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Worst Mechanic in Australia: an E28
Hi guys,
I'm Sam and this is my '87 525e, Lily;
As you have seen in the title, I am the worst mechanic ever.
I bought this car back in September last year, and have only succeeded in breaking it more.
(There won't be many photos for the first part of this build)
As is usually the problem with buying someone else's unfinished project, there was a bit of work to do to get it roadworthy after registration expired in November.
I took it into a local shop to get a knocking underneath the car fixed. If I was a forum man back then, I would have very easily figured out it was the driveshaft centre support. Nope.
I get the car back from the shop with new subframe bushes (which were rooted, yes, but not the main problem)
I am informed I will probably need new CV's, so what do I do? Get a new CV from a wrecker, figure out it will not fit on my car (what gives?)
"Since the mechanics obviously didn't know what the problem is with my car, they're probably wrong about CVs"
eBay shopping spree: new CV boots, centre support, rocker cover gasket
CV boots took me, probably a month to install. Rocker cover gasket, not so bad, simple task, probably a week.
Centre support: yet to be installed (can't get the goddamn exhaust off)
Otherwise, I installed new gas bonnet struts in December.
Begin farce:
So, the car has a supercharger installed (but not the belt) and a Megasquirt 2 ECU to handle the intense boost supplied by the SC14.
Since the car is still on the boost tune, I decide I should edit the tune to improve efficiency. Of course I mess it up, and somehow after I broke the ECU settings the crank sensor wiring decides it should short out (brilliant, thanks).
So, as it stands, I have a not-supercharged E28 that won't fire sitting in my driveway (will be towed to a workshop, have learned my lesson about working on it) and 11 BMW wheels sitting around the house that I can't put on because I can't get it out of the garage if I put them on, and can't put them on outside because of slope-y driveway.
Anyway, I've figured out I'm useless, TRX wheels are not suitable for a POS like this, and mechanical friends are superimportant.
I'm Sam and this is my '87 525e, Lily;
As you have seen in the title, I am the worst mechanic ever.
I bought this car back in September last year, and have only succeeded in breaking it more.
(There won't be many photos for the first part of this build)
As is usually the problem with buying someone else's unfinished project, there was a bit of work to do to get it roadworthy after registration expired in November.
I took it into a local shop to get a knocking underneath the car fixed. If I was a forum man back then, I would have very easily figured out it was the driveshaft centre support. Nope.
I get the car back from the shop with new subframe bushes (which were rooted, yes, but not the main problem)
I am informed I will probably need new CV's, so what do I do? Get a new CV from a wrecker, figure out it will not fit on my car (what gives?)
"Since the mechanics obviously didn't know what the problem is with my car, they're probably wrong about CVs"
eBay shopping spree: new CV boots, centre support, rocker cover gasket
CV boots took me, probably a month to install. Rocker cover gasket, not so bad, simple task, probably a week.
Centre support: yet to be installed (can't get the goddamn exhaust off)
Otherwise, I installed new gas bonnet struts in December.
Begin farce:
So, the car has a supercharger installed (but not the belt) and a Megasquirt 2 ECU to handle the intense boost supplied by the SC14.
Since the car is still on the boost tune, I decide I should edit the tune to improve efficiency. Of course I mess it up, and somehow after I broke the ECU settings the crank sensor wiring decides it should short out (brilliant, thanks).
So, as it stands, I have a not-supercharged E28 that won't fire sitting in my driveway (will be towed to a workshop, have learned my lesson about working on it) and 11 BMW wheels sitting around the house that I can't put on because I can't get it out of the garage if I put them on, and can't put them on outside because of slope-y driveway.
Anyway, I've figured out I'm useless, TRX wheels are not suitable for a POS like this, and mechanical friends are superimportant.
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