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My name is Earl, and I have a Stainless Steel bolt fetish =)

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  • straight6pwrS
    straight6pwrS
    straight6pwr
    wrote on last edited by
    #1525

    Earl said:

    I replaced all of the latch strikers as well since they looked a little dingy. New-Left  Old-Right

    #showcarproblems

    looks good!

    Dan
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    • EarlE
      EarlE
      Earl
      wrote on last edited by
      #1526

      lol at the new thread title again

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      • B
        B
        B C
        wrote on last edited by
        #1527

        Glad to see your commitment to perfection and attention to detail are still alive and well. 

        Most people dont know it but at the E30 picnic and Concours I inspect peoples door latch strikers. I have a running list of cars I would and would not buy if I ever saw them for sale.

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        • JeffJ
          JeffJ
          Jeff
          wrote on last edited by
          #1528

          Earl! I can believe you still working on the car. Keeps looking better and better

          1976 530i e12
          1990 325ix e30
          1992 325i e36
          1995 740il e38
          2001 330xi e46
          ^More to come :)

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          • EarlE
            EarlE
            Earl
            wrote on last edited by
            #1529

            Pulled my steering column yesterday to rebuild it. Just waiting on my parts to arrive so I can put it back in all freshened up=) 

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            I also finally sourced a master cylinder to use and have ordered all of the brake line that I need to plumb the rest of my brakes. I got bored at work today and shaved off all of the casting marks. I will be painting it to match my engine block when I get home. 

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            • KaiserRollsK
              KaiserRollsK
              KaiserRolls
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              #1530

              Rebuilding a steering column. Never would have thought to do that

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              • Bassboy3313B
                Bassboy3313B
                Bassboy3313
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                #1531

                KaiserRolls said:

                Rebuilding a steering column. Never would have thought to do that

                It's Earl. Expect the unthinkable.

                Sent from my SM-G930R4 using Tapatalk

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                • EarlE
                  EarlE
                  Earl
                  wrote on last edited by
                  #1532

                  They get squeaky and loose on e36's=) However this one felt fine before but doing it while the dash is out only made sense. The one in the coupe is starting to squeak and will probably need to be rebuilt in the future as well.

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                  • andyhundleyA
                    andyhundleyA
                    andyhundley
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                    #1533

                    Let it squeak!

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                    • EarlE
                      EarlE
                      Earl
                      wrote on last edited by
                      #1534

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                      • B
                        B
                        B C
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                        #1535

                        Peculiar crack pipe

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                        • EarlE
                          EarlE
                          Earl
                          wrote on last edited by
                          #1536

                          I pulled the fuel lines and rear brake line that ran up to the engine bay on Friday. I have decided to refresh all gas lines while I am at it. More on that later in this update.

                          Installed all of the new parts on the steering column Sunday:
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                          Yesterday I pulled the gas tank....yes I have officially lost my mind
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                          I will be cleaning the tank up, replacing all of the fuel lines, and cleaning up the underside of the car where the tank has been. I had a few fasteners snap under the car which has me quick frustrated. One of them was the stud for bolting the fuel filter to the car. I am trying to figure out how to remedy that situation currently. The other fasteners were the screws holding in the three mounts that ran the fuel and brake lines forward. Those will also be tricky to sort out.

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                          • m42b32M
                            m42b32M
                            m42b32
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                            #1537

                            If you don't have access to the back side of where they snapped, drill out the base of the snapped studs, pop in some nutserts and some stainless steel bolts!

                            1991 318is, 1991 318i, 2022 Bronco

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                            • EarlE
                              EarlE
                              Earl
                              wrote on last edited by
                              #1538

                              I'm assuming the other side of that sheet is my floor lol

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                              • m42b32M
                                m42b32M
                                m42b32
                                wrote on last edited by
                                #1539

                                Oops, didn't even think of that part haha

                                1991 318is, 1991 318i, 2022 Bronco

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                                • EarlE
                                  EarlE
                                  Earl
                                  wrote on last edited by
                                  #1540

                                  Yeah it has me stumped=/

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                                  • straight6pwrS
                                    straight6pwrS
                                    straight6pwr
                                    wrote on last edited by
                                    #1541

                                    definitely just run a roofing self-tapping screw with gasket right through the floor.

                                    Dan
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                                    • EarlE
                                      EarlE
                                      Earl
                                      wrote on last edited by
                                      #1542

                                      ...

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                                      • straight6pwrS
                                        straight6pwrS
                                        straight6pwr
                                        wrote on last edited by
                                        #1543

                                        look stainless! http://www.roofthings.com/bag-of-size-9-stainless-steel-screw.html?gclid=CMzl1qKR0MwCFVclgQodS7ILAw

                                        and you get a big box so you can use them later!

                                        Dan
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                                        • YoungCRY
                                          YoungCRY
                                          YoungCR
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                                          Replacing all the lines isn't a bad idea at this point along with cleaning out the fuel tank.

                                          Chris Young
                                          BMWCCA #458972
                                          1986 528e/5  | 1994 530i/5 | 1995 540i/6 | 2013 X5 35d | 1998 C1500 Suburban | 1995 K2500 Suburban

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