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Put new tires on my E34. My old ones were worn, particularly the front ones, front left was losing air, and they were OLD. One of them was from '99, the others from '00 or '01. Why do used cars you buy always have crappy old worn tires? I put on new 205/65/15 Fulda Carat Progresso, which were rated as #1 in ADAC's yearly tire test 2009. I can't tell much differece in just driving normally and taking turns as it's not exactly a race car, but they're MUCH more comfortable when driving over sett or other rough road. I also used another set of wheels with a nicer design (original BMW Styling 5); cleaned them and put new valves in.
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# ? Jun 9, 2009 10:57 |
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Although to be fair, it was one of my coworkers who was borrowing my car who did it.
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# ? Jun 9, 2009 21:21 |
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Ordered replacement carpet for my '86 Daytona, and FINALLY got the correct rear brake hoses for the '91 Disc brake rear-end swap.
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# ? Jun 9, 2009 22:44 |
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Pilsner posted:I also used another set of wheels with a nicer design (original BMW Styling 5); cleaned them and put new valves in. Any pics? I don't think I've ever seen an e34 with Style 5s.
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# ? Jun 9, 2009 23:04 |
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I installed a head I just re-built for the umpteenth time. I tried cranking it over with a wrench, and It didnt want to go. not sure why, probably something simple and stupid. In the process of cranking I think I broke something. there was a fairly loud pop in my chest, where I was leaning against the car for leverage. Its not super painful, like I would imagine broken bones are, but it is really achy and sore. I think im done for the day.
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# ? Jun 10, 2009 01:02 |
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Managed to get the broken bolt out of the engine just by grabbing it with vice grips and backing it out. Will replace the water pump and put my car back together tomorrow. Fixed the passenger window crank on my MK1 caddy.
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# ? Jun 10, 2009 02:48 |
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Today all I did was dump some fluid into my power steering - I've still got a small leak. The other day I whittled a hose connector out of some schedule 80 PVC with some Vise-Grips to replace a section of the return hose that rubbed against my accessory belt. I'm losing a little fluid at the edges when the system's up to pressure since it's not properly barbed like an actual connector, but it should hold together until I get paid and can buy a real replacement hose.SFH1989 posted:The day after I got back I used it in a TSD Rally and actually made the last checkpoint. Congrats on this, I got a new job about a month ago and couldn't make it up. I seem to make it to like 15% of those drat things, it sucks. My navigator got a wagon of his own, if we manage to make it to the Turkey Tour we might end up switching duties or something.
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# ? Jun 10, 2009 04:07 |
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After a small spinout and meeting a fire hydrant in December, I finally got around to fixing my truck. After looking under the front, it seems the plastic broke around the bolts on the sub-bumper (inner bumper?) I figure a quick ghetto fix will work! It's a lease car I have to turn in soon, so I didn't want to pay for repair, nor did I want to jack up my insurance by reporting it. So... Taking the bumper off is so simple a trained monkey (me, although I'm not so trained) can do it. pffffft, that's not so bad. I'm sure this would cost me $1200 to fix at a dealer though. I swear the repair manual specifically says to use "washers and gorilla glue"! It's MUCH easier to take the bumper outer skin off before removing or putting the whole bumper back on. Hindsight and all. Good as new (as long as you don't look underneath)! The last pic is kinda lovely because it was getting dark. Go Go Gadget Ghetto Body Work! Doctor Zero fucked around with this message at 22:22 on Jun 12, 2009 |
# ? Jun 12, 2009 22:19 |
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In theory, I've fixed the fuel tank leak on my housemate's Toyota. We shall see.
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# ? Jun 12, 2009 22:23 |
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I was about to reinstall the subframe in my e30 but both of the old bushings metallic inserts broke off in the chassis. I removed one and my arms hurt too much to try the other.
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# ? Jun 13, 2009 02:25 |
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I got to replace 2 of the tires on my Jeep today as some rear end in a top hat pickup in front of me didn't know how to secure down his metal scrap.
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# ? Jun 13, 2009 11:47 |
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Contraband posted:Any pics? I don't think I've ever seen an e34 with Style 5s. Here you go. 15 inches of fury. There's only *just* room enough for the stock 302mm brakes . I took 'em from a 535 that I took apart, and they were a stock option back then: BMW catalog
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# ? Jun 13, 2009 20:49 |
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Took off my (illegal) black and white plates, and put on the required yellow and white plates, after being pulled over by the cops a few too many times. I'm just disappointed in the amount of time it will take to build up the beautiful patina of dirt I had going on with the old plates
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# ? Jun 13, 2009 21:18 |
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Debating whether or not to start to lightly mod my GTP. Although I've been doing that for a couple weeks now. Downpipe, colder tstat, wizzair intake, pcm, smaller pulley... I don't know. mcvey fucked around with this message at 21:24 on Jun 13, 2009 |
# ? Jun 13, 2009 21:21 |
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Did a bit of bodywork on the Micra. And yes, the Toyota appears to now be leak-free.
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# ? Jun 13, 2009 21:23 |
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it seems my engine was knocking, so I mixed it up with 2 gallons of 109 octane to "cure" the horrible gas that seemed to cause the issue. Also learned how incredibly finicky the twin turbo system in my car is and how dangerous is to raise boost. So 268 HP it is...
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# ? Jun 13, 2009 22:18 |
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Fuelslt1 fucked around with this message at 16:21 on Nov 28, 2018 |
# ? Jun 13, 2009 22:20 |
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In between watching le mans i managed to tap the NPT threads deeper on my oil cooler sandwich adaptor i then installed the AN fittings and hopefully will be able to mount the cooler to the bumper and plumb everything tomorrow afternoon.
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# ? Jun 14, 2009 05:15 |
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enziarro posted:Congrats on this, I got a new job about a month ago and couldn't make it up. I seem to make it to like 15% of those drat things, it sucks. My navigator got a wagon of his own, if we manage to make it to the Turkey Tour we might end up switching duties or something. There's supposed to be another this summer. They're trying to do more rallies.
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# ? Jun 14, 2009 05:21 |
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I ripped a chunk out of the side of my thermostat housing and need a new one. On the upside, I have a line on a used metal one for cheap instead of another lovely plastic one. I'd load an image but waffleimages is down. I'll edit one in if I remember
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# ? Jun 14, 2009 05:26 |
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I installed this sweet wood shift knob.
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# ? Jun 14, 2009 05:41 |
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After 3 month of trying to find just the right set (and being screwed around and scammed) I bought these:
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# ? Jun 14, 2009 13:14 |
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Started to build a pair of roller drawers for our 2 4wd's
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# ? Jun 14, 2009 13:54 |
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Put some porterfield race pads in(oddly, the only pads I can find for my car other than PBR organic is the porterfields) with new rotors and some crash bolts to help with the obscene(for a MR car) understeer.
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# ? Jun 14, 2009 17:19 |
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This: http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3112195&userid=0&perpage=40&pagenumber=2#post362011016
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# ? Jun 14, 2009 17:26 |
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Gave my pickup a much needed cost. Found out why my exhaust was rattling, and checked out the shocks since the PO put some on there that have no give so every single dip in the road resets my spine.
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# ? Jun 14, 2009 20:57 |
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I stripped off 140,000 miles worth of road grime and baked oil from a Toyota A340E transmission that I bought this week. Bling!! After it was cleaned off I dropped the pan and inspected the magnets and filter for signs of destruction. The fluid was pretty brown but it didn’t smell burnt. Stop here, only voodoo and black magic reside within Next week I’ll be visiting some of the local rebuild shops to see about rebuild quotes.
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# ? Jun 15, 2009 04:08 |
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I installed an aux oil cooler on my srt today. Top left of the bumper poorly routed lines this sandwich plate was 100% unpleasent to get in there and bolted down. next on the docket is the trans cooler
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# ? Jun 15, 2009 05:02 |
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I gave it a much needed bath ( trees!) and scrubbed the years of accumulated rust and brake dust from the hubcaps. Unfortunately it's got spots of tar all over it from all the repaving they're doing around here so I need to find time to clay it.
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# ? Jun 15, 2009 12:29 |
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Installed some free scrap carpet. Next up.... The Walls
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# ? Jun 15, 2009 13:26 |
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ry posted:Installed some free scrap carpet. Please tell me your keychain has a "Pussy Wagon" tag hanging from it.
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# ? Jun 15, 2009 13:33 |
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Ferremit posted:Started to build a pair of roller drawers for our 2 4wd's And continued today!
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# ? Jun 15, 2009 15:37 |
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Avjet-A posted:I stripped off 140,000 miles worth of road grime and baked oil from a Toyota A340E transmission that I bought this week. What kind of car is this for? I assume a Supra of some sort.
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# ? Jun 15, 2009 15:50 |
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ry posted:Installed some free scrap carpet. Ever find that people will flat-out refuse to let you park your vehicle near playgrounds or schools?..
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# ? Jun 15, 2009 16:15 |
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Took some pictures to advertise the fact she's for sale. http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=2400145&pagenumber=15#post362035608
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# ? Jun 15, 2009 16:20 |
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GTi_guy posted:Please tell me your keychain has a "Pussy Wagon" tag hanging from it. Nope el topo posted:Ever find that people will flat-out refuse to let you park your vehicle near playgrounds or schools?.. Nope
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# ? Jun 15, 2009 16:21 |
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Drained, flushed and filled the radiator. God only knows when the last time that was done, my coolant was black. Replaced my fouled spark plugs and recharged my A/C. Up next on the to-do list is to install my CB and mount my antenna.
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# ? Jun 17, 2009 16:23 |
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Got more progress done on my MR2 interior last night. I'm going to attempt to get the dash out this evening.
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# ? Jun 17, 2009 17:52 |
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Replaced the weeping transmission cooler line. Well, it was 2 days ago, but I'm catching up )
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# ? Jun 17, 2009 20:01 |
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Oil change, hooray. Probably should have done that 2000 miles ago but I'm a jerk when it comes to changing oil. update: also crashed it Click here for the full 600x800 image. omgitstheinternet fucked around with this message at 02:13 on Jun 18, 2009 |
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