What did you do to your car today? v.2014

[BlackBMWs]

Went to the yards yesterday to pick a part for a forum member and found a mostly intact 96 ti. Pulled the entire leather Sandgrau interior, a few odds and ends and will be going back Sunday for a few more parts. I would have pulled more parts, but it was pouring rain at the time.

No rips or major scuffs in the seats or panels at all. All front and rear panel clips intact.

I'll either find another ti to drop it all into or offer up as a package if someone wants to replace their entire interior. I can pull the dash and carpets for a complete swap.

[hairyturkey15]

What would you want for the complete interior?

[98318ti]

Changed the oil filter housing gasket again, changed the oil. Also changed the belt tensioner and finally got rid of that god awful clatter.

[BlackBMWs]

Originally Posted by hairyturkey15

What would you want for the complete interior?

PM me. Are you thinking dash, center console, carpets and rear hatch trim as well?

Just a mention, if you are in PA, shipping would be huge.

[Borg561]

Originally Posted by hairyturkey15

What would you want for the complete interior?

Just an FYI, when I got my red millpoint interior (front & rear seats, rear side bolsters, door and rear side panels) shipping was ~$250 from Ohio to Nebraska. CA to PA is going to be pricey.

Lets see, my car got a free wash today thanks to mother nature, and I had to push the wipers back down to the rest position (think the crank arm loosened up from the motor a bit). Will play with them again tomorrow night or Tuesday.

Justin

[BlackBMWs]

Passed CA SMOG today. Woo woo! Seems like there is a new pilot program for SMOG testing. Basically a visual check and a OBDII capture. What I should have asked if the test duration is still two years or annual now.

Yesterday, I pulled the trailing arms and brakes from a 96 TI for my E30 5 lug conversion.

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[Biolite]

Coolant system refresh and replaced the timing chain guides and gaskets. Quite the job, still not totally complete. Also did a little engine bay clean-/dress-up on the valve cover and intake manifolds while everything was disassembled. Happy with the result.

[Borg561]

Pulled the wiper linkage, re-tightened the crank arm to the motor, then reinstalled it. Got the process down to about 45 minutes. Hope I got the crank arm tightened enough that I don't have to do this again.

Justin

[jca]

Originally Posted by Biolite

Coolant system refresh and replaced the timing chain guides and gaskets. Quite the job, still not totally complete. Also did a little engine bay clean-/dress-up on the valve cover and intake manifolds while everything was disassembled. Happy with the result.

Beautiful work! John

[Biolite]

^ Thanks man!

[DunkM]

Finally got the m44 out! Now for the m52 to go in!

[jca]

Installed new door handle gaskets. Got them from great-bmw-deals on e-bay. Seller is Kenneth Woo in Hong Kong, I think. Material and fit are good. $8 for the pair. Noticeable appearance improvement.

[BlackBMWs]

Installed a 3.45 LSD and replaced a leaking Bilstien rear sport shock.

I also found the large Black Widow that was creating all sorts of spider webs under the car. Not sure why the Black Widows like the cars.

Thanks Danny for the LSD!

[BlackBMWs]

Seafoam, drove 50 miles then oil change. Same for my 540it today.

[Coyoteh]

Had to amputate the left rear mudflap, lost a clip so it started scraping the tire and was just hanging on by a zip tie at the bottom (It never fit 100% right, don't think it was meant for a M-tech bumper so I had to improvise a bit there). Will have to search around to see if any place might have remaining stock, I believe the mounting kit is NLA.