The official WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO YOUR BMW thread.

[andyhundley]

I realized today that I will be needing a new water pump/ fan clutch in the near future. The temps creep up at idle.

[I love my E39]

andyhundley said:

I realized today that I will be needing a new water pump/ fan clutch in the near future. The temps creep up at idle.

I found out i needed to replace my clutch fan the hard way when i didnt notice i had a softball sized hole through my radiator. And no fan blades left on my fan.

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[patsbimmer1]

I love my E39 said:

I found out i needed to replace my clutch fan the hard way when i didnt notice i had a softball sized hole through my radiator. And no fan blades left on my fan. Sent from my LG-LS970 using Tapatalk

Been there... No fun but humorous now that I can tell people my car did it's own fan delete mod.

[TehRaydarlover]

I have this waiting for me when I get home. Left two weeks ago and literally pushed the axles in and shut the door haha. Started as just replacing a torn cv boot, things escalated quickly: rebuild front axles, steering rack, poly motor mounts, control arms w/m3 offset bushings, strut mounts, upgraded front drive shaft, new oil pan gasket, diffs tranny and transfer case flush, oil change, and just an all around cleaning. Almost ready for dd status.

[I love my E39]

Have a new upper rad hose and coolant to install tomorrow finally after three weeks being down. Here is hoping thats the only place the coolant was leaking from.

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[Jeff]

Umm I hooked up the drain tube in my e36 so it stops raining inside.

[I love my E39]

Installed coolant hose and added coolant still leaking badly I think it may be thermostat housing? All iknow is it isnt overheating

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[i_love_cars]

  

[dastuz]

When are we tossing in the new Diff?

[i_love_cars]

Installing Saturday afternoon

I also ordered forged diverter valves and charge pipe today

[6670charger]

Just blacked out the license plate recess, and installed a set of aftermarket taillight lenses in red/smoke.

[I love my E39]

I plastidipped my neon yesterday. Not a bmw update but still car related lol

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[i_love_cars]

Installed the LSD in the 1er today. Wow what a difference. Not much else to say. Probably the best mod I could have done given the power the car is currently making. 

Out with the old

In with the new

[YoungCR]

Relatively simple swap?

[i_love_cars]

yeah the driveshaft nut was a PITA - i had a 52mm wrench but I think it's 50mm nut, so I had to wedge a stubby flathead screwdriver in to keep from rounding the nut. With a big enough pipe wrapped around the wrench it came off eventually. Other than that it was a pretty straightforward install. 

Some of the DIYs online involve dropping the entire driveshaft out, removing the exhaust - that's crazy. I just dropped one exhaust hanger on the back, then the front-most hanger on the axleback was welded on to a small plate that was attached to one of the mounting bolts for the differential, so I just undid that (cuz i had to anyway) and was able to slide that part of the exhaust off to the side and balance it (as seen in the photos). Just bent the heatshielld back a bit and had easy access to drop everything. 

First time doing it on this car and getting factory torqued bolts undone taking my time I finished in about 5 hours. Now I think it could be done in half that time. Probably 1.5 hours if you have air tools ( i don't   )

[i_love_cars]

Evo 3 short shifter installed last night. 

I cursed a lot. I stabbed metal plates in the shifter housing so hard with a screwdriver that sparks flew. 

I eventually got everything installed with my wife helping me. 

I now know why everyone says for the 135i it's a PITA to install an STS. The instructions call for removing the driveshaft carrier and midpipes which certainly would have made it easier but also would have taken way longer. It's rather unnecessary.

[I love my E39]

Contemplated taking the car to the shop since its been in the driveway since june... but I didnt and replaced rear drum on the riced out neon instead

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[Earl]

Where is your leak coming from? There has to be a gasket that didnt seal properly or something that was damaged during the refresh?

[I love my E39]

Well ill be vagye, its somewhere in the front and not upper or lower hose. And not headgasket. And not overheating just leaking out once reaches optimal temp

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[Earl]

You should be able to pinpoint the leak while it is running and then go from there. I am sure it is just a gasket that didn't seat well or something small.