felix_666

Did some more painting today, apart from the car the fuel tank is left.

pile of stuff

pile of sand blastered stuff

painted stuff

in regards to the tires - sorry i should learn to use those small pictures with faces on them, i was being a little sarcastic, obviously i need to improve my screen emotions.

Engine isn't too bigger job you just need people and space, last time i did it with a mate in my car wide garage, a little tedious.

nah you don't but mines a full resto which is why i have done it the way i have. I'm actually about to pull just the diff from another car of mine and i know it will probably take just as long and be probably more of a pain.

discount tailshaft

Undo half shafts

Unscrew sub to diff bolts

undo diff carrier bolts

lower with a jack

seems simple but it will take a while, make sure you soak ALL bolts/nuts the night before with penetrate to make life easier.

should of seen the car trying to get over the sheet metal in between the legs of the hoist, in reverse on an oily floor with bald tires and smoke everywhere, the guys at the work shop thought it was most funny. They actually have wires poking out everywhere, probably not road worthy...

some other pics i forgot about

nearly lost it

thats better

sweeto

finished with the subs, now i have got another pile of stuff to do, struts, control arms, stabilisers, brake plates, diff hanger, half shafts etc

i know you have to use new head bolts to obtain the correct torque as their TTY, their so cheap to replace, considering what they do. I wouldn't think twice about replacing these, especially if i'd just re-built my engine.

yeah i've got all new half shaft and transmission bolts, so i think i might be sorted unless anyone knows any others.

yeah i know all the bolts should be fine, but i assumed there must be some that need replacing once they've been loosened, to gain the right torque value again, or is this simply a spare parts joke.

I'm sure this has been covered, but I'm having trouble finding it. If people contribute to this then maybe it could be moved to the Articles section.

I'm not able to replace much because of the silly BMW thread style, so I'll be replacing what i have to.

I know the half shaft bolts/nuts need to be replaced.

What else??

Its a good thing they make UK (RHD) versions, good to know someones watching what I'm doing. Could of used you tom in the past to make sure that i don't double up, or triple up on parts as i discovered today.

Any chance you know where i can get locally available sway bar bushings?? I forgot to double the order and need them this week if possible.

I'm thinking about getting one of these S & P carpet kits with a set of black mats. I wanted all black interior, but i think it will be too much and looks a tad "cheap" if you refer to the Verona on this same page under the classic section, black seats, black dash, black side panels and black mats should be enough.

Any one bought one of these kits? They seem to look the goods.

http://www.only02.com/Grey-Carpet-Kit_p_4-11.html

Off to the sandblasters today, and then to pick up some paint.

Nice and clean

painted in POR-15

yep i used about 10kg of dry ice, but it wasn't that easy, i must of left it for 30 min and i still needed to use a hammer and chisel.

did a bit of work today:

with summer coming i thought i'd invest in some air con

wool is a good insulator so that should keep the cold air in the car

worked ok, not great

hand cleaned the interior, took lots of dirty water and time.

finally worked out how to get this thing out.

thinking about getting this colour as my interior, i would like the white/gray bits to be fewer, but something along these lines would be good, black with a hint of something.

yep sorted it out, couple of tricks and out it came with no problems or rips.

yeah tried that with no luck, unfortunately there had been very few nuts that have wanted to come off due to all the dust this car has seen, i'll just keep spraying it and twisting.

Oh, and the boot lock seems to be stuck, how does the actual lock part come out, I'm assuming its just the circular part???

UPDATE.

Anyway its been a busy few weeks. Basically just stripped the car. Just got the headliner and scripting left, but annoyingly i left organising the painters pretty late and the bloke said he'll fit me in start of next year.

So i'll be mad busy trying to get everything ready to bolt back onto the car before it comes back at the end of Jan.

bonnet and boot still on for space reasons

empty engine bay, except for that damn speedo, still cant get it out!!

the car is amazingly dusty, not sure how to clean it all out

the dreaded foot well, not too bad, just a little surface rust.

clean wheel well

got to love that rear end

it wouldn't be an 02 with out some proper rust, hopefully not too bad

near the car yard called 'peter something??'?? No its not, but i know that 02 and it looks sweet, pretty much the same as mine

thanks mate, that was really clear and in laymen terms, it helped plenty. cheers

ok, i'm not sure if i understand, in the first picture is the end of the speedo cable which does not fit through the firewall (its bigger than the hole), so i took off the o-ring and as i expected this made no difference.

Bill: where is that screw located??

this is the view from inside the car, there is no way its going to fit without any alterations. (sorry about the pic size)

cheers

I'm over searching, ive searched for ages with no luck - must be because its such an easy task.... hmmm

Its one of a few parts i cannot seem to remove. I tried pulling it through the hole in the firewall but it isn't big enough, so i figured it must pull apart at the shaft end. This has to be easier than it seems.

Also if i change the speedo from MPH to KM/H do i simply change the dial??

cheers

As you can see in the picture i have broken this little bolt, the remaining thread is stuck. It is conveniently inside the fender giving little to no space to work with. Its the bolt that attaches the rocker panel to the fender.

Any ideas on how to remove this sucker with out damaging the rocker panel (too much). Obviously i would drill it out, if i could.

bump - i still need an answer about my original question.... anyone.

yeah your right, there Scheel's,i had a look at the ones on that site and there a little modern for me, or maybe its just the material he has used, not sure but i have seen some really nice Scheel's before - i think...

that email is on its way tom, i've got a goodie that im thinking of flogging, you probably wont be interested but at least you can spread the word.