What did you do to your 2002 today !

[its55]

Ordered a new Esty carpet set for Schmidt this morning, a birthday present from my family!

 

Continuing the transmission / shifter work, cleaning parts, waiting on new parts, a little painting ...

 

 

[7502]

My drivers side rear window hing broke a couple weeks ago, luckily a forum member sent me the needed part. I once again have a functioning hinge. This hinge is now a hybrid of the old style chrome and the newer black painted style.  Thanks to @Harry Malkas

 

I realize I don't have the correct style attachment bolt and it probably represents a security vulnerability but that's for another time.

 

 

 

 

Edited September 1, 2023 by 7502
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[OldRoller]

The heart is back in the 76 after 15 months. Now the tedious process of connecting, bleeding, wrapping, tuning begins.

[D.martijn]

Since the inner sill is fully welded into the car, the next thing on the list on this side is removing the rear right inner wheel well.

We first however decided to make a better reference bar so we can make sure the left and right one matches up exactly.

 

 

 

And the measurements we got on the left (new panel that was placed in while back) and original piece that got repaired in the very beginning of this journey..)

Some of you might notice that there is a difference between our measurements and the ones of the BMW diagram.

 

the distance between the rear subframe mount and mounting point for the shock absorber should be 412,5 but we are getting 405mm. Well there is an explanation, the BMW diagram levels the car by the rocker panels.
We levelled the car on the rear quarter windows, because of the way our tilting jig is make, other wise we would have to raise the front WAY up.. This results in the car sitting low at the front, our plumb bob on the shock tower is "sitting too much forward" (imagine tilting this drawing). However we did level the car also on the rocker panels by jacking up the front and are getting 412mm so it's all good in the end. We like to make it ourselves easy right?! 

 

Then is was finally time to remove the wheel tub.

 

As well as the outer wheel well panel, carefully grinding/cutting next to the stitch welds to remove as little from the panel since we need to reuse is (the Touring panel is no longer available)

 

The outer panel is in pretty good shape, better than the one on the left side. All the remaining underseal that was left and some of the panel bonding got removed so it's ready to sandblast.

 

The worst spot it in the rear of the panel, slightly better than the left side.

 

Still some remaining plates to remove but happy with the progress. ready to clean up the flange and maybe test fit the new shock tower panel already

[Jam3422]

Barney, you forgot to mention the very early Alpina 2002ti behind the turbo.  What a time capsule.

On 8/30/2023 at 4:23 PM, BarneyT said:

   Today We were privileged to tour, Peter Gleeson’s BMW collection outside of Seattle with the BMW Classic Car Club. 
   We saw 2002 turbo #001 and some beautiful E9 coupes… what a wonderful day.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[zinz]

Kept swinging away at the Inka car today. 
 

Cleaned up the 4 speed Terry gave me…maybe went a little overboard?

 

Also continued to de-grime under the car… This section cleaned up surprisingly well. 

 

Brushed some black paint on the front subframe and the fuel tank. 
 

 

Was a good day. Rebuilt the shifter, too. 
 

Ed Z

[0257]

On 9/1/2023 at 5:17 PM, 7502 said:

My drivers side rear window hing broke a couple weeks ago, luckily a forum member sent me the needed part. I once again have a functioning hinge. This hinge is now a hybrid of the old style chrome and the newer black painted style.  Thanks to @Harry Malkas

 

I realize I don't have the correct style attachment bolt and it probably represents a security vulnerability but that's for another time.

 

 

 

 

It’s not overboard till you rub it down you wipe it down with a couple coats of Penetrol!

[zinz]

14 minutes ago, 0257 said:

t’s not overboard till you rub it down you wipe it down with a couple coats of Penetrol!

Ohhh…it’s overkill. 
 

Obligatory Penetrol product placement 

 

 

😁

[0257]

50 minutes ago, zinz said:

Ohhh…it’s overkill. 
 

Obligatory Penetrol product placement 

 

 

😁

Yeah, you got a bad case.  And I don’t mean the tranny.

[FunElan]

My caribe car has had a weird motor wobble when taking off from first lately. I found an old thread that described a similar issue and someone said it was their clutch. I had a sneaking suspicion it was the DS motor mount, and my hunch was correct: 

 

 

Luckily we had a new one on the shelf, and 20 minutes later it was in. 

 

Also took the new S14 car for a spin. Damn, that motor screams. Black plate 68's just chilling!

 

 

 

Edited September 3, 2023 by FunElan

[7502]

12 hours ago, zinz said:

Obligatory Penetrol product placement 

We think  alike. I bought a can of Penetrol for my spare transmission, now if I only had a better place to store it.

 

[zinz]

3 hours ago, 7502 said:

now if I only had a better place to store it.

 

I can store it behind the M10 of this Inka car...jus' sayin' 😁

[Zeke]

Labor Day weekend drive about.

[Son of Marty]

5 hours ago, 7502 said:

now if I only had a better place to store it.

Their quite happy to stand vertically with the housing down if you  lay down a couple of 2x4's so that the input shaft is off the floor. 

[0257]

9 minutes ago, Son of Marty said:

Their quite happy to stand vertically with the housing down if you  lay down a couple of 2x4's so that the input shaft is off the floor. 

And some rags underneath, as they’re never quite empty of oil when you stand them up like that.