Mini - Socal (LA) Maint gathering/work this Sat/Sun, my house

[johnrando]

Hey Socal and mafia family who may be in town. Gary (wolfn8tr) is coming by my house this weekend to do extensive maintenance work on my car. VANOS, fan delete, Dinan Throttle body, hoses, other stuff. William (wsmeyer) is also going to stop by. I'm renting a fender roller from a local on e46f.c and we will roll fenders too. William will be bringing his coding expertise. Please feel free to stop by if you're in the area either this Sat or Sun, as we'll be working both days I'm sure. Post up here if you are so we know to expect you. Cityjohn, you in too?

[wsmeyer]

I'm free after 1pm Saturday and until 2pm Sunday.

[Avetiso]

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[cakM3]

Wish I could be there John! I'm sure there will be lots of good things happening :thumbsup

[wsmeyer]

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[JupiterBMW]

Dammit, I wish I was going to be down there!! We are currently heading South from Alaska, but we aren't going down to CA this trip, just heading straight back to Washington... So, I won't be down that way until the end of the month or so. I'll miss you guys this time, but hoping to hang out for a day when I do get down there!

Have a good weekend, and Gary, feel free to "misplace" that Dinan TB into the mail to Jupiter, FL.... :shifty


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[johnrando]

We'll miss ya Joop. Next time.

[sillieidiot]

i have a fender roller. where in LA is this taking place? i don't really need anything but paint right now lol

so i'm assuming you guys will have already taken out the gunk in the rear fenders?

if it's on sunday, i can't go. i'm going to that huge ass BBQ that is being held near my area.

[johnrando]

Hieu, Manhattan Beach. My address is in the members only section but I'll PM you. We'll be there all day Saturday (with William and John coming by around 2 ish). That's when we'll roll the fenders. We'll also be there Sunday morning working.

[RITmusic2k]

Hey all!

I may swing by for a little bit - the weekends have been pretty busy for us lately; lots of appointments and extracurricular activities... but if I can swing it, I'll be there!

[WOLFN8TR]

Have a good weekend, and Gary, feel free to "misplace" that Dinan TB into the mail to Jupiter, FL.... :shifty

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Sounds Good!

[johnrando]

That's great Kevin! Gary is spending the night so we will start Sat. morn. I think William, John are coming around 2 ish. Also Hieu is coming by Sat afternoon around that time. We'll also likely be doing some stuff Sun.

[WOLFN8TR]

Sweet! Look forward to meeting everyone.

[sillieidiot]

i'll probably come over earlier than 2. i was thinking more like 11-12

[johnrando]

Awesome!

[RITmusic2k]

Tiffany and I have an appointment for a wedding venue at 2 on Saturday, so I think I'd be heading up afterward if I can swing it. Will you guys be going late into the afternoon? I have some minor maintenance issues to tackle too (I have a brake wear sensor issue that I want to chase down, and also a mysterious leak in the windshield washer system)...

[WOLFN8TR]

Sounds like the grommet in the bottom of the tank. Mine was leaking a year ago and I Teflon taped that sucker and it hasn't leaked since. Funny thing is I almost added one to Johns parts order the other day beings they are cheap. It takes like 10 minutes to fix.

[johnrando]

Yup, we'll be working late.

[RITmusic2k]

Good deal, I expect I'll be up later in the afternoon, then. I'll call ahead just in case.

[wsmeyer]

Yup, we'll be working late.

Working or drinking?

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[johnrando]

LOL, both. Gary and I will start early and work late. Hieu is coming around 11-ish. John around 2-ish. William 2-ish. Kevin afternoon-ish.

Beers/soft drinks in the fridge, ready. Chips, munchies here. Will likely order a pizza at some point.

William, you still bringing your coding computer?

[WOLFN8TR]

John do you have WiFi?

[johnrando]

Definitely.

[wsmeyer]

William, you still bringing your coding computer?

Yes. I got BMW Scanner working tonight. I'll work on NCSExpert tomorrow.

[JupiterBMW]

See, another reason why I should be there! I have NCS Expert all dialed in, with NCS dummy! I've been itching to code again... I even brought my cables with me on the ship! :biggrin

Have fun guys. :thumbsup

[SoCalZman]

As soon as I am in LA full time and the ZHP is down here with me I will definitely be coming to these meets!


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[wsmeyer]

See, another reason why I should be there! I have NCS Expert all dialed in, with NCS dummy! I've been itching to code again... I even brought my cables with me on the ship!

I had my laptop all setup for the ZHP with a black cable but I really want to get it to work work a silver cable that (supposedly) can talk to my E70 X5 as well. If anybody know how to set that up I'm all ears.

If not, tomorrow night I'll just re-install everything the way it was for use with E46's.

[derbo]

I had my laptop all setup for the ZHP with a black cable but I really want to get it to work work a silver cable that (supposedly) can talk to my E70 X5 as well. If anybody know how to set that up I'm all ears.

If not, tomorrow night I'll just re-install everything the way it was for use with E46's.

I think pin 7/8 have to be desoldered from each other.

[WOLFN8TR]

Rollin to Randos.....

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Stopped for 5 minutes to mix up some lunch.

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[danewilson77]

Rollin to Randos.....


Stopped for 5 minutes to mix up some lunch.
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Win.

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[RITmusic2k]

Awesome. See you guys there!

[PHZ]

Given the OC carmagedon this weekend along with obligations, I'll have to pass this time.

Looking forward to another opp.

[fredo]

Have fun, guys !

[WOLFN8TR]

Was making good time until I hit grid lock traffic. Then my Eonon Nav got me lost...twice. Reboot and rentered Johns address. Back on track. 10 miles later screen goes black! Had to resort to Mapquest on the iPhone. Finally arrived 6 hours later, should of been 4 1/2 to 5 tops.

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[johnrando]

Gary checking out the engine and strut bar

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William came by and helped install the Dinan throttle body. Gary finished it up. Many thanks to Bruce who we called twice for TB help. We also put in the gold disa.

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Gary removing his sprint booster so William can work his magic SB mod.
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Then, pizza and poker. Major work going to start later today (Sat). Sorry we'll miss you Bryan.

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[JupiterBMW]

Dammit, looks like so much fun! As always, looks like you stuck William with all the work!

And latex gloves....?? Seriously?!?! :happyspidey

:biggrin Have fun boys!

[johnrando]

LOL. Not all the work.... someone had to hold his beer. :biggrin

Just kidding, everyone was doing something... Gary is head mechanic and William was cool enough to stop by and chip in. Can't not use that engineering brain power when it's there. I'm chief assistant. :biggrin As far as gloves, this is LA, you can't have dirty hands here. lol

[PHZ]

Wicked man. Wicked. Wish I could get there.

Enjoy!!!!!
Poker pot- SB mod?

[johnrando]

Gary has a Sprint Booster but it's not hooked up to the panel (our now famous sport button mod). He has the 4 wire version so William is going to take a look at doing the soldering.

As far as poker, $20 buy-in, max $2 bet, so usually your night should be somewhere in the +/- $40 range on average. I ended on the UP side around $10-ish (didn't really count it as the host).

[BCS_ZHP]

Something is wrong here Jon, its been 12+ hours since the last update on progress being made. We appreciate hearing of headaches & little triumphs too (no, not that Triumph)...

[cakM3]

Something is wrong here Jon, its been 12+ hours since the last update on progress being made. We appreciate hearing of headaches & little triumphs too (no, not that Triumph)...

+1 :foottap

[WOLFN8TR]

We are actually still working on it. Big day and got alot done.
New Gold DISA, DINAN throttle body, Beisan Systems VANOS, Mechanical Fan delete, New spark plugs.

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[sillieidiot]

damn i only just got back. all the streets were packed because of the freeway closure lol if i didn't know where i was going, i would have totally been there for another hour or so lol

it was nice meeting everyone. definitely makes me want to tackle some of my own DIYs that i've been too lazy to do.

the only picture i took:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v117/sillieidiot/Serenity/13080015_zpsb26205b4.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/sillieidiot/media/Serenity/13080015_zpsb26205b4.jpg.html)

[WOLFN8TR]

That Sucks...good to hear you made it home in a fairly decent amount of time. Thanks for the help today, maybe we will see ya tomorrow.

[johnrando]

Whew! All that work (VANOS, Dinan Throttle Body, Fan Delete, Disa, Spark Plugs) and it started up first time! Gary was awesome and William really helped out a ton. Hieu did my BSW speakers and changed out the interior parts. Hieu, it sounds great. The issue was the loose battery connector while we were working. (Oh, and, LOL Bruce! Thanks again for your help.)

Tomorrow will be fender rolling, oil change, cooling system, and front bumper/splitter work.

Some pics:
William's, Hieu's, Gary's, then my car (way in front, hard to see) in my driveway.
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Hieu doing speakers
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VANOS

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VANOS using Ryan's idea for the oil absorber.

http://i1214.photobucket.com/albums/cc481/johnrando/IMG_20130817_174824_712_zpsab600b07.jpg (http://s1214.photobucket.com/user/johnrando/media/IMG_20130817_174824_712_zpsab600b07.jpg.html)




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[JupiterBMW]

A tampon, seriously?? Lol!!!

Glad it all went well and enjoy the new mods. Next time I'm in SoCal, I have to drive again! :biggrin

And need moar pics of Hieu's car.. AW FTW.

[johnrando]

Today a bunch of misc. stuff... decided not to do my cooling system. Gary and I again worked on cars all day, and William and Kevin stopped by. We did an oil change on my car, plus fixed the splitters and minor front bumper issues. William coded a few things, and Kevin got his oil changed. We tried to roll fenders but the roller was broken. (Jon, I agree. Hieu's car is awesome, he should def post moar pics). A few pics from today:

In order, Kevin's, Gary's, William's, mine (can't see).
http://i1214.photobucket.com/albums/cc481/johnrando/IMG_20130818_112737_900_zpsec540770.jpg (http://s1214.photobucket.com/user/johnrando/media/IMG_20130818_112737_900_zpsec540770.jpg.html)

Gary and Kevin checking out Kevin's car.
http://i1214.photobucket.com/albums/cc481/johnrando/IMG_20130818_102822_593_zps9ca40588.jpg (http://s1214.photobucket.com/user/johnrando/media/IMG_20130818_102822_593_zps9ca40588.jpg.html)

Happy it's all buttoned up after more than 2 full days of working on it.

http://i1214.photobucket.com/albums/cc481/johnrando/IMG_20130818_154518_188_zpse5abfdc0.jpg (http://s1214.photobucket.com/user/johnrando/media/IMG_20130818_154518_188_zpse5abfdc0.jpg.html)
http://i1214.photobucket.com/albums/cc481/johnrando/IMG_20130818_154549_408_zps4d34fc41.jpg (http://s1214.photobucket.com/user/johnrando/media/IMG_20130818_154549_408_zps4d34fc41.jpg.html)

Waxed it after everyone was gone. Shiny! :) (Knocked the H off the "zhp", so I put it on right after this photo).

http://i1214.photobucket.com/albums/cc481/johnrando/IMG_20130818_190746_205_zps79b98f8d.jpg (http://s1214.photobucket.com/user/johnrando/media/IMG_20130818_190746_205_zps79b98f8d.jpg.html)

[sillieidiot]

yeah sorry about the roller. i swear it was in working condition when i saw it. but i did lend it out to someone before that, guess they didn't take care of it.

btw, what happened to the "H"?

[johnrando]

No worries at all Hieu. We appreciate you bringing it. William will fix it, and we'll give it a go another time. :thumbsup

[WOLFN8TR]

Dam look at that sucker shine!! That wax works good!
Just got home at 10:30pm. Just want to say thanks to William for the cool programming and switch mods to the rear windows. John thanks for the excellent hospitality. I enjoyed meeting you all. Here is some photos I took.

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[WOLFN8TR]

My drive home I hit a awesome storm. Seen lighting for 3 hours straight.

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[johnrando]

Cool pics Gary. Thanks again for everything. You da man!

[WOLFN8TR]

Your Welcome....

[RITmusic2k]

Nice meeting you, Gary! Glad you made it home safely and with spectacular scenery. William, thanks again for the coding!

[SoCalZman]

That looked like so much fun. In my old car club (with Jupiter), we would get together and have BBQ/Mod days often and help eachother work on our cars. They were a blast. Glad to see it happening here. I need to hurry up and move to LA full time.

[Imola.ZHP]

Good stuff!

[johnrando]

It was. Gotta be honest, mafia gatherings are pretty rare down here.

[BCS_ZHP]

They don't need to be Rando. I have an open invite on a local forum for young guys to stop by if they need a hand or just a spot to work on their cars. Probably about once a month someone takes me up on the offer, you meet a lot of interesting folks that way and many become repeat visitors. And it's cool that once you teach them how to do something, they always try to pay it forward.

[johnrando]

That's pretty cool Bruce.

[WOLFN8TR]

Hey guys here is the Quixx I was telling you about.
http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/08/20/ne8u5a9u.jpg

[RITmusic2k]

Thanks Gary! Good info!