» Site Navigation | | » Recent Threads | | | 1999 M3 Swap 09-07-2023 10:10 PM 06-01-2024 03:04 PM 7 Replies, 409,836 Views | | My 318ti build 05-21-2024 04:48 PM 05-28-2024 06:42 PM 1 Replies, 3,626 Views | | OMG!OMG! 05-28-2024 08:53 AM 05-28-2024 08:53 AM 0 Replies, 1,440 Views | | | | | | 12-04-2014, 05:53 AM | #286 | Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Wichita Falls, Texas Posts: 1,364 | Just finished recovering my headliner. Got lucky at a local fabric store that was having a Black Friday sale and got the material and glue both for about fifty dollars. Put in about eight hours of labor (I'm slow), but I'm pleased with the results and had fun figuring things out as I went. | | | 12-04-2014, 12:59 PM | #287 | Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Santa Rosa, CA Posts: 407 | A couple weeks ago I discovered a leak in the hatch with the exact symptoms Steven described in this thread from last year: http://www.318ti.org/forum/showthread.php?t=39290 Haven't been able to address it yet, I've just been jamming paper towels up behind the carpeting and changing them out when they get wet. However there was quite a bit of rain over the last couple days, more than the paper towels could handle. Some water made it past and down into the back right plastic storage compartment. I took it out to empty it, and discovered a sight I was not expecting. The body well beneath it contained about an inch of dirty muddy water, with a very obvious silt trail leading right from the spare tire well. I think a good bit of water has been splashing up in there while driving, and seeping through where the spare tire carrier is bolted in from above. Ugh. Hopefully it's just the result of a one-time extreme case, last night I was driving home through the hardest rain I've ever driven in with the ti. It was bad. The ti got me home safely though and did just fine, I'm thankful for that! __________________ 1997 318ti 5-speed Moreagrün 1996 318ti auto Hellrot (retired) | | | 12-05-2014, 06:04 AM | #288 | Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: Georgia Posts: 118 | Cleaned up the inside, fixed my window driver side from being off track. Still got to fix the sunroof. | | | 12-09-2014, 03:15 AM | #289 | Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2014 Location: portland oregon Posts: 14 | Previous owner never replaced the transmission out put shaft seal and that little seal for the shift selector...not bad for my first time...next is to replace the center bearing but waiting on one more part... new OEM seals | | | 12-09-2014, 03:18 AM | #290 | Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2014 Location: portland oregon Posts: 14 | Also removed that pesky big worn harmonic driveline balancer for good because previous owner didn't realize its been shimming the Z4 shifter linkage... | | | 12-10-2014, 02:18 AM | #291 | Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: SoCal Posts: 702 | Quote: Originally Posted by yosan Also removed that pesky big worn harmonic driveline balancer for good because previous owner didn't realize its been shimming the Z4 shifter linkage... | How is it with it being removed? do you notice a difference? __________________ ***328ti Build thread. *** Even more important: SUPPORT 318ti.org! CLICK THE LINK ABOVE! Hosting a forum like this is not free. 318ti.org is one of the best BMW forums on the web because it is member supported, not vendor supported. The cost to become a Supporter is a nominal $10.00... A YEAR! DO IT! NOW! | | | 12-10-2014, 09:03 PM | #292 | Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2014 Location: portland oregon Posts: 14 | Forgot to mention it is retrofit with a 3L S50 engine by PO...I read on the bimmer forums that it doesn't make any difference, but now that it is removed it should shift a lot better and smoother.. | | | 12-11-2014, 05:00 AM | #293 | Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Wichita Falls, Texas Posts: 1,364 | After I finished up my headliner I gave my sandgrun interior a good cleaning. Used softscrub on the vinyl seats and panels followed by copious amounts of armor all. | | | 12-12-2014, 04:59 AM | #294 | Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2014 Location: portland oregon Posts: 14 | Finish putting the drive line back together, then torque the transmission output flange 30mm nut with blue loctite to spec after making my $6 custom home depot tool to hold the flange... | | | 12-17-2014, 10:45 PM | #295 | Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Globally Posts: 1,162 | ordered two fenders for the Blueberry as the boys call it. They want me to hurry up and finish it. Fenders and M3 front and M tech rear will not be sprayed till spring time. Found a decent shell but color was off because it's Alaska Blue. Won't be springing for a new hood that is for sure. Edit: Talked with a breaker in UK and ordered a Avus blue Sport rear bumper for reasonable amount. Now to anxiously await it's delivery. Last edited by M-technik-3; 12-18-2014 at 10:04 PM. | | | 12-28-2014, 09:45 PM | #296 | That's not Millpoint Blue Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: BNA Posts: 3,161 | Yesterday and today, I FINALLY got my old sunroof "refurbished" and everything seems to be lined up and sliding properly. Now I just need to remove my existing sunroof, swap the 2 panels to the refurbished cassette... install the cassette into the car... then align the motor to the sunroof. Assuming that I haven't broken something else in the process... which is pretty likely based on my history with this damn process, LOL... I'll start refurbishing the cassette that I removed from the car. I'm tempted to make a video of the process because the videos I found didn't mention a few important things that I only figured out because I had another correctly assembled, but broken sunroof to look at. __________________ Real men know how to SEARCH! THIS IS A MILLPOINT BLUE INTERIOR Mods 'n' stuff: Star Spoke 43 wheels - X-Brace - Mason Engineering front strut brace - CF gauge overlay - ZHP shifter knob - Racing Dynamics cat-back - Doubled brake lights - M-tech rear spoiler From Page 68 of the 1997 Owners Manual: "Vehicles equipped with ASC+T remain subject to the laws of physics." | | | 12-29-2014, 01:27 PM | #297 | Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Westminster,Maryland Posts: 159 | I put on the m-tech mouldings that I found at the scrap yard a few months ago. | | | 12-29-2014, 07:41 PM | #298 | Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Sacramento, CA Posts: 2,451 | 1998 Sport Cali: - Installed a repaired motor in for the Cali top. Now works great!
- Replace the stock exterior mirrors with M3 Sedan mirrors
- Replaced all wipers
- Installed a Arkon phone mount for my iPhone 6+
- Ordered a new trunk seal
- Ordered a Mason rear ti strut bar
- Ordered smoked white front and side signal markers
1995 Active: - Reattached drivers window
- JB Weld'ed the detached stanchions back on the door card
- Replaced all wipers
- Replaced 3rd brake light bulbs (4)
- Replaced headlight bulb
- Ordered a Bowden cable for the heater control
1997 DD Sport: - Diagnosed failing alternator. I think I have a spare, will look this week.
1997 Slicktop sport: - Picked up a cleaner rear shelf
- Wondered when I will have time to pull the head.
Happy New Year! __________________ 1998 318ti Sport - "Cali" Schwartz II/Schwartz sport interior, Cali top 1998 318ti Sport - "Max" Schwartz II/Schwartz sport interior, S52 1997 318ti Sport - "Tiny" Schwartz II/Schwartz sport interior 1995 318ti Active - "Blanca" Alpineweib III/Schwartz leather interior Other Current Bimmers: 2006 530i / 2000 2.3L Z3 / 1997 1.9L Z3 / 1999 540it 1997 318ti Sport - "Huera" - RIP 1995 318ti Active - RIP 1995 318ti Sport - "Tiny" Sold 1994 325i Sedan - "Jade" - Sold 1991 318ic - "Bert" - Sold 1985 635csi sold 1984 533i "Max" Sold 1984 318i sold BMWCCA #160411 SUPPORT 318ti.org! CLICK THE LINK ABOVE! Hosting a forum like this is not free. 318ti.org is one of the best BMW forums on the web because it is member supported, not vendor supported. The cost to become a Supporter is a nominal $10.00... A YEAR! DO IT! NOW! Last edited by BlackBMWs; 12-29-2014 at 07:51 PM. | | | 12-30-2014, 02:08 PM | #299 | Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2014 Location: portland oregon Posts: 14 | Went for a test drive it after some major work...so far no leaks, no RPM cut outs, or any idle issue..a bit more vibration due to the AKG motor/trans mount | | | 12-30-2014, 04:40 PM | #300 | Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Sacramento, CA Posts: 2,451 | Quote: Originally Posted by yosan Went for a test drive it after some major work...so far no leaks, no RPM cut outs, or any idle issue..a bit more vibration due to the AKG motor/trans mount | Nice! You think the vibration is from the mounts or the removal of the dampener? Or the balance of the driveshaft? If the shaft, that could affect your center bearing eventually. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk __________________ 1998 318ti Sport - "Cali" Schwartz II/Schwartz sport interior, Cali top 1998 318ti Sport - "Max" Schwartz II/Schwartz sport interior, S52 1997 318ti Sport - "Tiny" Schwartz II/Schwartz sport interior 1995 318ti Active - "Blanca" Alpineweib III/Schwartz leather interior Other Current Bimmers: 2006 530i / 2000 2.3L Z3 / 1997 1.9L Z3 / 1999 540it 1997 318ti Sport - "Huera" - RIP 1995 318ti Active - RIP 1995 318ti Sport - "Tiny" Sold 1994 325i Sedan - "Jade" - Sold 1991 318ic - "Bert" - Sold 1985 635csi sold 1984 533i "Max" Sold 1984 318i sold BMWCCA #160411 SUPPORT 318ti.org! CLICK THE LINK ABOVE! Hosting a forum like this is not free. 318ti.org is one of the best BMW forums on the web because it is member supported, not vendor supported. The cost to become a Supporter is a nominal $10.00... A YEAR! DO IT! NOW! | | | | | Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests) | | Posting Rules | You may not post new threads You may not post replies You may not post attachments You may not edit your posts HTML code is Off | | | |