What did you do today?

Eddie Honda · Post by **Eddie Honda** » Sat Sep 17, 2022 1:01 pm

SubPar wrote: ↑Sat Sep 17, 2022 11:31 am The BMW is on the MOT ramp as I post this.

I'm hopeful.

Hmmm...

SubPar wrote: ↑Sat Sep 17, 2022 12:43 pm Well, it's failed.

Looks like I'll be taking the civic on holiday next week.

Hmmm....

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Post by **paulplom** » Sat Sep 17, 2022 1:04 pm

Bought from a trusted shiter

Post by **paulplom** » Sat Sep 17, 2022 1:07 pm

paulplom wrote: ↑Sat Sep 17, 2022 10:59 am 50 miles off Tom's house and thr clytch has just slipped under boost in top.

Ffffsss!!!

He took it anyway. Car take back have offered him £495.
Pug drives mint although needs a rear wheel bearing. Currently on a piss stop on the a42 somewhere.

Post by **paulplom** » Sat Sep 17, 2022 1:10 pm

It's got a glovebox which I'm stealing before handing it over.

The Reverend Bluejeans · Sat Sep 17, 2022 1:23 pm

Mr Cylinder obviously knew when to out that one then.

It's all standard E36 stuff. Two new complete wishbones with the lollipops fitted, two complete steering track rods, a pair of front calipers and pads (just replace both) with flexy hoses, remove and refit the exhaust, repair the trailing arm pocket (often a cunt of a job), tracking and resubmit.

Welding apart, that's a steady weekend or a flat out Saturday.

Parts, about £250-300 all in.

Suspension and steering:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/171236978281 ... R6DbkrbpYA

Two calipers: E36 and E46 interchange but make sure you get ones to fit vented discs.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/163885303891 ... R9qHnbbpYA

It's clearly a rusty old thing underneath - time to give it the push once MOT'd.

Eddie Honda · Post by **Eddie Honda** » Sat Sep 17, 2022 1:30 pm

The Reverend Bluejeans wrote: ↑Sat Sep 17, 2022 1:23 pm It's clearly a rusty old thing underneath - time to give it the push once MOT'd.

Save yourself the cash and weigh it in and get another fresh one from darn south to wreck.

SiC · Post by **SiC** » Sat Sep 17, 2022 1:45 pm

No other history of rust in the MOT history though. So possibly either Scotland has killed another car or a tester too used to newer cars.

Eddie Honda · Post by **Eddie Honda** » Sat Sep 17, 2022 1:53 pm

SiC wrote: ↑Sat Sep 17, 2022 1:45 pm No other history of rust in the MOT history though. So possibly either Aberdeenshire has killed another car or a tester too used to newer cars.

The don't get half as bad in many other areas of Scotland.

SubPar · Post by **SubPar** » Sat Sep 17, 2022 3:23 pm

You're all fucking rays of sunshine, aren't you?

Can't say I am right now either.

As SiC says, it's got no history of rot in its MOT history. Very odd. I've owned other E36s in Scotland for longer than this and they've had constant advisories but still passed a number of MOTs.

The Reverend Bluejeans · Sat Sep 17, 2022 3:26 pm

Nobody and I mean nobody, can say 'shite' like a Scotsman. It's absolute poetry.

Fuck it - get it done and keep it. They're such a nice drive and all cars rust somehow. It could be worse - you could own an E46.

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