Recent content by Anwar

Interesting, though i was struck by how little soot was coming out of the 58k car's exhaust when I bent down to inspect underneath. Is this due to working EGR or injectors that are much less worn I wonder. Doodle, agree on prices. But am tempted to wait until manual is available. I tried one of...

I'm selling a 12v auto 80 series and have driven two 100's with the 4 spd box, one with 58k miles and one with 180k miles. The 80 is quite a but lighter and feels it - it's a bit slow over the first ten yds then it's off and up to 40-50 mph leaves most traffic away from the lights without going...

Thank you Roger. I've asked a restorer of VW camper vans what they use and good ol' waxoyl was the answer. I think I will use combo of POR 15 for painted areas and waxoyl for less visible areas. The 80 is for sale at the moment, but will apply this to my old saloon and whatever truck replaces...

Just a note to say thank you fellas. Combination of tapping the flange, hitting the ends of the studs, tapping the cones themselves and a bit of pre-sprayed WD loosened everything nicely. Hubs now tight. Thanks again Anwar

Hi Frank I found your observations v interesting. There was a recent letter to Octane about modern production standards and tolerances giving new cars an almost indefinite mechanical life. I didn't respond, but even discounting the crippling electrical issues, I think this is a very long way...

I get the impressions the steel in the 80 is good quality overall, it seems fairly resistant to rust though time and salt are beginning to have effects underneath. Certainly better than W210 Merc and BMW E39... Is anything made of good steel like those 50's Astons and Landrovers? From reading...

Thank you. It disturbs me that known basic tech like crank and timing chain can be an issue at the same time as so much new tech is being introduced. Stinks of cost cutting. Said engineer used to work for GKN and will vouchsafe that Toyota's quality requirements were beyond those of BMW or Merc.

Yes, it must have been noisy. Timing chain issue leading to new crank. He's a very tenacious engineer so I think will chase hard. Car's a 2008 IIRC.

520d mostly racked mileage under v sedate wife. When I was a lad an LSD was on the BMW options list, which to me suggests corporate approval, back then, for spirited driving. But I was in a BMW service dept today and they confirmed the complexity is taxing customer relations. It wasn't Munich...

This is true, but had my pants pulled down financially by one of UK's most respected specialists - the numbers are out of all proportion to any reality. Said specialist is slowly losing private customers. But I think modern German cars are worse from everything I hear. At least the E34 is still...

I was wondering what is the preferred rust coating product. The obvious comes from Hammerite, either as paint or wax, and there is a rust treatment called Metal Ready. But I'd like to know what the forum favours. Thanks, Anwar

True, unlike Germans who I think overreach in their tech. Won't be buying a German car again for foreseeable. Thank you, v good to know. The hunt for nice facelift car is on!

Based on experience with saloon car I would keep rubber bushes on fore-arm components to preserve bump absorption, and consider poly bushes on lateral components for location. In truck's case this means poly's on the panhard rod. I can't think of any geometry issues.

Thanks John. I'm not averse to four-figure bills but E34 M5 has left me allergic to nasty surprises (and five-figure bills). One of the reasons for replacing the 80 is to aim for a couple or three years of routine bills only. Perhaps the extra complexity of the 100 makes this the wrong choice...

Ha ha, sounds like my wife is just like yours. Tried a 120 LC4 and there was much more pitching and head toss than in the 100. I worry she'd just be sick all the time in a 120.... My new worry is VGRS, seems unnecessarily and scarily complicated and ruinous to fix. If it breaks are there any...