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What a shame. Why do people do this?

Yea, pity the Greens don't get it. I would prefer a National/Greens government over a National/NZFirst government.

Great work! With all the effort you have made, why not just spray the whole car?

Yay for another e46 wagon

Bad enough that the starter motor mount 'ear' came off when pressed.

You cannot reuse the head gasket or the head bolts.

Curious as to why you dislike fiscal conservatism? What are your thoughts on Keynesian economics?

1. Borrowed a cylinder bore gauge. 2. Went to zebra wreckers in Manukau for a m62b44 block. 3. Pulled engine out of a 540i at zebra. 4. Removed heads. 5. Checked bore with pistons still in and all good. 6. Pissed with rain so moved engine undercover. 7. Dismantled everything off the block as its the only bit I need. 8. Found cracks where the starter motor mounts. 9. Went home empty handed after wrenching for hours.

Don't buy a karcher. They used to be excellent, I used to own one, but in the last few years did massive cost cutting and move manufacturing to China. The impellers are now plastic and constantly fail, usually just after your 12 month warranty expires. For the same price you can buy a Nilfisk. Not amazing but better than the Karcher. I have a Nilfisk - you can come over and test it out to see what kind of power you need.

Good progress

Neither will truly ruin us but one will increase debt by another $11B over the next 5 years and tax the hell out of everything.

That is not cool.

The Labour Party. Having nine years to get their policies together and 8 days from the election they still don't know what they are.

Thanks mate. I'm a slow learner.

Or if a spitfire engine is too small, you could always get this. Its a bmw engine too; http://www.carscoops.com/2011/03/fire-breathing-bmw-46-liter-v12-powered.html

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2226932/Classic-Bentley-fitted-27-litre-SPITFIRE-engine-goes-sale-500-000-Top-Gear-stars-wince-fuel-bills.html

Do you think the seller knows its not a genuine M535i, or is it a simple mistake. (like when people list a 318i as an m3)

Or buy one of those cheap bluetooth things that plug into the obd2 port, and then use the free "torque" app on your smart phone. That will also tell you which cylinder is giving you grief.

It will be interesting to see the colour of the oil.

The only place I can think of would be Taylor Automotive up in Auckland.

Thanks man. Its definitely time consuming but at least I can say I did it myself.

UPDATE I was in the UK for a holiday last year and brought these back with me in my luggage; SPAX rsx coilovers. Adjustable height and adjustable damping. Stainless steel adjusters and spring seats. Really good quality for a reasonable price. I got the subframe and diff into the car. I had to then take it back out again because the lower and upper control arms couldn't be bolted in with the diff in the way. Rookie mistake. But second time is a charm. Because there are 2mm subframe strengthening plates, there needs to be 2mm spacers for the front brace to keep everything correctly aligned. People seem to just sit a spacer in like a big washer, but I wanted to weld the plates to the front brace for a cleaner look. I got the front brace and a couple other missing subframe attaching parts from @BM WORLD so big thanks to Brent. I also wanted to make some strengthening plates for the upper control arms as they are aluminium and known to fail with coilovers. So back to cutting up more 2mm steel. I hammered them to match the contour of the control arm and then I sandblasted them and took them to @aja540i for Andrew to do his powdercoating magic. Front brace was installed, and so was the control arm strengthening plates. I have just washed and reused the rubber spring seats for now. When the car can be driven I can make a decision on what thickness replacement rubber seats I will use. Springs and height adjusters went in easily. Then it was the turn of rear trailing arms. I'm using 330i trailing arms that I got from zebra wreckers, so I can utilise the larger brakes, and larger bearings. Of course they were sandblasted and powdercoated like everything else. I then pressed the new bearings in. New rubber bushes for the control arm attaching points, and powerflex bushings for the trailing arm to body mounts. Then they were installed with the zinc plated bolts. Rear shocks are next. The spax gas shocks got new top rubber mounts, washers, and custom stainless steel reinforcement plates and gaskets. Starting to take shape, and I'm really happy how its looking. Then the sandblasted and powdercoated brake backing plates and hubs were installed.

Great cars. I had a Mk2 2500TC, but my favourite was an old white Mk1 2000.

Yea mate, I'm keen. Just saving the pennies at the moment.

Whatever you use, we demand before and after pics