My Murple

[MikkiJayne]

I made an adapter cable to go from the BMW solenoid to the original D2 connector. No idea if this thing is polarised or not so its long enough to cut and re-terminate if I need to swap the connections over.



Plugs in under here



and loops over the top of the rack, which is neater and a simpler cable run than the original which went underneath and flapped about.



Since I used rivnuts in the chassis legs instead of studs, the original heat shield nuts weren't going to work, so I turned them in to bolts Start with the part on the left, shorten it slightly, turn down the thread diameter a little, then screw the nut on to it.



They are tight enough that the stud will unscrew with the nut if I ever need to dismantle them again, effectively turning the assembly in to bolts.



Waxed the engine bay. Obvs.

[Stromaluski]

Originally Posted by MikkiJayne

Waxed the engine bay. Obvs.

I waxed the engine bay in our corrado last year while the motor was out. My wife thought I was insane, even though it's her car.

[David's8]

Wives are always the understanding sort when it comes to cars and bikes.........

[MikkiJayne]

Brake fluid today, while I've got the calipers off and easy access to everything. Obviously this is the worst I've ever seen



Its almost black. I dread to think when this was changed last.



This is after pushing a litre of new fluid through



After about 2 litres the front right is running through clean. The front left took another half litre or so to clear up. I still have the rears and the ESP pump to do when the drivetrain is back together (and there's power to run the pump), but this has got the worst of it out.

[homer simpson]

That has to be the most unloved car ever!

When you speak to the average car driver and they say 'I never change the brake fluid, no need as the brakes work fine', you should show them that black mess!

[MikkiJayne]

Its a mystery really. He loved the car, but never cared for it - never cleaned the interior, never washed it, never even wiped the seagull poop off it. Captain Carnage did work when it was broken, but evidently nothing proactive. Oh well.

Heat shields back in the engine bay:



An original stud



And my rivnut version. No one will ever know



Most D2s have one or more of these plastic trim pieces missing, but oddly this one had all four.



Power steering pipes back on. As I mentioned before, I think this had new pipes earlier in its life so they were de-rusted and protected with adhesive lined heatshrink sleeve. In hindsight, putting them back on at this point turned out to be a mistake. Check the state of the two brake pipes in the lower right of this pic...



I knew the brake pipe on this corner was pretty manky so replaced it with the one from Sergey's



I then started stripping off the plastic coating from the two rear brake pipes to get to the oxidisation underneath, which had only really become obvious once I'd moved the pipe in the previous pic. These were really bad with the oxidisation going back several inches.



There's also some lumpiness halfway along the pipes so I decided to replace these two as well. Slightly annoying that the power steering pipes were now in the way



The rear pipes weren't too bad (and also really hard to change!) so I cleaned these up and painted them. I've done this treatment with the three pipes I've replaced, and the original front right, as they all have oxidisation at the wheel arch end, but only for an inch or two.



The pipes are fine once all the white dusty material has been removed - just like a sandblasted finish, so they take a coat of Rustoleum quite well.

[MikkiJayne]

I cleaned up the towing eye fitting and made sure the towing eye itself screws all the way in, thus guaranteeing I will never need to use it Usually what happens with these is that they get rusty and the towing eye only screws in halfway, then when you pull on it it bends at the base of the thread.



While the engine is out I'll have a look at the hvac intake and fix whatever is wrong in there (bound to be something). It doesn't look too terrible though.



A couple of missing clips - fairly normal



Missing connector bracket - guessing this was broken and discarded. Otherwise it mostly looks ok, which is suspicious...



Oh, there we go! Somehow captain carnage has managed to swap over the two heater hoses. No idea how you do this - top one goes to the top pipe, bottom one goes to the bottom pipe. Its pretty obvious, just looking at them



They clearly aren't sitting properly Never mind. 2 minutes work to swap them over



Cleaned up while I was in here







I've left the corner here as I don't want to get the seam sealer wet - I'll paint this with the black Rustoleum later, then once the paint is dry I'll clean the rest of this area.

[MikkiJayne]

I always forget to do the bonnet before cleaning everything under it. Every single time

20 year old brake fluid, but the AC got serviced at least twice



As grim under here as everywhere else



The bonnet catches were particularly horrid. These will get replaced with the ones from Sergey's which are in much nicer condition.



Half and half



Before



After



I need to replace the rubber seal at the leading edge too as that has completely disintegrated. I have one in a box somewhere...

[MikkiJayne]

Brake pipes painted and back together, and a new flexi hose - same on the other side too.



Towing eye socket back in place



Re-painted bracket



This is the aircon filter. WTF? So much for it having been 'serviced' This looks like the compressor disintegrated which would explain why the condenser and evaporator were changed, but why not the filter as well? Just so stupid - its a £5 part!



AC pipework back in



I need to print another grommet for the firewall



I gave the chassis leg repair a quick coat of matt black paint just so it didn't stand out quite so much. It'll be mostly hidden by the fuel lines and the subframe anyway.

[Ronin]

Keep them pictures coming!

where does that filter sits? ill be checking mine before giving it awa to be regassed