Cost me 175 and I was back home in less than 3 hours all told. I'd have still been watching how to videos and trying to find the relevant tools if I was contemplating doing it myself. Money well spent in my eyes, some things are best left to the expertsHairyarse said:
What have you done to your car today?
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3rd visit to the shop for an intermittent AC problem. 
Loughborough
Bmwforachange
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Castrol edge and Fuchs in engine, gearbox and diff. As recommended by Opie .
Flew thru MOT too.
Running as sweet as.
Must find somewhere to go tomorrow.
Flew thru MOT too.
Running as sweet as.
Must find somewhere to go tomorrow.
ErrErrminator
Active member
New rubber on the back as they were on the limit with MOT looming. Had Uniroyal Rainsport 3 all round which have been good, but they we’re proving difficult to source through my usual fitter so went with the new 5s. Hoping they’re as good as the older pattern.
Today was VANOS seal/rebuild day.
Really enjoyed it- shoutout to Patriot AGAIN for the excellent advice, as well as DMike and the other guys who have done this recently who spurred me on to get it done.
4 hours from on ramp to engine restart. Again glad I did my homework on it as I was ready for any unexpected dramas and took time to remove air box, fan shroud etc.
Advice on 90 degree needle nose pliers was spot on, I was paranoid about the vanos bolts but that went OK. New seals in no dramas on pistons. As I'm a 2.2 I assume that the others struggles with VANOS body clearance is not as bad on the smaller engine- the flex in the cross member and the engine was enough to get it past the studs and out. Expected this to be a PITA but it was ok.
Only bit I struggled with was reinserting the new plugs and seals that you remove with the 90 degree pliers- got there in the end.
Refilled with oil/water and took it for a spin- immediately noticed engine much smoother and pulled harder to redline when warm- I hope that with others the improvements are seen in a few days/miles when seals bedded in
X8R kit was well worth the money and think its new gasket will have fixed a small oil leak at the top of the engine
Onwards- happy to do a write up for anyone that needs it in future!
Stuart
Really enjoyed it- shoutout to Patriot AGAIN for the excellent advice, as well as DMike and the other guys who have done this recently who spurred me on to get it done.
4 hours from on ramp to engine restart. Again glad I did my homework on it as I was ready for any unexpected dramas and took time to remove air box, fan shroud etc.
Advice on 90 degree needle nose pliers was spot on, I was paranoid about the vanos bolts but that went OK. New seals in no dramas on pistons. As I'm a 2.2 I assume that the others struggles with VANOS body clearance is not as bad on the smaller engine- the flex in the cross member and the engine was enough to get it past the studs and out. Expected this to be a PITA but it was ok.
Only bit I struggled with was reinserting the new plugs and seals that you remove with the 90 degree pliers- got there in the end.
Refilled with oil/water and took it for a spin- immediately noticed engine much smoother and pulled harder to redline when warm- I hope that with others the improvements are seen in a few days/miles when seals bedded in
X8R kit was well worth the money and think its new gasket will have fixed a small oil leak at the top of the engine
Onwards- happy to do a write up for anyone that needs it in future!
Stuart
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Bought a used 1 Series interior rear view mirror from ebay to do a clown nose transplant (including LED) as my mirror has a gaping hole underneath. The donor mirror was only £10 so can't complain.
Took the donor mirror apart just fine, removed the LED board and de-soldered the LED without any problems. My issue was while soldering the LED into my current interior mirror. The solder just wouldn't stick to the terminals on the board (even after extensive cleaning). Once I finally managed to get it somewhat soldered, the LED wouldn't work when I fitted it back on the car.
Thankfully there are no problems with locking and arming/disarming the alarm, and now the interior mirror looks like it should with the clown nose on. I can live without a blinking LED.
Took the donor mirror apart just fine, removed the LED board and de-soldered the LED without any problems. My issue was while soldering the LED into my current interior mirror. The solder just wouldn't stick to the terminals on the board (even after extensive cleaning). Once I finally managed to get it somewhat soldered, the LED wouldn't work when I fitted it back on the car.
Thankfully there are no problems with locking and arming/disarming the alarm, and now the interior mirror looks like it should with the clown nose on. I can live without a blinking LED.
TheDan said:Bought a used 1 Series interior rear view mirror from ebay to do a clown nose transplant (including LED) as my mirror has a gaping hole underneath. The donor mirror was only £10 so can't complain.
Took the donor mirror apart just fine, removed the LED board and de-soldered the LED without any problems. My issue was while soldering the LED into my current interior mirror. The solder just wouldn't stick to the terminals on the board (even after extensive cleaning). Once I finally managed to get it somewhat soldered, the LED wouldn't work when I fitted it back on the car.
Thankfully there are no problems with locking and arming/disarming the alarm, and now the interior mirror looks like it should with the clown nose on. I can live without a blinking LED.
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Reprogramming required maybe?