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Long time since last update, small Bambus is keeping me busy But i have found some time for my E21 before the season started.


Few pictures from BMW Classic 2012 photo shoot.

Rest of the pictures is here







I bought extensions for 323i front calipers conversion. Standard brakes are just fine for everyday use, but they fade pretty quick on track.



new tailpipe



I started with renovation of the rear axle In March







Small tip for those, who removed brakes before loosing half axle screws and big nut.



...the screw is done, but it helped



pile of metal



differential waiting for cleaning



I thing, something is missing there



another pile of metal...



I did get rid of rust on exhaust and painted it with heat resistant color.







James Bonds differential



De-rusting of rear axle and new paint.







I bought new wheels...



I hope they will once look like this:



Few more painted parts...





Cleaning of differential cover and some nuts and screw witch will be galvanized.



Santa Claus was little bit late this year, but it was worth the wait







BBS wheel cups with stickers




sanded stuff painted with primer



new carpets fits very well





leather gearshift knob



I hesitated long time, but then I could not resist and I installed stereo.
It is hidden (apart from the antenna) and removable without any traces.





Differential before new gasket installation...



...and after.



some of the galvanized parts





Differential on its place (it fell twice on my hand before i get it there)



rear axle ready to be installed



axle with new dampers in place



rear brakes almost completed



Everything between stereo installation and here was done in one day. I was in a hurry because i went on racetrack the next day.

Because of gearbox failure, I did not manage to get into the actual race but I did drove in the morning and this is result:





I really need LSD

Excelent job and great pictures!

yes yes! keep up good work!

Thanks. First three pictures (and all in the linked gallery from photo shoot) were not taken by myself. As well as the last one, because I am the one siting behind the steering wheel

You have done a great job!

Keep up the good work

Impressive work! Really great

Thanks guys. Right now, I am changing leaking water pump and I am stuck on removing the viscous coupling. As you can see on picture bellow, the screw is broken.



I know how to remove the remaining part of the screw but it will be probably necessary to get some special tool to remove the visco. Any suggestions?

As to the work done before: please check the bolts on the diff output flanges. They tend to come loose again and that may cause quite a bit of damage.

Viscous coupling: with that metal ring out as already shown on your picture, you can now remove it. Maybe it needs some slight perseverance but it's loose now. Once removed you will find an aluminum part that the bolt went into that is easy to remove, with that off the remaining thread comes out easily. If the thread in the alu part is damaged, replace together with the bolt, otherwise just refit with a new bolt.

Thank for advice. You are right about bolts on diff flanges, they were loose. But i found it out quite soon so no damage happened.

I'll try to remove it and let you know.

13'' BBS Mahle installed









Next week will be installed 5 speed overdrive gearbox and front Bilsteins.

Bambus wrote:I'll try to remove it and let you know.

And? Any luck?

I had to buy new visco, new pulley and fan.
We had to use some advanced techniques



New water pump installed:

Good work mate,car looks great