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Paul.R
Region Chair Scottish Region Chair Joined: 26 Jan 2009 Location: Edinburgh Status: Offline Points: 245 |
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Posted: 30 Mar 2015 at 11:28am |
I thought I'd post up a few pictures of some work ive done on the M5 this winter. :)
First up was a rather annoying Oil leak from the left bank. I replaced the cam cover gaskets last year when it was off the road for winter. I thought that was the cure, but no...so off with the plenum again.... The Power steering pipes had been leaking and as well as a leak from cam cover, i spotted the o-rings on the vanos solenoids had been leaking too. So they got replaced too. Also while the coil pack covers were off, i rubbed them down and laqured them. Much better. 😀 Next up was the brakes. I had a bad wobble under braking, so i decided to have the discs skimmed, then i painted the centres... Then whilst the brakes were off, i thought i'd check the front wheel bearings, i gave them a spin......yip both rumbly, two new wheel bearings required..nice.... :( (Yes i know its dirty!Lol.) The calipers were looking scabby, so i stripped them then had them powder coated and rebuilt with some new seals... Much better. 😎 Next up was the usual culprit of the M5, leaking diff seals, so exhaust off, clean it up, diff out, refurb and back in. Out... In... Repaired and cleaned... After a quick run of the engine, the oil leak was back, so back off with the plenum and cam cover, Hylomar gasket sealent and back on....again... :) Thats most things for now, tomorrows job is to clean and refit the under trays and a few small clips and drive home. 😀 Edited by Paul.R - 30 Mar 2015 at 11:32am |
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Ian Conuel
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Nice work Paul, you've certainly been busy!
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Paul.R
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Thanks Ian 😀
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Robert
Club Member Joined: 15 Aug 2006 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 136 |
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Just love your dirty pictures. Keep them coming.
I watched a video the other day showing the AMG V8 being hand built. So simple. It made me believe that I could have done it all without instructions. Well alright, up to the point when he started fitting the wiring. It is amazing how much we can do ourselves and your photos will inspire many others to do just that. Thanks Rob. |
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Honeyman328
Club Member Joined: 16 Aug 2016 Location: Glasgow Status: Offline Points: 34 |
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Good effort. Like this
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Norrie
Club Member Joined: 15 Jul 2012 Status: Offline Points: 4047 |
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Might be good if you were to submit these pictures and write an article for the club mag?
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