der Mumienwagen; E91 330i Touring

[Jakg]

Court_S said:

Once they were fitted and checked to be working, I used the remaining day light to replace the trim at the bottom of the windscreen that the scuttle trim clicks into. BMW call it a ledge.



The ledge fitted tinted car was really loose on the screen and windows basically fall off as soon as the scuttle is removed. The new one is much, much tighter. In fact it was a sod to get in place.

The scuttle trim now clips in place properly and the corners site tight to the windscreen.

Do you have a part number of the bit that wore out? Mines never sat right since a windscreen replacement and I've been avoiding it thinking I'd need a whole new surround.

[Court_S]

Jakg said:

Do you have a part number of the bit that wore out? Mines never sat right since a windscreen replacement and I've been avoiding it thinking I'd need a whole new surround.

Yeah, it’s 51137133292.

I paid about £15.

[Swervin_Mervin]

I'll definitely be getting new one of those

[Court_S]

Swervin_Mervin said:

I'll definitely be getting new one of those

They’re dirt cheap; the old supporting ledge wouldn’t stay out in the screen, so no wonder the scuttle panel refused to sit flush.

The rubber seal that the lower half of the cabin filter box clips to is dirt cheap too. That’s been replaced because it didn’t stay put either.

[d_a_n1979]

Court_S said:

d_a_n1979 said:

I do like them Sam

I saw a glacier silver 340i touring the other day with the M Performance rear lights fitted and I really like them!

Tempted to get a set for my touring TBH

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/174797205114

Cheers Dan, I’m pleased with them too.

Do it…it’s only money!

I probably will do pal; but wondering if they're not plug n play. So will give BMW a ring (need to chase re my CF steering wheel trim as thats not arrived yet; no email to say they've sent it either)!

[Mr Penguin]

What a great looking car, especially with the new exhaust tips. Why is it called der Mumienwagen?

[d_a_n1979]

Mr Penguin said:

What a great looking car, especially with the new exhaust tips. Why is it called der Mumienwagen?

'Mummies Cart' in the Teutonic's finest

[Court_S]

d_a_n1979 said:

'Mummies Cart' in the Teutonic's finest

Got it.

It’s my wife’s car for mummy duties, hence the name.

[Court_S]

I took the car for an alignment this afternoon and they couldn’t do it because the track rod ends were seized solid.

I’d already preempted this by ordering a pair of inners and ends. They didn’t have time to fit them this afternoon so it looks like I’ll be doing it between Christmas and New Hear and hoping the weather holds.

I also had a crack at fitting the detachable tow bar today and it’s a piece of cake so I’ll be buying a bike carrier to lug tyree bikes around in the spring.

A few other bits will be getting sorted soon too; the lacquer peel on the rear bumper is getting pretty bad so looks like that’ll need sorting soon too.

[Jhonno]

Court_S said:

I took the car for an alignment this afternoon and they couldn’t do it because the track rod ends were seized solid.

I’d already preempted this by ordering a pair of inners and ends. They didn’t have time to fit them this afternoon so it looks like I’ll be doing it between Christmas and New Hear and hoping the weather holds.

They must have been really tight for time as that is a nice quick easy job to do inners and outers!

Just need to make sure you have a nice big spanner for the inners.. I've always used stilsons tbh..

[Court_S]

Jhonno said:

They must have been really tight for time as that is a nice quick easy job to do inners and outers!

Just need to make sure you have a nice big spanner for the inners.. I've always used stilsons tbh..

I just don’t think they fancied it to be honest. They quoted a couple of hours labour plus VAT to do it.

I’ve bought a really big adjustable and and even bigger pipe wrench so I’m pretty confident that I’ll get the inners out. No don’t the 21mm not on the tied rod end will put up a fight and need to be cut off.

[Court_S]

Jhonno said:

They must have been really tight for time as that is a nice quick easy job to do inners and outers!

Just need to make sure you have a nice big spanner for the inners.. I've always used stilsons tbh..

I just don’t think they fancied it to be honest. They quoted a couple of hours labour plus VAT to do it.

I’ve bought a really big adjustable and and even bigger pipe wrench so I’m pretty confident that I’ll get the inners out. No don’t the 21mm not on the tied rod end will put up a fight and need to be cut off.

[Mr Tidy]

Court_S said:

Jhonno said:

They must have been really tight for time as that is a nice quick easy job to do inners and outers!

Just need to make sure you have a nice big spanner for the inners.. I've always used stilsons tbh..

I just don’t think they fancied it to be honest. They quoted a couple of hours labour plus VAT to do it.

I’ve bought a really big adjustable and and even bigger pipe wrench so I’m pretty confident that I’ll get the inners out. No don’t the 21mm not on the tied rod end will put up a fight and need to be cut off.

I took my Z4 for a 4 wheel alignment in 2021 at an ex-Sytner BMW Indy who had the same problem and kept it for the best part of a week!

He just replaced them both, which may have been cheaper than battling with them for hours. And as he said it'll be an easy job if I need an alignment again!

[Willber]

Ive used those cheap socket adapter things for inner tie rods with success on a couple of cars. Makes undoing it a bit easier as you can get a ratchet or breaker on it from the wheel well. Good luck, sure you'll sort it either way

[pmorg4]

Court_S said:

I took the car for an alignment this afternoon and they couldn’t do it because the track rod ends were seized solid.

I’d already preempted this by ordering a pair of inners and ends. They didn’t have time to fit them this afternoon so it looks like I’ll be doing it between Christmas and New Hear and hoping the weather holds.

I also had a crack at fitting the detachable tow bar today and it’s a piece of cake so I’ll be buying a bike carrier to lug tyree bikes around in the spring.

A few other bits will be getting sorted soon too; the lacquer peel on the rear bumper is getting pretty bad so looks like that’ll need sorting soon too.

I had exactly the same issue with mine, luckily when they gave up trying to adjust the toe it was just in spec so the car was still fine to drive, but I'm planning to replace the inners and outers at some point (I already have a set ready to go on when I get the time).

I have a tube of anti-seize compound to soother the threads and hopefully keep them free for a little longer, but who knows whether it will make much difference given the location and exposure to road grime and salt etc.

[pmorg4]

Willber said:

Ive used those cheap socket adapter things for inner tie rods with success on a couple of cars. Makes undoing it a bit easier as you can get a ratchet or breaker on it from the wheel well. Good luck, sure you'll sort it either way

What are those? As above it's a job I need to tackle at some point, and I was thinking either using water pump pliers or buying a big adjustable spanner, but the torque spec looks pretty chunky on these so a better tool suggestion is always welcome.

[Jhonno]

Court_S said:

Jhonno said:

They must have been really tight for time as that is a nice quick easy job to do inners and outers!

Just need to make sure you have a nice big spanner for the inners.. I've always used stilsons tbh..

I just don’t think they fancied it to be honest. They quoted a couple of hours labour plus VAT to do it.

I’ve bought a really big adjustable and and even bigger pipe wrench so I’m pretty confident that I’ll get the inners out. No don’t the 21mm not on the tied rod end will put up a fight and need to be cut off.

Yeah definitely not a couple of hour job, especially on a ramp etc.

One of mine came off, the other half off and had to cut it. Easy enough access luckily!

[Court_S]

pmorg4 said:

What are those? As above it's a job I need to tackle at some point, and I was thinking either using water pump pliers or buying a big adjustable spanner, but the torque spec looks pretty chunky on these so a better tool suggestion is always welcome.

I assume he’s referring to these:



Not sure how much use it’ll be for me because I want to reuse the boots. OE ones are sodding expensive and the Lemforder ones I bought for my 335i don’t fit over the steering rack.

[Court_S]

Mr Tidy said:

I took my Z4 for a 4 wheel alignment in 2021 at an ex-Sytner BMW Indy who had the same problem and kept it for the best part of a week!

He just replaced them both, which may have been cheaper than battling with them for hours. And as he said it'll be an easy job if I need an alignment again!

I’m not in the mood to fight trying to just get the ends off. I did with my 335i but it’s different working on cars in the summer than in the winter!

[Court_S]

pmorg4 said:

I had exactly the same issue with mine, luckily when they gave up trying to adjust the toe it was just in spec so the car was still fine to drive, but I'm planning to replace the inners and outers at some point (I already have a set ready to go on when I get the time).

I have a tube of anti-seize compound to soother the threads and hopefully keep them free for a little longer, but who knows whether it will make much difference given the location and exposure to road grime and salt etc.

My tools in an ascending level of severity!



I’ll be chucking on some anti-seize. It can’t hurt.