Anyone in Raleigh Area willing to have a wrenching day sometime soon?

[salansky]

I'd love to join y'all too. My poor ride has been very abused lately. I just drove back from a meeting with my builder a few miles down a gravel/dirt road and now my black car is white! I'm also leaking coolant - no doubt a fine job by my indy who did a flush last oil change. I also need a new set of hubcentric rings I'd like install on the farm. I destroyed my last set last winter when I swapped the basketweaves.
A few weeks from now is good for me - lets try to get a date going and I'll try to bring a case of CBC.
-jack
95' 540/6

[andyman32]

Woohoo, BMWs and CBC, this gets better yet!

Hey, Jack, if you find hubcentric rings, buy me a pair too - I can't find them on BMA. I don't think I have any on my front end right now and I'm having alignment problems; I'd like to eliminate the cheapest options first. Obviously, I'll pay you back for 'em.

I'll find out what dates Bret would like, obviously not everyone will be able to make it but we'll try to find something that works for most of us.

[billb]

Hey, Jack, if you find hubcentric rings, buy me a pair too - I can't find them on BMA.

I've in fact never used their site to order directly. I still always call Patrick (or Yves)...

[andyman32]

Thanks Bill, I just wrote an email to Yves.

[callen]

Yea I didn't do it the FIRST time...ended up pulling water pump twice cause of orings on OTHER side of tubes....must pull intake...big job but chance to change out PCV plate and install new intake manifold gaskets which make the V-8 purrrrrr

Callen 91 535i 94 530i 89 735il

[andyman32]

Shucks... this project grows by leaps and bounds.

I just talked to Yves on the phone and I've got the whole set of intake manifold gaskets, and I dropped those (apparently crappy) Meyle upper thrust arms in favor of the Lemoforders with 750 bushings.