sivsk
01-18-2007, 02:33 PM
Hey Guys,
You remember the pics of the M3 in my garage, basically looking like crap, it had been in there for 4 odd years....
Well my New Years resolution was to get it back on the road as soon as possible this year..... and i did it, with help if three great mechanincs and alot of elbow grease, bear in mind folks there is'nt a dealer near me for 1200 miles......
credit to the old girls she did'nt deteriorate much, we had nightmares of the engine not wanting to fire at all, seized AR Racing callipers which would have been a real nightmare for me to have sourced to get over here!! The suspension which is a Schnitzer fully adjustable, if the boots had cracked cos of the heat and humidity, i'd have been in real trouble.
Anyhow she's back and running very sweetly, everything works including the Air Con, humid here we might to had replace the cooling coil or even the Evaporator, but no leaks in the system and all is well......
Well actually not all, seems like a rat chewed a few wires for the ABS, getting the wiring Diagram for that, once that is done.... great!
This really is a massive day for me, the car was off the road for nigh 5 years, it all started with a failed fuel pump.
only other thing left to spruce up the interior and get the seats done up.
Anyhow took it out today, got massive stares all over the place, cos if youremember the pics i posted of where i live and you look at the front spoiler you'll know why they were staring... maybe thinking PRAT....
Anyhow i'm happy and alot more miles to be added to the car.
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You remember the pics of the M3 in my garage, basically looking like crap, it had been in there for 4 odd years....
Well my New Years resolution was to get it back on the road as soon as possible this year..... and i did it, with help if three great mechanincs and alot of elbow grease, bear in mind folks there is'nt a dealer near me for 1200 miles......
credit to the old girls she did'nt deteriorate much, we had nightmares of the engine not wanting to fire at all, seized AR Racing callipers which would have been a real nightmare for me to have sourced to get over here!! The suspension which is a Schnitzer fully adjustable, if the boots had cracked cos of the heat and humidity, i'd have been in real trouble.
Anyhow she's back and running very sweetly, everything works including the Air Con, humid here we might to had replace the cooling coil or even the Evaporator, but no leaks in the system and all is well......
Well actually not all, seems like a rat chewed a few wires for the ABS, getting the wiring Diagram for that, once that is done.... great!
This really is a massive day for me, the car was off the road for nigh 5 years, it all started with a failed fuel pump.
only other thing left to spruce up the interior and get the seats done up.
Anyhow took it out today, got massive stares all over the place, cos if youremember the pics i posted of where i live and you look at the front spoiler you'll know why they were staring... maybe thinking PRAT....
Anyhow i'm happy and alot more miles to be added to the car.
http://img263.imageshack.us/img263/7743/dscn1346ej1.th.jpg (http://img263.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dscn1346ej1.jpg)http://img263.imageshack.us/img263/4771/dscn1347yx8.th.jpg (http://img263.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dscn1347yx8.jpg)
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