| Great things happened this weekend!! My best friend came over from Seattle (I'm lucky if I see him twice a year anymore). We tackled the 6er.
The list started with brakes. The e-brake has never worked and the calipers were all somewhat stuck from non use. We started with the e-brake. After removing the calipers and rotors, we found the problem. The shoes must have been original, there was no material on the shoes. What do you when it's Saturday and you are in the sticks? You search the donor car only to find new e-brake shoes. We are in business again!!
Next came the calipers. And while we were at it, I had a Bavauto stainless brake line kit I bought on e-bay. Here is where what we thought would be hard became easy and what we thought to be easy became hard. The calipers (hard) broke free with no problem. The brake lines (easy) turned into a two day nightmare! Almost every fitting ended up being corroded in one way or another. We ended up destroying three steel lines on the car. Thanks again to the donor, we were saved. The whole thing took much longer than expected, but I now have a operational e-brake and a brake system that just needs to be purged with new fluid.
Next on the list will be the new motor mounts and checking out the engine followed by it's installation.
Much was accomplished in two days. It helped to have an old friend and fellow BMW junkie to help.
Stay tuned!
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