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Replaced the water pump and heater valve in the eta. I really hate dealing with coolant.

Fresh set of Behr ignition wires, checked plugs, new intake elbow and a rotor/wire cover off an old 7.
This afternoon... pick up my sister and go visit our mom for the weekend. (but a wash is needed first!)

I drove mine, then parked it.

bm0p700f wrote:I drove mine, then parked it.

WORD!

took out my gun and neaRLY DONE HER

whats wrong with my idol??!! im asking you

Installed an L7

Replaced all front end parts on my ///M with the FCP Groton 10 piece kit.

swatterssr wrote:Replaced all front end parts on my ///M with the FCP Groton 10 piece kit.

I don't know if it's the beer tonight or what but everything is cracking me up.

Replaced IT.

Nothin, it needs plenty though. Been replacing brakes on my Jeep, Grand Wag., 2 hardlines, led to buying a new rear wheel cyl, that led to brake shooes, which led to a hardware kit. I also bought a used pair of BFG ATs for the back . I reeeally hate drum brakes. The Jeep has pretty much Chevy brake hardware, so parts are readily available and too cheap to struggle with the old stuff. I have a cheap but serviceable set of brake tools from bugs.
It was just a process of relearning stuff I last learned 5 yrs ago. I hate drum brakes. Buncha widgets built as cheap as possible. The under side of the rig is scaling rust and when I pound on body panels down low, beach sand trickles out. . Amazingly, there is very little actually missing. though. I renewed the registration Friday, So far, this has cost me almost 3 hunnerd and fitty bucks for parts and paperwork. The end is nowhere in sight, I may rack up 500 miles on her and she requires more TLC than the 2 Super es combined. But , she is a great beach buggy, tow capable to 5k lbs, stuff hauler, great in snow, funky old beast. I'm giving her one last touch up before the inevitable crusher.
The remnants of the head liner are gonna get removed . If I take off the roof rack, I will paint the roof white. The AC has already been deleted. Its a beast, but so far, its main problem is that it sits for weeks at a time.

Replaced IT. Sad Very Happy

Sounds kinda ominous, not sure I like the sound of this!

Elaborate please

Swapped in a good sunroof motor and greased the sliding parts, finished the lighted window switch upgrade, new windshield wipers, pulled the seats and did a proper cleaning. She's getting there.

wkohler wrote:Replaced IT.

Yeah, what gives?

Reflowed the solder joints in my instrument cluster yet again. I've lost count how many times I've done this, but it seemed to work. We'll see how long it lasts this time.

When I reassembled it, I used the blue plug with two wires instead of the blue plug with one wire. (This is the wire that plugs into the back of the speedometer.) I'm hoping the cruise control will stop lurching and shutting down.

installed the ebay short shifter from 4 car option, had to modify the unit a bit to get it in there, but thus far it feels like the best 30 dollars ive ever spent!

I looked at it and wished I had at least slugged the guy that hit it with his Mercedes. Im a bad owner.

Soldered in new lights on the light board and replace the tach and speedo bulbs, side marker bulbs, put on a tacky temp shift knob, restored some Wagner H7 5006 Beams, tomorrow bleeding brakes and washing car.

Wednesday I replaced the center consoles with better looking ones. I also installed my euro analog clock. I also reqired the radio to make the memory work right.

Saturday I replaced the tach with a green strip euro tach with no MPG gauge. Still not working. But I installed the mising foglights 2 weeks ago and finally got the bulbs to make them work! Whoo hoo!

Swapped out the front brake rotors and pads for new. Need to go yard'n for e32 calipers.

got some e34 front brakes installed. Its all.. Stoppy now.

My 2 yr old daughter would rather ride in my 20 yr old BMW than my wife's 2 yr old Ford 500. ROFL.

drove about 1400 miles from atlanta to wpb and back...

best 23 hours i have spent in any car! amazingly quiet and smooth on the highway...

Put the summer tires on the daily driver IS! WHOOO HOOO!

Starter tonight with beer.
Tomorrow suspension overhaul & 4 wheel alignment...more beer and Misty

I'm going to consolidate a few days in to this post.

Thursday,
Removed old smelly water logged carpet.

Friday,
Dried the floors out. Filled and sealed all holes in the floors. Removed all dreary stained tan interior pieces.

Saturday,
Replaced interior with used good condition black carpet, black center console door cards, and rear seats.
(((I still need a black glove box and driver under panel for a early e28))) hint hint wink wink

Repaired broken gas pedal.
replaced cruise control and wiper controls on column.

Replaces cap and rotor.

Installed an electric "pusher" cooling fan for those hot idling summer traffic days.

Replaced saggy sloppy vent on dash.

Fixed "toyota style" throttle cable that liked to stick around 3000 rpm.

The best part is I got all the parts except the cooling fan from a couple parts cars I purchased! It's almost free! The parts car practically pays for itself when compared to the cost of new parts.

My first wrenches turned on the 535i were pulling the instrument cluster and getting the SI board batteries replaced. $14 dollars later I have my coolant temp gooahj, mpg gooahj and tachometer back.

Cheesy wrote: coolant temp gooahj, mpg gooahj

Smoked the hell out of the brakes (needed new pads anyway), there are really some beautiful roads up in north GA

I'm considering a big brake upgrade and/or suspension before the e2i swap. If I can get into this much trouble with 120 hp....
I love this car so much

Stole some $50 Mr Gasket gaskets because thats a rediculous price and found out my car isnt running to well with a K&N cone filter.

swatterssr wrote:

Cheesy wrote: coolant temp gooahj, mpg gooahj

GDI! I went to edit my post before the spelling police got me and gooahj is spelled correctly!

Not my fault!!!!!

I'm doomed

Edit: It did it again!

Cheesy wrote:

swatterssr wrote:

Cheesy wrote: coolant temp gooahj, mpg gooahj

GDI! I went to edit my post before the spelling police got me and gooahj is spelled correctly!

Not my fault!!!!!

I'm doomed

Edit: It did it again!

Try "gauge" next time, instead of " g u a g e", which auto corrects to gooahj.
Spell check will help too!

Just ordered about $1800 in parts from Pelican. Ouch. However, that'll fix my coolant leaks, drivshaft floppage, rear suspension wonkage, and new shocks.