The just pulled my car around with the new tires on...
Replaced the rear brake pads and wear sensor. Replaced both roundels.
Chris
1991 BMW 525i
M50 with auto trans
Build date 10/90
Alpine White II
Black/tan interior with leather
changed the csb, wihout droppin the driveshaft
Transformed! After 7 years of looking at variations of this:121.jpg, I finally found these.125.jpg. With my new steering wheel, she's finally starting to come together inside.130.jpg. Excuse the mess, still working on her. I have the headliner out, and am looking for material to recover it with, got the sunroof working well last week, and am almost done with one side of the hatch wiring, off to buy more solder. Making progress.
Went to go replace my cabin air filter to find out I don’t have one. If any of you see me at EuroHanger I have one for free.
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Love the steering wheel.
Got my bbs rs barrels yesterday. Now the pain begins assembling them starting with the drilling
BMW’s
90 E34 M5
84 E24 M635csi standalone ecu with coil on plug
94 E34 540i/6 SC 5-17psi Flex fuel/standalone ecu
97 Z3 2.8
97 E36 M3 euro SC still u/c
OTHERS
11 Audi S5 APR stg2
19 Volkswagen Amarok V6
Thanks. It's in much better shape than it looks in the picture. A bit smaller in diameter, and a bit thicker around than the stocker, it makes the car feel much sportier. I found it on a day the junkyard was having a sale, too, $32 bucks including the airbag. Two big junkyard scores in around a month. I would have brought home a decent seat, too, but they had it all the way back and down, and I couldn't figure out how to get the bolts out of the back.
Last edited by xcastaway; 05-25-2018 at 09:20 PM.
yesterday and tooday, chased a coolant leak at the block. Redid thermostat housing gasket and new thermostat. Leak persisted. Changed waterpump gasket. Leak persisted. F#^*. New waterpump today, granted its been raining all day so its tough to tell but it seems to be gone.
I finally managed to get the rear hatch wiring done. I turned on the lights and fired up the car, and immediately thought I had blown out something in my dash. Then it dawned on me. The dash works fine, I'm just not used to seeing it with no error messages! Now I feel like a real Touring owner, having finally done my hatch wiring. I put it off for around six years, due to being intimidated by electrical things, generally. Turns out , while it was a PITA, and quite time consuming, there really wasn't anything difficult about it. First time soldering wiring together and using heat shrink tubing. My soldering was crude but effective, and the heat shrink hid my lack of soldering skill, win/win.
Last edited by GazM3; 05-27-2018 at 06:35 AM.
BMW’s
90 E34 M5
84 E24 M635csi standalone ecu with coil on plug
94 E34 540i/6 SC 5-17psi Flex fuel/standalone ecu
97 Z3 2.8
97 E36 M3 euro SC still u/c
OTHERS
11 Audi S5 APR stg2
19 Volkswagen Amarok V6
BMW’s
90 E34 M5
84 E24 M635csi standalone ecu with coil on plug
94 E34 540i/6 SC 5-17psi Flex fuel/standalone ecu
97 Z3 2.8
97 E36 M3 euro SC still u/c
OTHERS
11 Audi S5 APR stg2
19 Volkswagen Amarok V6
You remind me I need to do something about my seats. I'm in Australia too which has a leatherique distro (ppco) but never respond to emails. (I have a ton of questions because they don't list utlramarin as a colour)
Looking at the USA site doesn't fill me with confidence that they would fulfill OS purchases.
Where did you get the crack filler from and if it was their site when I ran through the process it seems to switch to various retailers offers and changing to .org I think?
I wish the aussie dealer was better at the game, I might have to get something from another manufacturer/supplier because I need something done soon just so I can take my kid out in the e34 for a car show type event.
Last edited by fo3; 05-27-2018 at 07:09 AM.
Got the crack filler just on eBay.
Got my dye from a local paint supplier In Melbourne
BMW’s
90 E34 M5
84 E24 M635csi standalone ecu with coil on plug
94 E34 540i/6 SC 5-17psi Flex fuel/standalone ecu
97 Z3 2.8
97 E36 M3 euro SC still u/c
OTHERS
11 Audi S5 APR stg2
19 Volkswagen Amarok V6
Cool, many thanks. I might have to search ebay myself (unless you have a link), and also get dye done locally (so I can get someone to colour match ultramarin, since that's not on the leatherique or any websites as well so local colour match may be the safest option)
Talked with member Vollosso yesterday and looks very promising to single turbo my 540i and take out the Vortech s/c kit. I have always liked the idea of more boost, so hopefully this will pan out. If not, no big deal as I am having a lot of fun driving my 540i's new garage mate; Porsche 997 Carrera S:
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22RPD Tuning '95 540i/6 custom turbo mit Borg Warner S400sxe/Rebello Racing 4.9L M62/JE pistons/Arrow rods/custom cams/S62 crankshaft/Darton sleeved/Focal custom stereo
Porsche 996 Turbo Evosport GT 700-[700hp]-my daily
Do u have special ceiling where rubber acts as Velcro.
Jimmy one thing u will lose going turbo is the spectacular noise a supercharged bmw makes. Perhaps a larger vortech or some upgrades to the bearings etc can run your vortech harder
BMW’s
90 E34 M5
84 E24 M635csi standalone ecu with coil on plug
94 E34 540i/6 SC 5-17psi Flex fuel/standalone ecu
97 Z3 2.8
97 E36 M3 euro SC still u/c
OTHERS
11 Audi S5 APR stg2
19 Volkswagen Amarok V6
to continuee the trend of fix 1 thing have another break, fuel pump died last night at my jobs parking lot. threw in a E2448 walbro 200lph (not the 255 most people and autozone say it is) since its the only thing i could find new for a decent price local and immediatly. Then when i got it home changed the oil and threw new valce cover grommets in hope to make it stop leaking
Changed both connecting links in rear.
Chris
1991 BMW 525i
M50 with auto trans
Build date 10/90
Alpine White II
Black/tan interior with leather
BMW’s
90 E34 M5
84 E24 M635csi standalone ecu with coil on plug
94 E34 540i/6 SC 5-17psi Flex fuel/standalone ecu
97 Z3 2.8
97 E36 M3 euro SC still u/c
OTHERS
11 Audi S5 APR stg2
19 Volkswagen Amarok V6
Trying to figure out what's up with one of my parkers. It's out sometimes and if I tap on the light, it will come back on. The plug isn't loose so I'm a little confused why tapping from the front of the car makes it work again.
"Rebuilt" one of the rear window actuators. Took it out, cleaned, re-lubed and installed different motor I had (old one would not open every time)
Seems like it's working again now.
Replaced right door seal with new and then cut and "extended" rear ones. No more "shrunk" seals on doors.
22RPD Tuning '95 540i/6 custom turbo mit Borg Warner S400sxe/Rebello Racing 4.9L M62/JE pistons/Arrow rods/custom cams/S62 crankshaft/Darton sleeved/Focal custom stereo
Porsche 996 Turbo Evosport GT 700-[700hp]-my daily
Yes it all goes abit bezerk at the top end. I guess it’s what I like about it as u can drive it normally if u keep rpm below 3000. The centrifugal is a lot easier on the engine internals but for memory yours is a built engine in any case.
BMW’s
90 E34 M5
84 E24 M635csi standalone ecu with coil on plug
94 E34 540i/6 SC 5-17psi Flex fuel/standalone ecu
97 Z3 2.8
97 E36 M3 euro SC still u/c
OTHERS
11 Audi S5 APR stg2
19 Volkswagen Amarok V6
22RPD Tuning '95 540i/6 custom turbo mit Borg Warner S400sxe/Rebello Racing 4.9L M62/JE pistons/Arrow rods/custom cams/S62 crankshaft/Darton sleeved/Focal custom stereo
Porsche 996 Turbo Evosport GT 700-[700hp]-my daily
Finally replaced the AC Condenser and a new Receiver/dryer. It seems to be holding and is cold as a very cold thing...
got a Nissens brand Condenser and a new Depo brand Aux Fan which strangely doesn't seem to want to mount up .. I could only get two of the rubber grommets and bolts seated and tightened with the third the bolt opening on the frame of the fan is about a half inch off from where the rubber grommet is when seated in the condenser bracket and of course the fan shakes badly when it runs...
gonna have to see about repositioning things I guess.
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