My E24 628 CSI - Old Skool Business!!

[andy318is]

An update to end the week!

After a (fingers crossed) successful last leak test it was time to get the carpet back in to the car! Now the OE underlay was total ruined so I had to come up with an alternative..... back to my now favorite foam suppliers for some 15mm high density chipfoam!

After a couple evenings for cutting and fitting I ended up with this...







I had to mould a new section in the driver side for the foot rest bulge in the carpet



Then it was time to get the carpet back in, after a really good deep clean and hoover, took my time and cracked on refitting the centre console, glovebox etc....

Starting to look like a car!!





As with teverything, before it went back in the car it got a good cleaning! The steering wheel was no different as it was disgusting!

Doesn't look too bacd!....



Yes it is!





Grim!!



And a couple after.... nice and clean, needs a recondition but no hurry :-)







And a couple where the interior stands at the moment, ongoing problems with the heater so the control panel is in bits and the instrument is coming out but thats for another update!

Sits fitted....







That's all for the minute!

[Minuki]

Love the work you're putting into this man, looks mint!

[DER E30]

Looks really good!

[andy318is]

Monday, update time! :-)

Since I've had the car I've been doing bits and pieces to the engine bay as it looked really sorry for itself :-(

So, as it stood when I first got her...

Front and rear rubber bonnet seals missing, dirty, exposed wiring loom, surface rust on bits and pieces, missing under bonnet lining, incorrectly routed washer pipework amongst other things!!







I've covered most of the work to the bay - the heater resto, the under bonnet lining etc... but I'll bring you up to speed on the last couple bits....

I took out the airbox and gave it a make over.... I did do both the upper, lower sections but don't seem to have more pictures, cleaned all the pipework and jubilee clips :roll:







Ordered a couple new seals as they were missing...



Gave the tired looking washer bottle a bit of love!



Renewed, the pipework and clips, along with new runs of pipework to the jets taking the correct routing





Little bits a pieces BUT I needed to give the engine bay a good clean, I'm no 'detailer' so I read up and ordered some Autosmart G101 degreaser, I needed a couple brushes to work the cleaner in with, now screw speeding 10-15 quid on a detailing brush! so..... LMAO



And after..... using an old paint brush handle... cut down the bristles on one of them to make it a more coarse brush :lol: :lol: :lol:



Gave the engine bay a good going over this weekend with the G101 and my awesome brushes!!! It came up soooo much better! It could do with some more work but I got bored LOL

Afters..... I'm happy with how the bays starting to shape up! Still along way to go!









That's all for this week! :-)

[NathanE-94]

Great work man!! Looks great, keep it up! =)

[P78]

lmao at the duster hahahaha

good trick tho!

[244Brick]

Is that density foam local or ordered online?

[andy318is]

Great work man!! Looks great, keep it up! =)

Thank man

lmao at the duster hahahaha

good trick tho!

HAHA, I did it more for a laugh that anything.... and it worked! RESULT!

Is that density foam local or ordered online?

I got it local but you can order it online from anywhere pretty much. Its just closed cell foam

HTH

[DER E30]

Just noticed, what happened to your cosmoline!? Mine is covered in the gross stuff and its tough! Or is it because european market didn't get any?

[lower99]

Really nice work! I love that you reuse some of the old parts and dont buy everything new.

[andy318is]

Just noticed, what happened to your cosmoline!? Mine is covered in the gross stuff and its tough! Or is it because european market didn't get any?

A cosmo what!?! Lol

Really nice work! I love that you reuse some of the old parts and dont buy everything new.

Thank you dude, appreciate the kind words :-)

[DER E30]

A cosmo what!?! Lol

Most older BMWs I've seen have this nasty stuff all over the engine bay called cosmoline that's supposed to prevent rust while on the boat from europe to america... Your engine bay is clean and beautiful!

[andy318is]

Finally a little progress to report on the old 6!

Been fighting a few niggly problems with the running of the thing recently but that's for another time, this week I got time to start on a couple greasy job I've been wanting to do first up was an oil service, plugs and filters so raided Euro Car Parts for some bits...

Oil
Oil filter
Fuel Filter
Air Filter
Spark Plugs
Coolant



I must admit I've not changed the coolant yet because I still don't have a working heater and the fuel filter will happen when I'm in the mood so battle with rusty rounded nuts LOL

Unfortunately I didn't get any pictures but I bought 4 inner head lining trims as I only had 3 fitted to my car and they were in rubbish condition! So tracked these down and got them fitted up, when the cars out the garage I'll get some pictures but it meant another job could be struck of the list!



Having got some of the service items out the way I went onto an easier job because crawling on your back in a dusty garage sucks! THe boot area needed some attention, general inspection and tidying etc...

Grubby and stained boot liner & tray



Over spray dusty empty tool tray



Dirty flat old spare



Whipped the flat spare out, dirty wheel well



Gave the whole area a good wipe over, didn't go too over the top just a respectable standard



Went and got a new spare and gave the wheel a good clean up



Starting to put things back together, hoovering, straightening out and re-gluing any bits necessary






Cleaned up tool tray in need for some tools!!!







Not the greatest of updates but this'll have to do! :lol:

[loekaaz]

Such a great job in saving this vehicle. Good work! Love it!
You seem to have lots of handy tricks up your sleeve when it comes to tidying up a car. I'm subscibed!

[andy318is]

Finally got some time on the 6er over the last week to carry out some more boring but necessary maintenance!

Poking round her back end I noticed the drop links were perished and the bushes although not too bad had seen better days, thinking the fronts would be a similar case I ordered up new front & rear drop links & anti-roll bar bushes. With the rear ARB bushes no longer available from BM a bit of lateral thinking was called for and by a good bit of realOEM part cross reference and some good luck I deduced e36 rear bushes would be the e24 so ordered up a set with my fingers crossed

Parts waiting...



New e36 ARB bushes and carriers



Stripped off the rears.... new v old





Nothing ground breaking about the work everything did fit as it should! So bolted back up and did the same to the front

Drop links seen better days!



Onto this Saturday I got a couple spare hours to give the old girl its first wash under my ownership!! I'm no 'detailer' by any means! The sheer thought of spending 3/4/5+ hours washing and waxing, I just cant comprehend! LOL

So a quick wash and some old Meguiars wax I had in the cupboard I don't think she rubbed up too bad! It does need a mop to get rid of some swirls marks in the paint but that can wait a looooong time!

Pictures.....















That's all for now! Im just enjoying bombing around in her while I decide what to do with it.... keep or sell?....