Diaries of a Daily Driver
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Nice. The wear sensor wires are probably shorted. If you cut off the sensor and twist/solder/crimp the wires together, the light goes away.
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They were shorted after the plug so new sensors could be put in if you wanted. I inspected the brakes frequent enough between regular rotations that I didn't find them necessary.
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Nice. The wear sensor wires are probably shorted. If you cut off the sensor and twist/solder/crimp the wires together, the light goes away.
a design that BMW hasnt changed since the 70s. i'm honestly surprised they didnt muck it up with some techno-wizardry sensor apparatus that needs coding.
Dan
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They were shorted after the plug so new sensors could be put in if you wanted. I inspected the brakes frequent enough between regular rotations that I didn't find them necessary.
I did the same thing on my car
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a design that BMW hasnt changed since the 70s. i'm honestly surprised they didnt muck it up with some techno-wizardry sensor apparatus that needs coding.
That gave me a horribly great idea. They should put a sensor inside the caliper that measures the extension of the piston. So you have to replace or rebuild the caliper when it fails. Also it will need a module too control the inputs because it's tied into the abs system.
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Can I post truck things here?
Because I bought a truck...
The rabbit hole is real with this thing, so many fun things to do to it.
(Pic next to previous daily for thread relevance)
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Can I post truck things here?
Because I bought a truck...The rabbit hole is real with this thing, so many fun things to do to it.
(Pic next to previous daily for thread relevance)
Nice rimz brah.
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Nice rimz brah.
I think the wheels are pretty decent.
This thing made unloading the crane a breeze.
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I know no one like the truck, or the Subaru, so I refrained from posting anything about them.
Subaru will be gone Friday (never ended up touching it), and the truck is still in the stable, and I'm pretty sure it will be for awhile. I love that thing, and so does anyone that drives it. The titan doesn't seem to handle like a normal truck.Anywho, I got bored not posting in here, so I made the fiscally responsible decision to change that.
I bought me one of them big ol' V8 things!
It's dirty as hell so I don't have full body pics, but it's a 2000 540 6mt with the M sport suspension and steering wheel. 132k on the clock, texas titled 4 years ago.
She needs a bit of love, but I think it will make the perfect winter beaterStep 1: Cut rear muffler out and replace with pipe
Step 2: Get it to idle on all cylinders (pulls smooth as hell, but doesn't like idling smoothly)I can tell this is going to be a bit of a headache with weird chassis issues, but hey, what else would I be doing?
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Is this the one that I posted that people were saying had a salvage title? Either way it seems like a fun buy!
https://www.instagram.com/_jdesigner_/ http://nevertoolow.tumblr.com/
🥳SOLD BMW E24 633CSI - BMW M30B32 🧪SOLD HCH ES9 - 1.3 LDA
👽BMW E30 325IC - Toyota 1JZ-GTE ⏰ HONDA EF9 CIVIC SI - JDM B18C5
☠️BMW E36 318i - Ford 5.0 FE302 🚴♂️ GT-Labomba - 26x2.75 Freeride
🤹♀️SOLD BMW E36/7 Z3 - BMW M54B25 🧓SOLD BMW E10 2002 - BMW M10M05 -
Is this the one that I posted that people were saying had a salvage title? Either way it seems like a fun buy!
It is, we shall see if that sticks though. I'll explain more later.
I've wanted a V8 of this nature for another chassis at some point, so the salvage title didn't bug me as I will likely just end up stealing the motor and trans out of it.
I also ended up paying about 25% less than what it was posted for on FB, so I've got a bit of a budget to clean it up a bit! -
It is, we shall see if that sticks though. I'll explain more later.
I've wanted a V8 of this nature for another chassis at some point, so the salvage title didn't bug me as I will likely just end up stealing the motor and trans out of it.
I also ended up paying about 25% less than what it was posted for on FB, so I've got a bit of a budget to clean it up a bit!
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It is, we shall see if that sticks though. I'll explain more later.
I've wanted a V8 of this nature for another chassis at some point, so the salvage title didn't bug me as I will likely just end up stealing the motor and trans out of it.
I also ended up paying about 25% less than what it was posted for on FB, so I've got a bit of a budget to clean it up a bit!NICCCCCCEEEEEE. You got a good deal.
https://www.instagram.com/_jdesigner_/ http://nevertoolow.tumblr.com/
🥳SOLD BMW E24 633CSI - BMW M30B32 🧪SOLD HCH ES9 - 1.3 LDA
👽BMW E30 325IC - Toyota 1JZ-GTE ⏰ HONDA EF9 CIVIC SI - JDM B18C5
☠️BMW E36 318i - Ford 5.0 FE302 🚴♂️ GT-Labomba - 26x2.75 Freeride
🤹♀️SOLD BMW E36/7 Z3 - BMW M54B25 🧓SOLD BMW E10 2002 - BMW M10M05 -
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congrats on the purchase! Replace the spark plugs and see if that fixes the idle, could just need a basic tune up. The fuel pressure regulator is another cheap preventative maintenance item.
I planned on pulling coil pack wires from one cyl. at a time to isolate which cylinders are down, then swap coils around and see if that is the issue. Changing plugs will follow next, and it sounds like I will check the fuel pressure while I'm at it!
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Played with this a little bit on Friday, washed the mud off, and pulled it into the shop to see if I could start isolating the misfire at idle.
After washing it I noticed there are black specks everywhere on the car, they come off somewhat easy, but not with soap and water.
Started by pulling coil pack plugs off one at a time, and I could never hear a massive change in running. The motor seems to compensate super well for a cylinder down...
After pulling the coil pack wiring I cleaned the maf and checked the intake tract for any holes, and didn't find any.
The secondary air pump hose doesn't seem to want to clip into the metal valve deal that it connects to, so I will be taking care of that in case that has anything to do with it (likely a leak).Plugs and a vacuum test are next!
I did cut the rear muffler off, and that was one of my better decisions in life.
Crap video, but man does it sound alright. Quiet, but not super quiet.Yes I know bulbs are burnt out, they are everywhere on this thing.
Until next time!
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Started it up last night, and it sounded like it was idling quite smoothly, but it still felt a bit shaky inside.
Going to check the motor mounts to see how those look, I suspect at least one of them is collapsed.I need to do a bit more work on the diesel and the truck before I start tearing into this thing, but the small parts list is building!
The biggest thing I want to address is the shitty feeling shifter!Until next time!
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Nothing like buying a car that has locking lugs but doesn't have the socket for them in the car....
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Nothing like buying a car that has locking lugs but doesn't have the socket for them in the car....
Somebody at the dealer will have a master set.
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