» Site Navigation | | » Recent Threads | | | | | | | | | 01-02-2015, 01:12 AM | #1 | That's not Millpoint Blue Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: BNA Posts: 3,161 | What did you do to your car today? v.2015 Quote: Originally Posted by roadrash 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. | Guess who finally has a working sunroof? THIS GUY!! Everything went well, except that I dropped the motor while I was syncing it to the mechanism. The plastic around one of the connectors broke and the connector still fits onto the pins, but there's nothing for it to snap onto. [sigh] I haven't put the headliner back in yet though. I figure I'll wait to make sure everything is OK before I seal it up. __________________ 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." | | | 01-11-2015, 05:01 AM | #2 | Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: SF bay Posts: 183 | welp, I swapped to these cute little badges. | | | 01-18-2015, 07:11 PM | #3 | Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: norcal - 94590 Posts: 3,186 | Quote: Originally Posted by erikerikerik welp, I swapped to these cute little badges. | Like! Quote: Originally Posted by BlackBMWs Replaced heater control cable on Wifie's 95 Active, adjusted parking brake and replaced bulbs for control panel Replaced trunk gasket in 98 sport. Misc rear rattles now addressed. Noticed a broken slider in Cali top. Still works, just annoyed it's broke.
| I need to work on the heater control cable for Max, I'm not getting any footwell heat and very little Defrost heat, but lots of center heat... Had this happen on Christmas Eve on my way home; and no, I wasn't drifting or hooning or anything stupid, simply driving home... __________________ James 95 active w/leather interior and sport interior conversion, Vaders, full M-Tech exterior conversion. Now m50 swapped* Eibach sway bars, D2 Coilovers, Depo's w/AE's, blacked-out sides and grills, LeatherZ console and door armrests, 1 series starter button mod, and custom finished Style 5's <--- in this color! Named "Roddy": *M50 6 cyl. swap with fan delete, S50 cams and chip, AFE stage 2 intake, M3 clutch and 11.5 lb Fidanza flywheel, 3.15LSD, battery relocated to rear and complete custom exhaust. Sweet! 97 318ti sport, Alaska Blue, Contours, coilovers, Dove Vaders and custom black/grey interior named "Max" 95 318ti Active in Cosmos, S50 swap in progress... named "Pit" 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! | | | 01-20-2015, 08:43 AM | #4 | Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Sacramento, CA Posts: 2,451 | Quote: Originally Posted by wolferj Like! I need to work on the heater control cable for Max, I'm not getting any footwell heat and very little Defrost heat, but lots of center heat... | James, Two of our TI's had Bowden cable issues. For me it was the heater valve cable becoming disconnected. I've not had any issues with the other cables. 95 Active - After two days of normal heater use, My Wife indicated little heat again. Checked the cable fastening on the Heater housing, only to have it popped out again. Reinserted it and placed a short screw just below the cable fitting to keep it from popping out again. Then I read a DIY TiFreak did re: a tech bulletin on the Bowden cables popping loose. Similar fix to what I did. I also installed some UHP LED AE in a pair of Depo projectors I got from Artem and repaired the cases. All solid now. They turn on with the ignition. Wifie loves them! Thanks Artem! 98 Sport (Cali) - Dry lubed the Cali top. Preventive maintenance. Installed a X-Brace. Found another x-brace this week, so figured I better finish up installs for the Cali and the Slicktop. Did the Cali today. I'll drop this X-brace install in the DIY section. Prep the six compression nuts (Nutserts) for installation. I did mine shortly after taking this shot. If you have time for the Loctite red to harden, use way less. I prepped these the hour of the install. In retrospect, I'd use half the amount of Loctite next time around. Two of the six bolts locked up pretty well. Four of the bolts released just fine. A light coat on the Nutsert to help it not spin after installation. Drill out the subframe holes to accept the Nutsert. (I forgot to take a pic. ) Tighten the nut, not the Allen bolt. Make sure it's on tight, so the Nutsert won't spin. When the nut stops, you've crushed the Nutsert sufficiently. Reverse and extract the allen bolt. Had to improvise with the bolts 5&6 (Center) with spares from the bolt bin. I had to elongate the holes on the frame bar 1/8" to get the frame crossbar bolts to go in straight. Should be good. Now just waiting for the rear Mason bar to arrive. Installed a pair of smoked side signal turn indicators. I have a pair for the front for when I install the Depo HIDs up front. I'll get to the coilovers eventually... __________________ 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; 01-20-2015 at 04:27 PM. | | | 01-18-2015, 07:34 PM | #5 | Moderator Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Maryland Posts: 3,220 | Gonna make a 2015 thread when it hits Feb | | | 01-20-2015, 10:42 PM | #6 | Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: SW Florida Posts: 4,275 | Blew out my passenger side CV boot on Zippy today. Just ordered a replacement kit and a few goodies for the s52. __________________ Sean 1995 Active | | | 01-27-2015, 08:56 PM | #7 | Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: SF bay Posts: 183 | This passed weekend I installed a new CAT, and new door-cards so now I can pull my doors closed! oh and some jerk pulled off my not even 30days old emblems. | | | 01-30-2015, 07:49 AM | #8 | Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Sacramento, CA Posts: 2,451 | I love when the brown truck shows up. Likely install project for this weekend. Getting the Cali fitted with fun stuff. __________________ 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! | | | 02-01-2015, 06:53 AM | #9 | Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: norcal - 94590 Posts: 3,186 | Had my steering wheel lock up last night. The key turned and started the engine just fine, but the lock wouldn't disengage... Had to drill out the pin spring that engages the lock today. 5 minute job, 15 minute cleanup... Didn't take any pics, there are hundreds on other forums, including Uncle Jerry's (CirrussSR22) on BFC. as well as videos. __________________ James 95 active w/leather interior and sport interior conversion, Vaders, full M-Tech exterior conversion. Now m50 swapped* Eibach sway bars, D2 Coilovers, Depo's w/AE's, blacked-out sides and grills, LeatherZ console and door armrests, 1 series starter button mod, and custom finished Style 5's <--- in this color! Named "Roddy": *M50 6 cyl. swap with fan delete, S50 cams and chip, AFE stage 2 intake, M3 clutch and 11.5 lb Fidanza flywheel, 3.15LSD, battery relocated to rear and complete custom exhaust. Sweet! 97 318ti sport, Alaska Blue, Contours, coilovers, Dove Vaders and custom black/grey interior named "Max" 95 318ti Active in Cosmos, S50 swap in progress... named "Pit" 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! | | | 02-01-2015, 02:32 PM | #10 | Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: SW Florida Posts: 4,275 | Quote: Originally Posted by wolferj Had my steering wheel lock up last night. The key turned and started the engine just fine, but the lock wouldn't disengage... Had to drill out the pin spring that engages the lock today. 5 minute job, 15 minute cleanup... Didn't take any pics, there are hundreds on other forums, including Uncle Jerry's (CirrussSR22) on BFC. as well as videos. | I had to do this last year too. Ordered and received a CV boot repair kit for Zippy. Going to get after that task today. __________________ Sean 1995 Active | | | 02-02-2015, 06:33 AM | #11 | Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Dodging potholes in SoCal Posts: 454 | Did an oil change on my 69k mile California Edition, first oil change since I bought the car. I figure it was about time since it had been about 6000 miles of my driving. Lubed the Cali top channels with teflon lube, although I noticed that it was a liquid and kind of pooled up near the front of the top. Also repaired the driver's side window situation - New felt piece and sliders and now the window moves up and down pretty rapidly. The door panel however is a different story, we were kind of rushing so I'm worried that some of the clips weren't glued on in the correct orientation. So now the door panel is on the floor of my room and I'll do some researching this week to see if I have them on right. The Gorilla Glue I used foams up A LOT and leaves quite a mess. __________________ '96 318ti California Edition- Montreal blue '68 1600-2-Caribe blue | | | 02-02-2015, 05:03 PM | #12 | Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Globally Posts: 1,162 | Thinking about walking outside and clearing them off again. I've had to snow blow twice today. 9 inches and growing today. Too bad it's so darn frigid otherwise I'd be playing in it. | | | 02-13-2015, 04:31 AM | #13 | Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Wichita Falls, Texas Posts: 1,364 | Quote: Originally Posted by M-technik-3 Thinking about walking outside and clearing them off again. I've had to snow blow twice today. 9 inches and growing today. Too bad it's so darn frigid otherwise I'd be playing in it. | Where do you live? | | | 02-14-2015, 11:59 PM | #14 | Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Globally Posts: 1,162 | Quote: Originally Posted by jca Where do you live? | Westfield. greater Boston area has been hit harder than we have this year, my wife is upset she's shoveling/snow-blowing this weekend and I am in sunny Southern Spain today. | | | 02-03-2015, 12:24 AM | #15 | Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Dodging potholes in SoCal Posts: 454 | Door panel went on fine today. However now when I raise and lower the window I feel the door panel flexing towards me and every few tries there is a popping sounds, but the window is going up and down fine. Does this mean the regulator is still bent? __________________ '96 318ti California Edition- Montreal blue '68 1600-2-Caribe blue | | | | | 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 | | | |