Project 2006 Z4 - restoration (Enjoy!)
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Worcester_spoon said:Those brake lines are shocking!! Best check mine now
How easy are they to change? DIY job for a novice, or require a degree of technical ability?
Not too bad. Copper brake pipe in a roll from car shop ( not quite copper but ....!). Flaring tool, patience to get pipe around obstacles and back in proper clips. Oh, and a knack of swearing at it on a regular basis.
Probably a n assistant to help bleed, but I do it solo because everybody huggers off when I want help :-(
enzed4 said:
Yeah, sorry.....corossion protection. Restored too many cars with rust/seizing issues. Every bit helps!
My wife always asks who I am protecting it for? When asked to explain, she said.......all this rustproofing and who gets the benefit? Not you...the next owner. And she is right. Oh well. Got to do my bit.
Andy.
It's weird I've just had the same thing- the local Indy did MOT in November with no advisories, yet with no wet driving and around 1200 miles later when in BMW I needed new brake lines as they were corroded as yours. Seems some MOT centres aren't strict enough!andyfanshawe said:Now, next interesting find.
Bear in mind that the car was MOT'd just before I picked it up in late january this year with a PASS.
Have a look at the state of the front to rear brake pipes
These were obviously then perfect 6 months ago!! What a joke1
Guess wehat I'll be doing next as a matter of urgency.
Andy.
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What a nice Man you are. I have just read your Facebook page, I like how you go the extra mile to help your former students, especially the one who bought that VW with the Lemon of an engine. I only wish you were closer to me I would get you to look at my Triumph Stag.
finding a garage who knows what they are doing is thin on the ground. keep up the good work
finding a garage who knows what they are doing is thin on the ground. keep up the good work
captain caveman
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andyfanshawe said:
Whats the chances of that. I just bought seats from him, was a bit worried as it was all done via email and text so its good to know he is real guy not a scammer
captain caveman said:andyfanshawe said:
Whats the chances of that. I just bought seats from him, was a bit worried as it was all done via email and text so its good to know he is real guy not a scammer
Definitely a good 'un!
Started my brake pipe restoration at last!
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Oops!
Bending new pipe to match the old......
Looks a bit better
First one done
A join made just at side of firewall
to be continued........
[youtube]YfeN3p339pE[/youtube]
Oops!
Bending new pipe to match the old......
Looks a bit better
First one done
A join made just at side of firewall
to be continued........
The other line starts at the ABS module again and goes under it, out of sight, and then follows the other one....till it gets to the back right wheel, where it goes above it in an almost unseen fashion! Joy.
So, to do it properly, the servo has to come out. And the canister in front of it, and the seat and lower dash panel to make life easier.
Seat out and lower dash panel
Servo out and canister
Blurred underdash view
The brake pipe above the white label on the ABS pump is the one going next
to be continued...............
So, to do it properly, the servo has to come out. And the canister in front of it, and the seat and lower dash panel to make life easier.
Seat out and lower dash panel
Servo out and canister
Blurred underdash view
The brake pipe above the white label on the ABS pump is the one going next
to be continued...............
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Finally got it all complete. About 6 hours in total, spread over 3 days.
Looking a lot better at back left
Back right here, and you can see how little space there is over the top of the rear suspension frame. But managed to squeeze it all in and use the factory clips
And you can see how close it all is with a view through the LH rear wheel arch.
Here are the joins in the engine bay
All pipes were sprayed liberally with synthetic waterproof grease to stop the whole thing happening again.
While I was under there, spotted these 2 things
This easily put right with a hot air gun,....and ..
corrected by removing the nut, cleaning old ally corrosion, spraying with grease and clamping back down with a big body washer under it. Lost count how many hundreds of these I have done over the years.
Few other jobs to do soon:
Seat clean and refurb
Front foglight modification
Front end panel alignment fine tuning.
and no doubt some others that come along!
Andy.
Finally got it all complete. About 6 hours in total, spread over 3 days.
Looking a lot better at back left
Back right here, and you can see how little space there is over the top of the rear suspension frame. But managed to squeeze it all in and use the factory clips
And you can see how close it all is with a view through the LH rear wheel arch.
Here are the joins in the engine bay
All pipes were sprayed liberally with synthetic waterproof grease to stop the whole thing happening again.
While I was under there, spotted these 2 things
This easily put right with a hot air gun,....and ..
corrected by removing the nut, cleaning old ally corrosion, spraying with grease and clamping back down with a big body washer under it. Lost count how many hundreds of these I have done over the years.
Few other jobs to do soon:
Seat clean and refurb
Front foglight modification
Front end panel alignment fine tuning.
and no doubt some others that come along!
Andy.
andyfanshawe said:
Impressive and would make any of your cars a great buy!
Always a great read Andy - interesting work and insight for the rest of us - thanks for continuing to post
Thanks for all the comments guys! Yep, somebody, somewhere will get a good car ...eventually. But not yet. Still got work to do on it!
Which brings me down to todays job. A simple one for a change...
When I picked the car up from Wembley it had 3 matching good tyres, but the back left wasn't. I was then told that just before I arrived, it had a puncture and that tyre had been replaced by a nearly worn out one :-(
So, working at home today, had to resort to my teeny jack and actually work outside!! What!!! Not inside on a nice 2 post lift.....going back to my roots here.
So old tyre off
and new matching one on!
Feel better now
Andy
Which brings me down to todays job. A simple one for a change...
When I picked the car up from Wembley it had 3 matching good tyres, but the back left wasn't. I was then told that just before I arrived, it had a puncture and that tyre had been replaced by a nearly worn out one :-(
So, working at home today, had to resort to my teeny jack and actually work outside!! What!!! Not inside on a nice 2 post lift.....going back to my roots here.
So old tyre off
and new matching one on!
Feel better now
Andy
Ok, onto the elephant in the room..................my scruffy seats.
Here's the drivers one
Scruffy.
If you look at the side bolster, this is what you will see
Awful
Here it is even closer...
Yuk.
So, off to www.furnitureclinic.co.uk and ordered a repair kit and a recolouring kit. According to my VIN its the Oregon pearl grey!
Will post a video when I restore both seats.
Andy.
Here's the drivers one
Scruffy.
If you look at the side bolster, this is what you will see
Awful
Here it is even closer...
Yuk.
So, off to www.furnitureclinic.co.uk and ordered a repair kit and a recolouring kit. According to my VIN its the Oregon pearl grey!
Will post a video when I restore both seats.
Andy.
