eliongater 718 Report post Posted March 27, 2017 7 minutes ago, Olaf said: you did that on Sunday afternoon after getting home from the Roadie? awesome! How's the new gearbox? Err no, before the roadie, just doing a cumulative update Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Olaf 3317 Report post Posted March 27, 2017 so the new gearbox is patchy, and you're sending the old one off for rebuild, then? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
eliongater 718 Report post Posted March 27, 2017 16 hours ago, Olaf said: so the new gearbox is patchy, and you're sending the old one off for rebuild, then? New gearbox is ok, but yeah, that's the plan Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
eliongater 718 Report post Posted April 2, 2017 Performed said oil change. Swapped out the gear knob for one that doesn't fall off. Washed it, rain-x'd the windscreens, took it to the meet. Somehow managed to get it dirty in that time... I also think I may have developed an exhaust leak somewhere 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
eliongater 718 Report post Posted October 16, 2017 Listed it for sale (the exhaust leak was fixed and it threw through it's WOF) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
eliongater 718 Report post Posted October 16, 2017 As one last hurrah, we got featured in the dominion post. 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
eliongater 718 Report post Posted March 12, 2018 (edited) Replaced PS belt, alternator belt, alternator adjuster bracket, PS adjuster nut, 2 of the 3 temp sensors in the thermostat. Seems to run better now, but requires more testing. Edited March 12, 2018 by eliongater 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
eliongater 718 Report post Posted August 4, 2018 (edited) Replaced most of the vacuum lines and the valve cover gasket. Oil + filter change. Continues to “just work” (as in it hasn’t broken down on me, unlike the e46...) Edited August 4, 2018 by eliongater Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gjm 3258 Report post Posted August 4, 2018 4 hours ago, eliongater said: Continues to “just work” (as in it hasn’t broken down on me, unlike the e46...) That wasn't a break down. That was sheer bad luck. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
eliongater 718 Report post Posted August 4, 2018 @gjm oh no I wasn’t talking about that. I was talking about the two times it’s left stranded... expansion tank and fuel pump. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
eliongater 718 Report post Posted November 7, 2018 (edited) Cumulative update. Changed the diff oil and thermostat. Made some E28 coffee. The not so good; the drivers door lock broke and the odometer finally died at 164000Km Spent last weekend doing the gumboot rally in it, performed flawlessly for 1000Km with the only casualty being the 30 year old suspension (All the bushings decided they'd had enough). Somehow managed 10.5L/100Km despite driving over both the Gentle Annie and Forgotten highway. I think I may just keep the M20 in it rather than swapping to the M30 with economy like that, and since the fun factor of the eta still had me smiling like a Cheshire cat despite being embarrassed by a Lada (my suspension was gone by that point and the lada was not stock..) Will look into a complete suspension rebuild as well as moving to my dogbone E28 subframe and LSD. Any suggestions on what bushings, shocks etc to go for? Edited November 7, 2018 by eliongater Adding words 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
