Drove it this morning . Now I need motor mounts. It feels like it stutters at lower rpms but it goes away at higher rpms. The engine runs excellent now and purs like a kitten when at a stop or in the driveway.
Next up:
Motor mounts
Thrust arms
Throw-out bearing degrease and clutch inspection. Someone greased the shaft and the clutch is slower to disengage then usual. When I do this, I am replacing the shaft selector and output shaft seals.
95 540i6 M Sport - 95 525it S52/OBD2 - 433k E36 328i5 - X5D that hit a pothole - IG: @justinmurray95
PM me a price.
95 540i6 M Sport - 95 525it S52/OBD2 - 433k E36 328i5 - X5D that hit a pothole - IG: @justinmurray95
Well, not a huge upgrade it it surely made the interior look better. I ditched the UUC RK2 shift knob for something a little more my style. The UUC RK2 is up for sale to anyone that's interested. A member from bfc.ga makes these custom btw.
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95 540i6 M Sport - 95 525it S52/OBD2 - 433k E36 328i5 - X5D that hit a pothole - IG: @justinmurray95
Since I have not updated this since May, I would make a new post. I have been busy with work so the car has been sitting in storage and driven every now and then. I have a Racing Dynamics rear adjustable sway bar to go in whenever I do a rear end rebuild this winter.
First thing was to buy and install some comfort seats. Unlike a lot of people here that have and love sport seats, I found mine very uncomfortable and after 20 minutes of driving my back was killing me. All of those mountain bike stunts/acts of stupidity have finally caught up with me. I am keeping the sport seats in case I sell the M Sport. Now I do not have to worry about screwing the sport seats up and drive in comfort. 100 times better.
Cleaned up:
During install I fixed the short cables in all of the motors:
Finished:
I plan on conditioning the seats again. The flash makes the wear look worse than it is.
I rewired the driver side since the original had the memory function. Everything including the mirrors work now, just had to make sure I had each wire for the mirrors, heaters, etc...
My M Sport in its home. I keep it in a secured storage facility since I no longer have a garage. All of my spare parts for my E34 and E90 also reside here.
Since my shock mounts are shot on the rears and failing on the front, I bought some lower mileage assemblies from a local member. I got a killer deal on these so why not. I plan on rebuilding these with better springs and shocks. I'm not a coil over person and do like a more comfortable ride.
Spare wheels so when I get my M system-II's fixed, I can still drive the car if I want. These will make great spares too.
A velocity stack manifold that I bought locally also. If I can arrange some dyno time, I'll do before and after runs.
My E34 at 4ngiefest 2013 a few weeks ago.
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95 540i6 M Sport - 95 525it S52/OBD2 - 433k E36 328i5 - X5D that hit a pothole - IG: @justinmurray95
Did you sell your sport seats?
I find my sport seats to be very comfortable on long drives. I play with the idea of getting comforts, but that's only to save the sport seats.
Current
2005 E55 AMG
1998 Silverado K1500
1964 Impala
1964 Chevelle 496ci
Past
2000 Avus M5
1988 Suburban K1500
1987 Suburban K2500
2007 Suburban
1999 K2500 Suburban
2000 MGM
1999 K2500 Suburban
2001 Stratus 740i Msport
1990 750iL
1995 540i/6
1996 MGM
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Soory it I just got off work and didn't fully read lol. I do agree they aren't the most comfortable. Especially when you take a 2-3 hwy trip with no cruise control. If I ever get them redone I'd try to get some memory foam.
I'd rather have an armrest for my seat and cruise control.
Are those EDC shocks or is that setup done for on your 540?
95 540i6 M Sport - 95 525it S52/OBD2 - 433k E36 328i5 - X5D that hit a pothole - IG: @justinmurray95
Awesome car! Well done.
Question for you, since you appear to have dug into the memory seats...
Will the E34 memory seats work if the wires to the mirrors are not connected?
I am putting a set of E34 sport seats in my E28. I cannot get the memory module to function. When I press any of the 3 buttons the memory button flashes and the seat moves forward one 'click' at a time.
I suspect this is because I cannot wire up the wires to the memory mirrors...because the E28 doesn't have them. I am speculating that the memory module will only work if the potentiometer inputs from ALL of the position sensors are getting valid readings. But I'd like some verification of this.
For anyone else reading this who'd like to help: here's a test you can run for me. It will take you 5 minutes.
- On your E34 with memory seats verify that your memory function works correctly.
- Raise the rear of the seat as high as it will go
- From under the rear of the seat, look for a blue, 3 wire plug going into the position sensor of the motor that is to the left. As in this photo:
- Unplug that wire. It should pull straight out with little or no force.
- Test your memory function (e.g. press and hold down "3").
When you do this, does your seat move as expected?
OR, does the memory light flash and the seat go 'click-click-click'?
Thanks a ton in advance.
Since I removed my sport seats, I will go back and mess with them to verify this. I applied power to my comfort seats from the 4-pin connector that has the large gauge wire connector that has 12v constant. I also found 12v that is power when the ignition is on for the seat heater. Finding the wire that powers the mirrors was fun. I pretty much went in reverse of you and pretty much everyone else, lol. It would be safe to assume that if the memory "computer" (that's what it looks like) does not see signal from all of the potentiometers it will not work correctly. I will go back and verify this though.
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Can a mod change the title to "I bought an M Sport" please
95 540i6 M Sport - 95 525it S52/OBD2 - 433k E36 328i5 - X5D that hit a pothole - IG: @justinmurray95
I see what you're doing(with the title change) and I like it! LOL
Crappy grammar...
95 540i6 M Sport - 95 525it S52/OBD2 - 433k E36 328i5 - X5D that hit a pothole - IG: @justinmurray95
As I recall a certain someone,(wink wink) nudge nudge ,hates it when people call it AN msport.
E34 M Sport then
95 540i6 M Sport - 95 525it S52/OBD2 - 433k E36 328i5 - X5D that hit a pothole - IG: @justinmurray95
A certain somone that lives out west..... owns 3 cars.
Haven't seen him around so...
95 540i6 M Sport - 95 525it S52/OBD2 - 433k E36 328i5 - X5D that hit a pothole - IG: @justinmurray95
In other news, I may be picking up a set of nice M System II's locally. Not sure yet.
95 540i6 M Sport - 95 525it S52/OBD2 - 433k E36 328i5 - X5D that hit a pothole - IG: @justinmurray95
Some Vogtland springs, courtesy of shu328. Moving at the speed of slow... Work work work and family consume 110% of my time but it's going forward at least.
If anyone local wants the cat, she climbs door jambs and windows with ease. Local only
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95 540i6 M Sport - 95 525it S52/OBD2 - 433k E36 328i5 - X5D that hit a pothole - IG: @justinmurray95
New wheels. I bought some mpars from 540ifella (Josh). The 4th wheel is behind me. Going to get these refinished after the 1st and put them on after I get done with my suspension rebuild.
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95 540i6 M Sport - 95 525it S52/OBD2 - 433k E36 328i5 - X5D that hit a pothole - IG: @justinmurray95
Thanks again Justin! Can't wait to see how they look after the refinishing.
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