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What have you done to your car today?

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Post by 1536Z4 » Fri Nov 26, 2021 6:36 pm

TheDan wrote: Fri Nov 26, 2021 3:02 pm went to the Natural History Museum
A very good use of time and it`s free :thumbsup:
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Post by 1536Z4 » Fri Nov 26, 2021 6:37 pm

TheDan wrote: Fri Nov 26, 2021 3:02 pm went to the Natural History Museum
A very good use of time and it`s free :thumbsup:
Montego Blue E86 . MILV`s . Simpson Custom Manifold Race Exhaust . xHP transmission stage 3 . VT engine mounts . BC RA coilovers . H&R arbs . Adjustable rear camber arms . Ultra Racing front strut brace . Drexler LSD .

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Post by barnesyboy » Fri Nov 26, 2021 10:01 pm

Two things today.

Had the underside of my 05 treated by rust busters who provide a rust prevention treatment. Seemed like a good idea. Time will tell.

Secondly, for what feels like a milestone, I finally got the dreaded transport mode deleted. Two cables down and no luck with INPA I rashly took a risky purchase off a Chinese obd scanner site. To my amazement a Foxwell 530 actually arrived. Still convinced it would be a knock off the fact it registered was equally good news. Good to go with the BMW addon I plugged and found the delete transport mode option. Finally I can turn the blower up and down and demist the rear.

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Post by jock156 » Sat Nov 27, 2021 9:37 am

:thumbsup:

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Post by sw4nny » Sat Nov 27, 2021 5:02 pm

Left it at the side of the road,after getting stuck in the snow this morning on the way home from work :cry:
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Post by PDJ » Sat Nov 27, 2021 9:02 pm

Put it all back together underneath following the clutch, flywheel and associated parts.

The only thing I am not happy with is I can not find an O2 post cat sensor anywhere, I replace one in the summer and have now replace the front 2 and wanted to replace the 4th one a post cat O2 sensor Bosch appear to have stopped making or supplying them other makes are not the right length cable and today I found that the plugs are different, I was aware that there is a short and long one but the plugs are different as well.

Main dealers are a large increase in price for the same thing but may end up there

In live data the voltage seams to drop out then return so it is not in the best condition and this brings on a warning light.

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Post by Vijay » Sun Nov 28, 2021 9:01 pm

Gave her a good wash and filled the tank up...
How much is Shell now..! :o
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Post by BumpyZ4 » Sun Nov 28, 2021 11:55 pm

Changed the Oil Filter Housing gasket, Intake rubber boot, fuel injector o-rings, refreshed the CCV system and cooling system sans the radiator. Picture is of some of the pieces parts.
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Post by Court1987 » Mon Nov 29, 2021 9:38 am

despite the bad weather over the weekend we still made it to Donnington and showed people what the Z4 could do (whilst being careful due to weather conditions).

https://youtu.be/6jkC7EcJwjw

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Post by Barty » Mon Nov 29, 2021 11:25 am

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New calliper fitted, fresh MOT with compliments from the mechanic on how well it looked despite being an 06 car. Well- apart from the disgustingly dusty front right… that’s been remedied now :lol:
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Post by Mau » Mon Nov 29, 2021 1:43 pm

Barty wrote: Mon Nov 29, 2021 11:25 am New calliper fitted ...
Also needed a new one recently (also for a coupe living in the Netherlands :wink: ), albeit it my left rear caliper being somewhat stuck. Luckily not in relation to an MOT.

My first idea being the same as yours; no biggie after almost 14 years / 195.000 kilometres.

Did you just fit one new caliper? I as advised to replace both calipers on the same axis simultaneously (both by the AA and my fully Z3/Z4 oriented indy), which advice I took.
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Post by Barty » Mon Nov 29, 2021 3:13 pm

Mau wrote: Mon Nov 29, 2021 1:43 pm
Barty wrote: Mon Nov 29, 2021 11:25 am New calliper fitted ...
Also needed a new one recently (also for a coupe living in the Netherlands :wink: ), albeit it my left rear caliper being somewhat stuck. Luckily not in relation to an MOT.

My first idea being the same as yours; no biggie after almost 14 years / 195.000 kilometres.

Did you just fit one new caliper? I as advised to replace both calipers on the same axis simultaneously (both by the AA and my fully Z3/Z4 oriented indy), which advice I took.
Sound advice, and reached the same conclusion. Difference is, I'll replace the left-side myself. Saves me about 100 euro's over my local having to do it for me. So new calliper on order :thumbsup:
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Post by Mau » Mon Nov 29, 2021 3:22 pm

Barty wrote: Mon Nov 29, 2021 3:13 pm So new calliper on order :thumbsup:
Excellent! :thumbsup:
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Post by Tango22 » Mon Nov 29, 2021 9:45 pm

Went out for a 'play' in the snow. Haven't owned a RWD car for over 20 years (last one was a Vauxhall Carlton GSi 3000) so it was 'interesting' driving in the white stuff :P

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Post by Barty » Mon Nov 29, 2021 10:18 pm

Tango22 wrote: Mon Nov 29, 2021 9:45 pm Image
Really like that pic, particularly where you can see the internal reinforcements under the bonnet where the heat from the engine hasn’t worked quite as far through the panel yet. Must have been good fun :thumbsup:
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