My new old 540i

[Kinky]

Absolutely gorgeous

My only observation is the wheels. But other than that - cool

K

[sniff diesel]

Six Fiend said:

I like "IMHO", gives me ideas

Really does sound like Brian Blessed, sound clip here from one the same, although I believe mine still has his centre box. It's lovely rumbling along

Blessed 540

We worship you 'o Brian:

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=WIjBO26qjYM

[Six Fiend]

He's not the M5, er, he's just a lairy 540i

Tinkering has begun and thus far...

Screw trim on glovebox properly (hardly rocket science)
Vacuum interior and find it's rather good.
New sidelight bulb.
Wipe around engine bay and check all levels.
Take horrible sticker off coffee table to reveal mobile phone holder holes! Will get a replacement...
LKM well fecked so will find replacement.
Discover hole near top of winscreen washer bottle. Mark level and remember not to fill with more than 2 litres.
Clear washer jets with a pin (why don't people do this?)
Discover headrests are electric!
Replace tacky tax disc holder.

Tomorrow I need to buy a new microfilter to help the air-con along.
I need two bulbs for the dashboard (temp guage is dark in the dark, not good on an E34!)
Condition the leather, refurb a couple of minor wear marks.

I'll buy some stone chip and touch up paint for when I tackle the door corners, a spot over the NSR bumper, NSF door sill and the NSR sill corner. No major holes just a few previously touched in bits to re-paint.

Monster wash, scratch remover, polish and wax session.

When warmer I'll pop off the door trims and clean and lube the window runners and motors. Will buy bag of new clips first.

That should be it, just need to keep the servicing up to date and drive it for fun

Edited by Six Fiend on Sunday 14th December 15:12

Edited by Six Fiend on Sunday 14th December 15:14

[sniff diesel]

What's LKM?

[Six Fiend]

Light Control Module abbreviated in German

Keeps telling me my no. plate lights and rear lights are out when they're not.

[y2blade]

Six Fiend said:

Okay I confess I have a fetish for E34s. A couple of you on here have spoken to me recently about yours for sale - thank you again for your time. This is the one I went for having missed the 63k miler.

It's done 111k, has had a few bits of suspension etc replaced, good service history, drives nicely and has a Torqueflow stainless system which sounds like Brian Blessed being hoofed in the knackers. Hence the car is called Brian.

Has climate and electric seats, a coffee table in the front and original toolkit and torch.

I have no plans to modify it but will fix a few things - light control mod on the way out but have sourced another cheaply (will solder this one afterwards). Service lights don't work but history fine so will put on to-do list. Bodywork has a couple of small blemishes and leather has one scuff on back seat. It's a toy and a late boyhood dream and my first V8

It may have belonged to a PHer, it was traded for an M5. Cost me £1750 from a dealer.

Edited by Six Fiend on Friday 12th December 15:48

Edited by Six Fiend on Friday 12th December 16:09

very nice indeed alot of car for the cash


all the best with it

[Scrotum]

Six Fiend said:

Light Control Module abbreviated in German

Keeps telling me my no. plate lights and rear lights are out when they're not.

Unplug the headlight level motors

[mister.t]

Looks like a great car, congratulations

[sniff diesel]

I'm thinking a manual 540i touring would be the perfect car for me now I work within walking distance of home. Shame they seem so hard to find.

[minimatt1967]

sniff diesel said:

I'm thinking a manual 540i touring would be the perfect car for me now I work within walking distance of home. Shame they seem so hard to find.

There was one on autotrader for about £3k, strong money but it was

[Ecurie Ecosse]

At last! I found a pic of an e34 with the 17 inch cross spokes for your info:

Edited by Ecurie Ecosse on Thursday 18th December 12:48

[Six Fiend]

Ta Not too different from my old one

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

[Diesel Meister]

minimatt1967 said:

Very nice needs a set of throwing star alloys and jobs a good'un

Plus and indeed, one'd.

Lovely chariot sir.

Edited by Diesel Meister on Thursday 18th December 17:56

[Six Fiend]

Thanks for all the supportive comments chaps, much appreciated as a number of my friends just don't see the attraction!

Today's jobs have been to spend 45 minutes taking off the door trims, lubing the window mechanisms and replacing various trim clips. Windows now all work although one motor is getting lazy - NSR so not too bothered for now.

Then it was time to attack the microfilter. I've done one before, but was less arthritic then. Bugger of a job with climate as there's a sword to mess about with. Managed to get it all out, along with two handfuls of leaves! Will add pics when at the office. Vents now work

Edited by Six Fiend on Thursday 18th December 18:16

[bob1179]

Ecurie Ecosse said:

At last! I found a pic of an e34 with the 17 inch cross spokes for your info:

Edited by Ecurie Ecosse on Thursday 18th December 12:48

There is someone with a green (I think it's green, it's always dark when I see it) 540i saloon in the Bridgend area with those wheels fitted to their car. It looks lovely. He sometimes parks next to my 540i at Asda making me look bad as I haven't washed mine in almost four months...

[Six Fiend]

Could this be the original micro filter...

It was a little black compared with a new one



And one of the three handfuls of leaves which came out with it...



The blower works now

[daninsidious]

How many of us have pondered about getting a V8 'barge' to waft about in? Thumbs up mate and I'm now searching the classified for a V8 barge of my own.

[Six Fiend]

Luckily for me this is a project to complete over the next 12 months before the lease expires on my other car.

Good job too having put my hand through the NSR sill the other morning. You know how you have those moments when you think "I know there's a hole right through there, I'll just poke it with this key and ooooooh that's a touch bigger than I expected..."

Since the last update:

I've cleaned up the leather (Kiwi black shoe polish worked a treat).
Replaced all dash bulbs (including the missing ones which led me to believe engine light may come on, but it didn't!)

Next:

A few common E34 electrical niggles to sort out (bro is an electrics man so that's easy), wiper bushes have gone so wipers rubbing on bonnet, and of course the door bottoms and a few places need a touch of paint.

I'll get a man to see to the welding for me too!

Still loving it

Edited by Six Fiend on Wednesday 24th December 14:52

[Kinky]

daninsidious said:

How many of us have pondered about getting a V8 'barge' to waft about in? Thumbs up mate and I'm now searching the classified for a V8 barge of my own.

How about a V12 .....

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/773339.htm

[Six Fiend]

Now that's bargetastic...and just too big to park here