£450 740i what could go wrong?

[downthepub]

pits said:

3 little words
"it was cheap"

Doesn't work unfortunately, effectiveness has been worn out. Boo.

eltax91 said:

Mustang?

Yah, totes. Can't wait

[SturdyHSV]

helix402 said:

The eBay 728 has a magic mileage history:

I wonder if some of the readout is faulty, and it's in fact 181,000, and reads like 131,000. Would add up with the 16-20k average it's been doing recently?

[pits]

SturdyHSV said:

helix402 said:

The eBay 728 has a magic mileage history:

I wonder if some of the readout is faulty, and it's in fact 181,000, and reads like 131,000. Would add up with the 16-20k average it's been doing recently?

Advert states something like "I think mileage is around 130k, can't check because battery is flat"

Got car back from garage on the new struts, sadly no alternator till Friday kind of annoyed, but whatever gives me time to continue sorting out the rest of it I suppose.

[pits]

Well I now have an alternator, so it looks like new year for the mot, unless I can muster the energy to fit it and fix the door properly, half tempted to just buy a new door complete and get it painted as it's just no longer happy after my pry barring, which is weird

E38 being broken not too far from me, and to be fair doors don't really sell so hoping it will be cheap.

[anonymous-user]

Keep looking for this one every day, how,s it coming along?

[pits]

No progress as been short of time, but hoping alternator is going in this week, got new Top hose so hopefully be running, just need a door then

[pits]

So here is an actual update.
I've got the alternator back on as got tired of waiting for garage to do it, not their fault they're busy and this is a job on the side.
I've got new aircon belt on
I've got new alternator belt on
I've got my new radiator top hose out the pack and pulled the old half off the expansion tank
I've got my sharp snips to remove the hose clamp off the radiator side, only problem is I know have a bit of pipe with the end of my radiator fking stuck in it

Seriously, when will this car stop fighting me? I'm saving you car, I am actually rescuing you from your rotting in a field life and this is how you repay me, I now need a new radiator to replace the nearly brand new fking radiator that was in you, you utter swine, how much of a can one car be?


So I am going to go relax myself by putting the seat back in....what could honestly go fking wrong now?

bd.

[Barchettaman]

There's got to be some way to bodge, sorry, improvise a field repair, on the existing rad.

C'mon. You can do it.

[pits]

Barchettaman said:

There's got to be some way to bodge, sorry, improvise a field repair, on the existing rad.

C'mon. You can do it.

Sadly there is not, I rang a rad specialist, I don't think he knew what I was on about really but its the return feed pipe here, the small one that angles off the top of the rad, it's snapped off completely, now I am convinced that it can be repaired as that thing looks like it comes out....hmmm lets go to my old radiator storage

[bungz]

No way of tapping and putting a brass insert into it?

[pits]

So I have had a look, and yes you can buy the bit I have broken off, however in replacing it you will break more of the radiator as it is old and brittle, also the rad is full of radweld so I think I am just going to buy the new radiator, I will take it up with me anyway to the radiator place and see if it is worth saving, but for £68 is it worth the hassle?

This is the part here
http://www.ebay.com/itm/BMW-E38-E39-525i-528i-740i...

However, the way it locks in is with two little plastic tabs, and they're just going to snap off if I do them.

[MarkwG]

It's that time of year, I suspect: I've broken stupid bits of plastic due to too cold & inflexible. Hate working on cars in winter

[C70R]

pits said:

the rad is full of radweld

Bin it, or it will only cause you problems further down the road.

[pits]

C70R said:

pits said:

the rad is full of radweld

Bin it, or it will only cause you problems further down the road.

Yeah, I've spent the rest of the day putting seat back in, then I flushed out the coolant reservoir with hot water till both sides were emptying clean.

Then back fed the engine engine and flushed out the orange coolant that should be blue, as annoying as it is I'll just put the new rad in, just not worth fking about with really.

So maybe tomorrow I can actually drive it properly around site

[frankenstein12]

Where are you getting your rad from?

[M3333]

Good luck Pits, keep going, the old beast will live again eh!

Have a look here for a Rad, ive read good things about Nissen rads and have one on my e36 328i, quality was excellent.

http://www.mister-auto.co.uk/en/radiator/nissens-6...

[pits]

frankenstein12 said:

Where are you getting your rad from?

Place cashed fast rads, that usually run a record service and always been very good on price, though their website is quite funny
Stock status



May even go get the door tomorrow as well

[Grant20V]

This era of BMW were a nightmare for radiators and cooling. Best off biting the bullet and replacing.

Hope you get it all sorted.

[pits]

It finally fking lives, new radiator in, door is also here to go on.

Taken it for a spin around the site and
Abs light on
DSC light on
Airbag light on
No speedo
Other than that seems to be alright

[anonymous-user]

take the bulbs out and all alright...

at least it is running..