Southwestz4
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Rebuilt my e85 Disa valve ....vanos next ...soon :?
What have you done to your car today?
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South Lanarkshire
Motionblurrr
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Did the soft top hydraulic motor relocation to the boot today. Took me around 3 hours from start to finish. That was a bit of a pain but thankfully I'm patient lol
Attleborough, Norfolk
Motionblurrr
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enuff_zed said:I found the hardest bit was getting the blood out of the carpet!Motionblurrr said:
Has it fixed your issues?
:lol: That was a tough job!! I'm sure taking off the top would've been much harder.
Unfortunately no, the motor is rusty and looks dead. I'm going to try to revive it like some forum users have with WD40 and letting it air dry.
Letting it soak in a tub of Diesel is the usual method of reviving a dead motor followed by letting it drain and then putting power to it to get it running, swop the terminals around to get it to run in reverse then once happy it works fit it back on the pump and test it lowers and raises the roof. Remember to put the parcel shelf in the lowered position before testing.
Number5 said:
Excellent, that car is just gorgeous :wub:
Devon
:wub: absolute stunnerNumber5 said:
New wheels 
Finland
In the agonising wait for the summer, completed annual maintenance with cleaning the roof drain tubes, wheels back on and it’s ready. I must have the slowest maintenance routine on this forum, but with up to six months and three feet of snow, what else could you do?
De-tango completed! I finally managed to source a pair of 'four clear spot' rear lights from the USA - second hand, but in excellent condition £220 inc. shipping and import duty. Fitted them this afternoon, together with a genuine BMW white third brake light.
While I was at it I also bridged the wiring to give me 'full circle brake lights' - https://z4-forum.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1485
No one seems to have posted on this thread since 2017, but it's a very simple mod and I'm well pleased with the result
While I was at it I also bridged the wiring to give me 'full circle brake lights' - https://z4-forum.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1485
No one seems to have posted on this thread since 2017, but it's a very simple mod and I'm well pleased with the result
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Tastydo they make it exempt from an mot though?
Sadly no. There’s a whole story there to do with superchargers, emissions, maps, o2 sensors and too much money, but MOT is this Saturday, so fingers crossed it passes this time!
Worcester_spoon said:Big Andra said:Worcester_spoon said:New wheels
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Tasty
Sadly no. There’s a whole story there to do with superchargers, emissions, maps, o2 sensors and too much money, but MOT is this Saturday, so fingers crossed it passes this time!
