E34 518i Touring clean up
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Well had a bit of a saga with my E34 being off the road since December with what eventually turned out be an duff ECU
So I thought I would post up some pics similar to the other E34 thread but the opposite end of the spectrum a white 4 cylinder Touring
First I stuck it up on the ramps to investigate the rear body roll
That'll do it
And a week later or so it promptly broke down, gutted.
So I have done a lot of work on the car to try and get it fixed
New coil pack
New leads
New ISCV
New Cam and Crank sensor
New MAF
New DME/ECU
So as it sat, filthy and unloved I decided some time was to be spent on it, the health hazard interior needed sorting
(yes yes I know)
Testing out the winter tyres before it broke
This is how she sat in the unit
Now in the mean time I had picked up a black leather interior and got to work on fitting that, now the issue with this interior is that it was froma LHD car and the now drivers seat had a broken slide handle thing, still worked, but it worked in my favour and I got the interior for £57 and met a thoroughly nice chap who sadly was breaking his E34
Rear seats in
Fronts in
The passenger seat which was LHD drivers seat does require repair, but it can wait, as can the redying of the rear seats and restoration, now for anyone who is interested I will be writing up a guide on how to take E34 seats apart because there are no guides, meaning converting the LHD interior onto my RHD seat bases caused a lot of swearing and a lot shouting and throwing tools around, and some blood loss, but it is possible to convert a LHD seat into a RHD seat, meaning you gain all the functions of the drivers seat back, and BMW f
k you hard! My hands are cut to shreds because of your seat design.
So I finally got the car back after fitting a new ECU and time spent at the garage took its toll, as I found out a mouse had got into my car and decided my service history and middle seat belt was good to eat, caught him though, proves that somethings do like green wine gums little st.
No real order because they have uploaded in a weird order but to give you some idea of the filth on my car
Starting to get somewhere though
On the list to fix is the rear suspension though,
Front
Rear
Got more photos to add of the filth that encrusted the car, but the next job will be a complete chassis clean up, wheel arches, and a lot more
So I thought I would post up some pics similar to the other E34 thread but the opposite end of the spectrum a white 4 cylinder Touring
First I stuck it up on the ramps to investigate the rear body roll
That'll do it
And a week later or so it promptly broke down, gutted.
So I have done a lot of work on the car to try and get it fixed
New coil pack
New leads
New ISCV
New Cam and Crank sensor
New MAF
New DME/ECU
So as it sat, filthy and unloved I decided some time was to be spent on it, the health hazard interior needed sorting
(yes yes I know)
Testing out the winter tyres before it broke
This is how she sat in the unit
Now in the mean time I had picked up a black leather interior and got to work on fitting that, now the issue with this interior is that it was froma LHD car and the now drivers seat had a broken slide handle thing, still worked, but it worked in my favour and I got the interior for £57 and met a thoroughly nice chap who sadly was breaking his E34
Rear seats in
Fronts in
The passenger seat which was LHD drivers seat does require repair, but it can wait, as can the redying of the rear seats and restoration, now for anyone who is interested I will be writing up a guide on how to take E34 seats apart because there are no guides, meaning converting the LHD interior onto my RHD seat bases caused a lot of swearing and a lot shouting and throwing tools around, and some blood loss, but it is possible to convert a LHD seat into a RHD seat, meaning you gain all the functions of the drivers seat back, and BMW f
k you hard! My hands are cut to shreds because of your seat design.So I finally got the car back after fitting a new ECU and time spent at the garage took its toll, as I found out a mouse had got into my car and decided my service history and middle seat belt was good to eat, caught him though, proves that somethings do like green wine gums little s
t.No real order because they have uploaded in a weird order but to give you some idea of the filth on my car
Starting to get somewhere though
On the list to fix is the rear suspension though,
Front
Rear
Got more photos to add of the filth that encrusted the car, but the next job will be a complete chassis clean up, wheel arches, and a lot more
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