Category: Cars
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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…
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The Lift
Its been a busy couple of months so I have not been able to get to the car at all. Katya’s (my daughter) birthday, then Thankgsiving, now Christmas coming up. But I’m back. In order to do some of the things that I had planned last year I needed to purchase a car lift so…
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