hang_510 Posted June 6, 2019 Report Share Posted June 6, 2019 Me: nice 510, what year? BMW: it's a 2002 Me: I didn't know they still made them, I have a 71 BMW: ... Quote Link to comment
edekalil Posted June 6, 2019 Report Share Posted June 6, 2019 Got the piece from the welder today for getting the blue car mounted on the rotisserie. Put it on the car. Well I messed up the angle of the angle iron, took it off and brought it back to my welder friend to correct a couple of things. Maybe I'll get it back tomorrow. 2 Quote Link to comment
edekalil Posted June 9, 2019 Report Share Posted June 9, 2019 Drove the 72 Sedan around some this week. Put it in a show yesterday, didn't win anything but still everyone enjoyed it. 3 Quote Link to comment
edekalil Posted June 16, 2019 Report Share Posted June 16, 2019 (edited) Fired up the 72 510 Sedan and had a great drive, everyone asking how much I want for her and what year she is. Really dig it! Edited June 16, 2019 by edekalil 2 Quote Link to comment
edekalil Posted June 30, 2019 Report Share Posted June 30, 2019 Driving 72 2 door again while the rain is vacant. Next to fire up the 70 2 door and drive her! Quote Link to comment
edekalil Posted July 1, 2019 Report Share Posted July 1, 2019 (edited) Pulled the Goon out and the 70 2door And got some more security for the building. Edited July 1, 2019 by edekalil 2 Quote Link to comment
edekalil Posted July 1, 2019 Report Share Posted July 1, 2019 Been pulling parts from inside and on top the blue car putting them in the creat the Rotisserie came in to get ready to mount it. Still have plenty to move yet. Quote Link to comment
edekalil Posted July 22, 2019 Report Share Posted July 22, 2019 (edited) Got the mount bracket back for the front of the blue car. Everything seems to be fine. Now to get it on the rotisserie. Edited July 22, 2019 by edekalil 1 Quote Link to comment
TiMopar Posted July 29, 2019 Report Share Posted July 29, 2019 This weekend after several months of severe mojo loss, I finally got my rear end in gear and fitted my R180 rear end. It quickly became apparent that I will need to re-work the exhaust for clearance. I still need to lock wire the bolts that secure the shafts to the hubs/ stub axles, which I have never done before, so I am looking at Youtube tutorails ( how did we manage before YouTube? ) If anyone else is going to do this conversion; the R180 is obviously slightly bigger in size. The case at the bottom toward the front of the car is deeper and extends further forward than the stock R160 which means that it will not push far enough through the cross member to allow the moustache bar to be fitted at the back. After thinking about this for a while, I removed the rear cover off the diff, fitted the moustache bar to the cover studs and then upwards onto the vertical studs ( being careful not to damage the gasket ). One other thing, when removing the original nuts and bolts securing the axle shafts to the stub axles and hubs ( which you need to re-use ) I found there is very little clearance for a ring spanner. I bought another wrench and ground the depth and circumference of the end until it fitted the nuts. Next job is to fit a hydraulic parking brake.... 2 Quote Link to comment
edekalil Posted July 29, 2019 Report Share Posted July 29, 2019 3 hours ago, TiMopar said: This weekend after several months of severe mojo loss, I finally got my rear end in gear and fitted my R180 rear end. It quickly became apparent that I will need to re-work the exhaust for clearance. I still need to lock wire the bolts that secure the shafts to the hubs/ stub axles, which I have never done before, so I am looking at Youtube tutorails ( how did we manage before YouTube? ) If anyone else is going to do this conversion; the R180 is obviously slightly bigger in size. The case at the bottom toward the front of the car is deeper and extends further forward than the stock R160 which means that it will not push far enough through the cross member to allow the moustache bar to be fitted at the back. After thinking about this for a while, I removed the rear cover off the diff, fitted the moustache bar to the cover studs and then upwards onto the vertical studs ( being careful not to damage the gasket ). One other thing, when removing the original nuts and bolts securing the axle shafts to the stub axles and hubs ( which you need to re-use ) I found there is very little clearance for a ring spanner. I bought another wrench and ground the depth and circumference of the end until it fitted the nuts. Next job is to fit a hydraulic parking brake.... I like it! Quote Link to comment
Tedman Posted August 11, 2019 Report Share Posted August 11, 2019 @ TiMopar - Next time you have the diff out or diff cover off, remove the studs in the cover and replace with bolts. Totally avoids the troubles you had. 2 Quote Link to comment
edekalil Posted August 13, 2019 Report Share Posted August 13, 2019 Been busy with other things but got to crank up the 72 sedan today. Quote Link to comment
ByStickel Posted August 13, 2019 Report Share Posted August 13, 2019 Well, I pulled it from the barn, hauled it to Montana, washed it off, vacuumed out the mouse turds, drained the gas, and replaced the fuel filter. Unfortunately, I forgot the battery back in NJ. Figures. Needs some new front rubber, too. 3 Quote Link to comment
edekalil Posted August 14, 2019 Report Share Posted August 14, 2019 3 hours ago, ByStickel said: Well, I pulled it from the barn, hauled it to Montana, washed it off, vacuumed out the mouse turds, drained the gas, and replaced the fuel filter. Unfortunately, I forgot the battery back in NJ. Figures. Needs some new front rubber, too. Nice Goon 2 Quote Link to comment
edekalil Posted September 2, 2019 Report Share Posted September 2, 2019 Got her out of her garage and gave her a drove down to the building. Had a good time. 1 Quote Link to comment
hang_510 Posted September 7, 2019 Report Share Posted September 7, 2019 I searched for F turn signal gaskets w\o luck so I made some. They will keep water out. the worst part was looking for 1034 bulbs-NLA replaced by 7528 and they're $7.49/pair!!! Didn't see an LED option either. Quote Link to comment
edekalil Posted September 9, 2019 Report Share Posted September 9, 2019 Cranked her up and pulled her out again and did a short video. 2 Quote Link to comment
LS_Wagon Posted September 9, 2019 Report Share Posted September 9, 2019 4 hours ago, edekalil said: Cranked her up and pulled her out again and did a short video. Looking good!!! 2 Quote Link to comment
edekalil Posted September 9, 2019 Report Share Posted September 9, 2019 2 hours ago, LS_Wagon said: Looking good!!! Thanks I've had this one the longest, she was my first. I got her in 1979 about and she was still last like new ac worked and all. But now she needs some attention ( like redoing all the front end steering components and new inserts for the struts. But I drive her when I can and it's not raining. 1 Quote Link to comment
rosso Posted September 10, 2019 Report Share Posted September 10, 2019 1034 Bulbs - Amazon - https://www.amazon.com/SYLVANIA-Basic-Miniature-Contains-Bulbs/dp/B000G76QBO $4.41 for 2 and free shipping Quote Link to comment
edekalil Posted September 15, 2019 Report Share Posted September 15, 2019 (edited) Cranked up the 72 And the 70 Gonna drive both today! As well looking at cleaning up fuseboxes so they have less issues with resistance things getting hot causing spots melting on the fusebox, I'm sure you all have delt with this on an old 510 that has been sitting. Edited September 15, 2019 by edekalil 1 Quote Link to comment
edekalil Posted September 16, 2019 Report Share Posted September 16, 2019 (edited) Got the old pices of the fuse box off the 72 Goon, just left the cut off screws just to keep a fuse box located so it won't move any. I'll Velcro it down somehow. Also cleaned up the terminal's on the old broke up box. I'll get some pics up later. The test subject the old box I broke to get out after cleaning by submerging it in apple cider vinegar overnight then hitting it with a tooth brush. I believe it was about as bad as the replacement. The replacement before it gets cleaned. Both next to each other. The broke screws. It is ugly in there! Edited September 16, 2019 by edekalil Quote Link to comment
edekalil Posted September 17, 2019 Report Share Posted September 17, 2019 (edited) Got the box out and brushed down with a tooth brush. I put in some water with backing soda to neutralise any acid from the apple cider. Then rinsed very well under water. Now as it looks as it dries. Hope all goes well, it's gotta be better than before. Edited September 22, 2019 by edekalil 1 Quote Link to comment
edekalil Posted September 22, 2019 Report Share Posted September 22, 2019 (edited) Took a q tip and applied some dielectric grease in the connections and got mostly new fuses also cleaned up the connections on the car side and added some dielectric grease and Wala everything is working perfectly fine except the horn is bad I have to find a working one here in the garage. So this will be a must for the others I have which will probably fix the 70 510 headlight issues and probably prevent any from popping up on the other cars. Edited September 22, 2019 by edekalil Quote Link to comment
edekalil Posted September 22, 2019 Report Share Posted September 22, 2019 Pulled out the 70 510 to go eat lunch and in my mind was driving at one of those badass racetracks out in California and ate Mexican. Quote Link to comment
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