E34 540i V 2.0, The Clean Edition

[Jdesign]

I second the motion to go with BC's!

[BMWben]

Jdesign said:

I second the motion to go with BC's!

I'll be getting them within the next month FCP Euro has them on sale for $200 off as well.

[YoungCR]

Finally got a chance to take this out of storage! I'm harboring @BMWben's car indefinitely while he's presently serving in the Navy. He'll be stationed in Hawaii soon but who knows in a few years where the sub program will take him from there. I think he towed this car up in April but I just moved all my vehicles up to a new storage unit in Appleton last month. This car has more or less been in storage for 1.5 years now so not much is missing from this build thread. Summer of 2017 Ben installed the BC racing coilovers, I don't know the specs on the rates. A rebuilt driveshaft and E60 short shifter were installed with delrin/poly bushings. He also put on the Supersprint Cat-back resonator and muffler. 

Car runs and drives well, just needs some minor fixes, its now just over 150k on the odo. 

To Do:

• Raise car, its too damn low.
• Find oil leak, lock-tight oil pump bolts, replace timing chain tensioner, change oil 
• Detail everything
• Rebuild driver sport seat due to twisting

[wasnt m3]

Glad to see you doing some sort of car things, stranger.

[YoungCR]

wasnt m3 said:

Glad to see you doing some sort of car things, stranger. 

I was shooting for Brian Redmond but the construction of this storage unit got delayed well into the summer from all the rain this spring. But yes I wanna get some miles on before winter to make up for it!

[straight6pwr]

nice! i love that the car is being driven, its mean sounding machine

[Rekpoint]

BMWben said:

What is a good coil over brand to go with? I've found the BR Series for $1k and I'm pretty sure I'm going to go with those. 

I heard solowerks is a good coilover for cheap. Some EX KW coil guys made their own company.

[YoungCR]

Rekpoint said:

I heard solowerks is a good coilover for cheap. Some EX KW coil guys made their own company.

It's on BC Racing coils now, I dug this thread back up.

[patsbimmer1]

It was great spending a little time with you last weekend!  Car looks good man!

[SteelBlue]

patsbimmer1 said:

It was great spending a little time with you last weekend!  Car looks good man!

Sorry I didn't end up meeting up with either of you guys. The weekends can be kind of whirlwind at the track.

I'll be there for fall vintage and World Challenge in September to close out the season(which I can't begin to describe how depressing that it's already over).

[patsbimmer1]

SteelBlue said:

Sorry I didn't end up meeting up with either of you guys. The weekends can be kind of whirlwind at the track.

I'll be there for fall vintage and World Challenge in September to close out the season(which I can't begin to describe how depressing that it's already over).

No problem!  I'm trying to get up there for fall vintage but world challenge is on my wedding anniversary and for 5 years I've tried to get my wife to RA for Oktoberfast which falls around our anniversary and for 5 years I've failed lol.

[YoungCR]

Thoroughly enjoyed this car yesterday! It took the beating with no issues. Noting a few things for when spring rolls around as this will be going into storage soon.  

Maintenance List for spring

• R&R Lower Oil Pan, check oil pump bolts
• Replace Washer Fluid tank
• Wire in washer fluid level sender pigtail (missing)
• Replace Front Bumper
• Detail Interior/Exterior

[jc43089]

YoungCR said:

Thoroughly enjoyed this car yesterday! It took the beating with no issues. Noting a few things for when spring rolls around as this will be going into storage soon.  

Maintenance List for spring

• R&R Lower Oil Pan, check oil pump bolts
• Replace Washer Fluid tank
• Wire in washer fluid level sender pigtail (missing)
• Replace Front Bumper
• Detail Interior/Exterior

Oh those pesky oil pump bolts.  I checked them on an e32 and I think 3 were in the pan and the rest finger tight.  Scary.

[straight6pwr]

+1 to finding bolts in the pan

its a super easy job on this motor though, only annoying bit was removal of the super baked-on paper gasket.'

car looked great lowered on the BCs this weekend!

[Jdesign]

YoungCR said:

• Raise car, its too damn low.

Stop that.

It was great seeing you and Bens car.

[YoungCR]

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Checked off one item on Sunday, installed a new battery and fired up the car. I’m giving up on Farm & Fleet batteries, even on trickle charger they still eventually stop charging after long periods of sitting. I’ve had this problem on both e34’s in storage. It was ok to deal with when I was nearby a F&F store but there are none up near me.

Battery is tentatively installed as the battery tray needs a good cleaning. There wasn’t a vent tube on the battery when Ben bought the car.

Installing a good front bumper, figuring out / fixing the inop rear windows, raising ride height and tint removal/full detail is my to do list for this spring. “ItS NoT ThAT lOw”?? I have less than 2” of clearance into the storage unit, even less on the oil pan haha.

[B C]

Sounds good! Now drive it!

[straight6pwr]

yeah, sounds great!

[YoungCR]

Well good news and bad news

bad news is the car got backed into friday 🤬 Took it out of storage earlier last week to get a few miles on before heading up to Door County. Got a phone call from the guy who backed his flatbed into it around 11. What sucks is its not even the guy that parks next to me, but two spots over and he "thought he was backing into his spot". I even parked the car as close to the opposite side to allow more room. Working with a body shop and the insurance, we'll see what happens. Haven't gotten the full qoute yet but the door and fender are toast Luckily there is a black door/fender off another 95 540i in Cali I'm working on sourcing as well. That might be all that gets "repaired" since the whole car needs paint anyways.

That kinda killed the buzz on cleaning the car up for the Badger Bimmers Door County Rally. Finally threw the good bumper on and called it a day since I just wasn't happy. Saturday was a blast though. Put about 300 miles on the car which doubled what I've driven so far this year basically. Besides the few little maintenance items on the list the car performed great as always. Great day driving with the windows down, beautiful scenery and good company!

[B C]

Flatbed driver