My new 1995 540i/6
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So I'm the "care taker" of this again while Ben is on an expedition down south to bring back some southern doors while finishing up the semester.
One of the tank straps rusted out so replacement in order. Left side was in and out in 3 mins but the right took 20 because I couldn't get the hook out. I need some long handle picks!
While I was down there I noticed the one exhaust clamp for the muffler was just free and the others were getting loose. I bought a M18 Fuel 1/2" drive impact so I decided to "fix" this issue by pulling the muffler. This thing is a huge! Seriously almost 20lbs
So now we have another 540i in the chopped exhaust club. Same results, great sound! As Earl pointed out the muffler has a welded section on it. I honestly think this "Dinan" exhaust is just stock modified so Idk if those tips were just thrown on? Anyways fun stuff, I'll get a proper video made next weekend.
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id like to hear it Chris. i will be redoing my exhaust soon and I'd like to have a reference for m60 with no muffler before I decide to hack mine off.
Dan
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This is the video Chris sent me right after he finished Saturday. I don't know why but the video is pretty quite but make sure to listen for Chris laughing like a little school girl at :32
He also reported back that there is no extra noise on the highway besides when you punch it. Moral of the story is muffler deletes for everyone.
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Current - 1995 540i/6 V 2.0 | Dead - 1995 540i/6 | Sold - 1995 318is
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It really sounded pretty good when I heard it on Sunday.
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id like to hear it Chris. i will be redoing my exhaust soon and I'd like to have a reference for m60 with no muffler before I decide to hack mine off.
I'll give you the keys Saturday! I'm curious if extending the pipe will change the sound but it's very dailyable as is. With the windows up it quiets up things too.
I plan on making a better video. I had the microphone pointed the wrong way on my phone and it picked up the highway noise at the shop over idle noise.
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the car sounds mean. a little bit 'raw' for my tastes, but good to know the volume with no muffler. much better than if you hack the muffler off an e30.
Dan
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Replace the DS Front wheel bearing over the weekend. First time doing a wheel bearing and it's not a bad job.
Ordered all 4 parts and followed the instructions as described by http://www.bmwe34.net/E34main/Maintenance/Suspension/WheelBearing.htm
The old bearing was a French made part and I'm guessing it failed because the dust cap on the end wasn't repalced however long ago. I was able use a standard gear puller with a peice of flat slotted stock to put over the end of the spindle to screw into.
Car had the typical high pitched whine/squeal as described in the E34 page and that has since gone away! Sorry didn't take any pics.
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Ben replaced the fan clutch, fan blade, serp belt, water pump and heater core earlier this week.
We found out that there is a early and late memory seat harness for e32 and e34's, the changeover date is early 93 but I forgot which month. Apparently you can swap the harnesses and all memory functions will still work including the power tilt wheel. For now the '89 750i drivers seat purchased from TCD is wired up just to slide back and forth until I have time to pull a e32 harness from a yard.
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damn BMW and their random change overs. ran into that with my car vs. parts car (build dates of 3/93 and 9/93)
Dan
Luckily only one fan blade and the bottom of the fan shroud was damaged. New Mahle Behr fan clutch ordered.
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