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Hey Team hope you all had a good weekend. So got into the front end of the e34 sedan, i was only going to swap the adjusties out but at a closer inspection the thrust arms were split so deicded to just change the whole front bushings out. It was abit tricky trying to figure out how to split the ball joints off the bracket piece that held everthing together as there was heaps of movement when i was going to town on it with a hammer. Once all off just eye balled the new steering links to roughly the same length as old one and bolted it all back together. Taking it in for a wheel alignment and WOF tomorrow then if all good to go onto trade me its going. But the best part of the weekend was picking up these Got the 2 x custom flywheel and clutch packages back. Now hopfully will start getting in the x5 4.6is manual swap! Bit of info on the set up. M62 auto ring gear machined steel flywheel to accept nissan pressure plate (still need to weight it) 3000lb nissan pressure plate Custom 5 puk disc with m3 centre spline Custom release bearing carrier to accept nissan release bearing. So the reason behind this was to make an affordable upgrade able to source from NZ. Friction surface is bigger by 10mm at 250mm compared to bmw 240mm clutches used in the m3/m5 and the release bearing is only $40 to replace which gets pressed into the carrier. Greg at MP Auto said with his tourqe calculator he roughly worked out that this setup could handle 800nm which is more than enough for me. So cant wait to starting fitting this up to the X5. Thanks Richard

Oops...? Suffice to say I’ve definitely got an affliction for classic BMWs

Non-runflats next time. ?

Tackled the valve cover gasket today, after seeing oil on my spark plug threads a few weeks back when I changed those. Also noticed some oil leaking on the exhaust heat shield, creating a nice burning smell... Went very smoothly, being the most 'invasive' job I've done under the hood of a car to date (newbie to this stuff) and the old gasket was very hard and brittle, especially around the plug seals. Got the BMW gasket from FCP euro with the 15 fastner seals as well and torqued in a star pattern to 10nm.

Not many in manual, most were the DCT gearbox. I’ll have a look at the data tomorrow when I’m back in the office.

Tyres were at the end of their life, so decided to get a new set of 4. I was going to stick to the Michelin PSS, but i wanted to do something I had tried and liked before and went with the Bridgestone RE050A's. I also decided to go slightly wider on the back, replacing 245s with 255/35/18. These tyres feel awesome, quiet yet so much grip.

Yup, you were right. A week after this post got the telltale burning oil smell and saw it was leaking onto the exhaust heat shield. Sprung for the BMW gasket and replaced yesterday, was particularly brittle on the plug seals. New plugs had a little oil on the threads already, so cleaned them up and everything else.

Thats real strong money for a car that doesnt drive, has an undisclosed terminal engine issue, has no wof/reg, and appears to have no suspension...