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Flat and The Sagging Glovebox
Today I woke up and decided to do something with the BMW. A lot has happened recently so I haven’t had a chance to work on the car. Here are the things that happened: 1. Got a new car instead of the truck (post coming at some point) 2. Got a new job 3. Went…
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Exhaust Hangers (Pt. 2) and a Wash
Yesterday was my birthday so today I decided to give myself a present and work on some of the things on the car. The first thing that I want to work on is finish the exhaust Hangers. I replaced the inner ones last time so this time I need to replace the outer ones. There…
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Replacing the Exhaust Hangers
Since last time I was able to get the car up, this time I want to actually do something while under it. the easiest thing I could think of was to replace the exhaust hangers. I had already bought replacements a while ago so all I needed to do was take the old ones off…
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And it flies!
Today is the day! After so many events of the last 2 months including our wedding, our “Honeymoon” in London and the trip to Argentina, when there was 0 time to work on the car, I have finally managed to carve out an hour and do what I’ve wanted to do for almost a year.…
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Wash and New Center Caps
Last weekend I was washing the car, as I’ve been using it a little more to go to work (its only 5miles away) and I noticed some break dust on the wheels as well as dirt on the car itself. I cant take it to a carwash (unless its a hand one) as I’m not…
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Leather Honey
About a week ago I was thinking about the condition of the leather in the BMW, which made me think about what the previous owner did to keep the seats in such great shape. I started doing some research about leather and the care instructions and ended up on Amazon looking at this set of…
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Installing the Lift Pads
I ordered the pads in February and as expected they arrived closer to the end Feb. I thought (naively) that I was going to get them in, pop them in and be ready to go! That didn’t happen, I will explain below. The parts that I ordered were these: Little did I know but I…
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Lifting the car (or trying to)
Today I got a chance to go an try and lift the car on the new lift that I got assembled and tested last time. There were some lessons learned here for sure. With the lift under the car, I can see that there is ample space for just one of the rubber blocks. That’s…
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Assembling and Testing the lift
Today I finally put the lift together and attached all of the hoses. This was a pretty long process but the manual to the lift was wonderful as it spelled out every step with pictures. First I had to get the car out of the garage and set up the lift in the center to…