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Contributed by felix_666
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Saturday, 07 March 2009 |
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I have written this article because I live in Australia and you cannot simply trade calipers for $50 a pop at your local BMW specialist centre – no such thing for 02’s. For that money you will get them rebuilt excluding the kits and providing the calipers are a straightforward job. I reckon if you paid someone to do the lot it would cost over $250, easily. If I took the mentality of: “its going to save your life!”, then I wouldn’t be nearly as close as I am to being finished because I would have spent every hour at work tying to pay for everything – boring.
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Written by BillWilliams
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Saturday, 07 March 2009 |
My youngest and wrestled for 3-4 hours using a rolling transmission
jack. After a long while and not doing anything differently than we had
been doing before, it just slipped in - happy - but tired and
frustrated. This and aligning a hood are the two main reasons I mate
the motor and transmission to the sub-frame before I put them in a car.
Mating a transmission really sucks sometimes.
However, if you do mate a transmission to the motor while the motor is in the car:
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Contributed by dubois
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Saturday, 07 March 2009 |
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This is intended for those with cracked dashes, that would like something more visually pleasing. It should provide results that although will never compare to a professional restoration, can be much better than having to look at the Mariana trench in front of you. |
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