What did you do to your E21 today?

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PeteK
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Re: What did you do to your E21 today?

Post by PeteK »

Off to buy a compression tester and will check out plugs while I have them out.

On the positive side, I'm having plenty of fun tinkering with the car again. Haven't had a "toy" to play with for over 7 months now. Was having withdrawl symptoms!


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'81 M535i (for collecting)
'75 520i (track machine)
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Re: What did you do to your E21 today?

Post by PeteK »

Tested compression - all OK.
Fixed the cracked vacuum line to idle control. Now will keep running at idle and not stallin.
Got a new windscreen fitted!

Got a massive list of things to do to pass rego/MOT. :blablabla
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'81 M535i (for collecting)
'75 520i (track machine)
'03 320i (for commuting)
'97 Laser
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Re: What did you do to your E21 today?

Post by e21-Mark »

Saw Lemonayds 323i @ Pristine. Looks lovely. Has to be one of the cleanest OE+ 323's in the UK now.
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Re: What did you do to your E21 today?

Post by Mcinek »

I took my 323i for a litlle drive today. It's hasn't been snowing or raining for couple of days so roads are dry and clean. It was a pleasure :M20 :launch
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Washed it and cleaned the inside.hasnt let me down all winter :D
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Got home from holiday today. Straight out to the garage to make sure the 323i was ok!
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Got the 320 out from storage. Not been driven since last April!
I'd quite forgotten how much fun it is to drive in the damp. :driving Must get the LSD fitted.

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Re: What did you do to your E21 today?

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Started work on cleaning up the engine and engine bay. Need to impress the inspector, so want it to at least look good.

Part of the oil and dirt I scraped off the subframe before degreasing.
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Not quite good enough to eat off, but a load better than what it was.

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'81 M535i (for collecting)
'75 520i (track machine)
'03 320i (for commuting)
'97 Laser
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Re: What did you do to your E21 today?

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:thumbsup
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Re: What did you do to your E21 today?

Post by e21-Mark »

Started with brake pedal box, master cylinder & servo mods. Goodbye stupid sloppy RHD brake linkage and hello proper brakes. It's going to mean letting in a section of bulkhead from a later BMW but should be well worth the effort. Will be using a smaller remote servo from a Clio or similar. Going to re-use the e12 535 m/cyl for now, although it may change once the whole system is in and bled through. Will get some pics once sorted.
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I got my hands on this one today. A brand new Hartge front spoiler. In box ;-)

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That's a whole lott of engine under the bonnet;-)
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A rare find, congrats!
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Re: What did you do to your E21 today?

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I can get a brand new for E30 also. ;-) And E34. Do someone need it?

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And some more hartge for E30, but one missing.

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That's a whole lott of engine under the bonnet;-)
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Re: What did you do to your E21 today?

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Can be nice to put this
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On this one;-) Looks like it`s missing something in the front.
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Just your lucky day Gerrit.
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That's a whole lott of engine under the bonnet;-)
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Re: What did you do to your E21 today?

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Cleaned up the underbody

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