Rekpoint 555 Posted November 9, 2020 Report Share Posted November 9, 2020 #norepparts Quote Link to post Share on other sites
B C 5334 Posted December 19, 2020 Author Report Share Posted December 19, 2020 Fired it up to get it on ramps so I can replace a few things. -Parking brake shoes -Stainless clutch line -Clutch slave cyl. -Try out some Redline MT LV in the trans per Bimmerworld’s recommendation -AKG Motorsport trans mounts with the cuppy-thingies -jack point surface rust removal/POR15 I think that’s all for now. I’ll report back tomorrow once im covered in blood and grease and have made little progress DrLeadFoot, patsbimmer1, P_Roloff and 2 others 5 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SteelBlue 760 Posted December 19, 2020 Report Share Posted December 19, 2020 I've said this before, but the amber turn signals look so right on this car. Rekpoint 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
YoungCR 1207 Posted December 19, 2020 Report Share Posted December 19, 2020 Just a FYI on the 420G but also this is a phenomenal build https://www.mye28.com/viewtopic.php?p=1491536#p1491536 Quote We determined transmission whine was from the input shaft bearing. Input shaft must have gotten damaged during one of the many removals/installs since it was pulled from the donor car (be careful not to let the weight of the transmission be held by the shaft). 420Gtransmissions are not repairable; neither BMW nor Getrag provide any parts or support. I contacted many 'experts' around the world, including those who convert 420G SMGs to 6-speeds. None could offer any help with the input shaft bearing. Just the cost of having someone TRY would end up being many thousands of doll hairs. I decided to write the old transmission off and source a new one. Yes. New. There are (were) two of them left in the world. It should be here this week. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
B C 5334 Posted December 19, 2020 Author Report Share Posted December 19, 2020 That IS a phenomenal build! The 420g is not one of the great manual transmissions ever crafted, hence my efforts to do a few small things to make sure it has its best chance at living its best life. If I ever needed to swap transmissions I would grab a cheap low mile SMG trans and swap bellhousings. The manual transmission cost and availability is not great and with the SMG you know a computer was shifting it instead of a pretend racecar driver. Which all E46 drivers are, including myself. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
B C 5334 Posted December 20, 2020 Author Report Share Posted December 20, 2020 160,712 miles Parking brake shoes and hardware replaced. The shoes were original (no surprise as they dont wear much) and had plenty of meat on the bones. The weak park brake was more a function of glazing and adjustment. the drum surface received a good scuff and the adjusters were cleaned and slathered in anti-seize. Once it was back together, the handbrake cable was adjusted to factory spec and now the park brake holds the car on my sloped driveway while in neutral. Im pretty sure I ordered an FTE clutch slave cylinder (OE) but here I am with a Sachs brand. Notice that the pushrod is a bit longer than the FTE. In this photo the stock slave cylinder binds at the last 1/4” of travel and so part of the length discrepancy can be attributed to that. I am not sure that the sticking affected performance while under pressure but it would not surprise me if the seal was affected and able to pull a minuscule amount of air for a brief moment while moving past that rough spot. The stainless clutch line did not have the same pregnant section that the stock rubber line does so I trimmed it off and attached it since there exits a decent chance of rubbing and abrasion between the corner of the oil pan and the new line. Transmission mounts were not replaced as the exhaust was in the way of the passenger side mount. I will save them for a future project when the exhaust is dropped. The MT-LV is the ticket though. I took a few laps around the neighborhood in the cold weather and between the new clutch hydraulics and the trans oil, there were no grinds on the cold 1-2 shift. It is now parked and on the battery tender again until hopefully March P_Roloff and Jdesign 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
B C 5334 Posted January 1 Author Report Share Posted January 1 SPOILER ALERT I ordered a Turner Motorsport rear spoiler and had it painted. Test fitment shown while waiting on some 3M adhesion promoter wipes to arrive from the amazon. P_Roloff, jc43089, patsbimmer1 and 3 others 6 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
YoungCR 1207 Posted January 1 Report Share Posted January 1 Do it for Dale patsbimmer1 and jc43089 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GunMetalGrey 1289 Posted January 2 Report Share Posted January 2 I'm glad to see Stroopwafels! Your AFR is pretty darn lean also... B C 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
B C 5334 Posted January 2 Author Report Share Posted January 2 The lean AFR has to do with my late timing in getting to the DMV Quote Link to post Share on other sites
B C 5334 Posted January 26 Author Report Share Posted January 26 Sometimes I acknowledge its “just a car” and I want to enjoy it year round with some snow tires on. m42b32, P_Roloff, pynacl and 2 others 5 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
YoungCR 1207 Posted January 27 Report Share Posted January 27 It's just a car until it's a rust bucket too 🙄 it's a painful ethos because it would be a blast. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jc43089 885 Posted January 28 Report Share Posted January 28 You may want to check out your roof condition if that much snow is entering your garage... P_Roloff, m42b32 and B C 1 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
B C 5334 Posted January 28 Author Report Share Posted January 28 1 hour ago, jc43089 said: You may want to check out your roof condition if that much snow is entering your garage... I accidentally left the sunroof open on the garage. jc43089 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jc43089 885 Posted January 28 Report Share Posted January 28 19 minutes ago, B C said: I accidentally left the sunroof open on the garage. Make sure the drain tubes are PM'd Quote Link to post Share on other sites
B C 5334 Posted February 28 Author Report Share Posted February 28 Pulled the car out of the garage for a rinse and re-installed the spoiler because it is very tricky to get the placement correct. I wasn’t satisfied with my first two attempts but it’s all good now. I was able to try out the new parkIng brake components and can now finally hold the car on a hill in neutral! A functioning park brake is underrated. jc43089, m42b32 and P_Roloff 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
B C 5334 Posted March 8 Author Report Share Posted March 8 Commuted. P_Roloff, jc43089, Bassboy3313 and 3 others 6 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jc43089 885 Posted March 12 Report Share Posted March 12 Hot diggety that looks good. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
B C 5334 Posted March 24 Author Report Share Posted March 24 The E46 is a stunning car.... ....but the suspension is always trying to divorce itself from the chassis. Here is my automatic disconnecting front sway bar: Jdesign, P_Roloff and m42b32 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
m42b32 1257 Posted March 24 Report Share Posted March 24 6 minutes ago, B C said: The E46 is a stunning car.... ....but the suspension is always trying to divorce itself from the chassis. Here is my automatic disconnecting front sway bar: People pay a lot of money for that feature on Jeeps! Stock sway bar? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
B C 5334 Posted March 24 Author Report Share Posted March 24 14 minutes ago, m42b32 said: People pay a lot of money for that feature on Jeeps! Stock sway bar? The entire suspension setup is Ground Control Race. The sway bars are about the diameter of a Cholula bottle P_Roloff 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
B C 5334 Posted April 3 Author Report Share Posted April 3 Car up in the air and taken apart. The drivers side sway bar mount is perfectly intact. The passenger side not so much. The ends of the cracks were drilled. Metal pounded/pulled flat, welded, ground, and prepped for a reinforcement plate. I had ordered some pre-made reinforcement plates and was surprised when they were only 0.114” thick (11 ga.) Then I measured the chassis sheetmetal. It comes in at a measly 0.053” (17 ga.). Massive thanks to @Bassboy3313 for coming over and welding, can’t thank him enough for his help. Grade 8.8 screws were preheated to 300 F, welded, then slow cooled. Since the drivers side was intact, that reinforcement plate was welded in as-is. Once both reinforcements were welded in they were painted. I am making this post while waiting for the paint to dry. I should have things buttoned up, re-grease the sway bar, and be back in action later today. P_Roloff, Boris3, Bassboy3313 and 1 other 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
YoungCR 1207 Posted April 3 Report Share Posted April 3 Yikes! zee Germans took lightweight to the extreme on E46 chassis metal Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bassboy3313 862 Posted April 3 Report Share Posted April 3 More than happy to help! Was a tight fit to get the mig gun in there, but got the job done. Welding upside down is never the easiest thing either, lol. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
B C 5334 Posted April 5 Author Report Share Posted April 5 Back to daily duty P_Roloff, m42b32, Jdesign and 1 other 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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