ndg
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Sept 20, 2008 15:26:17 GMT
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I did these on my old E30. The arrowed part is indeed a balljoint and must be replaced with the arm. The bush is at the rear, and it pulls of the back of the arm without removing the arm from the car. I didn't need to remove the bush from its housing though, it could be a bstard! If it is the joint you will need a tuning fork ball joint seperator as scissor type ones don't work as the joint is too long (through the subframe). I managed to do this in a hotel carpark mind, so it's not too bad!
HTH
N.
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ndg
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Sept 1, 2008 14:57:43 GMT
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Having seen the engine bay of this car, moving the engine rearward would also complicate the build by entirely buggering up the steering system, and there's no way you can get a rack past that engine!
I like where Andy's going with this, comfy retro cruiser. It's not like he's lacking a hardcore track tool with the escort, or a B-road pocket rocket with the CRX!
I want my fleet to be four cars again - not fair ;-)
When are we pulling that BM to pieces then....
N.
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Aug 27, 2008 21:26:19 GMT
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Here's my 'rally ready' princess in the Sahara I really liked that car, did 10,000 miles of pretty much trouble free motoring, and 400 bloody awfuls ones to the finish with no suspension..... £50 well spent. N.
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Last Edit: Aug 27, 2008 21:28:52 GMT by ndg
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Aug 27, 2008 21:13:38 GMT
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Okay not a BMW engine in another car but a BM engine not in the car it was intended for: That's an E30 by the way, count those fuel gobbling cylinders.....
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ndg
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Aug 26, 2008 21:33:22 GMT
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How about this: To this: Yes officer it's a 1.0ltr, honest.....
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ndg
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Aug 21, 2008 10:18:21 GMT
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When I painted the plastic bumpers on my metro many moons ago I found that the best metod was so spray cellulose straight onto the plastic, it melted the plastic a bit and made a superb bond, unlike the special plastic primer the body shop sold me, which just fell off in sheets! I made the first couple of primer coats very light and then built up the colour up on those. Of course it may depend on what the plastic is, and how it reacts to cellulose, the bumpers I had just went soft when you got cellulose on them. Try putting some cellulose thinners on the back side with a rag and see how it reacts?
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ndg
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Aug 20, 2008 21:03:02 GMT
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I know you've got it sorted on your car with the two piece prop, but for anyone else considering this the following may be useful.
The gearbox output needs to be parallel but not concentric with the diff pinion. A degree here or there won't matter, but too much will lead to excessive vibration from the hookes joints (prop joints). If you have the two concentric, then the joints don't move at all and squish all of the grease from the working part of the bearing, leading to rapid failure. The angle should be ~7deg if I recall correctly.
So you can move the engine sideways, but not on an angle.
I don't even rememebr why I learnt this..............
HTH
Nathan
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Aug 20, 2008 17:32:28 GMT
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Okay we weren't extenally verified, but our soapbox saw 63mph around molecomb corner at Goodwood Festival of Speed in 2003. Mind you Lotus were claiming their soapbox had a top speed of 210mph - well maybe, of a big clif!
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