Thanks.
Today was crazy weather. It was supposed to be a washout. I didn't think we would be able to do anything outdoors, but where we live, we were between two bands of rain that soaked our neighbors to the west and to the east. It rained all day on them, and here it was dry pretty much from 9 AM on. It made for some great February weather -- cloudy, breezy, 70 degrees, and no rain.
That let me get the back two stainless brake lines installed, and do a power flush on the ZHP with Ate brake fluid. Since I had everything out and an extra liter, I went ahead and did my Z4M.
The back brake line mounting clips were a bugger to get off. I wrestled with the clip for 20 minutes and got it off, thinking I was home free. Then, I tried to get the brake line out of the slot for 15 minutes until I realized the metal won't slide out the slot in the mount. The metal line protector must be pushed back through the hole in the center of the mount, and the brake line goes out the slot. Duh! The other side was done in 5 minutes since I then knew the secret handshake. For the flush, I used a Motive power bleeder. I was a Motive virgin, but it did great. It was very easy to use and beat the brake pumping method for sure.
Do you guys like the kindergarten method of organization? It's my preferred method, so when I got the Motive power bleeder, I ran to Harbor Freight and picked up a 15" tool bag for around $8. I put all of my brake bleeding supplies in the bag including a caliper piston pusher, flare wrenches, 9mm nipple wrench, funnel, Motive pressure bottle and two motive bleeder bottles, plus a small OTC magnetic bleeder bottle for quick bleeds, and some steel and brass brushes, a can of Brākleen and a tube of caliper grease (not used on BMWs).
and it all zips up in a nice self-contained storage bag.
While I had the jack and jackstands out, I tuned up my rough alignment a little better. Now, the car is driving right without any weirdness. I had it a little too much toe-in before. I'll get it into an alignment shop this week.
Salty
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2005 BMW 330Ci ZHP Jet Black/Black with aluminum cube
Bone stock at the moment