ZedShed (Midlands)

[Witchsilver]

Darn, I would have loved to come & meet everyone, sadly I have the zed in bits at the mo, doing the job I would be coming to do!! lol complete swap of all suspension bits in the front less struts & springs & hubs.

Have fun guys!

 

[t-tony]

Been there, done that. Hopefully another time. You're not far away after all. Watch this space.

Tony.

 

[notsoeasyaspie]

Great news! MOT passed! I'll see you later this morning

 

[Zephyr]

We need live feedback guys. A photo with a name would be great for all of us who can not be there.

 

[Paul Rice]

Just home after a full day at the Shed Midlands. Sure Tony will be along soon with more pics heres a couple from MeLine up Red E89 Alex (Alenod0
My grey E85 and T-Tony's White / Red E89

Alex having a look at another E89

Our host and all round Guru overseeing Mints noisy pully, Dave Mint hiding under the bonnet

Sorry didn't get everyone but sure Tony will be along soon

 

[Mus Musculus]

We need live feedback guys. A photo with a name would be great for all of us who can not be there.

Not many pictures of people (GDPR and all that ), but here is my mouse sitting between the big cats:

I am pretty sure Tony will come along with some pictures soon...

Note: Joking about the GDPR thing, I am simply not a good photographer!

 

[AleNod]

Excellent day today - thank you @t-tony for your usual excellent expertise and hospitality. Also nice to see new faces !

A few from me:

It's a tight fit in here !

Thank you @Paul Rice for showing me how to clean my engine bay in 5 mins !

Shall I suck . . .

Or shall I blow !

Orange wins 2.5 to 1.5 . . .

Was that 8 Zeds in total ?

Last one . . .

 

[AleNod]

@t-tony I'm pretty sure my gearbox changes feel slicker - not sure if thats my imagination, but I think so ! Need a few 1sts to 2nds to check, not may of those on the way home, I'll let you know . . .

@Paul Rice You're magic detailer is impressive, I'm sold ! I thought I'd noted the name but hadn't, if you cant ping me the name, thanks !

Apologies, I didn't get others forum names, but nice to meet the new faces, see you on another one !

 

[Mad2718]

Sorry I didn’t take any pics but Tony thanks for another great day and hosting us all.

Paul, Alex, Roo, Dave, Tony thanks for the fitting of the dash cam. Hmm anyone that says it only takes a few mins better be doing it in a Z4 as a Z3 takes a fair amount of persuading. If you hard wire into the fuse box.

 

[MarkPlant]

Looks like a good day was had

 

[notsoeasyaspie]

Thanks for having us @t-tony! Was great to meet you all and thanks to Shirley for keeping Kate company while I was playing mechanic

 

[Mint]

Just to add my thanks to Tony for hosting another great day at the shed again today. It was good to see old friends again and [hopefully] make some new ones.
Special thanks to Dave [ @Mad2718 ] for taking me into Lincoln to pick up a new tensioner, beer will be coming your way next time we meet up.
No photos from me, never think to take any

 

[Zephyr]

So @Paul Rice and @AleNod care to share the 5min engine cleaning trick?

 

[t-tony]

As Arkwright used to say, "It's been a funny old day" but we got it all done. I got a few pics to add, so here goes.

First job was a gear oil change on Alex's E89 Z4 20i over the pit. We hadn't quite done that when Dave arrived in his lovely red Z3.
When Roo got here we had his white E89 Z4 23i on the lift for a service. See Alex's pics. We had finished on the lift with the E89 when Dave arrived in his Z3 with a noise from the belts pulleys area so we swapped the cars over.

After getting the gear oil filled and Alex's car off the pit, Paul pulled over the pit to attempt a coolant change on his E85 Z4 2.5.

The rogues gallery here are, left to right, Mus Musculus, Alex (AleNod) and Paul Rice.
Out on the yard I was changing the cabin filter on Roo's E89. Why do they put these things in such places? Answers on a post card. This was after Dave and Dave left for Lincoln to fetch an aux. belt tensioner for Dave's 2.2 from ECP, in the red Z3. Got the usual shower of dried leaves when I pulled the old filter out into the footwell. Another job for my Ryobi vacuum cleaner (it does earn it's keep!).

We had a fair selection of cars here today, including a 4 series oil burner. Same Orange as one of the Zeds.

A little later we had Terry (and Kate) AKA @notsoeasyaspie arrive in his 2.0 Z3. Terry had fitted new brakes all round but came to a stop at the O/S/R when he encountered a rounded caliper carrier bolt. Anyway we soon managed to overcome that problem, had to de adjust the H/B shoes and repair one shoe hold down pin/spring.

This chap is Dave (@Mint, and his low mileage Z3 in Aging Blue. ) been friends along time because of this forum as with the other guys too. As I said to Terry, Strangers are just friends you haven't met yet.
Meanwhile next to the Shed Paul was busy helping Dave and Roo to Hard wire Dave's Dash Cam in his Z3.

Of course there was the usual amount of Mickey taking going on. Just wouldn't be a Shed Day without.

Any road up I thoroughly enjoyed myself (and my Butty, Cheers Dave/Roo). Always good to meet with old friends and to meet new ones too. Hope to see you all, and others soon.

Tony & Shirl.

 

[Toby]

Looks to have been a great day guys

 

[ExMX5owner]

From down here, tis great to put faces to names...

 

[Paul Rice]

So @Paul Rice and @AleNod care to share the 5min engine cleaning trick?

Easy on a modern car. No oil leaks just a bit of grease on the paintwork the rest was dust. As most visual bits are plastic and paint, Auto finesse quick detailer and a cloth soon had the under bonnet shining.

 

[Mus Musculus]

It was great meeting you all yesterday. Thanks for the warm welcome and @t-tony's hospitality!

Next time I come along, I will make sure to have some work or another to do on my Zed.

This was after Dave and Dave

It's good I am called Jose. It's unlikely that any disambiguation will be required in the future…

 

[Rha]

Looks like a lot of satisfied customers Tony shame I missed this one.
The pic is your old place round the corner with that great workshop which I regret not buying. Looks like it was just bought to sell again.??????

 

[t-tony]

Looks like a lot of satisfied customers Tony shame I missed this one.
The pic is your old place round the corner with that great workshop which I regret not buying. Looks like it was just bought to sell again.??????

To be fair to Paul who bought it it may have the fact that there are now 9 homes going up on that field next door rather than the 5 originally planned mate. Sadly you missed a good day Roy, but I'm hoping to squeeze another one in before we go away in early April.

Tony.