Neil McCauley 394 Report post Posted October 13 What did you find in the interior with the blacklight 🤔 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
akapjay 41 Report post Posted October 16 Reconnected the E36 battery to start the day. Went a little like this: E36 > Silverdale Bus station > CBD office > Wiri CDG Depot > X5 to Hamilton > Huntly > Epsom > Home > E91 to pick up E36 > cool wee pic of the midlife crisis mobile and family travel wagon together. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dln 12 Report post Posted October 19 Meant to take some pics, but got in mission mode ... 2008 E82 135i. Shift lever to the left no longer engaged sport/manual mode. Internet says broken wire in the gear shift loom so... Centre console out - YouTube saved me some breakage when I thought it should come out but wasn't - under dash covers on both sides hold the front in... Release loom from stupid factory location that flexes with each movement, strip back sticky tape on loom. Sure enough, two disconnected ends looking at me. Strip, twist, tape and re-position to reduce flex. Reassemble console, testing function prior to buttoning up. Nothing broken or missed or left over. Spirited drive to confirm/celebrate. Win. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Harper 549 Report post Posted November 3 Helped the old man make some progress on his 318is project. Finally off it's jackstands and moving under it's own power again. And a quick blast to supercheap for some fluids 4 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dln 12 Report post Posted yesterday at 05:51 AM 1. Replaced old faded side repeaters - was unsure about how black the "smoked" looked in the box, but I think they look ok on the car. Shout out to @Olaf who saved me from breaking the old ones ... https://bimmersport.co.nz/topic/67760-blue-zoo-olafs-lci-e46-325i-touring/page/3/?tab=comments#comment-724975 2. Oil and filter. 3. Bent FL rim on 'test drive'. 😫 F**k - anybody know where to get it fixed in CHCH? 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gaz 1061 Report post Posted yesterday at 06:49 AM Elite wheels for the rim repair 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Olaf 3317 Report post Posted yesterday at 08:05 AM On 11/3/2024 at 7:16 PM, Harper said: Helped the old man make some progress on his 318is project. Finally off it's jackstands and moving under it's own power again. And a quick blast to supercheap for some fluids nice looking iS! I drove a near-new one for ~1200kms in Australia in 1993, a memorable drive. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Olaf 3317 Report post Posted yesterday at 08:06 AM On 10/19/2024 at 8:39 PM, dln said: Meant to take some pics, but got in mission mode ... 2008 E82 135i. Shift lever to the left no longer engaged sport/manual mode. Internet says broken wire in the gear shift loom so... Centre console out - YouTube saved me some breakage when I thought it should come out but wasn't - under dash covers on both sides hold the front in... Release loom from stupid factory location that flexes with each movement, strip back sticky tape on loom. Sure enough, two disconnected ends looking at me. Strip, twist, tape and re-position to reduce flex. Reassemble console, testing function prior to buttoning up. Nothing broken or missed or left over. Spirited drive to confirm/celebrate. Win. did you solder? or just left them twisted? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dln 12 Report post Posted 23 hours ago 38 minutes ago, Olaf said: did you solder? or just left them twisted? Cheap and nasty - just twisted (tightly with long nose pliers) and taped over. Access is pretty restricted and the wires are very small and short - I was worried about getting a soldering iron in there without touching the other ones. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Harper 549 Report post Posted 6 hours ago 18 hours ago, Olaf said: nice looking iS! I drove a near-new one for ~1200kms in Australia in 1993, a memorable drive. This one is far from new, 270,000km. Required quite a bit of love to get it be a 'nice' car. We're some of the way through building a revvy motor for it. M44 bottom end, with M42 head, ITBs, lightweight flywheel, all rotating assembly balanced etc. It's all going to the machine shop this week. The short block I got from a scrapyard for $200 with 90,000km on it. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Goose 41 Report post Posted 1 hour ago Removed, sanded and repainted the “clip-in” roof rails on the 540i this weekend. All the clear coat was coming off, amazing how one tatty component can lower the town of an otherwise tidy(ish) car. Also replaced rear windscreen rubber gasket, used a cheap eBay one but not super happy with the fit, might need to pull it out and replace with genuine. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
