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Originally Posted by alexandre
nice! i got my first warning last thursday night - it got down to 2.5ºC here! i fired up our pellet stove when we got home. :)
rear brakes are easy peasy - good time to adjust your handbrake too. :)
peter
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Originally Posted by alexandre
nice! i got my first warning last thursday night - it got down to 2.5ºC here! i fired up our pellet stove when we got home. :)
rear brakes are easy peasy - good time to adjust your handbrake too. :)
peter
They're at 25% (after 100k km) and apparently the brake warning lights up at 14%. So I probably have a good 6-8 months before they're needed! I'll try to address the ebrake before then.Quote:
Originally Posted by slater
Yup. Requires dropping the tranny. Not happening until I require a clutch change (but I have a feeling it will outlive the car). I'll just top up my oil in the meantime.Quote:
Originally Posted by az3579
Code that annoyance off!Quote:
Originally Posted by alexandre
I have a slight leak on my rear main as well. Mechanic said to leave it until the clutch goes also.
I keep trying to do it myself but the damn thing stays! I can't get that damned beep off!Quote:
Originally Posted by ELCID86
I know the rear main seal will be getting done when I do my clutch, which I expect to be soon. I have 205k on my clutch now and who knows how it was treated the first 75k of its life, so we'll see...
Recommend anything else "while in there"?
Thinking clutch, flywheel (if needed, really expensive), throwout bearing, rear main seal, tranny mounts.
Slave cylinder, new clutch line maybe upgrade to a ss unit.
Those don't require the tranny to be remove, do they?Quote:
Originally Posted by Vas
No. Both are on the outside.
Are you having any weird noises from the trans ? Sometimes the output shaft or input shaft bearings go bad. But otherwise just the clutch, flywheel and rear main seal assembly
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Originally Posted by Vas
No, just thinking up a list that Alex may also use when it comes time to drop his tranny.
We're both probably gonna have to do it at some point in the future, him for the leak and me for the clutch.
Washed it today!
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nice!
Schwing!
"No flamesuit required"
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It's the most wonderful time of the year!!!
I need to put on some winters :shifty
I'm shocked you haven't yet...Quote:
Originally Posted by alexandre
It's effing cold down here. It was in the teens this morning, and it's only November still. WTF?
yes, you do alex!! :) got mine on already - the end of last week. new xice3's!Quote:
Originally Posted by alexandre
two words - polar vortex, man. haha.Quote:
Originally Posted by az3579
same here, it is about -5ºC (~22ºF) here this morning but it is supposed to be 10ºC (~52ºF) on monday - weird!
peter
Not surprised to see it being so cold already this year....I have heard it was going to be a cold bitter winter in New England this year....so far predictions have been spot on. Alex, be careful up there!Quote:
Originally Posted by az3579
We're within normal averages up here! I realized I have all seasons a couple weeks ago so I'm not spinning performance summers all over the place. It'll get done this weekend most likely :thumbsup
Still on the tires from the previous owner?Quote:
Originally Posted by alexandre
Yup. They're not too bad!Quote:
Originally Posted by az3579
you say its a wonderful time of year.............i say hell on earth. thanks for the polar shitstorm of cold weather canada/arctic circle.
what tires are you on from the PO and how long?
when i bought my 04 ZHP, it had contis on it and i didn't have to change them out for 3 years up until close to selling the car i put two rears on it. such a good tire manufacturer
Maxxis MA-V1. Budget performance all season. Approx 30k on the set, I went through a pair of rears already which I replaced with the same as I didn't want to waste the good fronts and I was on a limited budget after replacing my entire suspension. They're fairly cheap, IIRC $100ish a corner. I'll go for a higher quality tire on the next cycle though.
hows the road noise levels/how long did your rears last you?
i found out i have a small nail in the rear inner cup of one tire and the two fronts have slight camber wear due to a bad alignment, contemplating an entire new set vs. buying just one tire
Rears were at 22k ish, but one side had camber wear down to the chords. I'd say the other one had 25% left in it. Nothing to say re: noise, it's similar to BP's car having ridden in it. Not sure what he's running though!Quote:
Originally Posted by BADCLOWN
gotcha, if i can find a cheaper set of performance all seasons it may push me to just get a new set altogether.
You obviously didn't drive it much. lolQuote:
Originally Posted by BADCLOWN
When you were in my car, I had literally just mounted the Bridgestone Potenza S-04 Pole Positions. They were pretty much brandy new, and am happy to report that despite the tires already being end of life (have to replace once the winter season is over), they are almost as quiet as the day I mounted them. No cord yet, so I'll get my money's worth by driving them till they cord on the inside, at which point they'll still have enough tread to evacuate some water, so it won't be dangerous to drive on at least. Once cord hits, I'll have an official mileage number.Quote:
Originally Posted by alexandre
i actually drove it almost every day (spotty use of my m52 e30 when i did have the two at the same time). the tires held up REALLY well and i never really beat on the car or took it through its paces hard. i wish i remembered the model name but they were contis
Repping the ski tractor mode in 18". Gonna mount the winters this week. I wish I was rolling 135M's year round!
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Originally Posted by alexandre
Buy another set of 135M's and mount winter tires to them
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Beautiful! Keep up the good work.
I'm curious how it went importing the car from PA to Quebec? Are the laws not very strict?
If the right deal came along I'd jump on it :shiftyQuote:
Originally Posted by az3579
It's not that bad. There's quite a list of fees to be paid, but the car itself was eligible (not all are - eg. MKIV Golf R32 can't be brought in) so it was mostly a matter of filling out the paperwork, paying the fees, and going through the two required inspections. Took about a week from when I drove down to having it fully registered.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gnip Gnop
Not bad!Quote:
Originally Posted by alexandre
I wonder if it works the other way around... Canada to US. Hmm...
you wonder if what works? importing a car from canada? it can be done. but there is an eligible/ineligible cars list.Quote:
Originally Posted by az3579
peter
Just looked it up. OF COURSE a S50B32 M3 can't be imported. :facepalmQuote:
Originally Posted by slater
Well today is a day of misfortune. Some of you guys might know that my serpentine belt shredded last Sunday while I was in the country. Symptoms seemed to point to the AC belt having come off and undone the serpentine one. I replaced it and the car ran flawlessly on the drive home. Then this morning my power steering pump decided to annihilate itself.
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The pump seems crooked - I really wonder what the hell happened there. I hope it didn't cause any other damage...
I had the car towed to my trusty BMW mechanic who does jobs on the side in his garage, and rented a boring-ass Chevy Cruze for the next couple days.
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WTF? Wow. Hope it's not TOO bad.
Dude! So sorry. I hope you have CAA!? Still coming to Baltimore?
Thumbs, iPhone, Tapatalk.
alex, this sucks. do you have any news on it yet?
based on the pump being incredibly cock-eyed in there, either the pump mounting points sheared off, or the giant aluminum bracket that it bolts to (the OFHG bracket) cracked and broke... if either was cracked, this would explain your shredded serpentine belt.
i hope you get it back on the road soon!
peter
Yep! The tow didn't cost me anything. I'm in Baltimore now. In a chevy. [emoji51]Quote:
Originally Posted by ELCID86
I forgot it attached to the OFH and not the block. At least that's a cheaper fix as there's plenty of OFH on the spare market... I'm crossing my fingers and hoping it's the pump that's destroyed.Quote:
Originally Posted by slater
I'll post an update once I hear back from my tech - he's looking at it tomorrow.
Seriously...you and BP. This is so humbling. :hi
#ImolaBros
Tech followed up. Turns out the oil filter housing is indeed cracked, but pump and alternator are both OK.