adro

42 minutes ago, zero said:

Can I ask why?

Most people do the air pump delete.

 

yeah, I think mines trying to catch on fire? 

I would love to delete it as it’s real noisy but haven’t been able to find a DIY thread that actually resolved it on the M62. 

As per title, I'm looking for a secondary air pump for my E39 540i.

part number: 11721433958

Would need posted to Wellington.

Cheers,

A.

^^ my order from FCP turned up today too, no GST ?

E12, Seatoun Wellington. Sounded great!

1000km since the transmission work. Had a very aggressive jolt when shifting from 3rd down to 2nd for a while but that seems to have chilled out now. This morning out enjoying the current Wellington spring winds.

+1 for speedfactor, I got my koni sport shocks and Sachs clutch kit off Speed and they were brilliant to deal with.

Wow, looking good! 

Did you go stainless brake hoses or rubber? MBI is probably your best plan for the gearbox if it's available? Then you would be covered for the guides too? I got off lightly I think @4K for the rebuild of mine, but that's because @rusteee had already rebuilt the box not that long ago!

1 hour ago, Bener said:

Hey @adro and @BozzaFC, did your GROM kits fit behind the stereo or in the boot with the CD changer?

Mines in the front, @hunter has one in his E39 too but don’t know if his experience has been that great? 

+ 1 for the GROM. Bluetooth + AUX + power, fit's nice and tidy. Worth the money in my opinion.

7 minutes ago, hunter said:

I've just ordered a pair of these myself, from eBay in europe. one of mine is smashed and the other doesn't line up and 80% of the hardware is missing so lots of rattles.

New hardware and undertray "wings" on the way....

Cool, if I were to do this again I would line up the  rubber piece on the car first, rather than referencing the original in the garage. 

I got some knockoff trim (not sure what you call this piece?) off ebay yonks ago but never got around to fitting it. Spray painted it black and glued the rubber piece on (see how long that lasts) and installed. The rubber piece doesn't line up perfectly with the bumper but I prefer it to having the smashed piece of undertray.

Car is back on the road. Another receipt for the folder...

Looking at this photo I'm guessing that left broken mount is what they said they needed to weld up.

Went home via VTNZ for a WOF. Got pulled up on the LED halo lights and the headlight adjusters need to be replaced, but it was a pass. I see the notes say the brake hoses need doing soon too.

So nice to have remote locking and stereo controls on the steering wheel again.

Fingers crossed this drum lasts longer than 40,000 km.

1 hour ago, rusteee said:

Yeah they never painted them there, they just stamped it. Found this out when I started questioning them on whether had actually been touched after 2 "rebuilds" had failed, so he showed me stamps and the single weld.

Ah ok that’s good to know. Probably doesn’t need to be done then..

3 hours ago, rusteee said:

Cant believe that 'A' drum! Was supposed to be the new improved strengthened 'A' drum that doesnt smash apart like the old ones.... 

Yeah, interesting eh. The tech reckons the torque converter hasn’t been rebuilt either due to the fact it hasn’t been painted?

7 hours ago, Olaf said:

You won't know yourself with rebuilt trans and torque converter.  replacing cooler lines and cooler as well, in case of debris?

Nearly 7 years on and ~75,000kms on and the Hutt Automatics rebuilt trans in our e46 is shifting beautifully (it's had a fluid change and filter in that time).

Cool, can't wait. No mention of the trans cooler or line replacement at this stage.

2 hours ago, hunter said:

Ouch, hope rebuild sorts it once and for all!

Sounds like the gearbox has done the rounds with rebuilds

What symptoms did it have prior to dying, were they ongoing for a while or more orless immediate -ish?

 

no symptoms really. I felt a shudder every now and again from take off but not often or bad enough to make me worry. At 50-60km/h it would change down a gear...almost like it couldn't make up it's mind what gear it wanted to be in...again, has done it for the 2.5 years I've owned it and never really bothered me...that's why I'm rebuilding the torque converter though. I've never noticed any slipping, or delay in shift or delay when going from drive to reverse etc it's always felt tight ? The failure was immediate. One minute fine, next minute going nowhere.

Update: I towed the car to Jon @ auto38 who advised the box was busted. I towed it home, did some thinking, looked at replacement vehicles, looked at replacement boxes, sort council from multiple forum members, then towed it out to Hutt Automatics for them to drop the box and diagnose further. They have advised this morning that the A drum has failed, likely due to pressure spikes from the pressure regulator/valve body. After further discussions about how the car was driving prior to it failing I've decided to rebuild the torque converter too while it's out. Hopefully it's back on the road in a couple of weeks...

Bumping this. Still looking 

Bump

15 hours ago, rusteee said:

I hope its no major Adrian. Thats the third gearbox in that beast and millionth torque converter which both had been fully rebuilt so be suprising if it was internal. Keen to see what the issue is, hopfully just some bad connection somewhere in the line

Thanks Russell, yeah....that's what I'm hoping for, it's been working like a dream so hopefully not terminal.

11 minutes ago, Eagle said:

 Maybe its got a curse on it

I think after what Russell went through it's not a crazy concept ?

and then it couldn't find a gear. Booked into Auto38 on Tuesday. In the mean time I scanned it myself,  ISTA-D came up with codes 31-EGS: Symptom gear monitoring, 32 -EGS: Symptom gear monitoring 1, 35 -EGS: Symptom gear monitoring 3, 3B EGS: Stall speed and 8- IKE: EGS signal line disturbed. Cleared them, drove it...shifted fine for about 3 mins and then started slipping again in 3rd or 4th and then went back into limp mode, same codes. I've been googling but looks like some serious multimetering is the next step. I'll leave that up to Jon.

Attended the MG & Constructors car club driver training day at Manfield last weekend. What a fun event. First time driving on the track and had an absolute blast.

Cleaned and got a coat of some autoglym quick detailer. Clay bar'd the windscreen and applied 'jet seal' to it along with the lights. Noticed someone has reversed into my front number plate putting it significantly out of shape...probably better than the bumper but still. Will have to pop this off and try straighten it.