A quick, pictureless entry tonight. I’ve washed the car, cleaned the interior, and filled it with fuel for the first time in over a month. I’ve also ordered some middle exhaust box mounts and some rear drop links from BMW which I’ll pick up tomorrow or Thursday. I met up with Craig Smith tonight, and […] Read more »
Things have moved fast over the weekend. On some advice from Andy Eccles I instructed eBay to notify me of any new items matching a search ‘E30 M3 LSD’. Saturday afternoon, eBay email me with a fresh item. I made contact with the vendor, agreed a buy it now price, and collected the differential on […] Read more »
I’m very disappointed to say that having spent a good deal of time and effort doing my best to rebuild the LSD, I’ve just refitted it tonight and it’s no better. With advice from Ian and Simon, and a huge amount of help from Robin and Ben, the LSD was dismantled, cleaned, and had its […] Read more »
I’ve got the differential open, and while speaking to Simon Stevinson, I realise that there are actually a few bits missing. Looking at the picture below, all twelve big bolts are present, but of the eight smaller allen headed bolts, only one is present. The others are either entirely absent, or the heads have sheared […] Read more »
Quick photo of the diff draining: There’s an interesting discussion taking place about all this here. I’ve had a good look at the inside of the differential and noticed that one of the blades on the wheel that passes through the sensor looks a bit bent, which would explain how it easily clipped the speed […] Read more »
We didn’t take many pictures last night, but here are a few to give the event a bit more ‘feel’. Differential out and on the jack: The void: And Robin in his jump suit refitting the diff: That’s all for now. I plan to fully drain and photograph the LSD tonight.
So it had been decided that the grumbling noise from the rear of the car was either the differential or a noisy CV in a drive shaft. Many thanks to Ian Haynes, Ben Smith, and a chap called Simon who I’ve never met who clubbed together to deliver a spare drive shaft to me at […] Read more »
The 330d has had a relatively quiet month. It’s had a quick trip to Wales in the snow for the Wyedean rally, but otherwise has just pottered around the south east, barely notching up 500 miles in the process. Fuel economy has therefore dropped to the appalling trough that is 38mpg. Oh dear, what a […] Read more »
Today I take up an offer from my neighbour Charlie to attack the suspected manky offside wheel bearing. Charlie works for BMW GB, and as such is kindly supplying the right ‘special tools’ for the job – and special they are! I start early and get the car out of the garage. To begin with […] Read more »
I get the back of the car up in the air today to investigate the grumbling rear bearing. ‘Driving’ the car while in the air, the grumbling noise is clear to hear if I knock it into neutral at about 50mph. I suspect this is the rear right wheel bearing, so decide to take that […] Read more »