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Appreciate the positive comments.
Have been having a couple of teething troubles with the e21. The exhaust manifold touches the steering column under hard acceleration. It's only slight but wanted sorting. Fortunately some heat and brute force solved the clearance issue pretty easily. The other problem was the remote servo, which just refused to maintain a vacuum. Obviously that's not good in a car which has pretty strong performance. I had hoped I could simply return the unit and exchange it for a new one. Unfortunately they were out of stock and the Spanish manufacturer said it would be weeks, possibly months, till more would be available.
In the end I opted to strip the thing down and see if I could find the fault for myself? The most obvious issue was the gasket between the 2 halves of the vacuum reservoir, which was pretty much useless. I opted to make a new one from cereal box cardboard instead. I also replaced the rather cheap bolts, that joined the 2 halves, with decent quality stainless items. I bolted the whole thing back together and now, on the bench anyway, it appears to hold a vacuum! I'll be bolting it back in and bleeding the brakes again later today.
The E30 is still pretty much on the button and I'm making the most of some unseasonably good weather of late. I've repainted the cam cover, although really it needs powder coating and the tri colour replacing. I also want the race seats re covered in dark grey alcantara with red stitching.
Both cars are going to be on the Wheel-Whores stand at Ultimate Stance on November 1st. This will be the final show of 2015 and I'm really pleased to have been invited to take both the E21 and the E30. The E21 is soon to be featured in Performance BMW Magazine and Retro Car Magazine.
This is how the cam cover was and how I want it powder coated.
Appreciate the positive comments.Have been having a couple of teething troubles with the e21. The exhaust manifold touches the steering column under hard acceleration. It's only slight but wanted sorting. Fortunately some heat and brute force solved the clearance issue pretty easily. The other problem was the remote servo, which just refused to maintain a vacuum. Obviously that's not good in a car which has pretty strong performance. I had hoped I could simply return the unit and exchange it for a new one. Unfortunately they were out of stock and the Spanish manufacturer said it would be weeks, possibly months, till more would be available.
In the end I opted to strip the thing down and see if I could find the fault for myself? The most obvious issue was the gasket between the 2 halves of the vacuum reservoir, which was pretty much useless. I opted to make a new one from cereal box cardboard instead. I also replaced the rather cheap bolts, that joined the 2 halves, with decent quality stainless items. I bolted the whole thing back together and now, on the bench anyway, it appears to hold a vacuum! I'll be bolting it back in and bleeding the brakes again later today.The E30 is still pretty much on the button and I'm making the most of some unseasonably good weather of late. I've repainted the cam cover, although really it needs powder coating and the tri colour replacing. I also want the race seats re covered in dark grey alcantara with red stitching.
Both cars are going to be on the Wheel-Whores stand at Ultimate Stance on November 1st. This will be the final show of 2015 and I'm really pleased to have been invited to take both the E21 and the E30. The E21 is soon to be featured in Performance BMW Magazine and Retro Car Magazine.
This is how the cam cover was and how I want it powder coated.
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