Supernaut's Cars - E36 323i / mk3 Megane / S1 Land Rover

[paulplom]

We bought ours to pull a caravan but never bothered buying one. It's a 2.0 diesel, 4x4 auto and a lovely bit of kit though.

[Supernaut]

Decided to finally fit this Y-pipe exhaust tip I bought several months ago.

Hmm.

Well, it doesn't protrude beyond the curve in the centre of the bumper...

I can't move it further forward, it's against the rear silencer.

[Supernaut]

How about a sneak peek at the re-upholstered Land Rover seats?

Just the fronts for now.

Still need to tidy up and attach the various little metal brackets before putting them in it, but they feel lovely.

[Supernaut]

Yesterday I decided to try something.

I put the 323i up for sale / swap on a local BMW group for what I thought was a rather ambitious price.

Fair bit of interest, and I've already been offered a very tidy low mileage B5 A4 1.8t plus cash my way.

Thing is; I only actually want a 4 door E36 or just the cash so I could get something that isn't an aging German liability.

 

 

I find myself enjoying the Megane more on these twisty back roads round here. Something about a ton with about 100hp (like a Suxuki Swift with that 1.5 16v) would be nice, and would probably leave me with a fair bit of cash in the back pocket.

I resent paying out £30 per month in tax plus more insurance than the Megane for half the miles for something I barely use. Plus I already have 3 points...

[Supernaut]

Seats!

 

Also, I don't know what I was thinking.

Drove the BMW last night for the first time in about a fortnight, deleted the advert. Didn't get any serious interest in it anyway.

You just cannae beat a BMW straight 6 for flexibility and the sheer noise it makes when GLFing.

[Supernaut]

I bet you thought the Land Rover was finished, huh?

Nope. Still got the hard top to get on with.

A little bit of dismantling leaves it like this;

[Split_Pin]

Out of idle curiosity, what figure did you stick the E36 up for? Feel free to PM/WhatsApp me if youd prefer. 

[Supernaut]

3 hours ago, Split_Pin said:

Out of idle curiosity, what figure did you stick the E36 up for? Feel free to PM/WhatsApp me if youd prefer. 

I did my usual thing I do almost annually where I drive it again and go "Haha, no. I'm keeping this fucker forever"

[Supernaut]

41 minutes ago, CGSB said:

Not just me then...

@Supernaut - You've said many times its the car you'd desired. It doesn't seem that much of a ball ache to live with, and you have the luxury of a nice space to work on it as needed.

If you can afford to run the multiple cars (which might be the sticky wicket), could you buy another in a few years time if you wanted to if you sell up? Seems like these are probably only going one way.

Financial pressure trumps all though, I know.

If I really need to, I can SORN it in a big shed for a while.

The next thing I need to do is learn to weld. I've got this far owning E36s without it, but I can't put my fingers in my ears forever!

[Supernaut]

[Tayne]

Surely the only way to stop your Land Rover leaking is to drain all the fluids out of it?

[TrabbieRonnie]

I was just out front topping up and checking the P4's vitals, when a topless Land Rover like yours came thundering up the lane...

Full of people, laughing and waving, looked a great way to travel on a sunny evening!  

Yours is looking great, well done from a fellow struggle-to-seller!

[Supernaut]

The 3D printed phone holder bracket is a success!

I just took the Land Rover on a roughly 10 mile roundtrip and my phone didn't even wobble. The GPS speedometer also highlights how far out the mechanical one is. 40mph GPS is 50mph on its own speedometer!

The stop leak? Not so much. The next option is to check the sump bolts.

 

I'll do that once this black paint has properly dried;

The silver steelies were looking really rough, so full shitbox mode has been engaged.

I even properly torqued the wheel bolts when I put them back on. I've owned a torque wrench for several months now, figured I should actually use it.

[Supernaut]

I crawled under the Land Rover yesterday afternoon and tightened every single sump bolt at least a quarter of a turn...

Hopefully it has an effect.

 

I've also decided to order a 90 degree elbow to go on the carb. That should point the intake forwards and allow me to attach either a small cone filter or a hose and a remote filter housing.

Either way should hopefully reduce the chronic intake NOOOIIIIISE from the pancake filter fitted directly to the carb.

[Supernaut]

A very minor update.

I replaced the rubber hose between the MAF and the throttle body on the BMW. The old one looked very sad and was about as airtight as a colander. 

It shouldn't be sucking in unmetered air now.

 

 

Oh yeah. The Land Rover still leaks oil. Of course! I think tightening the sump bolts might have made a tiny difference but that could just be psychological.

[Tayne]

6 hours ago, Supernaut said:

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The Land Rover still leaks oil. 

 

 

 

[Brigsy]

If a landrover is not leaking oil its got nothing in. Same applies for vauxhall and renault😅

[Supernaut]

I didn't realise how unhappy the BMW was with that split intake hose until I took it out this evening and noticed how much better it drives now. Feels like it's rediscovered many ponies.