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I too, like the original poster, find myself taking pics of my car nearly every day or two...
I haven't been doing that so much lately as she is just SO dirty... Here is the last one I took which happened to be in the middle of my new clutch install...
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Damn Marcus!
I was just talking about clutch jobs with my buddy since my rear main seal is leaking. How much will this DIY cost you? What clutch did you get? OEM?
^Nice! Gotta love the satisfaction of doing things yourself.
With RMS it was a little over $1,200 in parts before oil, filter, trans oil, trans seals (input and shifter-selector were leaking on mine) feeding a good friend (a fellow ZHP owner) a few meals and making sure he had plenty of beer. Probably close to $1,500... All OEM stuff...Quote:
Originally Posted by nike001
I thought my RMS was leaking too, and it looked as though it was about to be, but it was actually my input shaft on the trans. My shifter-selector was leaking too, so we went ahead and replaced all 3 seals...
I have to give some credit to my friend that helped. Without him, it would have taken me at least twice as long (if not longer), I would have spent at least another $200 in tools (quality wobble extensions are not cheap!) and I very well could have messed something expensive up (thank goodness for his experience!)...Quote:
Originally Posted by Torxuvin
But yes, I was up under that car nearly every step of the way, and when I took her for a ride after the job was done and she acted and felt like a brand new car again, it was quite satisfying to say the least... Thanks!
How long did that take you?
Awesome work.
Awaiting diy writeup with instructions so easy a caveman could do it.
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Wow, that is awesome.
I would go insane trying to change out my clutch on jack stands!
The Saturday before Christmas it took me about an hour to get the car safely up to 24" off the ground, then the Thursday following about 5 hours pulling the trans out. It was at that point that we realized we didn't have the seals for the trans, so luckily my friend is in good with a local shop, the parts were there the next morning at 10am. Probably 4 more hours that day putting it all back together, and an hour the next day getting her safely down from 24" jack stands...Quote:
Originally Posted by danewilson77
That time includes running to Auto-zone, grabbing food, drinking a few beers, running to get an air compressor, borrowing some tools, etc too...
Thanks! I'm not sure I'll be able to write up a DIY that easy, it was pretty tough at times, and apparently our cars can vary greatly on some things like the starter bolts. Thank goodness my starter is "threaded" I think we blew an hour just getting it properly aligned on a set pin and the nuts snugged up. It was frustrating at times, but its done! Hopefully she'll last another 118,000 mies with no clutch issues!
It really wasn't too bad up on 24" jack stands. We were able to sit upright in the driveshaft tunnel and look directly at all of the bell housing bolts. Bringing that transmission down on my chest was a little unnerving, I'm no tooth-pick, but no body builder by any means. Heaving it back up in there went easier than expected though...Quote:
Originally Posted by Johal E32
Thanks for info. So you could have done it in a day. Nice.
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Here's one before I left for my trip up to DC (then flying onto Maine to go skiing) in late December. The other is after my brother and I did a quick car wash today.
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That's a sweet wagon. Any other pics? The zhp looks good too.
I wish they had made a ZHP wagon...
Thanks!
The subie is my brother's car (MattM on here) it's a 2005 Subaru Legacy 2.5 GT. He's got some more pics. I'll see if I can get him to start a thread somewhere with more pics since he does photography as a part time job, I assume he has quite a few.
Her name is Karen and the plan is to bring her to the next Sigfest so if you make the drive you can see her in person haha.
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Originally Posted by Imola.ZHP
Matt would buy it in an instant if they did! He loves my car but not a huge fan of the normal 325 wagons.
Tell him to check this outQuote:
Originally Posted by HokieZHP
http://www.zhpmafia.com/forums/showt...C-HID-and-more!
A ZHP wagon would be sweet. As would an M3 wagon or M3 sedan. I still want to get an e39 540iT at some point.
Wow, both cars look awesome. That wagon looks sweet.Quote:
Originally Posted by HokieZHP
Are those LAMBO wheels by any chance?
No but they look fairly similar. They are Rotiform BLQ's, pretty popular in the VW/Audi scene. I didn't have too much variety in wheel choice with a 5x100 bolt pattern. They have really grown on me.Quote:
Originally Posted by Johal E32
Also working on getting more pictures up now.
Hmm. Sounds good. I know my cousin wants those exact wheels on his GTI, I think they look awesome.Quote:
Originally Posted by Matt M
I created a quick project for Karen
http://www.zhpmafia.com/forums/showt...093#post230093
If y'all have any questions about her you can put them there. Sorry to hijack the thread with all this non ZHP business
Shell = $3.76/gallon = Richmond Road, Williamsburg, VA
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3.76 for the super? Wow I'm paying more than .50 cents more per gallon.
That's for 93.Quote:
Originally Posted by echo46
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I paid $3.68 for 91 yesterday
I paid this for 93Quote:
Originally Posted by Hermes
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but we don't get 93 here in Cali. To do that I would have to blend 91 and 100. I would need to buy 3.692 gallons of 100 at $8.98 ($33)... not worth it for me. I would rather just buy a $150 tank of all race gas.
+ 1,000,000Quote:
Originally Posted by Imola.ZHP
So......shiny..... :droolQuote:
Originally Posted by danewilson77
^ very nice!
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Ready to go home, although the commute only takes 5 minutes...
You car must hate you for driving her only 5 minutes. Any girl would! LOL
Quality vs quantity? :eepsQuote:
Originally Posted by Rovert
haha, I do sometimes miss my 30 minute commute, nice quality time with my car, but a lot of times it was packed with too much traffic, so the quality wasn't that great...Quote:
Originally Posted by Rovert
Exactly! No bumper to bumper BS!Quote:
Originally Posted by Ryans323i
Heaven on Earth...
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That's great Jon. Glad you got to swing by there! Did you get over to the Zentrum?
I have no idea Ryan. It was about 7am and I just blasted in and out. Honestly I thought that was the zentrum, it's where all the visitor signs pointed me... Oh well, this pic is good enough....
And speaking of pics, here's another one. Stable is right, once again... Finally.
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All is well now! Looks great Jon! Someday I will make it to the BMW Performance Center in my ///M! :)
All is right with the world again.Quote:
Originally Posted by JupiterBMW
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Thanks guys, it feels great to have the car again. My mind has been racing all day with mod ideas, plans, what I want to buy/sell... :biggrin I'm ridiculous, I know.
Fixed :)Quote:
Originally Posted by JupiterBMW
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Sigh of relief. Whew, glad that's done. Correction, glad that's well done. Congrats Jon!