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General Topics / hand brake replacement

« on: March 22, 2011, 04:19:14 PM »

haha...well it looks like they're totally puddied onto the chassis above the fuel tank. Only way i can see is to rip it all out and use clips or something on the replacement.

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General Topics / hand brake replacement

« on: March 22, 2011, 11:01:43 AM »

Is there any easy way to replace the sheath for the hand brake cable?  It looks very *****ded into the chassis...

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General Topics / m42 vs m5x comparisons

« on: March 09, 2011, 10:47:57 PM »

bmwfans.info will become my new friend:)

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General Topics / m42 vs m5x comparisons

« on: March 08, 2011, 09:42:37 PM »

haha...well i guess that sucks. With more cylinders it means theres more parts in the junk yard.

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General Topics / m42 vs m5x comparisons

« on: March 06, 2011, 11:11:51 AM »

Does the m42 and the bigger l6 motors share anys components?
Pistons, wrist pins, rods, valves, sprins, heat bolts....anything?

If there are size similarities can they be swapped? And is there a varience in strength between the years?

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General Topics / Rear Subframe removal

« on: February 24, 2011, 08:48:07 PM »

Thanks dave,

see if i can figure it out.

Kinda off topic but kinda on. If i were to change to braided lines at the back...do i need two sets because there seems to be two per wheel. However, maybe i'm cheap or maybe i like changing stuff...could i just not relocate all the brake lines so the car only need one braided line per wheel. All my lines are coming out and i have to redo it all anyways. Am i missing something? I have heard that the brake lines at the back of the 318ti and z3 are located differently then our cars, any idea how its done on those cars?

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General Topics / Rear Subframe removal

« on: February 24, 2011, 03:31:28 AM »

haha...ya. Definitely gonna take longer than i thought. I dont really wana bend the metal plates that attached infront of the rear wheels but those are 6mm hex bolts and i dont think its will come off without snaping tools...6mm is pretty small. How do you get the handbrake cable off?

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General Topics / Rear Subframe removal

« on: February 22, 2011, 11:00:44 PM »

Thanks. Ill leave the half shafts attached to the wheel hubs and get them undone when its off the car if i really need to.

Basically my car has the front suspension off and i'm gonna do the rear hopefully this week. Stupid mistake cause i should have done the back before the front. I'm trying to get it off is all. There are bushings and rust that has to be looked after under there.

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General Topics / Rear Subframe removal

« on: February 22, 2011, 11:18:59 AM »

Is it totally necessary to remove the half shafts from the wheels hubs. I have the car up on jacks without a front suspension and i dont feels totally confident that the car will stay upright with me reefing on a breaker bar trying to get the half shafts off. Plus is there some reason why i would want them off?

It definitely looks like the whole thing can come off as an entire assembly but maybe i'm missing something.

Thanks in advance

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General Topics / Problem that I fear cannot be fixed...

« on: December 13, 2010, 10:52:11 AM »

wow thanks

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General Topics / Problem that I fear cannot be fixed...

« on: December 13, 2010, 08:26:46 AM »

http://www.m42club.com/forums/showthread.php?t=11015

for starters...

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General Topics / Problem that I fear cannot be fixed...

« on: December 13, 2010, 08:24:19 AM »

Thats good to hear. I'll keep my eyes open too.

Thanks Dave

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General Topics / Problem that I fear cannot be fixed...

« on: December 12, 2010, 09:10:37 PM »

I took my door off today to get at some rust that was building in the hinge. The lower hinge was seized so i got the torch out and gave a heat up and it came out quite nicely. Only problem is that in the hinge theres a sleeve made out of some fiber stuff that came out with the hinge. The rust had messed it up bad. Is there any way i can get a replacement sleeve and install it into the hinge because other wise my door will be totally messed. Unfortunately this sleeve came out of the side of the hinge thats welded to the car so...i cant just junkyard another hinge part.

Help?

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General Topics / water leak

« on: December 11, 2010, 02:36:40 PM »

Looks like i have some of that going on. Didn't notice where it was coming from. Just that everything in both the pockets was rusted all the way through.

Thanks

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General Topics / Shifter question

« on: December 10, 2010, 12:03:25 AM »

Lol. ok then. Don't worry about it.