What did you do to your other car(s) today?

[cvillebimmer]

Found and fixed the source of the burning oil smell on my e32. The lower valve cover nut on cyl #6 was barely hand tight and oil was dripping onto the exhaust about 6 inches downstream of the turbine. Whoops.

[rmiddendorf]

Found and fixed the source of the burning oil smell on my e32. The lower valve cover nut on cyl #6 was barely hand tight and oil was dripping onto the exhaust about 6 inches downstream of the turbine. Whoops.

That could have been much worse. You got off easy on that one!

[jhall]

Sent 2 Grand Wags to the crusher. got good money for them too

I flipped 2 Wagoneers a few year ago for a $4k profit. . .are you sure there wasn't any goody left? They have a strong following, almost like an odd boxy German sedan we all know and love.

Believe me, when my dad is done with a vehicle, there is nothing left. Glad they went to someone willing to pay money for rust, even if it was by the ton.

I received a trade offer, my '67 GTO for an 83 Wagoneer that runs but wont move due to a bad transfer case. I was considering it until my wife said no, but now I'm considering it again...

Actually I have to admit whenever I get an offer on a trade or am researching a car on CL I always run it through the search here. When I ran the wagoneer I found some less than desirable stories.

Other cars, I took a cd out of the Audi my wife had stolen. The Rover I started trouble shooting the drivers side power window. The 325 ix I looked at and thought how much prettier it would be with a hood that didn't have peeling clear coat.

[rmiddendorf]

Wait a minute.

Sent 2 Grand Wags to the crusher. got good money for them too

Believe me, when my dad is done with a vehicle, there is nothing left. Glad they went to someone willing to pay money for rust, even if it was by the ton.

Maybe I'm slow, but we have a father-son team here! That's so cool! Any other father-son members? Or relatives for that case?

[1st 5er]

Maybe I'm slow...

Maybe?

I was too, but not that slow.

[wkohler]

Wait a minute.

Sent 2 Grand Wags to the crusher. got good money for them too

Believe me, when my dad is done with a vehicle, there is nothing left. Glad they went to someone willing to pay money for rust, even if it was by the ton.

Maybe I'm slow, but we have a father-son team here! That's so cool! Any other father-son members? Or relatives for that case?

When I first saw Aaron post, I thought there was a word missing from his handle. Then, I figured it out.

[Lubehead]

Well not today, but within the last 2 weeks:

changed oil and put the summer tires on th A8

put the summer tires on the E70 (new 19" w/wheels)

fixed the passenger door handle on the 350GT (thank you JB Weld)

[Aamir_bt]

did quite a bit to my stylus this week, decided to work on it this week instead of the E28, which i'll get to next week.

decided to use the E90 top-hats on the front springs so i could cut them to lower the front of the car, as it has about as much front wheel gap as a stock E28 lol:



ended up having to use a couple washers to space the tophat down a bit so it wouldn't hit the mount. but otherwise they worked perfectly!

then i replaced the tires:



did all 4, as you can see the old ones were pretty worn out haha.

then did an alignment:



car drives great now.

here is a shot of how it sits now:



pics taken with my cellphone. the front wheel gap is now about 2 inches lower than the rear wheel gap, compared to almost 2 inches higher than rear. so it was about 3.5-4 inch drop in the front. it still rides great and it looks soooo much better.

now on to the E28 come next week.......

[firefirefire90]

detailed the X3. Damn kids spilled sand/crumbs everywhere, and I found about 8 waterbottles and 6 tennis balls. FUN

[twin55]

Installed front brake pads on wife's 04 Xterra

[mtnman533]

I opened the doors on the '73 k1500 to let the spiders out.

[davintosh]

Yesterday; swapped the snow tires out. Finally.

Today; went to work on replacing the sticky door lock mechanism, and found a couple of surprises behind the door panel; the cable connecting the inside handle to the door latch was broken, and...



Blown out door lock bracket. Crap. Then while trying to figure out how to proceed, I proceeded to lock my key inside the car. And of course, the other key was on the key fob with my e28 key, which was with my daughter, an hour's drive away. I'm such a dork sometimes.

So, no; I didn't get that job done. She didn't get back with the second key until 7pm. But I did get some other stuff done, and tomorrow's a new day!

[Blue Shadow]

Put air in the leaking mower tire.

Now that the mower with the carb using new parts, is running, I'm going to spring for a couple inner tubes to save on the need to refill that leaking tire (around the cleaned and prepped bead).

Then I rebuilt the rack and gear steering on the mower and visited my neighbor sporting in the newly refurbished ride. It turns left and right now. Sweet.

Jeep got some more attention to rust as inspection is due now.

[rmiddendorf]

I changed the oil in my wife's RAV4. Piece of cake. I won't even have to jack it up the next time. I do need to get an oil filter wrench that fits it in the future though. That engine only takes 4.5 quarts of conventional oil.

I also checked the tire pressure and topped off the antifreeze. Don't I deserve a cookie?

[Nanajoth]

Wait a minute.


Maybe I'm slow, but we have a father-son team here! That's so cool! Any other father-son members? Or relatives for that case?

Yes, I make sure that I check my posts for grammatical errors.

[ncpaladin]

Converted the Mazdaspeed3 for truck duty. Went to the Home Despot and bought 15 three cubic foot bags of cypress bark mulch and stuffed them in the car. I only have to do this 3 to 4 more times! Gotta love spring landscape work.

[Duke]

[MicahO]

With the M5 on the lift waiting for tool delivery, it's been a busy 'other car' few days. The '71 F100 is out and about and became my weekend car. After sitting for the winter it fired up on the third try. I need to swap the upper radiator hose, which is sitting on the shelf. Other than that, it's just a time capsule.

Non...BMW...content!

Jezebel also fired up - the wife's '59 Galaxie kicked up on the 5th or 6th try to seemed happy enough rumbling around town. This year I will finally have to go after the crunchy bearing on the right-rear, and the tranny output shaft, and probably the ujoints on the driveshaft, and the fuel sender. The list on that car is not short, but it travels very (very very) little distance.

As many pictures as I have of the bimmers, you would think I had more pics of these two cars around....

[slammin_e28]

Over the weekend I put a new timing belt on my new-to-me 1991 325i sedan.

Fired it up, and we have a blown HG. White, sweet smoke all day! No milkshake though...so....yeah....



Tearing her down this week.

Damnit I wanna drive it!

[mtnman533]

My dads M6 had some brake issues, pedal would go to the floor randomly. Yesterday I bled the system, whole bunch of rusty bits and air bubbles came out. It seems to be lots better now. Will also order new brake pads soon.

[rmiddendorf]

This doesn't seem like a part that would break. Do you think it was a factory defect or neglect somehow? Mind you it looks like a power window regulator bracket to me but I'm not really sure what it is.

[rmiddendorf]

I drove Bella, my E90, to she shop to have the brake fluid flushed. Call me what you want, but paying them $100 so I don't have to worry about air bubbles in the lines is worth it to me.

They're also going to evaluate the battery since it is 5 years old. Hopefully I don't need a new one yet, but if its close I don't want to involve another trip to the shop.

Yes, that's right, the battery in an E90 is a dealer change item. Or, in my case, pay a good shop to do it. I really do thank my shop for keeping me in line with these cars. But I'm trying to venture out and to a little more myself, so there's some progress there.

[slammin_e28]

Did a compression test on the 325i. Came back surprisingly good. Going to re-do it tomorrow to confirm results.

Drove the e46, leaky headers and all. It's back to DD status as the brake bomb in the e28 took a dump.

[Blue Shadow]

Dove in again on the loose steering in the Jeep.

This vehicle has the standard GM tilt steering column and the bolts that hold it all together are all the way up on there, somewhere. Tried before but didn't have the time. Now that inspection is due and the weather is warmer, I have the time to get to the bolts and glue those bastards in place.

Damn near did not get the second pivot pin out, but after putting a bunch of force on it, letting it sit for an hour and then starting over it began to come out. I am now at the point of the video and will start there when I next work on it.

http://www.bc4x4.com/tech/2009/jeep-steering/

who the fuck thought this was a good design not specifying some serious thread lock on assembly?

[Cactus]

I drove Bella, my E90, to she shop to have the brake fluid flushed. Call me what you want, but paying them $100 so I don't have to worry about air bubbles in the lines is worth it to me.

They're also going to evaluate the battery since it is 5 years old. Hopefully I don't need a new one yet, but if its close I don't want to involve another trip to the shop.

Yes, that's right, the battery in an E90 is a dealer change item. Or, in my case, pay a good shop to do it. I really do thank my shop for keeping me in line with these cars. But I'm trying to venture out and to a little more myself, so there's some progress there.

It takes a wise man to flush brake fluid regularly. It takes a cheap man to do it himself. Heck, if you waited till this weekend I could have driven up and done the hard part (getting under the car with a bleeder bottle) for you. And that would have only cost a bottle of fluid and some Yuengling. I haven't worked on E90's, but I highly doubt the brake technology has changed much since the 80's. At least in terms of the hydraulics.

It's not usually the air bubbles you have to worry about, if you had any, chances are you'd feel them. The pedal would get spongy. Usually they recommend you bleed the system every couple years because brake fluid is hygroscopic, and boils much sooner when even a little water gets into it. Keeping it fresh and dry not only keeps the steel lines from corroding, but keeps brake performance up.

[austin8753]

Cleaned and conditioned the seats in the E39, then took it for a drive and wondered why I don't drive it more.

[AlpinaE24]

[1st 5er]

Wish I had a lift.

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[AlpinaE24]

It sure does make it easy, by the way I got the door on the touring and it looked great. Thanks again

[1st 5er]

It sure does make it easy, by the way I got the door on the touring and it looked great. Thanks again

Your welcome.

Glad you guys made it home safely.