During the last week Stacey (@BMBabe) bought Sunny over for a visit and some well needed TLC, Stacey bought sunny knowing she was going to be a project and kicked things off with a new vanos fitted by Mr Vanos so the engine has been future proofed.
@Mnbrennan took sunny for a drive and still found she lacked power and very unstable so Sunny had an inspection by a local Bm specialist and showed up some interesting things. First one being the wishbones, One was an M wishbone and the other was a standard Z3 wishbone. This poses a slight issue because the M's run more camber on the front. First up was changing both wishbones. While under the front we also noticed non Z3M spec'ed front discs. Also the clip on the caliper was not man enough which in time will cause uneven pad wear, looked like a rear.
Finally removed after some serious club hammer action.
Standard wishbone left and M right.
Martin attacking the offside wishbone.
Sunny also had some fresh rear wishbone bushes but these needed to be pressed in, luckily we have a 12 ton press to hand.
Pressed in with ease
Shinny Z3M wheel next to a next rear beam waiting to be overhauled.
Another little job on sunny was fitting a genuine bonnet badge, guess which one is which
We found the issue with the lack of power, the plenum intake hose was not attached properly so large amounts of unmetered air was entering the engine. You can see where it had kinked inwards.
So in all it was a good half day looking over sunny. Martin got up close and personal and left with a shopping list for the next bits. We checked over the rear and spotted a few things that needed doing sooner rather than later.
Rear Shocks - Both leaking
Rear discs / Pads totalled
Rear beam bushes well past it.
Diff bushe needs replacing
Front calliper clips
Lee
@Mnbrennan took sunny for a drive and still found she lacked power and very unstable so Sunny had an inspection by a local Bm specialist and showed up some interesting things. First one being the wishbones, One was an M wishbone and the other was a standard Z3 wishbone. This poses a slight issue because the M's run more camber on the front. First up was changing both wishbones. While under the front we also noticed non Z3M spec'ed front discs. Also the clip on the caliper was not man enough which in time will cause uneven pad wear, looked like a rear.
Finally removed after some serious club hammer action.
Standard wishbone left and M right.
Martin attacking the offside wishbone.
Sunny also had some fresh rear wishbone bushes but these needed to be pressed in, luckily we have a 12 ton press to hand.
Pressed in with ease
Shinny Z3M wheel next to a next rear beam waiting to be overhauled.
Another little job on sunny was fitting a genuine bonnet badge, guess which one is which
We found the issue with the lack of power, the plenum intake hose was not attached properly so large amounts of unmetered air was entering the engine. You can see where it had kinked inwards.
So in all it was a good half day looking over sunny. Martin got up close and personal and left with a shopping list for the next bits. We checked over the rear and spotted a few things that needed doing sooner rather than later.
Rear Shocks - Both leaking
Rear discs / Pads totalled
Rear beam bushes well past it.
Diff bushe needs replacing
Front calliper clips
Lee
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and Lee and at 1.45 you should be fast asleep
