Restoration: e34 M5 (metallic dolphin)

[Raybimmer]

E34 interior lights are not dim , its Mafia camouflage :roflol::roflol:
I would not attempt this in East London , just getting a normal white led is a mission , and not having samples to play with gets time consuming to find correct items .

 

[freerider]

Ray, isn't S&R electronics still in curry str?


Sent from my GT-I9100 using a de-tuned F1 engine.

 

[Adi]

as bad as they are Raybimmer, just around the corner from Comminica, can I post you some?

 

[rick540]

Thanx will test, when assembling the car again, each switch, and see if the lights work, if not attempt the repair.....

If they work would hate to open a switch to try and replace with Led's only to break the switch in the process.

Progress made today, second door panel removed and cleaned. What will need to happen is that the door panels are so weak that I will need to re-inforce them with the kevlar stuff I used on my e12 boot pieces...unfortunatly, its finished so I can get on Tuesday only......so Tuesday evening both back panels should be mint again.....

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Question: Both doors at the bootom show signs of some rust, its easy to fix but what about inside the door, how can I get that rust cleaned, more importantly how do i ensure it does not spread further from the inside?
Was thinking sand paper, then rust converter and then spray out with primer on the inside. Any ideas?

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Clean with solvent based engine cleaner, then rust converter then spray with Tectyl

 

[Raybimmer]

Don , yes been there......
If you ask for a led with a colour of x nm and an angle of y degrees its :fencelook:
Maybe clean off loose rust with steel wool and cleaner ,then follow Ricks advice .

 

[Adi]

question, which ones of the Tectyl ones?
http://www.valvoline.co.za/TectylProducts.asp

 

[rick540]

question, which ones of the Tectyl ones?
http://www.valvoline.co.za/TectylProducts.asp

Any of the 506 range, have used most and they all seem the same to me.

You need to plug the drain holes with absorbant tissue till it dries when you spray inside the doors otherwise it leaves streaky brown wax down the sides of the car which you have to clean off with parrafin.

Other than that I love the stuff for rustproofing

 

[Sankekur]

Don , yes been there......
If you ask for a led with a colour of x nm and an angle of y degrees its :fencelook:
Maybe clean off loose rust with steel wool and cleaner ,then follow Ricks advice .

There are electronics shops that are not like this?

 

[Adi]

lol, doing doors inside before sending car for complete respray..>!

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these guys seem to have all the clips.....

http://www.mabvaal.co.za/clips.html

 

[Raybimmer]

I use Tectyl 506 Multi purpose mostly .
I bought e36 door panel clips at the agents for R27 or so for 10 last year and they were like R6.00 each at a auto paint spares outlet !!!

 

[Adi]

aah so agents for a change cheaper will check need a whole lot

 

[Adi]

so, today finally got around to taking all the stuff out of the boot...and what do I find...2x e34 M5 jacks.....one will fly with me to CT know who needs one....

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So bbot is cleaned......getting ready for a respray......not sure why the inspection lid to teh petrol tank was closed with silicon, took me 3 hours to clean and get the stuff off. Not sure why the vents on the side were closed with duck tape and silicon, luckely got all of it off.

Will need to get the right hand side cover, a CD was fitted and that cover completely cut up....

Also need a left boot light....mine was cracked had water in.....

 

[rick540]

Are the amp and tuner missing from the boot?

 

[Adi]

yip both are gone, not sure how much cable was cut out, but have two / three plugs at the front they were not connected.

Also need to get that nice cloth tape, to re-do wiring, where did you get yours?

 

[rick540]

yip both are gone, not sure how much cable was cut out, but have two / three plugs at the front they were not connected.

Also need to get that nice cloth tape, to re-do wiring, where did you get yours?

Ok well I have both for you, post a pic where the cable was cut.

The cloth tape BMW sells but it's hard to come by Part # 61 13 6 902 588 I may have a spare one for you as well

 

[Adi]

Thanx, will try and finish the boot area tomorrow....finish scraping off the silicone at the inspection opening....

Where is the amp and tuner normally mounted? can see a lot of retro fit cables at the back of the boot.

And just checked will need a spoiler, mine is definitly not OEM. You don't perhaps know of somebody who has a OEM M5 e34 spoiler?

 

[Gizmo]

Damn, what have you got yourself into Adi?

 

[Adi]

Gizmo, me hooked, can not wait to properly drive this one.....started it today, ran it for a bit, just to keep battery and fluids alive.......that engine is just the most amazing addictive sound......the whole dinamics of the car.....will still take me a good year to finish, but will be worth every moment of effort spent, so far around 3 days to carefully strip 2 door panels, and strip boot area.
All parts taken off are cleaned, small repairs done if necessary, then put in plastic bags and tagged. Have like the left arm rest and door bits in one bag, right arm rest and door bits another bag etc etc

 

[rick540]

Gizmo, me hooked, can not wait to properly drive this one.....started it today, ran it for a bit, just to keep battery and fluids alive.......that engine is just the most amazing addictive sound......the whole dinamics of the car.....will still take me a good year to finish, but will be worth every moment of effort spent, so far around 3 days to carefully strip 2 door panels, and strip boot area.
All parts taken off are cleaned, small repairs done if necessary, then put in plastic bags and tagged. Have like the left arm rest and door bits in one bag, right arm rest and door bits another bag etc etc

I see it wasnt long till you were under the spell of the E34 M5 :rollsmile:

That engine is just the most amazing piece of N/A artwork and the rest of the car so different from the other E34's

Adi, I had about the same starting point with mine as you have with yours. There was so much to do there were times I thought I would never ever get it together, but eventually it did.

Please take as many pictures as possible and bring them when you are down here as everything you are doing I had to do as well.

 

[calypso]

I got tape cloth at the dealer no issues. If they giving you a hard time I can post from PE.