We didn’t take many pictures last night, but here are a few to give the event a bit more ‘feel’. Differential out and on the jack: The void: And Robin in his jump suit refitting the diff: That’s all for now. I plan to fully drain and photograph the LSD tonight.
So it had been decided that the grumbling noise from the rear of the car was either the differential or a noisy CV in a drive shaft. Many thanks to Ian Haynes, Ben Smith, and a chap called Simon who I’ve never met who clubbed together to deliver a spare drive shaft to me at […] Read more »
Today I take up an offer from my neighbour Charlie to attack the suspected manky offside wheel bearing. Charlie works for BMW GB, and as such is kindly supplying the right ‘special tools’ for the job – and special they are! I start early and get the car out of the garage. To begin with […] Read more »
I get the back of the car up in the air today to investigate the grumbling rear bearing. ‘Driving’ the car while in the air, the grumbling noise is clear to hear if I knock it into neutral at about 50mph. I suspect this is the rear right wheel bearing, so decide to take that […] Read more »
The morning is bright and sunny, and I’m up early to haul the M3 from its pit. I remember now, I’d left it in a bit of a state… I start in the boot. The arrows in the two photos below show one of the two offending pipes. The end in the wheel arch is […] Read more »
A bit off topic but my fire suit has arrived which will be useful for any serious track or rally work the M3 may be used for in the longer term future: As for the car, it looks like I’ve found a source of 5/8″ fuel hose from a place called Pirtek in Guildford. Thanks […] Read more »
I’m annoyed that I forgot the camera tonight. I’d picked up an OE clutch slave from ECP for ยฃ24.56 yesterday, and fitting it takes about 45 minutes from start to finish tonight. I don’t even need to bleed it at its valve – a few pumps of the pedal and some manipulation of the blue […] Read more »
I rolled my sleeves up and set about investigating the clutch issues tonight. First of all I took the driver’s seat out and the under-dash panelling, and got in the footwell for a good gander at the pedal and master cylinder. All appeared to be in order there. Under the bonnet I noted that the […] Read more »
Well, prior to this evening I’d had a good week using the M3 as my daily driver. The rear bearing is still a bit noisy but the car starts okay and is epic, epic fun. However, I filled the car up tonight, and since then there has been a strong smell of fuel from the […] Read more »
Having realised that I’d gone over 10 days without actually driving the M3, I thought I’d spend a few minutes on it this evening. I’ve followed the simple instructions that came with the new immobiliser fob and coded it up – all went quite smoothly so I’m pleased about that. Then I turned to the […] Read more »