What did you do to your 2002 today !

[Dugan27]

11 hours ago, BarneyT said:

They work well for me, I have used on several cars with no problems…

Did you clip the brackets directly to the bumper rails or did you put something in between so it wasn't metal on metal? It's not exactly a snug fit from what I'm seeing—it will have some point contact I think. 

[its55]

One of the three bolts attaching the drop arm to the strut was found to be broken off apparently by a past shadetree mechanic.  Fortunately after I removed the other two bolts it unscrewed by hand!  Other pic is my "cleaning station" (vats of super clean).  Next step is removal of any remaining loose paint / scale by wire brush then rust converter / primer.

[popovm]

Cleaned up some trunk panels I purchased at the PNW BMW meet last weekend and threw them in the trunk. Very satisfying. Not concours by any stretch but neither is my car. I sprayed some Fluid Film on that rust, btw. If whoever I bought these from is here, thank you very much! Saved me probably $100 from having to make some from scratch and helped me keep the dirtbag 2002 fan dream alive. 😀
 

 

 

[lewisfoto]

So Cal Vintage BMW meet and cruise to 2002AD Saturday morning. We had 23 cars meet in Brea for drive through Carbon Canyon and Chino Hills. And donuts at 2002AD in Pomona.

[Twoey]

Replaced a super worn center steering link. 
 

The dumb yellow rubber/plastic bushings were too thick and didn’t allow any room for the cotter pin!  So it was either crank ‘‘em down and mushroom the hell out of them or exclude them…..so I’m now running it with no bushings…it’ll be fine…..probably….

 

Replacing it didn’t remove as much steering play as I’d have liked…..so now it’s time to get to the steering box!

[Fortlauderdalian]

Started overhauling the differential. Took almost an hour to break it free from all the crud caked on it. Reminded me of Han Solo in carbonite 

[Fortlauderdalian]

How do you distinguish between the types of differentials?

[d.hitchcock]

Redid the safety wiring on my struts to improve on the crappy job I did a few years ago.

My passenger side door seal had come loose, making it tough to close the door etc. It was a minor thing when I cruise around alone, or go to autoX by myself. But Sonja and I are about to head to MidAmerica 02 Fest. So I reglued the seal.

Then, I checked and adjusted the pushrod on my clutch master cylinder. I learned about that process this week at my shop job, and I helped a friend on his 02 clutch master as well. Then I realized I'd never really adjusted mine. And the car always shifted hard, sort of balky.

Hey, guess what! The pushrod was out of spec, and needed to be extended more than a quarter of an inch. The car shifts normally now.

[Son of Marty]

9 hours ago, Fortlauderdalian said:

How do you distinguish between the types of differentials?

The best way is to pull the rear cover and look.

[its55]

2 hours ago, d.hitchcock said:

Redid the safety wiring on my struts to improve on the crappy job I did a few years ago.

My passenger side door seal had come loose, making it tough to close the door etc. It was a minor thing when I cruise around alone, or go to autoX by myself. But Sonja and I are about to head to MidAmerica 02 Fest. So I reglued the seal.

Then, I checked and adjusted the pushrod on my clutch master cylinder. I learned about that process this week at my shop job, and I helped a friend on his 02 clutch master as well. Then I realized I'd never really adjusted mine. And the car always shifted hard, sort of balky.

Hey, guess what! The pushrod was out of spec, and needed to be extended more than a quarter of an inch. The car shifts normally now.

 

I did not know that could be adjusted I will check mine. 

[d.hitchcock]

Once you get the pedal box exposed, break the jam nut loose and turn the adjuster to lengthen or shorten the pushrod. You'll need a 10mm and 13mm open end wrenches, if I'm remembering right.

 

[BarneyT]

one more trip around my 50 mile loop including 11 miles down my favorite road Cow Creek after changing the oil for trip to Arkansas.

 

[ray_]

14 minutes ago, BarneyT said:

one more trip around my 50 mile loop including 11 miles down my favorite road Cow Creek after changing the oil for trip to Arkansas.

 

Raise your tailpipe.

 

;-)

[2002#3]

Good point.

• Raised Tail Pipe:  in cutout but not parallel
• Lowered Tail Pipe:  parallel but not in cutout

Oh, another fretful sleepless night for another mentally anguished FAQer making another dramatically challenging '02 decision...

[John76]

1 hour ago, 2002#3 said:

Oh, another fretful sleepless night for another mentally anguished FAQer

You sound "exhausted".  😁