Fixedwheelnut

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• Hill Climbs

  in Rides & Races • 2 weeks, 1 day

  

  126th Catford CC Hill Climb, Sunday 9th October 2022 at Yorks Hill, Goathurst Common, Sevenoaks.

  Entries close 01/10/2022

   Enter online at https://www.cyclingtimetrials.org.uk/rac­e-course/23977#anchor

  

• Car appreciation... the aesthetics, the engineering, etc

  in Miscellaneous and Meaningless • 1 month

  

  @lynx @bq My Dad had a K70 1800 for a while, nippy for it's day but they were recommended to run on five star fuel and coming out during the seventies oil crisis it was a short lived run.
  Had some quirky design features, you could do the clutch without removing the gearbox, the engine ran anti clockwise, had inboard discs reducing the sprung weight at the wheel :)

• Car appreciation... the aesthetics, the engineering, etc

  in Miscellaneous and Meaningless • 1 month, 1 week

  

  Never been a fan of coilovers , heard they are OK for track use but far too harsh for the road, I am a fan of Bilstein damper/Eibach spring B12 kits.
  Put in your model details and search here
  https://www.bilsteinsuspensionstore.co.u­k/info-parts_list?make=BMW&car_year=2004­&model=3+Series&car_id=320+2.0+E46+d%7C2­001%7C2005

• Car appreciation... the aesthetics, the engineering, etc

  in Miscellaneous and Meaningless • 1 month, 1 week

  

  If it is noisier on a right hand bend, then it will be the left side bearing as it is under more load, likewise on a left hand bend if it is noisier then it will be the right side bearings, of course if it is the same it might still be both :)

• Car appreciation... the aesthetics, the engineering, etc

  in Miscellaneous and Meaningless • 1 month, 2 weeks

  

  @lynx All the heavy rust has been cut out and new metal in, including inner and outer sills, the patches on the underside were just surface rust, ground back to bare metal, then treated with jenolite and Por-15 only on those patches, the Tera Shultz was the underseal used over everything.

• Car appreciation... the aesthetics, the engineering, etc

  in Miscellaneous and Meaningless • 1 month, 2 weeks

  

  Thanks @Nef I keep meaning to roughly work out how many hours , just since I got it back from the bodyshop pretty much most of my four days off between shift patterns that are week days I have been working on it :)

• Car appreciation... the aesthetics, the engineering, etc

  in Miscellaneous and Meaningless • 1 month, 2 weeks

  

  Thank you @Aroogah here is the Flickr album that has the story so far since purchase in 2015 :)

  https://www.flickr.com/photos/fixedwheel­nut/albums/72157658921371883

• Car appreciation... the aesthetics, the engineering, etc

  in Miscellaneous and Meaningless • 1 month, 2 weeks

  

  6My 335i E30 Touring is taking forever to go back together since the respray , mainly because the pistons were on back order from November until July, now the MLS headgasket is two weeks overdue but it has given me time do do so many other bits I might not have bothered with, a fortnight a go I managed to get it on the ramp at my mates garage drop the rear axle and fuel tank to treat the surface rust patches and underseal it, started replacing the front to rear fuel & brake pipes. :)
  Cleaned of the surface rust areas , treated the metal with Jenolite and then a coat of Por-15 before undersealing the underneath with Tera Shutz

  Before
  

  After
  

  Ready for brake and fuel lines now.
  

• Car appreciation... the aesthetics, the engineering, etc

  in Miscellaneous and Meaningless • 1 month, 3 weeks

  

  Check the egr cooler for leaks, usually small amounts of antifreeze can leak causing soot to stick to it all, also check the oil breather system as excess oil can also do the same, might be worth removing the inlet manifold for walnut blasting of the inlet tracks .