The search for a BMW E66 Barge Borker

[BMWill]

A friend of mine has one of these. He swapped his 06 plate L200 animal for a 52 plate E65 745i... Sounds glorious but he's comfortably spent £4k in maintenance in the year he's had it.

[Prizam]

BMWill said:

A friend of mine has one of these. He swapped his 06 plate L200 animal for a 52 plate E65 745i... Sounds glorious but he's comfortably spent £4k in maintenance in the year he's had it.

Anything before 2005 should be avoided like unprotected sex with an Ethiopian transvestite!

[harrykul]

Prizam said:

Anything before 2005 should be avoided like unprotected sex with an Ethiopian transvestite!

Or sold to you! Great thread!

[eliot]

Prizam said:

Anything before 2005 should be avoided like unprotected sex with an Ethiopian transvestite!

Interesting - mines a march 05 i think, i was specifically looking for facelift 05's but with the lower car tax bracket. Cant be many that are old enough to avoid the problems yet young enough to avoid increased tax.

[Rindergulasch]

Love this thread. But couldn't you post at least one picture of the outside, perhaps?

[Mr Tidy]

Prizam said:

Anything before 2005 should be avoided like unprotected sex with an Ethiopian transvestite!

No. no no, totally frack to bont - anything after 2005 should be avoided like unprotected sex with an Ethiopian tranny IMO!

My 2006 Z4C had a new water pump (£500+) and a thermostat (£100+) - I got a complete cooling system refresh on my 2002 E46 353ti fitted for just over £400!

Progress - my F*****G Ar*e - unless that means bigger and more frequent bills!?

[Prizam]

Mr Tidy said:

Prizam said:

Anything before 2005 should be avoided like unprotected sex with an Ethiopian transvestite!

No. no no, totally frack to bont - anything after 2005 should be avoided like unprotected sex with an Ethiopian tranny IMO!

My 2006 Z4C had a new water pump (£500+) and a thermostat (£100+) - I got a complete cooling system refresh on my 2002 E46 353ti fitted for just over £400!

Progress - my F*****G Ar*e - unless that means bigger and more frequent bills!?

BMW in general prehaps, but you wouldnt want an early E65 / 66 !

[Prizam]

Rindergulasch said:

Love this thread. But couldn't you post at least one picture of the outside, perhaps?

Only one i have is below.... with some other toys.

I wanted t get out and take some piccys today, but its raining. Promis i will get some better documnted evidence of it for you.

[eliot]

Prizam said:

I have this cable

Ordered yesterday turned up 9am this morning!

[MichelV]

I think it is fair to say that the OP is good at buying lux-barges but total crap at taking pictures.

Man, I thought I was inadequate when it came to taking pictures....

[Prizam]

MichelV said:

I think it is fair to say that the OP is good at buying lux-barges but total crap at taking pictures.

Man, I thought I was inadequate when it came to taking pictures....

Sounds about right. It needs a wheel bearing doing now, so will make sure I document that properly and see if I can take some catchup pictures.

[jonah35]

You're mad!

So, you bought a previous car sold as a non runner with knackered engine, then decided it was a non runner and gave it to a garage? Madness!

All the hassle and cost on these cars - I can't believe you had to dry out the foot wells, that dehumidifier will have dried the leather.

You have the patience of a saint but I still think you're mad!!

[Prizam]

jonah35 said:

You're mad!

So, you bought a previous car sold as a non runner with knackered engine, then decided it was a non runner and gave it to a garage? Madness!

All the hassle and cost on these cars - I can't believe you had to dry out the foot wells, that dehumidifier will have dried the leather.

You have the patience of a saint but I still think you're mad!!

Yup... probably slightly bonkers.

[Prizam]

This weekends task was to replace the nearside, rear wheel bearing.

After reading up on how to replace the bearing... and the tools i would need. i bottled it.

£40 later on ebay and i had a used entire hub and break assembly heading my way.



Step 1 - Remove the bearing hub



This came apart just fine in the vice in the garage.

(Sorry for the lack of pictures again.. i did takle soem of my own though.)


Step 2 - Remove the scabby wheel


Step 3 - Remove the brake calliper and carrier and disk










Step 4 - Realise you should have left it all in place because you need to shift this huge fack off bolt.




Step 5 - Put it all back together again, put your 36mm socket on the nut and proceed to break / sheer 3 1/2 drive bars off.

Step 6 - Beer, and ebay to find a 3/4 drive set to break next weekend.

[Krikkit]

If you want to step it up a notch from the 3/4" bar, this Clarke impact gun works wonders on hub nuts: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/201012393013

Still useful having a big strong 3/4" bar around though.

[Prizam]

Tempted by a good electric impact gun. If it is indeed enough to remove this bolt, i feat it would spin me round in the process. I had a massive bar on the thing.

I also have an air impact gun, not a chance in hell of it even touching this nut. Dont know its torque ratings though.

[Sparkzz]

You need a bigger bar. Slide a length of 2inch dia. pipe over a 3ft bar, should get it off.

Impact guns won't be able to get it off if you can't already with a long bar. Unless you're really weak.

[Prizam]

Bar nor my strength were not the issue. The tools i have kept on sheering in half.

[eliot]

Soak in penetrating fluid and a bit of heat on the nut should help it come off. Doesn't seem big enough to be breaking 1/2 bars on - I can only assume they are cheap ones?

[Prizam]

Soaked in penetrating fluid, don't want to use heat on it for fear of distorting something. I only have a standard torch any way, never had much luck with it.


Tools were a Mix of Halfords Pro, and draper. So not uber cheap.