Next in the shed is a stunner, a very rarely seen black Z3M. @BillH We’re sure we’ve seen this car before the plate looks familiar. Anyway we started off doing the seat bushes at the same time we did Boisie’s and found they had been done before but the blocks were a loose fit.
Here she is.
She arrived in style with a very hot smelly Front calliper well and truely stuck on.
Also some interesting bits, like a flat bottom steering wheel. Strangely the first Z3M I’ve seen with a manual roof.
With the seat bushes done we rolled her in ready for Saturdays tear down.
She didn’t disappoint, she came apart relatively easy I don’t think @Mazza would agree we left him fighting the exhaust for an hour up front.
Not to much rust at all, just surface.
Near side
And the normal shot beam bushes. Sat rubbing on the plate.
this time we spent around 2 hours getting the car apart as the front exhaust section flanges didn’t want to come apart.
can confirm torn beam bushes.
They shouldn’t be trying to polish the plate
Let the strip down for powder coating begin.
and the other
we had one casualty. One of the wheel bearings protested being removed.
Under side looking all dusty.
Now the back was stripped we had a look round the rest of the car. Looks like a mechanic forgot to fit bump stops and dust covers to the front shocks, this is actually an MOT failure.
All the hardware up front has been replaced recently so no need for me to do too much. I’ll need to remove the shocks and sort the mistake and rebuild both front callipers.
Both callipers, one has an incorrectly fitted seal so no surprise it’s now stuck.
plenty to keep me busy the coming weeks. Diff needs some love
old beam bushes removed.
one hell of a pile of parts for powder coating.
Lots of ordering to do tonight.
Here she is.
She arrived in style with a very hot smelly Front calliper well and truely stuck on.
Also some interesting bits, like a flat bottom steering wheel. Strangely the first Z3M I’ve seen with a manual roof.
With the seat bushes done we rolled her in ready for Saturdays tear down.
She didn’t disappoint, she came apart relatively easy I don’t think @Mazza would agree we left him fighting the exhaust for an hour up front.
Not to much rust at all, just surface.
Near side
And the normal shot beam bushes. Sat rubbing on the plate.
this time we spent around 2 hours getting the car apart as the front exhaust section flanges didn’t want to come apart.
can confirm torn beam bushes.
They shouldn’t be trying to polish the plate
Let the strip down for powder coating begin.
and the other
we had one casualty. One of the wheel bearings protested being removed.
Under side looking all dusty.
Now the back was stripped we had a look round the rest of the car. Looks like a mechanic forgot to fit bump stops and dust covers to the front shocks, this is actually an MOT failure.
All the hardware up front has been replaced recently so no need for me to do too much. I’ll need to remove the shocks and sort the mistake and rebuild both front callipers.
Both callipers, one has an incorrectly fitted seal so no surprise it’s now stuck.
plenty to keep me busy the coming weeks. Diff needs some love
old beam bushes removed.
one hell of a pile of parts for powder coating.
Lots of ordering to do tonight.
so, a few issues already which i thought id had sorted. The BMW specialist I took it to wasn't perhaps the specialist I thought. At least I'm confident it's now in safe and experienced hands and am already fascinated with all the work to get that improved driving experience. Thanks guys - I'll be bringing up the rear shocks when they arrive along with the biscuits - or just folding stuff for the brekky!
glad I didn't change them for 18"ers
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I feel very lucky to be the last big rebuild before you start your new job - think I'll buy a lottery ticket for this weekend! Thanks Lee, Trev and all your team 