E46 320d Touring
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Same reasoning behind me having no rear section of my exhaust
Went to swap the hangers for powerflex variants, and one stud from each hanger snapped. Said feck it and grinded the back box off as the nuts at the flanges were rusted solid
Blackie
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Front decat supplied by @chapletown was fitted today mate
Brilliant!Same reasoning behind me having no rear section of my exhaust
Went to swap the hangers for powerflex variants, and one stud from each hanger snapped. Said feck it and grinded the back box off as the nuts at the flanges were rusted solid
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Had the same happen on my E46 when doing the control arm bushings, heat is going to be your friend here. With plenty of heat it came out nicely with the moles on it, in my case
At least it's driver side away from the fuel lines
At least it's driver side away from the fuel lines
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While on your road trip maybe look for two nuts that are slim enough that you could thread onto the broken bolt and lock them against each other. Then you could use those to undo after heat if the grips aren't cutting it
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Only seeing this now after I’ve been out lol. Got a gas can but my burner is past it and won’t stay lit. So I started to drill the bolt, started with a 2mm bit and going up in .5mm steps. Then broke a 3mm bit up inside the bolt so far up that I can’t get at it. Blunted the 3.5mm bit trying to force it on up, broke the 2mm and 1.5mm bits trying to drill round/past it.
Car is a real headache now!
Car is a real headache now!
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Like when a bolt is getting tight, tighter then loose.... time to move it on.
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That was going to break regardless.
Weld a nut on that if possible. Fortunate that at least it's protruding quite a bit. The heat of the welding helps loads.
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The car has beat me. I’ve tried everything that I’m able to try with the tools I have or have borrowed. So I have it built up with one bolt holding it in ready for a better man who is going to take it away and have a go himself when he’s able to.
Whilst I admitted defeat and trying to remain faithful to her I swapped out the steering wheel for one in better condition.
Obligitory old wheel pic:
And new/after:
Whilst I admitted defeat and trying to remain faithful to her I swapped out the steering wheel for one in better condition.
Obligitory old wheel pic:
And new/after:
The hvac panel will sit neat enough in the empty slot without the relocation panel
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Mahoosive thanks goes to @kylus1986 for sorting out the Beemer this morning. He and his crew were able to successfully remove the bolt and have saved the car.
As I knew the car was going to Kyle to be sorted I decided to show the car some loving again. The remote part of the existing key wasn’t working. I pulled the key apart to find that someone had already done that, removed the battery and glued the key back together, with no battery!
I stuck in a new battery but nothing, so pulled the key apart again and examined it more closely. It seems that in removing the battery they damaged the circuit board of the key.
I tried a couple of locksmiths who were unable to pair a new key to the car. So then I contacted a local BMW dealer for a price for a replacement and decided that as I wasn’t sure if the receiver in the car was working, I went for an aftermarket Hawk remote entry kit instead.
I even used one of the pockets used for storing ecu’s to hold the Hawk ECU/
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I then began to wrap some of the dash trims in a glossy carbon effect wrap, few bubbles round the gear stick trim, may have to redo it at some point.
I’ve yet the door trims to do at a later date as well. But for now I can spend money on it happily in an attempt to fix the other niggles for MOT.
As I knew the car was going to Kyle to be sorted I decided to show the car some loving again. The remote part of the existing key wasn’t working. I pulled the key apart to find that someone had already done that, removed the battery and glued the key back together, with no battery!
I stuck in a new battery but nothing, so pulled the key apart again and examined it more closely. It seems that in removing the battery they damaged the circuit board of the key.
I tried a couple of locksmiths who were unable to pair a new key to the car. So then I contacted a local BMW dealer for a price for a replacement and decided that as I wasn’t sure if the receiver in the car was working, I went for an aftermarket Hawk remote entry kit instead.
I even used one of the pockets used for storing ecu’s to hold the Hawk ECU/
.
I then began to wrap some of the dash trims in a glossy carbon effect wrap, few bubbles round the gear stick trim, may have to redo it at some point.
I’ve yet the door trims to do at a later date as well. But for now I can spend money on it happily in an attempt to fix the other niggles for MOT.
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Glad you’re moving again dude
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Good on @kylus1986 glad to see you're now sorted. Be interested to know what was done to get it out!
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great work mate
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Excellent mate!
You'll laugh about it one day.
Glad to hear you're sorted anyway
You'll laugh about it one day.
Glad to hear you're sorted anyway