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The one time my wife borrows the 2002


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My wife usually just breaks computers.  Couple of months ago she was using the wagon (swapped e46m3 into e46 wagon, complete, with a bunch of other go-fast crap) and the VANOS started to let go (variable valve timing.)  She comes home and says there's something wrong with the wagon.  I go drive it and all the pistons hit all the valves.  :)  She felt bad, totally not her fault.

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Dave.

'76, totally stock. Completely.

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This is going to be uglier than I thought. i was hoping for a bad line... I think this was 2 separate issues... There was a scrape/gash in the line and it was replaced, and rebled... I think that one explained the occasional brake light level I got before the failure but not THE cause...  The new line restored pressure but the clutch pedal is still not doing anything noticeable as far as the clutch is concerned. Something broke.  The 5 speed box came from a later car (done before me) is in the way of easy diagnosis and slave cylinder access (he got it out eventually) and he can't quite tell what parts to order if he cannot easily see - current bet is something mechanical broken around the clutch itself..... So the tranny is going to come off so we can see what's what. Then the header is also in the way of some stuff apparently and it's got a broken bolt, so we are probably going to replace that too... This is escalating fast ;-(   But 46+ years of good service requires some spending.

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1 hour ago, Schon '02 said:

You should have kept the Alfa ?

 

Funny you'd say that. I have not missed it once. It is a glorious looking car but the driving position was unbearable to me in the long run. It was reliable though ?  (and sold real well)

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$3600 later....

 

It's a case of "while you are in there". 

Upgrading the gearbox to a 5 speed really hosed me some more because it's shoehorned in there making access to the slave cylinder impossible. And drop/reinstall a 2 to 3 people job... I've watched them shoehorn it in and I am glad I did not even attempt it. 

 

Anyway, lots of things came out, exhaust line, subframe was lowered, we found out a broken stud for the manifold while in there which had to be redrilled, and then the new slave cyl did not fix anything so the box was taken out completely and a broken internal part replaced (don't have the bill yet - some selector thing), and while you're in there, you might as well replace the 11y old clutch that is not awful but not great either and put in a new clutch and ancillaries.... and fix the leaks in the gearbox, and also on the motor... 

 

Other mistake is given where it broke down, I was super close to my porsche guy, and let him do the work thinking "hydraulics line is pissing fluid, easy peasy regardless of brand". In hindsight, given the extensive work,  my BMW guy located way farther would have had more experience with a gearbox upgrade situation and might have narrowed it down faster with less labor cost... speculating here... 

 

All in all ouch but what are you gonna do, the car deserves fresh internals and I'm never selling it, so...  

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