chit chat thread
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Random little project that I thought I'd share. I refinished this old valve cover that I got from Jeff. Turned out pretty good.
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That think looks pretty cool.
1976 530i e12
1990 325ix e30
1992 325i e36
1995 740il e38
2001 330xi e46
^More to come
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Sold my e36 Vert to a gentlemen whom I believe is already a member here (Marc).
Used part of that money and bought a Kimber Custom II from another BMW guy, who should be joining up shortly.
Now the important stuff, what have I missed in the past XX months since I last posted?
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Sold my e36 Vert to a gentlemen whom I believe is already a member here (Marc).
Used part of that money and bought a Kimber Custom II from another BMW guy, who should be joining up shortly.
Now the important stuff, what have I missed in the past XX months since I last posted?
did you get he kimber in two-tone? drool...
what have you missed this winter? not a whole lot. secret santa. even though snap said he was going to sell the e30, instead he bought more non-bmws and owns like 5 cars or something. young & sons salvage is in full boom. ice rally shenanigans hasn't started due to the weather, sadly.
Dan
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Sold my e36 Vert to a gentlemen whom I believe is already a member here (Marc).
Used part of that money and bought a Kimber Custom II from another BMW guy, who should be joining up shortly.
Now the important stuff, what have I missed in the past XX months since I last posted?
Pictures?
1976 530i e12
1990 325ix e30
1992 325i e36
1995 740il e38
2001 330xi e46
^More to come -
Ryan... said:
Sold my e36 Vert to a gentlemen whom I believe is already a member here (Marc).
Used part of that money and bought a Kimber Custom II from another BMW guy, who should be joining up shortly.
Now the important stuff, what have I missed in the past XX months since I last posted?
did you get he kimber in two-tone? drool...
what have you missed this winter? not a whole lot. secret santa. even though snap said he was going to sell the e30, instead he bought more non-bmws and owns like 5 cars or something. young & sons salvage is in full boom. ice rally shenanigans hasn't started due to the weather, sadly.
Yes sir, 2 tone!
Snap never was a trustworthy man, I learned not to believe him..
I would love to do ice shenanigans, but I rhino my truck it's a bit heavy for it..
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Ryan... said:
Sold my e36 Vert to a gentlemen whom I believe is already a member here (Marc).
Used part of that money and bought a Kimber Custom II from another BMW guy, who should be joining up shortly.
Now the important stuff, what have I missed in the past XX months since I last posted?
Pictures?
Don't have any good ones, but here she is!
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Hope you paid with weed
Well duh.......
KIMBERS ARE SEXY! I'm poor so I had to suffice with a S&W for my 1911. Much like!
My Sgt carries a S&W 1911 on duty, his looks pretty slick!
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Well duh.......
My Sgt carries a S&W 1911 on duty, his looks pretty slick!
Sgt must be poor too. Sorry to hear. Do you bring him meals for the holidays?
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Sgt must be poor too. Sorry to hear. Do you bring him meals for the holidays?
My apologies, apparently it's a Springfield.
I love the kimbers. My 1911 is a sig saur.
Owning a Sig is next on the bucket list. I wanted a H&K VP9 until I got a chance to shoot it...
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We need a firearms thread for science
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I'm starting a new project soon for my dad. He lost compression on his e46 330i and Mraz told him they *thought* it was the head gasket but wouldn't know for sure until they replace it. It has really low compression in all cylinders and they said they had never seen this before hence the "we start with this then see what happens" plan. With a $3,000 estimate to find out if they're right he called me. So, it sit's in my garage while I try to find time to tear it apart.
So I had a chance to look at this yesterday and found that there certainly was low compression on all cylinders. I started doing a wet compression test and the numbers improved significantly. Compression was 175ish after doing a wet test and the engine sounded like it was actually making compression as I did more cylinders. After testing them all the engine actually sounded like it cranked real strong so I tried to start it. After a few cranks she fired right up! I opened up the garage doors to clear out all of the 0w40 I used for the wet test and let it run for 10 - 15 minutes. The car idled fine, revved fine and no CEL. I did find a couple injectors leaking at the rail which makes sense because my dad had been complaining of a fuel smell and the valve cover gasket has a slight leak.
What I concluded was that my dad let the car sit for a month or so because of the fuel smell. This let the cylinders dry out and me doing a wet compression test re-seated the rings.
My Dad and his Fiance were ecstatic! He's now convinced this is going to only be a warm weather car for them and he's in the market for a cheap AWD car.
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For those of you who were wondering, Condor Speed Shop has started working with the supplier of Treehouse's eyeball arms (no longer in business) and you can pre-order for not a bad price compared to what Treehouse used to charge, should be shipped soon too.
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I was actually going to mention that Treehouse disappeared from the internets when I went to see about getting replacement inserts a few months ago
Since it sounds like the supplier is the same, id be willing to bet the inserts from Condor would fit! They said in the thread somewhere on r3v that they were going to offer replacement inserts eventually, so I was planning on picking up a few pairs just to have spares.
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