e46 m3 Revival

[Peter@AEW]

I really do not know what to say with the gearbox leak other than the drain plug leaked profusely.


For M3 Z4M e9xM cars changing engine mounts at roughly 100K kms is advisable.
You shall immediately feel the difference...and preferably not aftermarket.

 

[Peter@AEW]

Crossmember and control arm bolts cleaned and coated with anti seize.

 

[Benji]

That is crazy how much the engine mounts have sagged! Any idea the mileage on them?

Making some good progress 🍻

 

[Peter@AEW]

That is crazy how much the engine mounts have sagged! Any idea the mileage on them?

Making some good progress 🍻

About 150K kms
At 100K kms they all look like that.

 

[Peter@AEW]

Starting to close up the engine bay.

 

[Sibonelo]

Crossmember and control arm bolts cleaned and coated with anti seize.
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If you needed any more evidence the car is in excellent hands just look at the garage...

 

[Peter@AEW]

Fitted the correct fuel filter.
Replaced a steering rack boot which had split

Fitted with new pressure hose

 

[Peter@AEW]

Have you ever had a situation where you know something is wrong but it is so unbelievable that you discount what you are seeing.
After fitting the rack it was time for the anti roll bar to be fitted which I duly did.
For the life of me I could not get the anti roll bar links to fit correctly
There was extreme interference between the Link and the Strut.
After looking at it for a while the penny dropped. At some stage the car had new shocks fitted and they fitted left strut to right side and right side to left.

This is the LHS of the car fitted with the right strut on the left shock mounting with coil springs mis aligned.
You can actually see the coil spring hanging over the spring perch.

 

[Peter@AEW]

I stripped the struts and refitted Shock Mounts and Coil springs correctly.

 

[Peter@AEW]

Random pics of something shiny

 

[Mytfine]

This is almost like my fav youtube channel M539. I wish i had the patience to do this level of restoration !