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You could try heating it up, metal expands when it heats up and it may be enough to get it over the pipe.

I dyno'd my 540i at at 270ish km and it made 161kw atw, i dont know what it would have put down when new, but that seems to be in line withthe factory quoted power figure (210kw at flywheel) since then i have freshened the motor up and converted to manual, so my next dyno reading will be interesting!

PS, my car gets 'cleared out' pretty regularly, with the odd bit of gentle driving, and seemed to be pretty well serviced before i got it.

Not too clued up about this. Just saw a cheap as chips e39 wagon for sale that needs a new sls compressor? Thought it would be easier to swap it out etc.

Would be a lot easier to put in a second hand compressor.

The sls system still uses normal shock absorbers, are you changing the airsprings for normal coil springs and leaving the shocks, or going to a coil over setup? Pretty sure coilovers would need a cert, not sure about coils with standard shocks.

So, basically what he wants is a fleet of cars powered by pixie dust driving themselves around 24/7 until someone needs them, rather than a fleet of cars parked up using no energy at all until someone needs them. Sounds like he's thought that through pretty well, where do i sign up?

std size 195/65-14" from what i can see in the picture

Im keen to grab those, can you hang on to them for a week or so until i get my wagon back?

Would be kinda cool to be the first owner of a 91 M5, but kiss your money goodbye as soon as you put some kms on the clock! You would have to keep it forever.( not that it would be a bad thing)!

What size are the tyres on the bottlecaps?

Ok so I got the car home after a small drive. What I noticed straight away:

- Cold start was difficult. Car took some cranking to go and once going needed throttle to idle around 1200rpm for 1 - 2 mins before it could sustain itself.

- Engine is a little tappity, maybe an oil change or will the valves need tuning?

- Thermostat is on its way out so will need to be replaced

Other then that the car has a lot of character and sits damn well on the road.

Rockers will need adjusting, good thing theres only 8!

Thermostat change is literally 3 hose clamps!

Sounds pretty decent as far as M10s go. Have fun!

You will need to change the gearbox and get a driveshaft to suit. Shouldnt be too hard to find.

The M10 is generally pretty bulletproof, like all engines it doesnt respond well to overheating so make sure the cooling system is in good nick, it will almost certainly leak a bit of oil, timing chain so no belt to replace, and no plastic parts to self destruct!! Is a 30 odd year old design so dont expect great performance, but it gets the job done.

Drill and tap it to M6 then loktite a stud in there ?

Mine sometimes leaks from the top of the rear glass, where it closes agaainst the body of the hatch, drips down onto the boot floor. Usually only in REALLY heavy rain. Have you had look at the seal between the hatch and the glass lid?

Have you tried telling her "it makes it safer and more fuel efficient"?

You know that doesn't work, if it did you would be buying this!!

If you have access to a welder, put an old allen key in and weld it to the bolt, the heat will help loosen it and it should undo!!

Anybody know if E30 bottlecaps are worth anything? I'll have 4 to sell/store/get rid of soon so just wondering. They have tyres on them. Odd brands, tread ranging from 3-6 ish mm. Thanks

I wouldnt mind a set for the e21 i am going to try and sell, but the shipping from Wellington will probably kill it. Let me know when you are ready to sell.

You probably want to make sure it isnt just a worn bush ( or 4) before you throw money at new shocks, most decent suspension places will be able to put it up on a hoist and check them.

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Wowsa, talk about heavy duty...priceYou dont want a deep cycle, they wont last in a car! I think the odessy style batteries are probably what you are after.i dont think they will be any cheaper though!!

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Unfortunately most of the stuff you have pulled out is stuff that doesnt use much power anyway, you will still need as close to the original size battery as possible in terms of amp hours, have you thought about running 2 smaller batteries?

Someone forgot to turn off the flux capacitor, then got it up to 88 mph??

I think the haynes manual has the standard measurements in it, but i only have the 4 cylinder one, and im not at home so i cant look until tomorrow night. Ill check then.

Im sure its a great car, but imo welding 2 of the M3s doors shut doesnt justify a whole new model number! Seems like marketing bs. (I still want one)

318is was 5 speed manual? I picked one up for less than 500, for my e21 project. Just chuck another box in and away it goes!

Looking good so far, btw those windows are double glazed! Probably pretty rare for a wagon. Keep up the good work.

You can get a box for that on trademe for $500, chuck one in and sell a goer?