garage for the moment.
A quick order from C3 BMW and a new regulator should be here in the next day or two.. just means me getting cold installing it.
Driver's side made a few clunks then went down, went back up then went down... rapidly and didn't come up. Which is 99% the regulator's gone. :
No pictures yet but the glass is fine, but a very cold drive home and the car's been confined to the garage for the moment.
A quick order from C3 BMW and a new regulator should be here in the next day or two.. just means me getting cold installing it.
Sf_Manta said:
Well, small disaster last night. Went to warm the car up and try and unstick the windows which had frozen in the cold weather by blasting the heater on full while driving around.
Driver's side made a few clunks then went down, went back up then went down... rapidly and didn't come up. Which is 99% the regulator's gone. :
No pictures yet but the glass is fine, but a very cold drive home and the car's been confined to the garage for the moment.
A quick order from C3 BMW and a new regulator should be here in the next day or two.. just means me getting cold installing it.
I had that with my one of my E39s...Driver's side made a few clunks then went down, went back up then went down... rapidly and didn't come up. Which is 99% the regulator's gone. :
No pictures yet but the glass is fine, but a very cold drive home and the car's been confined to the garage for the moment.
A quick order from C3 BMW and a new regulator should be here in the next day or two.. just means me getting cold installing it.
Turns out the regulator was frozen and just needed defrosting! A few blasts with WD40 and then lithium grease and it was fine...
Might be worth investigating...
Talk about sods law though
d_a_n1979 said:
I had that with my one of my E39s...
Turns out the regulator was frozen and just needed defrosting! A few blasts with WD40 and then lithium grease and it was fine...
Might be worth investigating...
Talk about sods law though
Yup, C3 to the rescue though, should have the parts tomorrow and will tackle it on SaturdayTurns out the regulator was frozen and just needed defrosting! A few blasts with WD40 and then lithium grease and it was fine...
Might be worth investigating...
Talk about sods law though
Sf_Manta said:
d_a_n1979 said:
I had that with my one of my E39s...
Turns out the regulator was frozen and just needed defrosting! A few blasts with WD40 and then lithium grease and it was fine...
Might be worth investigating...
Talk about sods law though
Yup, C3 to the rescue though, should have the parts tomorrow and will tackle it on SaturdayTurns out the regulator was frozen and just needed defrosting! A few blasts with WD40 and then lithium grease and it was fine...
Might be worth investigating...
Talk about sods law though
So we're all back up and running , ready for Strassenkultur night at Caffine and Machine tonight.
Didn't get many pictures while replacing things as daylight hours were short, but ended up getting another window regulator from Euros after UPS didn't deliver on time and when it did arrive , didn't look anything like what the original looked like ..
So in went the Euro's one with a new motor then managed to get some fresh butile tape from BMW to stick back the vaper barrier properly as someone had been inside the door previously and made a bit of a mess of it.
Didn't get many pictures while replacing things as daylight hours were short, but ended up getting another window regulator from Euros after UPS didn't deliver on time and when it did arrive , didn't look anything like what the original looked like ..
So in went the Euro's one with a new motor then managed to get some fresh butile tape from BMW to stick back the vaper barrier properly as someone had been inside the door previously and made a bit of a mess of it.
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