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Cleaned the X5, 316, 318 #2 and hateful 520. 

Put the "new" head on 318 #2 after work yesterday. Forgot to get new valve cover gasket. Derp. Will give it a polish and sell it soon 

Try find a z3m OE radiator. Better than a Fenix. 

I run an OEM radiator, not a problem. 

BC gold are good entry level, my personal favorite is the XYZ in that price range. 

Cool build man, keep up the good work 

All 318 coupes are iS, that just means it has m42/44 not 40/43

the kit etc was optional 

Yup. Having the battery off shouldn't clear the trans adaptions on the e39, might clear driver pattern adaptions but that'd be it. 

I would suggest clearing the adaptions since you have changed the box before you damage it

That is real tasty, love that colour on a FL 46. 

19 hours ago, MattA said:

Be worth getting in touch with Toyota NZ, great PR for the brand!

No doubt they'll try get him in to a newer less reliable model

If you look at engine hours and fuel load 300,000km done on open roads is not a lot at all. My father has a Corolla that's somewhere around the 850,000km mark

I'll stick to my r888r then

Would like to hear your feedback on the Zestino tyres? 

Love the build. 

Common for people to refresh them 

However

Air leaks, grooved throttle body, dirty/sticky injectors wetting the intake tract, buggered throttle cable etc have seen all before 

General rule of thumb in bmw Internet world is to flash/chip the ecu 

E53 got engine, diffs, gearbox and transcase oils this morning 

Some new filters thrown around here and there 

Nothing to fix on it yet. Might break one day. 

Check the camshaft for wear 

Yeah its not particularly uncommon but most people are plebs and don't notice these things like you have 

1 hour ago, Young Thrash Driver said:

Why... a single headlight for the X5 will cost more than a complete Morrie rebuild!

I did mention things along that line. But nah, too cool for them

You are correct. I have a hoist which helps but still pretty easy to do 

Around an hour with a cuppa in hand to get the sump off 

I imagine you could do it with AC in place if you really wanted to

I'm about to move over to them now because my provider isn't interested in insuring my 56 year old morris. 

Well that was easy. 

Haven't done anythingof note today. 

But this week on the race car I have done the RTABs, made a new hard clutch line, almost finished the interior loom, new rocker cover gasket and repaint, will be doing the oil pump nut this week. 

The mongrel old m50 sounds lovely with its straight pipe Flaxmere spec exhaust 

X5 got its at least once a week wash. 

Put new radiator hoses on the morris, will rebuild the generator and replace the spring shackle bushes this week too

The e55 has the whole wagging tail habit that I do love so much. Not hugely crazy about the handling of a large sedan, balance is important (which is lovely with the e39, I miss mine) but I don't care for the crap ride quality most heavy sedans have when they're sporty. 

I'm just making excuses for a penis extending sledgehammer car honestly. 

On the other hand my x5 is significantly faster in the wet than my e39 540 was

I have used you shop a bunch of times with no issues. 

The slowest part of any shipping I find is good old NZpost 

I would personally go to an e55, cheap and not a bad car. Huge power, easy to get more power. No big engine or box worries. 

Bit of a fancy Bogan car, but I'm in to that. 

I think I'll buy one as my next toy 

Your brackets look much better than the older product you had. 

Good stuff

1 hour ago, kiwi535 said:

would that sort of torque make the clutch a difficult proposition?

We have over 400km on an original clutch in an e53 doing heavy towing with the 500nm spec, so I'd say clutch is easy even with oem gear

When the trans is that far gone (especially a clutch type) changing the oil is often worse for it because you lose all the friction lining material in the oil which is most likely the only thing helping it now. 

Very common on 4HP22 to have clutch and convertor lock up issues, as well as valving issues from neglect. 

Second hand boxes are a gamble but less of a gamble than a cheap rebuild 

If it has a trans cooler, replace it with the box

Control arm bushes are super common on 32/34s. Pitman arms etc wear too