Some more tweaks
Some more tweaks
As you may recall, my car had some major heart surgery earlier this year and lockdown/shielding has meant I have only done a few miles in it since.
When the car was being prepped for its MOT last month, we noticed that there was a small weep of oil coming from the back of the engine around where the head meets the block, so remedial work was planned to investigate and resolve. At the same time, we spotted the start of some play in one of the o/s wishbone bushes and we decided to deal with that at the same time - but slightly differently.
Cutting a long story short, I have decided to go down the Z4M lollipop route with two new wishbones - because I can, I guess!
Car's in with CPC at the moment - mainly because I can't drive for at least another three weeks following my knee replacement a week or so ago so it seemed like good timing - and I'm looking forward to getting it back to try this mod.
When the car was being prepped for its MOT last month, we noticed that there was a small weep of oil coming from the back of the engine around where the head meets the block, so remedial work was planned to investigate and resolve. At the same time, we spotted the start of some play in one of the o/s wishbone bushes and we decided to deal with that at the same time - but slightly differently.
Cutting a long story short, I have decided to go down the Z4M lollipop route with two new wishbones - because I can, I guess!
Car's in with CPC at the moment - mainly because I can't drive for at least another three weeks following my knee replacement a week or so ago so it seemed like good timing - and I'm looking forward to getting it back to try this mod.
Charles
Teacher of Chemistry and driver of ALPINAs - not necessarily in that order
B3S Touring (49/116) - been to the moon and now on the way back!
Renault Grand Espace - not mine but the wife's!
Teacher of Chemistry and driver of ALPINAs - not necessarily in that order
B3S Touring (49/116) - been to the moon and now on the way back!
Renault Grand Espace - not mine but the wife's!
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Lemforder wishbones?
They claim to be the oem ones for BMW E46 but replacement ones never last as long as the original factory fitted ones.
Glad to hear the knee situation is looking so positive
They claim to be the oem ones for BMW E46 but replacement ones never last as long as the original factory fitted ones.
Glad to hear the knee situation is looking so positive
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BMW parts fitted
Thanks - early days but everything appears to be working well so farGlad to hear the knee situation is looking so positive
Charles
Teacher of Chemistry and driver of ALPINAs - not necessarily in that order
B3S Touring (49/116) - been to the moon and now on the way back!
Renault Grand Espace - not mine but the wife's!
Teacher of Chemistry and driver of ALPINAs - not necessarily in that order
B3S Touring (49/116) - been to the moon and now on the way back!
Renault Grand Espace - not mine but the wife's!
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Ref your new knees Charles, I found my new hips were a vast improvement on my crumbling former joints and have given me many years of happy blasting my B6 around.
Re: Some more tweaks
Just need to manage an emergency stop and I should be up and running
Charles
Teacher of Chemistry and driver of ALPINAs - not necessarily in that order
B3S Touring (49/116) - been to the moon and now on the way back!
Renault Grand Espace - not mine but the wife's!
Teacher of Chemistry and driver of ALPINAs - not necessarily in that order
B3S Touring (49/116) - been to the moon and now on the way back!
Renault Grand Espace - not mine but the wife's!
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The Z4 lollipops are the non-centered version right?
Re: Some more tweaks
Charles
Teacher of Chemistry and driver of ALPINAs - not necessarily in that order
B3S Touring (49/116) - been to the moon and now on the way back!
Renault Grand Espace - not mine but the wife's!
Teacher of Chemistry and driver of ALPINAs - not necessarily in that order
B3S Touring (49/116) - been to the moon and now on the way back!
Renault Grand Espace - not mine but the wife's!
Re: Some more tweaks
Should be getting the car back tomorrow morning - leak free and with the tweaked front end.
I also managed a cheeky install of a working second-hand Pierburg vacuum pump (the one under the inlet manifold that fails on every car), which means I might actually have some brakes when starting from cold I've kept the original one and will be investigating whether I can get this refurbished locally in some appropriately quaint Oxfordshire shed where engineering skills are still in existence.
Just need to head out for some emergency stop practice this weekend to test the functionality of my new knee and then I might actually get to drive the damn thing!
Then it's on to sorting out the new winter set as I have acquired an original set of 18" ALPINA alloys from a B3S which I will be shodding with Pilot Alpin rubber. This will mean that my 17" BMW wheels with Alpin tyres and ALPINA centre cap roundels will be available for sale - but more of that in due course.
I also managed a cheeky install of a working second-hand Pierburg vacuum pump (the one under the inlet manifold that fails on every car), which means I might actually have some brakes when starting from cold I've kept the original one and will be investigating whether I can get this refurbished locally in some appropriately quaint Oxfordshire shed where engineering skills are still in existence.
Just need to head out for some emergency stop practice this weekend to test the functionality of my new knee and then I might actually get to drive the damn thing!
Then it's on to sorting out the new winter set as I have acquired an original set of 18" ALPINA alloys from a B3S which I will be shodding with Pilot Alpin rubber. This will mean that my 17" BMW wheels with Alpin tyres and ALPINA centre cap roundels will be available for sale - but more of that in due course.
Charles
Teacher of Chemistry and driver of ALPINAs - not necessarily in that order
B3S Touring (49/116) - been to the moon and now on the way back!
Renault Grand Espace - not mine but the wife's!
Teacher of Chemistry and driver of ALPINAs - not necessarily in that order
B3S Touring (49/116) - been to the moon and now on the way back!
Renault Grand Espace - not mine but the wife's!