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What did you do to your 2002 today !


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On 8/9/2019 at 12:50 PM, grizzlebar said:

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Finally installed the gas struts for the hood and trunk.

 

Do those allow the trunk lid to be unlatched without being raised? Like the hatch or trunk on a modern car? Or do they begin extending as soon as the button is pressed, like the stock spring?

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My inka project car has been getting all the love for the last month are so up to 1900 miles on it, decided to take the Turkis princess for a ride today...

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Don’t let the fear of what could happen

make nothing happen…

 

  

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On 8/20/2019 at 4:08 PM, xr4tic said:

 

It's the IE billet pedal, it does take a bit of work to get it in though, the base runs up against the curve for the trans tunnel.

 

A hammer helped flatten the area out a bit, and I used the bench grinder to round the base of the pedal a bit to fit better.  Also had to shim it with washers to keep it flat.

 

Nice and smooth if you get it aligned right though.

Thanks for the reply...it looks nice.  

Light is seriously underrated.

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Baby’s first car wash (in my possession).

 

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Took the seats out and vacuumed and shampooed the carpet pretty thoroughly.

 

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Seth and I followed the “polishing a turd” thread instructions and buffed the hood of Rolf the 75. Patina is coming out great, it’ll really transform the car.

 

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More tomorrow :)

 

 

 

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1965 Hillman Imp - Rosemarie

1969 BMW 2002 - Dolores

1975 BMW 2002 - Rolf

1984 BMW 533i Swap - Alfons

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Drove to Valle de Guadalupe near Ensenada Mexico.  Great roads great food and wines.  

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76 BMW 2002 Arktisblau M42 5 spd - Born 5.21.76 - daily money pit

06 Aston Martin V8 Vantage 6 spd - garage queen *  73 Mustang Convertible 351C 

15 VW Touareg V6 Executive - daily driver * 23 Audi e-tron SUV (wife's)

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Today I finally replaced the leaking rear wheel cylinders and installed dry shoes.  I thought it would be a bigger deal than it turned out to be, since there are a bunch of other things to do to the rear end of the car; but I kept it simple and focused on the brakes. 
 
I did also rotate the exhaust so it is no longer hitting on the subframe; which sure is a nice improvement.  When starting the car it'd go knocknocknocknocknock.  That got really tiresome.
 
The test drive was a success.  The pedal feels better than it has in a long time and I have a working emergency brake again.
 
One day driving in Seattle made me extreeemely aware of the need for good brakes.  I'm a bit embarrassed that I put it off for so long.  I am glad to be back on this side of Puget Sound.  It's nutz over there.
 
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     DISCLAIMER -- I now disagree with much of the timing advice I have given in the past.  I misinterpreted the distributor curves in the Blue Book as timing maps for our engines.  I've also switched from using ported-vacuum to manifold, with better results.  I apologize for adding confusion.  (3-28-2024)  

 

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Changed out a window winder/regulator, wouldn’t close the last half inch.

spotted some rust all over the internal lower door section, the seam was full of dirt and a poor seam sealer job, cleaned all the crap out. Removed the seam sealer, sanded everything and drenched it in Bilt Hamber dynax S-50, watched it drain down the seam of the outside door panel and door frame, very satisfying. It totally wicks! As they say. Little win in the eternal battle with rust, and theS-50 is amazing!!

i even found my aardvark marine ply door panels, so a nice job for next weekend!

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Replaced my cracked  black bezel with one I purchased on here. Also had the trim rings pin stripped silver.

Replaced all the instrument lights with LED. Daylight picture and their dimmable. Turned out really nice, happy guy.

I also repaired the odometer and got that to work correctly.

 

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Someone tried to repair the odometer and ruined the gear pin that holds the numbers.

I had a spare squaretail cluster I pilfered  parts from. The old gear pin.

 

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13 minutes ago, jp5Touring said:

Replaced my cracked  black bezel with one I purchased on here. Also had the trim rings pin stripped silver.

Replaced all the instrument lights with LED. Daylight picture and their dimmable. Turned out really nice, happy guy.

I also repaired the odometer and got that to work correctly.

The gauges look great. Where did you buy them?

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14 minutes ago, Andrewp said:

The gauges look great. Where did you buy them?

 

 

The LED bulbs I got at SuperbrightLEDS.com and thank you.  Gauges are factory, I cleaned up everything repainted the inside gauge trim ring and painted the back inside of the cluster matte white.

 

https://www.superbrightleds.com/vehicle/1973-bmw-2002-vehicle-led-lights?make=11&model=45&year=1973

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