Rekpoint 538 Report post Posted November 9, 2020 #norepparts Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
B C 5235 Report post 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 5 DrLeadFoot, P_Roloff, Jdesign and 2 others reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SteelBlue 730 Report post Posted December 19, 2020 I've said this before, but the amber turn signals look so right on this car. 1 Rekpoint reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungCR 1171 Report post 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 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
B C 5235 Report post 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 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
B C 5235 Report post 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 2 P_Roloff and Jdesign reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
B C 5235 Report post 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. 6 P_Roloff, jc43089, Jdesign and 3 others reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungCR 1171 Report post Posted January 1 Do it for Dale 2 jc43089 and patsbimmer1 reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GunMetalGrey 1274 Report post Posted January 2 I'm glad to see Stroopwafels! Your AFR is pretty darn lean also... 1 B C reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
B C 5235 Report post Posted January 2 The lean AFR has to do with my late timing in getting to the DMV Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
B C 5235 Report post Posted January 26 Sometimes I acknowledge its “just a car” and I want to enjoy it year round with some snow tires on. 5 m42b32, pynacl, straight6pwr and 2 others reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungCR 1171 Report post 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 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jc43089 880 Report post Posted January 28 You may want to check out your roof condition if that much snow is entering your garage... 1 2 m42b32, B C and P_Roloff reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
B C 5235 Report post 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. 1 jc43089 reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jc43089 880 Report post 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 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
B C 5235 Report post Posted 18 hours ago 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. 2 P_Roloff and m42b32 reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
