tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18139564632429950352024-03-05T11:35:04.658-08:00SlantySix.combrizowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00630483287965701409noreply@blogger.comBlogger63125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1813956463242995035.post-28030275692517912022016-05-02T13:42:00.002-07:002016-05-02T13:43:32.026-07:00What's next? - New Project(s)So what's next? That is where I left the last post. Time for a proper update. <br />
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With the hatch sold, I found myself in a predicament. For the first time I genuinely freaked out a little bit. I did not have a solid means of transport back and forth to work. Yes, I was more comfortable driving my 90 Civic Hatch than Helena. Why? That car had never let me down, it was easy and cheap to fix, and I knew all there was to know. Helena was different. I was confused, going broke, and sad. <br />
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It was time for a change, perhaps another Honda, just a little more refined. All the EKs have garbage interior and I didn't want that again. So, why not an Acura? Just a fancier Honda Civic really. The Introducing Leslie, my 2000 Acura Integra LS, 4 door. This will be my project moving forward.<br />
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I'm the fourth owner of this extremely well taken care of LS. With 145k on the clock and all the service done at the Honda dealership, there isn't much to do in terms of up keep on this little one.</div>
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My wife has been driving a 2000 Saturn SL1 since college. With 180k on the clock my comfort level with Sally has dwindled. Since I got a newer Honda it was time for her to upgrade as well. Introducing Penny, our 2011 Honda Fit Sport.</div>
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With 45k on the odo there is only a few things to look after on Penny. CarMax took care of all the basics so, I don't have to touch her for a bit either.</div>
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So back to Honda's for now. I still have love for the BMW's, this just isn't the best time to own one for us. I've moved over to a new blog: <a href="http://justanothercarguy.com/">justanothercarguy.com</a>. Check there for the latest Honda, and other vehicle updates.</div>
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brizowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00630483287965701409noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1813956463242995035.post-9454026887000086802016-04-06T04:05:00.000-07:002016-04-06T04:05:12.405-07:00When one chapter ends. A tale, of the sale, of Helena.I've been on the fence about my love affair with Helena since our December trip to the beach. Things finally culminated this past weekend that brought about an end to said affair.<br />
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Helena has been down for almost a month not because of time issues. I'm a busy person but, not that busy. The reality of the situation is that I've gotten to the point where this car stresses me out every time I start thinking about working on something. Since I am such a noob when it comes to all the different pieces of Helena I find myself overwhelmed rather quickly.<br />
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I have great local support, Jeremy, Brad and Zach at <a href="http://www.partseuropean.com/" target="_blank">Parts European</a>. They have all been more than willing to answer questions and help where they can. However, I just not having fun anymore. I never realized the stress of trying to learn a whole different way of thinking and engineering. If I'm going to be doing this, then, I better look in to this, ect. The thought of tearing off the head along made me cringe. Far beyond my comfort level.<br />
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The cost of ownership started adding up as well. That is not primarily the fault of the car. More the mileage and condition of the initial purchase. You can't skimp on cheap replacement parts for it either. BMW's are performance machines for a reason. Buying junk just leads to more issues. I'm not made of money either, so the toll this takes on the budget can have your spouse looking at you like your crazy.<br />
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Between both factors the decision became more clear. It is time to move on. We have had a good run Helena and I. I've made new friends, spent fun times, and not so fun times in the garage, and fixed all the problem areas I could. I've learned a ton about a different way to think about "performance maintenance." The key role properly designed, quality parts play as well. The real cost of ownership is different than what I expected, not bad, just different. <br />
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My mind has been wandering for some time. I'm the kind of person that sometimes takes too long to make a decision that I know I really need to. I had a conversation with Jeremy about different vehicle choices and, if he was interested in Helena. As he has spent the most time with me on her, he had first dibs. He did not but, his good friend Garrett had been looking for an E36 for some time. "May I send him your contact information?", was the question presented. It was just at the perfect time. Why Yes, yes you can.<br />
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Moments later a text from Garrett (Jeremy's buddy) about the car. He was living in Knoxville at the current. He was looking for an E36, I had one. Given Jeremy's friendship with Garrett, I would of course extend the same reasonable car sale price to him. After some questions, pictures, and money discussion, I was happy to agree to his terms. The last question, when could he pick it up? Saturday? By golly, says me, I've got to clean it, clear out my stuff, and make sure stuff is good to go.<br />
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Garrett and his wife arrived late Saturday afternoon. I tried to cover all my bases given he had just driven 4 hours to see her. After a good once over on the car, I felt good about the whole experience. He was very comfortable tearing apart the engine if needed due to the overheating. He didn't mind any of the nuances of BMW ownership. He was already a seasoned veteran there. There was no better person to sell this car to in my mind. I know he will appreciate her, take care of her, and best of all, enjoy driving her.<br />
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By far one the best handling, powerful, comfortable, and beautiful cars I've ever owned so far. She will not be forgotten. And who knows, maybe I'll be back in a beemer someday.<br />
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So hats off to Garrett and Helena. The names may change but, the spirit of the BMW inside will not. <br />
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brizowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00630483287965701409noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1813956463242995035.post-27505607501030517552016-03-28T17:57:00.001-07:002016-04-01T09:52:33.735-07:00The Proper Coolant Refill ProcedureSo after talking with my buddy Eric from PA, he educated me on ease of refill on the coolant in these E36s. As long as your coolant system is not leaking and your head gasket/head is in one piece you simply:<br />
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Remove the bleeder screw.<br />
Put the aircon on low fan, heat max, 90 in this case.<br />
Fill the coolant overflow until coolant runs out of the overflow hole.<br />
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Put your overflow cap on.<br />
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Now of course because I am paranoid about this thing overheating I have to monitor the temperatures with my adapter as I'm driving. The temps fluctuate between 185 and 194. I left her sit for nearly 30 minutes at idle with the aux fan disconnected just to see if she tries to get hotter. The temp sat at 192 and never went any higher. Ambient temps outside at 75'F for us here as well. Not 100+ in the summer but, certainly enough to be comfortable.<br />
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If I would have known this prior I could have avoided all the down time. Oh well. It gave me a chance to think about the future of this car. So all is not lost.<br />
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<br />brizowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00630483287965701409noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1813956463242995035.post-46142936348643132872016-03-27T14:19:00.003-07:002016-03-27T14:19:57.550-07:00Leak Down Test, Coolant Pressure Test So, after my last post a month ago, with Torque and my OBD adapter, I've been monitoring the coolant temperature. I have not seen any coolant leak out of this car. What I have seen is a steady increase in temps as the car was driven after the initial fix. I knew something was up. <br />
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I bought a power bleeder to make life easier on me. Given this is the 4th time in a few months I've had to drain the coolant. What I found when I put vacuum on the coolant system was that it would slowly creep back down to 0 over the course of a few minutes. Something was wrong here. The tester is brand new and I don't have any other cars to test it on at this point. <br />
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My buddy Jeremy recommended that I get a leak down tester just to verify there are internal issues before I go digging the engine apart. This was a really good idea because it allows you to pressurize each cylinder and hear any leaks that may be present. It took a few efforts to figure out exactly what to listen for.<br />
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This Performance Tool leak down tester was about $70. It is self regulated at 15 psi regardless of the incoming pressure from the compressor. That is shown on the first gauge. The second gauge tells you how much of that is leaking from the cylinder. Whether by going around the rings, valves, or head gasket. These issues are manifested by hissing or gurgling from the exhaust, intake, coolant system, or dip stick orifice (he-he).<br />
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With my buddy Brandon's help, we began by spinning the engine and listening closely. You can tell when the valves are open or closed based on the noises made. When the piston is at top dead center and the valves are closed the gauge repeats at 20% loss. So that means that 20% (3 psi) of the 15 psi is escaping somewhere. Well with in tolerable limits. No cylinder seals 100%, there is always a little loss.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The intake valves were ope slightly with this picture. After we actually got her to TDC on this cylinder properly, we were at 20%. A-ok in my books. </td></tr>
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So that all looks proper. What's next? To factor out the coolant bleeder no telling the truth, I made a custom fitting to put in to the coolant bleeder screw hole. This allowed me to pressurize the coolant system with the overflow cap on. A full test of the entire system.</div>
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I used the regulator built in to the compressor to turn the pressure down to 20 psi. This is about what the normal 140 BMW cap will run on the coolant system. Unlike the vacuum created by the power bleeder, pressure is easy to hear escaping than vacuum, at least in my mind. After pressurizing things it held steady at 20 psi. I opened the heater diverter using the air con controls, fan low settings, heat max (90). There was no audible hissing that I could hear coming from anywhere.</div>
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That is super exciting because that means that not only is the head gasket in working order, so is the coolant system. After more than a month of down time. now all Helena needs is to be filled up with coolant and driven again, hopefully! </div>
brizowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00630483287965701409noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1813956463242995035.post-29251522541770311042016-02-16T09:23:00.000-08:002016-02-16T09:23:42.794-08:00Air filter change - 163KSo changing the stock air filter is seriously easy. The filter change interval is 15K. This is in the normal Inspection 1 maintenance routine.<br />
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There are two clips on either side of the air box. Press them in and pull up towards the hood.<br />
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Make note of which side of the filter is facing up.<br />
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Drop in your new filter.<br />
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Slide the tray back in. Snapping the clips in place.<br />
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Now enjoy driving with a fresh filter.brizowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00630483287965701409noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1813956463242995035.post-88763779351020748312016-02-15T14:36:00.000-08:002016-03-28T17:58:28.405-07:00Coolant System Woes - Part 3 - The Final Repair?<div dir="ltr">
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So here we are in the 1st week of February. I'm just finally getting back to working on Helena. She has been parked since we got back from the beach. I've been occupied assisting some others with a few automotive related repairs. It has been nice actually to take a little break. However, it is now time to get things moving again.<br />
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So I've started this process by draining the coolant from the radiator, yet again. I noticed this time around that there are a ton of aluminum shavings in it. The new radiator seems to have introduced a cacophony of little flakes. I'll have to flush the whole system once more before I'm comfy.<br />
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The coolant that came out.</div>
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I'm changing the overall layout of this post a bit from my normal ramblings. I feel like I've got several different postings all in one here but, I completed all of these at the same time. So this will just be one big long post about coolant stuff, belts, pulleys, and tensioners.</div>
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<b>Tools needed:</b></div>
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32mm flat wrench.</div>
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Flat head screw driver or a 6mm socket driver.</div>
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T55</div>
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16mm socket</div>
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<strong>Lets Begin:</strong></div>
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<li>Loosen the fan clutch. 32mm flat wrench that is slim is needed. Sit the fan and fan clutch in the shroud.</li>
<li>Pop off the upper hose.</li>
<li>Take off the overflow tank's upper hose. The 3/8 one.</li>
<li>Pull out fan shroud and the mechanical fan together.</li>
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Now we have clear access to the front of the engine.<br />
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<li>Remove the cover from the A/C tensioner. I used a small flat head to pop off the cover.</li>
<li>Use a T55 to loosen the hydraulic A/C belt tensioner. ** I don't know if this is the preferred method but, it shows this in the Bentley manual.</li>
<li>Remove the A/C belt. If you are reusing, mark the direction so you can reinstall it the same way.</li>
<li>Use a 16mm to loosen the mechanical tensioner on the serpentine belt side of things.</li>
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<li>Remove the serpentine belt. Again if reusing, mark your direction with an arrow.</li>
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Belts are easy and fairly inexpensive. If your changing your tensioner, change your belt. Service interval from BMW on these is 60,000 miles.<br />
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<b>Tensioner Replacement</b></div>
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<li>To get the tensioner out we need to remove the long bolt atop the alternator that holds the idler pulley. It is a 13mm.</li>
<li>There are two bolts holding the tensioner in, both 13mm. One up top, one on bottom. I used a shallow 13mm, 6 point socket with a short extension. They are easy to get at.</li>
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The original tensioner on this 98 328i is made by INA. When I spun the pulley is sounded really bad. This guy is done for. I'm quite happy I am replacing it. EuroPro also suggested that I get this taken care of, given I didn't know if it had ever been replaced.<br />
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<li>Once you have the old one out. The new one goes back in just the same. Torque on the two 13mm bolts is 17ft/lbs.</li>
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<b>Mechanical Fan Itself</b><br />
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I wasn't worried the fan because EuroPro just replaced it when we had the overheating issue down at the beach. However I wanted to inspect it before I put it back together. So, I'm looking at this fan clutch, a Sachs, nice piece. Made in Germany, quality brand, good stuff. <strong>However, the fan blades they used were made by URO. </strong>URO makes inexpensive products from recycled plastic in China. I'm not sure if they did this because they knew I had the OEM fan at home. Or if they were cutting their costs by using a $20 fan. Either way this garbage is not going back in.<br />
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Swapping the fan itself is easy. I already have the fan out so no further prep needed there.<br />
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Loosen the bolts.<br />
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Put the new fan on the fan clutch.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nice SACHS fan clutch.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is what EuroPro put in.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Stock BMW fan going back in after I cleaned it up a bit.</td></tr>
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<strong>Reinstall the idler pulley</strong><br />
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The idler is on a cammed bolt. I'm not sure if this is to put a little extra tension on the belt or what. Nor am I sure the technique for mounting it so, I just put it on and tightened it.</div>
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17ft/lbs - this seemed little heavy to. I torqued it to <strong>13ft/lbs</strong>. My bolt seemed to stretch the threads under higher torque loads.<br />
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Serpentine goes on first.<br />
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<li>Push the overflow tank into the shroud.</li>
<li>Tighten your lower hose on the overflow tank while the shroud is out.</li>
<li>Install shroud and mechanical fan together. Otherwise good luck getting it in afterwards.</li>
<li>Run the upper over flow tank hose before finalizing the shroud. I pushed the upper hose through the top of the shroud first and tightened my clamp on the over flow.</li>
<li>Mount shroud while the fan floats between the radiator and motor. There are three tabs of plastic on the shroud that slide in to brackets on the radiator.</li>
<li>Put the upper overflow tank hose on the smaller nipple and secure the clamp.</li>
<li>Put your upper radiator hose back on and secure your clamps.</li>
<li>Secure the fan clutch to the water pump.</li>
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Securing the overflow tank hose. It is roughly 3/8 in diameter.</div>
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Reattached the upper overflow tank hose (other side of the pictured hose above) and the upper rad hose.</div>
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Now comes the very best part, bleeding the system. Let me complain here for a minute: this job sucks. Why BMW put there overflow tank in a location where coolant will fall right on the belts it recommends not getting coolant on, I will never know. European models have a different self bleeding setup. Perhaps I'll install that someday.</div>
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So here is what I did. The method I used for bleeding off the coolant system certainly worked better than running the car and bleeding the air bubble via the bleeder. That was a waste of time and gas.</div>
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<li>Jack up the car as high as you can in the front. Make sure the car is stable, jack stands, a block behind the tire ect.</li>
<li>Stick a funnel in the overflow tank via the larger opening.</li>
<li>Put a rag or some card board, anything to help get the coolant that will overflow everywhere from splashing all over the belts and motor.</li>
<li>Take out the bleed screw entirely.</li>
<li>Now pour coolant into the funnel. Fill the tank up all the way.</li>
<li>Turn the key to the second position to allow the Air Con to come on. Set the heat to 90'. Put the fan at its lowest setting.</li>
<li>Now race back up to the front of the car and watch the coolant level in the over flow tank.</li>
<li>Keep filling it until the level stops decreasing.</li>
<li>Now, since the coolant has made its way inside the heater core correctly, we need to get the bubbles out of the rest of the system.</li>
<li>Continue overfilling the tank as air bubbles escape from the bleeder hole.</li>
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<strong>Side note: </strong>After I stopped seeing bubbles I blew in to the coolant overflow tank via the cap opening. This got a few more bubbles out and set the level in the overflow tank. While holding pressure in the overflow tank with my mouth I secured the bleed screw. If I didn't it would suck air back in via the bleeder opening. I'm pretty sure this is not the preferred way to do it but, from a shade tree mechanic's perspective, it will get the job done.</div>
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<li>Once you have a steady stream of coolant and no more air bubbles coming from the bleed hole, you are good to place your bleeder screw back in.</li>
<li>Take the car for a trip around the block. Let the temp get up until the thermostat opens.</li>
<li>Now park the car.</li>
<li>Let is cool all the way down. If you do not then, air bubbles can be reintroduced to the system.</li>
<li>After it is completely cold. Open the overflow tank and look at the level. If it is too high take some coolant out. If it is too low, add some coolant to the KALT line on the overflow.</li>
<li>Keep an eye on your temps over the course of the next few days. Check the overflow when cold regularly. Once you see coolant levels consistently staying put, you have heat in the cabin, and no drips, you should be good to go.</li>
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So after much a do, that car is back in action. Other than a dead battery, everything seems to be in working order. The car is holding steady at 204' F. The aux fan is working properly. No super swollen hoses or overheats at this point. The only component on the system that has not been changed at this point is the hose that goes from the overflow tank to the heater core. That one looked like it was in good shape so, I left it. I think I will order a replacement for it in the near future but, before I bring the coolant system down again I have some other areas to address. </div>
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If you missed the earlier post in regards to my band aid fix for the power steering return line, it can be found here: <a href="http://slantysix.blogspot.com/2015/12/leaky-power-steering-hoes.html">Leaking Power Steering Hoes!</a><br />
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While I'm still working on the rest of the coolant system I took the time to swap power steering pulleys. The original unit is a composite plastic. I went ahead and swapped it for an aluminum unit from ECS Tuning. Nice quality, decent construction. No complaints here.<br />
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I already had the belts off since I was changing them already. My outline below does not go in to detail in regards to removing the belts. I'll have more details on that process in an upcoming post.<br />
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Removing them can be a challenge. I didn't really find a better way other than to just hold the pulley and loosen them.</div>
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The old pulley came off easy. Just shimmy it off.<br />
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While I was down there, I swapped the old makeshift hose for an authentic BMW replacement. Also drained some more nasty fluid out. When I filled it back up there is still some old fluid in there but, it is mostly red again instead of black. <br />
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I went ahead and put nice OEM clamps on both ends of this guy as well. Power steering fluid is number 1 on my list of disliked fluids. It smells nasty and soaks in your skin. I have a feeling this should be good for a while. I'm thankful to have this one done. <br />
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I spent the $50 on this thing fully knowing it would probably not fit worth a crap. I got the heat gun, torch, drills, pop sickle sticks, ect. When I actually went to install it I was surprised that albeit deformed a bit, actually fit better than expected. Regardless I played with this thing for almost 4 hours. <br />
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I used some 3M Double sided tap at first. I knew this wouldn't be a forever installation. However the poly this is made out of was oily. I tried to clean it off the surfaces but, the tape wasn't having any of it. I ended up using the supplied screws to attach this thing. After much deliberation I was able to get it situated with a little trimming of the lip's underside, and just a few screws. The passenger side is still not perfect but, I was done messing with it at this point. <br />
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There she is. Between the lip, the headlights, and the grills, the front end of Helena is looking sexier than ever. I could literally look at this thing all day.</div>
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The front sections separates from the back. Remove the clips on top and bottom. Then gently separate the plastic tabs on the left and right.</div>
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The previous owner had taped these to the glass with scotch tape. What a great idea right?</div>
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I took out each glass piece, cleaned the inside of the front glass then, reassembled. Clear silicone is white at first. Harder to notice than the black that was gooped all over these.</div>
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Back together fresh and clean.</div>
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The chrome needed a little touch up. Nothing a silver sharpie can't fix.</div>
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You can hardly even tell there was chrome lifting now.</div>
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The wires that came with were just pushed on the terminals with no cover whatsoever. These DJ Auto's will except the Euro lighting plug. As it would turn out that plug is also the same the OBD2 mass airflow sensor plug. An OBD1 plug will not work. So if you happen to have access to 2 96+ MAF connectors you are in business. Otherwise <a href="http://www.pelicanparts.com/" target="_blank">Pelican Parts</a> sells a Euro lighting harness kit for about $70. </div>
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Stock lights vs the DJ Autos.</div>
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I went with a set of Ebay special wiring adapters. This kit allow you to retain the stock lighting harnesses and has a rubber cover the grabs on to the housing. No more exposed wires.</div>
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This is the connect. The yellow wires is closest to the hood.</div>
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Prepped, cleaned, and ready for install. Remember these lights only require two adjusters on the top row, not three.</div>
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Installed front view. These come with Euro city lights and allow use of the H1 style bulb across all the lights. So now the fogs and all headlights are H1.</div>
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All back together.</div>
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So Ken Baker Originals (Europro) went to work to get things straightened out for me. They experienced there own troubles with Helena as it would seem as well. When they pressurized the system all seemed fine. This was good news. The next day the hose blew off again. This is when they discovered that the radiator inlet was broken. One of the rings of the inlet broke off when it overheated in the drive thru. I had forgotten all about this. I was stressed. Mark who is the Parts Manager there, took it all in stride. He was a calm professional and assured me it would be taken care of.</div>
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There was no safe way to reattach that hose. It was time to put in a new radiator. This was Wednesday. Is there an option for a radiator overnight? Mark called me back around 6:30 PM that evening and said that in fact he could get a radiator. It was an all aluminum CSF radiator. A decent all aluminum replacement and, his cost for this was less than a factory plastic one. A win, win!</div>
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Now things in Myrtle Beach run differently. When I hear overnight shipping, I'm thinking 2PM drop off at the latest. Normal stuff. However due to their being no straight route in it seems that sometimes this is not the case. The radiator didn't show up until after 3PM. I had to pick up the car because we were leaving the next morning. Talk about stress. Jeez, it was almost unbearable for me.</div>
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I called the shop to see how they were looking around 3PM. Kayla is the Parts Assistant answered the call. She went to find out what was up. She told me they had just got the radiator and were putting it in now. She said to expect it withing the hour. Glory hallelujah! The clouds parted, the storm calmed. It was the home stretch now. Paul ran me up there shortly after.<br />
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Upon arriving I see many Euros outside, a clean lot, and a clean shop. The boys were playing techno in the shop and getting work done. My kind of place. I met Mark and he took my out to me the BMW guru who was taking care of Helena. He was a very nice, down to earth, and polite gentleman as well. I probably sounded like a stupid kid talking to him but, I was so excited to see the car in a more functional state.<br />
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As we were talking the guru told me that he tried to get the fan switch out of the side of the radiator and with light pressure the whole side of the radiator broke off. The fan switch was stuck in the brass insert that was molded into the plastic end tank. I now have this as a memento. As well as a good reminded to be timely about maintenance of this car.</div>
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Needless to say, Europro pulled through wonderfully for me. They had a full shop and a lot full of cars to work on but, they still made time for my car, took time to have a conversation with me, and were not judgmental. They are a good group of folks over there. I was glad to have the chance to work with them, despite the less than fantastic reason for being there.<br />
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Issue #1 - Car was getting hot and blew off the upper radiator hose.</div>
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Issue #2 - The system was pressurized then, blew off the hose again.</div>
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Issue #3 - No radiator fan or fan clutch. <a href="http://slantysix.blogspot.com/2016/01/starting-coolant-system-overhaul.html">See starting coolant overhaul post.</a></div>
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Issue #4 - The plastic was broken off the upper radiator hose inlet.</div>
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So I have been running the fan delete for about a month now. The car has done fine. No spikes of heat or any issues at all. While tripping down to the beach on holiday (aka vacation), the system had enough while sitting in a drive thru. The temp climbed to about 230' F. The temp gauge never moved past the middle most point, however with the Torque app I was able to monitor the real temperature of the coolant.</div>
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After climbing up to 230`F the upper radiator hose blew off. Steam and coolant proceeded to spew fourth. Ruining our chance at dinner and my mood. I was able to reattach the hose, top off the overflow and, creep back to the hotel.<br />
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The stress that ensued was high for me. There was a helpful guy in a Mercedes 240D and someone walking by who helped us push the car into a parking spot. The gentleman in the Mercedes, Austin, dove right in and took a look at the car. He found that one of the nipples from the upper radiator hose neck broke off in the hose. I'm so happy he spotted that because, I did not.</div>
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So there we are. I'm stuck at the beach with an overheating car. We tried to give it a fixer but, the bleeding process I'm used to using, didn't seem to get me anywhere. It was time to call in some help. I had a convo with my buddy Jeremy. He gave me some tips and things to look at. I took a look at what I could. Still no success. A tow was inevitable.<br />
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I Googled for a shop to take her to. There was a Euro shop south of us called Europro. After a nice conversation with one of the techs named Cal, I called roadside assistance for a pickup. A tow arrived with in the hour. The driver, Gary was nice, helpful, and pleasant to deal with. He took good care of Helena whilst traveling over to Europro.<br />
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Since I was on vacation I did not transit to the shop with my car. This is where the stress came in for me. In hind sight I should have made a trip over there right then and there. It probably would have saved me some stress and money. However, I called and touched base via telephone through out the duration of them working through the issues. I'll do a write-up on their shop up and coming. Spoilers: Don't worry it is all good. This story has a good ending as well.<br />
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<i><b>This all may be due to the initial overheating. When I used a stock 90/99 fan switch and 92C thermostat, once temps were over 80' F outside, the car was getting hot. Over 220' F again if it sat for any length of time. </b></i><i><b>I do not recommend a fan delete with the stock configuration.</b></i><br />
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In my previous coolant system post I reviewed and ordered what I needed to start the coolant system overhaul. It was now go time to get them put in.</div>
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The process for installing and removing the water pump, mechanical fan, pulley, over flow tank, ect, can be found here: <a href="http://tinyurl.com/zcbu3m5">http://tinyurl.com/zcbu3m5</a><br />
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There is a fan tool to make the job easier but, I just used an adjustable wrench and another wrench on a pulley nut to hold the pulley. The problem i had with the adjustable wrench is that it was too thick. Do yourself a favor and get a 32mm wrench. Once the fan is out it is much easier to access everything.</div>
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During installation I ran into a few issues. I did not have a new belt after all. I thought I had one in the bin but, I believe that one was Jeremy's. So need to put that on order. The aux fan switch is located on the side of the radiator. It screws into a brass fitting that was pressed in the side of the plastic. I tried to remove the switch but it just kept spinning. The current stock aux fan switch is stuck in the brass fitting. This is not good. It is only a matter of time before this causes issue.</div>
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The stock aux fan (90/99C) kicks in for the A/C and when the car hits 210' Fahrenheit. <br />
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I'm still unsure of whether I need a lower temp thermostat. The fan delete kits I've seen all come with 80C thermostats. The stock one for this car is 92C. The ECU and the motor like to be warm. Most other non euro vehicles come with lower temp thermos, not that, that really matters, just saying. We will see how it does.</div>
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The temp gauge is this car is not a good indicator of true temperature either. So to keep my sanity I have a Bluetooth ELM327 adapter that plugs in the OBDII port. It sends to an application called Torque on my Android phone. If you are not familiar with this app check it out here: <a href="http://torque-bhp.com/wiki/Main_Page">http://torque-bhp.com/wiki/Main_Page</a></div>
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Old water pump, fan, fan clutch, and water pump pulley.</div>
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I plastic water pump impeller on this one. It was replaced in 2012. You could see the date stamp on it.</div>
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The water pump pulley that came off was not plastic and it had a BMW stamp on it. This had to have been replaced when the water pump was replaced because, this car should have a plastic pulley on it. You can see that it was chewed up a bit. I don't know why that is like that or, how it got that way.</div>
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Old Made in China fan clutch.</div>
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New GRAF water pump with metal impeller.</div>
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I've been seeing a few drops of something on the garage floor recently. I thought it was oil but, it had a funky smell. The other day Helena made a groan while turning sharply out of a parking lot. It sounded a lot like the noise a car makes when it is low on power steering fluid.</div>
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Upon inspection that indeed was the case. The reservoir was quite low. I jacked her up to see what the hoses looked like. Of course everything was soaked in fluid. Someone had been here before. There was a non stock hose clamp on the pump end of the return line. It was dug into the hose pretty pretty good. I did what I could but there was no saving the poor guy.<br />
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Once I finally got the hose off the pump and out of the reservoir, I saw that there was a part number and a date stamp. This hose had been on here since 98! Like, when the car was made. At 160K I'd say it did fairly well. The ends were cracked, hard, and leaking. Obviously it had leaked before given the non OEM hose clamp. That was a band aid.<br />
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BMW put crimp on style clamps in this area. There is no removal and reuse on those guys. The reason I like OEM clamps is because they do not dig into the hose like the perforated after market ones do. They are all smooth, which, I have realized is a really nice thing.<br />
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Since I was under here anyway I went ahead and took of the feed line as well. It was also a bit leaky but, the hose wasn't toast. It had the stock crimp clamp on it. I noticed that this line had a second crimp clamp lower down. I thought it odd but, figured it was there for a reason. It was, there is a small metal delimiter (if you will) in there. All I can figure is that this is used to hold pressure in the rest of the line and, keep fluid from blasting up into the reservoir.<br />
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From the last coolant go around I had two stock BMW clamps left over. This fit the almost 1/2 return hose nicely. I did have to use a perforated clamp on the feed line. I clamped it lightly as to avoid digging in. I'll have to get back to this guy soon with an OEM clamp. Else it may end up in the same boat as the return line did. Although, it wouldn't be a bad idea to purchase a new one. We will see.<br />
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The fam and I are highway tripping it to see the folks one fine November day when I noticed an odd noise. I couldn't quite make out where it was coming from at first then, I realized it was coming from the sun roof cover. </div>
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I held in place for a minute then my wife messed with it for a moment. She said, leave it go, its fine. I tried to leave it but, rattles that don't come from the stereo are not welcome in my car. They tend to try me crazy. </div>
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So like all times when I didn't listen to my significant other, bad things happened. I kept messing with the cover. I figured if I could just push it enough to stop rattling. Well a few miles later and, a bump over a bridge, it was dangling from the sunroof switch wiring. It about scared the life out of me when it fell.</div>
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It turned out that all but 2 of the clips were broken. Whatever was making the noise wasn't anymore but, I certainly couldn't leave the thing dangling there. We tried putting it back but it fell again so, we unplugged the sunroof switch and placed the broken cover safely away.</div>
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When I put my water pump order in I went ahead and picked up a new cover as well. ECS tuning was one of the few, of the few I looked at, that had this piece. Less than $20 for a new, BMW, cover. </div>
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The only downside for me since the cover is new, it has a plushier foam backing, and is a clean shade of grey. My old headliner does not have the same backing and is not the same shade. This is no fault on the new part at all. Looks like I'll need to update my headliner soon to. </div>
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Helena tried to over heat the other day while stuck in a drive-thru. I'm sitting there one minute, I'm looking at the needle rise the next. As it would seem when I opened up the heat, the system was improperly bleed. This lead to a big ole air pocket getting stuck in the system. These models are exceptionally effected by having air in the system.</div>
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Upon further research I discovered that the system is pressurized up to 2 bar (29PSI). The Bahr overflow tanks can explode under such pressures. Albeit rare, sometimes they do. I'm wondering if there is a benefit to such pressure. The higher the pressure the higher the temp of the coolant before it starts to boil. Most vehicles run between 15 and 18 PSI. There is one company German Auto Solutions, providing overflow tank caps that put the system at 1.2 bar (17psi). BMW seems to have understood this as well. Newer models come with a lower pressure rating now. I'm interested in this. More later.</div>
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Helena has a mechanical fan fan clutch. These can also fail over time. <i>Sometimes they stop spinning altogether. Other times they lock up and do not variate with engine speed. This leads to the fan exploding. </i><b>Note:</b><i> </i>This statement may be a myth. Per better sources: Most people do not replace their serpentine belt tensioner and the belt lets loose, that then in turn causes the fan to fail. I've also heard of cheap replacement fans throwing their blades at higher RPMs.<br />
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When the fan fails the radiator, overflow tank, hoses, pulleys, belts, and thermostat can be adversely affected by flying pieces of broken components. The pulleys are also made of plastic. The radiator fan is, of course, made of plastic as well. There are euro counter parts available that have a plastic ring surrounding the blades. This helps with this issue. Giving the blades a bit more rigidity. If this fan was to explode it would cost quite a bit more than the stock fan and clutch, that's for sure.</div>
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She also has an auxiliary fan mounted in front of the radiator. This is operated by a aux fan switch that should come on when the coolant reaches 91°-99° C. This fan also comes on and off when the A/C is running. So in essence the radiator has a fan that pushes air from the front (aux fan) and pulls air from behind (mechanical fan).</div>
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I was told when I bought it that some work had been done to the coolant system. No paper records but, there is an aluminum thermostat housing on this car. That means it had been replaced from the plastic composite one that would be there normally. It has 05/15 etched in to it. The hoses appear to be newer as well. I'm guessing they were changed at the same time. Or at least not swollen and nasty. </div>
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This is good and bad because I have no idea about any of the other pieces in the system. Has the water pump been changed? How old is everything else? This 328 has 160K on the clock. Just a matter of time before stuff goes wrong if I don't do some preventive maintenance.</div>
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Which is what has lead me to where I am now. For my piece of mind, I need to know that the coolant system is in good order. So, off to the parts websites to order what I think I need.</div>
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- Coolant Overflow Tank (BMW)<br />
- Coolant Level Sensor (FEBI)<br />
- Upper Radiator Hose (GATES)<br />
- 92`C Thermostat (BEHR)<br />
- Water Pump (GRAF)<br />
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- Aluminum Thermostat Housing<br />
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- Lower Hose looked good.<br />
- Overflow to Heater core hose looked good.<br />
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The folks who did the coolant system changes before didn't do half bad a job. This car has obviously had green coolant run in it for quite some time. my overflow looks like a ninja turtle. <br />
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The original issue of overheating was taken care of by bleeding off the system properly. Which thanks to my friend Jeremy, is made a lot easier by jacking up the front of the car. Following the standard BMW coolant change procedure, when jacked up in such a fashion, the air bubbles rise up front faster and easier. Nice!</div>
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Well if the car isn't overheating anymore why buy stuff? While working out the overheating and checking the other components of the system, I discovered that the fan came in contact with the upper radiator hose at some time. There was a small divot taken out of the hose down to the braiding. This made me nervous. If I am going to take the hose off then, I might as well replace some of the other components as well. <br />
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brizowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00630483287965701409noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1813956463242995035.post-40761926001127736032015-11-11T13:26:00.001-08:002015-11-11T13:26:52.928-08:00E36 Visor Clips Disintegrating - A small yet annoying tid bit My stock visor clips have latterly started to crumble apart. Little pieces or plastic seem to chip away every time I open and close it. A buddy of mine has a smoker's E36 as well, his did this same thing. Could just be age but, I think the smoke has something to do with it as well. <br />
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I headed over to PartsEuropean to chat and hang for a bit. I asked if that had a set. Indeed they did. These came of a 96 E36 coupe. They are a slightly different style but seem much more sturdy. They are also not crumbling to pieces.<br />
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To access the screws, take a flat head screwdriver, insert into the indentation of the cover flap, push away from the center. I'm surprised these didn't fall off when I did this.</div>
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Once the two screws come out, there is a wire connector. It is just a push on spade connector. This is what allow the light above the visor to come on when the slider is pushed over on the visor. Just remember not to pick your nose in the mirror at night.</div>
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It looks as though on RealOEM.com, after cross referencing, shows that these are the older style. These have been superseded by the ones with the covers. Part #51168219048. Not an expensive fix by any means but, it certainly is nice to have a visor that doesn't drop flakes of plastic on you every time you touch it. On to the next one now.</div>
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The front seats in Helena are pretty well worn. The driver side is terrible. At this point I believe the only thing to do for it is have it reupholstered or, keep my eyes open for better taken care of seats out of another vehicle. Either way, I need to massage these guys in a regular interval to avoid them drying out and getting worse. <br />
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There are half a dozen different options on the market. The Chemical Guys variation of leather cleaner and conditioner is my first one to try The cleaner seems to work well. I'm not sure what is in it, as the ingredients are not listed. It did seem to clean up the soot from the cigarettes that were smoked in this car once upon a time. Got some grime and general dirt of the back seat from my little one climbing in and out. I think it does a decent job.<br />
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The conditioner certainly does soften the leather. It leaves a visible shine but, is not overly shiny. It leaves a nice polish on the leather if you will. The down side for me is that this stuff is leather scented. It does a good job of smelling like leather but, it is much too strong for my sensitive nose. If I do all the seats in the car, I have to leave the windows open to air out the smell. They do have an unscented version as well. Other than that, I have nothing to complain about for this product. I think it works well but, my knowledge of other leather conditioners is not good. I'd like to try another product once I use up what I have of this. I'll add a comparison of that later down the road.<br />
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I've got a few photos of before and after. I think it is hard to tell the difference personally. It is one of those, have to be there in person kind of things. This is not working any miracles on the old leather by any means but, it certainly does soften them and, leaves a nice sheen.<br />
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Most of the auto parts stores have a China made replacement for around $125 without core charge. Advanced Auto actually has a Bosch for a good bit more. However, they are also running a 20% off special, for online orders only, and free shipping. This brings the price down to non discounted China made starter levels. I personally prefer the Bosch starter simply for the fact that I do not want to make it a habit of taking off the manifold and replacing my starter, period. The parts probably all come from the same place these days anyway but, peace of mind knowing it is a genuine Bosch piece.<br />
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I've also been looking at the difference in the starters themselves. It would seem that the original factory starter on early e36 models (per 96) had weaker mounting ears, a bracket that affixes them to the engine, and non threaded holes. All of these things from what I can tell make changing the starter a real pain. Here is a picture of such: <a href="http://s82.photobucket.com/user/Dispatch20/media/starter.jpg.html">http://s82.photobucket.com/user/Dispatch20/media/starter.jpg.html</a></div>
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I found a great video online showing what a disassembled starter looks like as well: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PdNQuPS0U6w">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PdNQuPS0U6w</a></div>
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I've yet to tear in to anything. I'm simply researching what I'll looking at getting in to. More to come on this subject, most certainly.</div>
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Poor Helena has been overdue for an oil change. The last one was at 154xxx. I ran the Castrol GTX Full Synthetic 10w-40 through out summer. This time around I chose to go with a Mobile 1 Full Synthetic 5w-40 Turbo Diesel oil. Broader range with a lighter weight down low for the winter. I'm slightly concerned that the thin oil might do a bit more leaking on Helena's old seals. We will see. The manual also shows me that 15-40 is good down to 14`. I'm not thinking that we will be seeing those temps down here in the South. Its all a learning experience.<br />
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Factory manual recommends "Special - Oils" mmm hmm, yeees.</div>
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I followed this <a href="http://www.pelicanparts.com/BMW/techarticles/E36-Oil-Change/E36-Oil-Change.htm" target="_blank">Pelican Article</a> loosely. I was confused by the two drain plugs it was telling me to look for. There is definitely only one drain plug on this pan.<br />
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<li>Put her on stands.</li>
<li>Use a 17mm socket. Take the pan bolt out.</li>
<li>Let the oil drain. Make sure your pan is big enough to support more than 6 quarts, up to 7 quarts of drainage.</li>
<li>Remove the oil filter cap. I used an adjustable wrench. I'm not happy about that though, it ate the plastic up a bit. I'd rather use a socket but, I don't have a 36mm.</li>
<li>Take out the oil filter, clean the inside of the filter housing.</li>
<li>Drop in the new filter.</li>
<li>Put the oil filter housing cap back on. Don't forget to put on the new seal. Do not over tighten this guy. They get stuck on easily.</li>
<li>Put 17mm plug back in the pan. 25Nm on the torque. Aka 18lbs/ft.</li>
<li>Take the car off the stands.</li>
<li>Fill her up with fresh oil. The 2.8 (M52B28) in mine took 6.5 quarts. Remember to check the stick again before you put everything away.</li>
<li>Just check your dipstick. Don't overfill.</li>
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Then I took a few minutes to give the bay a once over. Got everything all shined up and clean. Nice to give her a once over after the hiatus.<br />
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brizowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00630483287965701409noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1813956463242995035.post-42987617596229761172015-09-29T13:46:00.000-07:002016-02-04T03:40:22.351-08:00Hot Glue on my AirCon Controls - E36 AirCon Seperation<span style="font-family: inherit;"> The face of my air conditioning controls has been separating itself from the rest of the unit. I hear it's pretty common. I did not want to spend another $100 so I hot glued in the spots where the face was separating. There are four small screws that appear to hold the face in place. They of course were all broken.</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The face is not lifting anymore, for now. We will see how this does long term.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">7/18/15 - Still no lifting. Feels just as solid as new.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">8/10/15 - Still no lifting. Good and solid still.</span><br />
9/29/15 - Still no issues. <br />
2/04/16 - Update - All good.</div>
brizowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00630483287965701409noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1813956463242995035.post-2573241511338797292015-08-10T08:49:00.003-07:002016-02-04T03:41:57.594-08:00Front Brake "Upgrade" Part 2 - E46 Brakes - Installation<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0pt;">
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<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Brake Cleaner<o:p></o:p></span></li>
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two 16mm bolts holding the caliper in place. In this picture, on the drivers
side, see that black wire? That is the wear sensor. These are on one side only
in this case the driver's side. What these do is: when the material on your
brake pads gets worn away, eventually these come in contact with the rotor.
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"> You could also upgrade your brake pads, rotors, or lines. That is entirely up to you. Swapping rotors or pads is an easy go. Getting into lines, or calipers involves brake bleeding. Every car guys favorite activity of course. One word, quality power bleeder. Made life better for me.<span style="text-align: center;"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> Given the caliper is sitting out further I was worried about the wear sensor wire being too short. This was not the case. Getting the wear sensor off, whilst holding the caliper in hand, can be a little tricky. Patience and a strong arm is key.</span></span><span style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div>
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Installed. Wait, I thought you said you had painted the caliper as well? Yes, I did, however, someone is borrowing my compressor and I did not have the time, nor the assistance to foot bleed them. For now I'm running the non painted calipers, with the painted brackets.</div>
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Sits just fine with the stock 16" Sport Wheels. So how does it feel? Good. I scuffed off most of the rust on that rotor. The pads will eat off what's left. The rotors are straight, no wobble. This whole effort was to see what the difference was between these two sets of rotors, calipers, and brackets. I wanted to work out what was interchangeable. The budget here was very low, obviously, however, the results are tangible.<br />
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BMW designed the braking system well in the E36 and E46. For me, if I can get parts in a newer design, that a little better, for just a few more dollars, I'll give it a shot. In this case this whole project cost me about $35, not including my time. Easily more for after market rotors, pads, ect but, now I can look into those avenues knowing that it will all work even better.</div>
brizowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00630483287965701409noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1813956463242995035.post-14556519335236912312015-08-07T08:25:00.000-07:002015-09-29T13:42:38.652-07:00Front Brake "Upgrade" Part 1 - E46 Brakes - Paint, Specs I got these awesome, super stock calipers off a wrecked up 01 325i. Already painted red for me. Extra performance right out of the bag folks!<br />
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Why would you try putting these on an E36? I'll tell you. The E46(99-05) 325 & 328 have 11.8 inch rotors up front. The stock e36 rotors on my car are 11.2. I'm gaining about a .6 inches. Not much but, it is an improvement in rotor circumference.</div>
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The calipers are identical, the pads the same, it's the carrier bracket that differs. These will increase my radial braking surface resulting in a whopping 6% braking increase over the front axel! Can you even believe it? A laugh and giggle there for sure, obviously. However, all be it a small increase upgrading to E46 rotors and calipers all around, with stock pads, will accumulate around a 13% increase total which, is something.</div>
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<b> </b>I was curious about the sizing of the piston diameter on my stock E36 calipers versus the stock E46 calipers. Some pictures for confirming sizes of the piston diameter below.</div>
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<li>The serial numbers on the calipers differed slightly. </li>
<li>The weight was about the same. </li>
<li>The piston diameter was also the same.</li>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">2.085 outer roughly.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">1.565 inner roughly.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">.250 (1.4) thickness.</td></tr>
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<b>Bracket </b><br />
The bracket was certainly different. It moves the caliper out further from the spindle to accomdate the larger rotor. The slide pins are in the exact same location allowing for use of an E36(325, 328) or E46(325, 328) caliper.</div>
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Of course before I put these on my ride Id like to make them, not red. A good spray down with brake cleaner. Some medium grit(220) sandpaper to get started. I used the rotary tool to get in the tight spaces. This creates a good bit of dust, please be cautious and wear a face mask here. If I had a media blast cabinet, that would have made this a dream. Its on my list.<br />
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<li>Large pliers</li>
<li>Rotary Tool with a metal brush on it</li>
<li>120 Grit Sandpaper</li>
<li>220 Grit Sandpaper</li>
<li>Brake Cleaner</li>
<li>Not sure what I was doing with the wheel cleaner there</li>
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They look so good after a good spray. Unfortunately as with most spray paint techniques, these may not hold their color forever. We will see. A lot of people really have great success with powder coating however, the cost is substantially more. I do not have that kind of cash flow for this project.</div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Even with my aftermarket amp setup, there wasn't enough low end for me in this system. So I bought a used BassLink off eBay. I wanted something small that wouldn't take up much trunk space. This was a well talked about unit on the net and, I've been eyeballing one for a few. Finally found a good deal on one so I pulled the trigger.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">After some though and research I decided to run RCAs to the BassLink. I chose the center console route instead of the driver side method. </span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Running them in this car has been similar in my experience to every other car. However, since it was all new to me it took me a bit longer to figure out how to get the center console apart. The arm rest is a bit more complicated than the non arm rest models.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Removing the backseat requires a swift pull up for the bench. The back of the seat requires a swift pull forward towards the front on the car. I used my handy Bojo trim tools to separate the backseat from the upper deck so I could get my hands behind it to pull. Ultimately my plastic pry bar popped the back part of the seat off the clips. It took a good bit of force but, as the Internet told me, the clips are metal. There's no need to worry.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The next piece off is the small plastic trim piece running right next to the drivers side, back door. There are two clips on the underside of this piece where it sits on the door sill and one 10mm nut up at the top. I was unaware of where those clips were, made this a challenge.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The carpeting is well put in this car. It has a think foam backing in most places and is molded very well in to position. To get the RCAs from the bench to the console I used a metal hanger to fish them through. I could pick up both sections of carpet slightly but, the carpet heading up the side of the center of the car was a bit tight. It would have been better if I removed my front driver side seat. I didn't want to create more work than I had already.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">This was the toughest part because I'm a newbie. There are screws:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">To get the arm rest to physically pop out there are three small screws on the underside of the arm rest that have small covers over them.</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">A normal #2 screw driver is all you need to get them out. Behind that cover, when the arm rest is up, are two little slotted openings.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Applying pressure with a small screw driver. This allows the plastic pins to release leaving the arm rest free to remove.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Disassembling the rest of the center console just takes removal of the screws properly.</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">So after pulling the center console I gently pushed the wires through a small opening on the left of the shifter. There is a 10mm nut securing the front console section to the floor of the car. Taking that loose allowed for just enough extra room to allow me to push the wires through with little effort. That puts you right at where you need to be. I pulled them up to the stereo din, following the route of the rest of the cabling.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The unit comes with mounting brackets for sideways or upright mounting. This made installation very easy. I secured both </span>brackets (<span style="font-family: inherit;">after measuring of course) to the left hand raised plastic floor tray. This put the unit nicely off to the side. Still plenty of room for junk in my trunk!</span></div>
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The lower screw secures the bracket. The upper screw secure the BassLink.</div>
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I was having some issue with the unit turning on. When checking the power and ground connections I discovered that my ground wire was to put it nicely, terrible. I had it on the rear shock tower mount bolt. This was a not a good spot in this car, for me. I finally bit the bullet and did it the "good" proper way. True 8 gauge cabling, sanded the paint bare, screwed her down. Now I have nice even voltage from the battery. A proper ground is so important.</div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">This thing also came with a remote bass controller. I ran that with the RCAs. I like my bass heavy and down low. Where it should be however, since this is a family car after all, I wanted to be able to tone it back. This is an awesome way of doing so, makes things nice and easy. </span>I still need to "secure" the remote Bass adjuster but it fits the in the pocket of the dash almost perfectly.</div>
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*Note: I still have enough room to get the taillight cover off without pulling this thing out of the car every time. Not that light bulbs fail that often but, they usually do in the worst times. BMW made them quick and easy to access and replace. I want to keep it that way.</div>
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So, there she is, secured, and "dialed" in. If you didn't get an owners manual with yours you can find one here: <a href="http://manuals.harman.com/INF/CAR/Owner's%20Manual/BassLink%20om.pdf" target="_blank">BassLink Manual via harman.com</a>. Its not deep in its coverage but, it does describe what is necessary to "tune" the sub for the best sound. No rocket science here, just patience, the ability to read, and to listen. I found that dialing in the most bass, by turning the crossover knob towards the lower Hz setting, Then, turning the crossover towards the higher Hz rating, just to the point where the big sounding bass falls off. This gives me the best sounding sub bass for all genres, so far.. Each head unit will offer different results I'm sure. So tune it till you think it sounds good. </div>
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<li>If you want clean sounding bass that can fill the cabin, shake the mirrors without the dreaded trunk rattle, this unit is for you.</li>
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I needed some strut mount caps. Zach quickly helped me source some from an e30. They should fit. They were too small. I forgot that I used the Z4 mounts up front so, they would need to come off an e46. Zach popped me out some in a jiffy.<br />
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I blew a fuse in the rear of the car while messing with the amp. When I opened up my fuse box I realized that I was missing some of the spare fuses and the puller. Brad was happy to accommodate. Now I have a full set.<br />
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Two of the lights on my OBC have gone out also. They also had a few extra bulbs they were willing to separate with. I was thinking about ordering new ones but, I'm fine with used bulbs. There is no telling how long any bulb will last. Plus, I'm happy to give them a good home.<br />
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<b>Thanks to Brad at Parts European for donating two amps for tear down.</b></div>
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I've been distracted by the after market. Given the low cost of small amps pulled me over to their side. I'll have more up and coming on that in future posts. I'm still prototyping mounting locations. This is my rough draft if you will so far:<br />
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I'd like to discover whats inside these guys and how/if I can get the rear channels before they are crossed over. In our quest for stereo goodness I need a full range signal to the rear coaxial pioneers in our setup. I'm jumping head long in to territory I know nothing about at all. I'm not an Electrical Engineer by any means. Given enough time and reading material one can be good at just about anything.<br />
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My thought is this: We only need about 25watts RMS to the speakers to get reasonable sound levels. If I can somehow get this from the stock amp or, stock amp parts, I don't have to fool around with mounting an aftermarket amp. Clipping harnesses, is really not an issue as you can get the pins from your current amp and make a harness for your after market amp fairly easily.<br />
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I've browsed many a forum, never posted. I've read a lot about how amps work. I've so far been able to identify what amplifies the sound however, I've got no idea where it goes from there.<br />
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To get to the signals internally I need to understand which paths come into the transistors from the head unit and which leads they are output through. I reached out to Loewe to inquire about a wiring diagram for these circuits. Of course they were not able to furnish such because of private/proprietary knowledge or copyrights. I assumed that this would be the case. I mean why wouldn't it be. When a company puts time into making and designing something you can't just give out such knowledge to some random e-mailer. </div>
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This case will be up to me to crack. I've begun doing some more research into how transistors work in general. If I can find another similarly designed transistor perhaps I will have success in finding the output signals I need. This might just be a pipe dream, given my limited time, however, it is certainly an interesting prospect.</div>
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