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[cort16]

they can be right fiddly bastards

[They_all_do_that_sir]

Proper 5 series. Very very nice indeed

 

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[trigger]

I love the E28's, one of the last proper BMW's.

[DodgyBastard]

I ordered a new fuel pump relay after the E28 died and wouldn't restart, ECP were out of stock but I managed to find one on Ebay for £55 or best offer. I offered £35 and they accepted. It's probably not a the kinda thing that's in high demand at any given time as it's only fitted to a small number of BMW's.

I fitted the relay and it fired into life so I drove it up to Foadwerx until I had enough enthusiasm to get on with some of the other things that needed doing.

I went to my local motor factors TMS and ordered an exhaust silencer and some 8mm fuel hose, Boyd over at Bavarian Retro had noticed a split in the fuel hose when I was over at his place the other week. Boyd also kindly donated and fitted a new viscous fan and diagnosed an air leak on the air intake bellows, unfortunately he didn't have any bellows that fitted, the E30 ones were slightly different.

We fitted a new hose last night, space was tight so Mrs Foad volunteered to do most of the work, the old hose was cable tied in 3 places under the inlet manifold which made it difficult to access but we eventually got it out and measured a new hose alongside it then fitted the new hose. The car does seem to run a lot smoother, perhaps the perished hose was drawing air or wasn't maintaining fuel pressure.

I also cut off the straight pipe and fitted a new silencer, it sounds much better with no drone but now I can hear where it's blowing from every other part of the system. I think I'll be replacing the lot when money allows.

[DodgyBastard]

No break downs yet but it seems to idle a bit high...

 

DSC_0781 by srblythe, on Flickr

 

DSC_0784 by srblythe, on Flickr

 

DSC_0850 by srblythe, on Flickr

 

Also been having a tidy of Foadwerx 2.0

 

DSC_0860 by srblythe, on Flickr

 

DSC_0858 by srblythe, on Flickr

 

This is now surplus.

 

DSC_0856 by srblythe, on Flickr

 

Because we got this beast for £200

 

DSC_0863 by srblythe, on Flickr

[DodgyBastard]

E28 520i Autumn Frost by srblythe, on Flickr

 

E28 520i Autumn Frost by srblythe, on Flickr

 

E28 520i Autumn Frost by srblythe, on Flickr

 

Filthy shite!

[DodgyBastard]

 

Got the tyre machine wired up, I still need a bit of practice using it so if anyone local needs their tyres changed now's your chance.

 

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[The Moog]

That looks brilliant. How do you balance them?

[Mr_Bo11ox]

'FOAD of FOAD Hall'

 

(I just thought of that)

[DodgyBastard]

We have a rather shite bubble balancer but I tend not to bother.

 

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[DodgyBastard]

I really really don't need any more cars so when the money for the Samara comes through I'm going to buy this.

 

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[r.welfare]

YES

 

Be interested to hear what you think of it, 10 years since I had mine.

[They_all_do_that_sir]

Where do you find all these gems?

 

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[DodgyBastard]

  On 26/11/2016 at 10:30, They_all_do_that_sir said:

Where do you find all these gems?

 

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They find me. I was supposed to be buying it months ago, just never got around to it...

 

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[nacho man]

That e28 looks a good un apart from the chrome arches like. But you never know what's under um.

 

Your photos are ace.

 

I was working on a certain bridge that's in the photos. Is a mega project. On the induction they was like we can't stress this enough, you can't take any pictures at all. They kept banging on about it.

 

You wat m8

 

Click,click,click,click etc

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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[DodgyBastard]

DSC_0905 by srblythe, on Flickr

 

I'm too scared to remove the chrome arches just in case the arches are crusty as fuck.

[DodgyBastard]

Oh dear...

 

DSC_0988 by srblythe, on Flickr

 

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Bought as a spares car but it might just be in better condition than my red one.

[mitsisigma01]

How much are they looking for for the Mitsi ? I see it hasn't been motd for a while

[DodgyBastard]

  On 30/11/2016 at 23:35, mitsisigma01 said:

How much are they looking for for the Mitsi ? I see it hasn't been motd for a while

 

£450

 

It hasn't been in for a test because the guy that currently owns it hasn't passed his test yet. He bought it as a project then found out it will be expensive to insure at 17.

[Six-cylinder]

Here am I looking at C15 stuff and stumbled upon your dead railway photos, where are they taken?

 

Also your E28 photos are just a reminder that I sold mine about 4 years ago and now you are making me have regrets!

 

If you do decide to break the white C15 my driver's side sun visor just flops down and hangs limp!

[DodgyBastard]

  On 01/12/2016 at 11:25, Six-cylinder said:

Here am I looking at C15 stuff and stumbled upon your dead railway photos, where are they taken?

 

Also your E28 photos are just a reminder that I sold mine about 4 years ago and now you are making me have regrets!

 

If you do decide to break the white C15 my driver's side sun visor just flops down and hangs limp!

 

DSC_0948 by srblythe, on Flickr

 

Dead railway photos were taken at Limekilns/Charleston in Fife, there are some interesting bit to wander around in that area including a mine with a mk2 Cortina in it.

 

DSC_0943 by srblythe, on Flickr

 

DSC_0929 by srblythe, on Flickr

 

mk2 cortina by srblythe, on Flickr

 

The E28 may be coming up for sale shortly, I've put together a crap advert over on the blue forum. Mrs FOAD prefers her 360 and I'd rather have a 505 than a 5 series.

I'm going to compare both vans in the daylight and see which one is worth fixing most but I think I saw spare sun visors in the back of the white one so I'll dig them out.

[Six-cylinder]

Next time I am up in Scotland I will have to have a look at the railway stuff.

 

Trouble is my E28 was a 535i SE manual and I guess I am never going to find a good one of those again £1072!

 

A Sun-visor will be useful.

[DodgyBastard]

DSC_0004 by srblythe, on Flickr

 

Comparing both vans, the red one is definitely better, it has 12k more miles on the clock and is a year older but the bodywork, rust and drivability is much better. The white one is either being broken or robbed of all the god bits and sold on.

 

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The white one has been brush painted in the past, I only noticed it in the daylight.

[tapir]

the white c15 looks like it is actually dissolving as we speak

[Mr_Bo11ox]

I got a MASSIVE QUADRUPLE LEOPARDBUMMING on a C15 I bought on eBay a few years back. Probably my most disastrous buy

[DodgyBastard]

  On 02/12/2016 at 21:53, Mr_Bo11ox said:

I got a MASSIVE QUADRUPLE LEOPARDBUMMING on a C15 I bought on eBay a few years back. Probably my most disastrous buy

 

It was cheap enough that it doesn't matter if nobody buys any of the bits from it. The rear axle will be donated to the gold 305 and all of the good bits will be swapped onto the red c15.

 

After that I can use it as a shed.

[Jim Bell]

  On 02/12/2016 at 22:01, FOAD said:

After that I can use it as a shed.

Fill it full spiders and analogue porn?

[DodgyBastard]

  On 02/12/2016 at 22:08, WilsonWilson said:

Fill it full spiders and analogue porn?

 

It does have tinted windows on the back doors so nipping in to rip the head off it could be done in private....

[dome]

  On 01/12/2016 at 13:50, FOAD said:

 

DSC_0948 by srblythe, on Flickr

 

Dead railway photos were taken at Limekilns/Charleston in Fife, there are some interesting bit to wander around in that area including a mine with a mk2 Cortina in it.

 

DSC_0943 by srblythe, on Flickr

 

DSC_0929 by srblythe, on Flickr

 

mk2 cortina by srblythe, on Flickr

 

The E28 may be coming up for sale shortly, I've put together a crap advert over on the blue forum. Mrs FOAD prefers her 360 and I'd rather have a 505 than a 5 series.

I'm going to compare both vans in the daylight and see which one is worth fixing most but I think I saw spare sun visors in the back of the white one so I'll dig them out.

I'd love a poke around the railway sometime, I'm close to it in Cairneyhill.

[derskine]

  On 03/12/2016 at 09:42, dome said:

I'd love a poke around the railway sometime, I'm close to it in Cairneyhill.

 

I didn't realise you stay in Cairneyhill - I also do.

 

The railway is easy to get to, there's a level crossing still at Merryhill right next to the Scottish Lime centre. From there you can follow the tracks down to Charlestown.