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Hey eagle540i6! I did this not too long ago too.. Nice write-up!! I did the job with the engine in the car too. The crank bolt cost me about two weekends and two 1/2 drive ratchets (Craftsman - so not really, but broken at the time)... I bought a 3/4 drive breaker bar and the 3/4 drive 1-1/8 socket to break the crank bolt free... My neighbor made the crank holding tool out of a 2.5 foot x 3 inch x 1/4 inch steel plate... I think I still have it around here somewhere... I had to put another 6 feet of pipe over the breaker bar... I don't have pics of the "home-made" tool avail yet... My U-rail was the worst... I suspect I spent over $700 for parts and an additional $80 for crank bolt tools... I didn't buy the cam holding tools... Here's mine... I put a pin in the flywheel and marked everything on the sprockets and chains... I noticed the flats at the back of the cams were perfectly parallel to the machined surface of the head (and to each other), so that is how I timed mine after all the parts were replaced... The holding tools would have made it easier, but I doubt I'm off on any of the settings... The car runs perfect, if not better... I doubt this had been done on my car prior to me getting the car, so I am a little shocked you had a previous 540i fail on you at just 140k miles... Maybe I was running on borrowed time and picked a good time to replace the items when I did... I still have to do the rear main seal on mine too... Not looking forward to it, if I get to it before selling it... Cheers!!!
Hey eagle540i6! I did this not too long ago too..
LOL, was expecting a snappy comment from Euro "Drive It Like You Stole It, A Sickness for Quickness" The Bottle Rocket "King of Spray" 2 Stage Nitrous Oxide Dare to be different and stand out among the crowd of me-to-cars! No guts, no glory! Tire smoke, not traction control! Zionsville all aluminum radiator to replace the 3 leak prone Nissens Radiators! NOS Progressive 2 Stage Controller with port injection Snow's Performance Methanol/Water Injection Dinan downloads, VAC Under Drive Pulleys Dinan Carbon Fiber CAI Dinan Front Strut Bar Electric Cooling Fan w/PWM controller NGK Iridium Plugs DDE Enhanced Angel Eyes, Smoked Lenses Koni FSD's/H&R Springs, BAV Brass Caliper Bushings Eisenmann Race Exhaust (from H8-Rain's car) ///M5 3.15 LSD ///M5 Sway Bars, Front & Rear Energy Suspension Polyurethane Sway Bar Bushings ///M5 Gauge Cluster Rings ///M5 Lip Spoiler ///M5 Mirrors and Switches Leather Z weighted shift knob (thanks H8-Rain) Rogue “Octane” Short Shift kit w/WSR Rogue Tranny Mounts StopTech Brake Lines Front & Rear Axxis Deluxe Plus pads Front & Rear Staggered M Parallel 66, Xenons Modified CDV, UGDO Euro Storage Tray (thanks Zombywolf) Redline in Diff and Tranny Passport 8500 X50, Escort ZR3 Laser Jammer G-Tech/Competition Pro Data Logger Auto Enginuity OBD-II Scan Tool 25% Tint, X-Pel, LoJack PIAA Driving Lights 35W Xenon backup bulbs BMW CCA Member Boston Chapter
LOL, was expecting a snappy comment from Euro
Cold Jim. So cold. :-) Filehorse Knoxville, TN BMWCCA #407627 2002 525i Steptronic Sport/Premium | Build Date: 05/02 81,000 Ultimate Driving miles Xenons Style 81s | Bridgestone Potenza RE960 AS Titanium Gray | Gray Leather 35% LLumar ATR LLumaStar tint Valentine 1 | Hardwired Steering wheel position memory w/Alzheimers "Lifetime" ATF replaced at 40,000; Switched to Valvoline MaxLife @ the 80,000 mile service "LIfetime" Final Drive gear oil replaced at 81,000; Redline 75W-90 GL-5 StopTech SportStop slotted rotors w/Axxis Deluxe Advanced pads StopTech SS Braided Brake Lines 2001 E46 325i (Jet Black) Forced Retirement 6/28/09 2001 E46 325i (Orient Blue) Forced Retirement 10/09 1989 E30 325i (Alpine White) Retired
Cold Jim. So cold. :-)
GarageMahal lol i thought you guys knew Steve Petersen or something. He was known to have the GarageMahal back in the early days of roadfly. Andreas Queens NY BMWCCA# 186796 86 325es (wrecked by careless driver) 87 325 300k (project for life) aka 1BADETA/Christine 00 540is 6spd 180k (daily driver)
GarageMahal
Im in the middle of it now Those are the Before pics. I bought a nice tire rack, a smaller compressor and big tool cart to add to my garage. There was even more stuff in there before that pic. I had to scrap most of the old e30. Give me another 2 weeks and ill take the after pics. Im cutting out the rubber liners right now for my new tool cart. Andreas Queens NY BMWCCA# 186796 86 325es (wrecked by careless driver) 87 325 300k (project for life) aka 1BADETA/Christine 00 540is 6spd 180k (daily driver)
Im in the middle of it now
Re: Gotta have AC in summer, garage gets 2hot2 work in You're right. When I built this one I put an 18,500 unit in the 2 opposite walls. With 4 ceiling fans, I can take the garage from 90 degrees on a hot, humid Maryland July day down to 72 in about an hour and a half and then shut one unit down and hold that. I figure I could turn it into a meat locker if you put them both on high and left it ......
Re: Gotta have AC in summer, garage gets 2hot2 work in
Gotta have AC in summer, garage gets 2hot2 work in "Drive It Like You Stole It, A Sickness for Quickness" The Bottle Rocket "King of Spray" 2 Stage Nitrous Oxide Dare to be different and stand out among the crowd of me-to-cars! No guts, no glory! Tire smoke, not traction control! Zionsville all aluminum radiator to replace the 3 leak prone Nissens Radiators! NOS Progressive 2 Stage Controller with port injection Snow's Performance Methanol/Water Injection Dinan downloads, VAC Under Drive Pulleys Dinan Carbon Fiber CAI Dinan Front Strut Bar Electric Cooling Fan w/PWM controller NGK Iridium Plugs DDE Enhanced Angel Eyes, Smoked Lenses Koni FSD's/H&R Springs, BAV Brass Caliper Bushings Eisenmann Race Exhaust (from H8-Rain's car) ///M5 3.15 LSD ///M5 Sway Bars, Front & Rear Energy Suspension Polyurethane Sway Bar Bushings ///M5 Gauge Cluster Rings ///M5 Lip Spoiler ///M5 Mirrors and Switches Leather Z weighted shift knob (thanks H8-Rain) Rogue “Octane” Short Shift kit w/WSR Rogue Tranny Mounts StopTech Brake Lines Front & Rear Axxis Deluxe Plus pads Front & Rear Staggered M Parallel 66, Xenons Modified CDV, UGDO Euro Storage Tray (thanks Zombywolf) Redline in Diff and Tranny Passport 8500 X50, Escort ZR3 Laser Jammer G-Tech/Competition Pro Data Logger Auto Enginuity OBD-II Scan Tool 25% Tint, X-Pel, LoJack PIAA Driving Lights 35W Xenon backup bulbs BMW CCA Member Boston Chapter
Gotta have AC in summer, garage gets 2hot2 work in
Re: Ouch, you need a garage make over That was what my buddies christened mine (see post below). Especially when I got the deal on the polished brass ceiling fans ........ Then I had to tell them it was air conditioned too...
Re: Ouch, you need a garage make over
Need some PS21 . '03 540i/6 Sterling Gray/Black CDV Delete c/o JimLev BMWCCA Member - Boston Chapter
Need some PS21
Right Correct. I did the job with just the front clip removed for better access to the front. I initially intended to take care of some additional stuff with the engine out of the car, but I'll get to that stuff once we have three cars again so I don't have to rush the job, which will probably include new rod bearings.
Right
Re: Ouch, you need a garage make over Maybe so Jim, but you've set the GarageMahal bar pretty high.
Ouch, you need a garage make over "Drive It Like You Stole It, A Sickness for Quickness" The Bottle Rocket "King of Spray" 2 Stage Nitrous Oxide Dare to be different and stand out among the crowd of me-to-cars! No guts, no glory! Tire smoke, not traction control! Zionsville all aluminum radiator to replace the 3 leak prone Nissens Radiators! NOS Progressive 2 Stage Controller with port injection Snow's Performance Methanol/Water Injection Dinan downloads, VAC Under Drive Pulleys Dinan Carbon Fiber CAI Dinan Front Strut Bar Electric Cooling Fan w/PWM controller NGK Iridium Plugs DDE Enhanced Angel Eyes, Smoked Lenses Koni FSD's/H&R Springs, BAV Brass Caliper Bushings Eisenmann Race Exhaust (from H8-Rain's car) ///M5 3.15 LSD ///M5 Sway Bars, Front & Rear Energy Suspension Polyurethane Sway Bar Bushings ///M5 Gauge Cluster Rings ///M5 Lip Spoiler ///M5 Mirrors and Switches Leather Z weighted shift knob (thanks H8-Rain) Rogue “Octane” Short Shift kit w/WSR Rogue Tranny Mounts StopTech Brake Lines Front & Rear Axxis Deluxe Plus pads Front & Rear Staggered M Parallel 66, Xenons Modified CDV, UGDO Euro Storage Tray (thanks Zombywolf) Redline in Diff and Tranny Passport 8500 X50, Escort ZR3 Laser Jammer G-Tech/Competition Pro Data Logger Auto Enginuity OBD-II Scan Tool 25% Tint, X-Pel, LoJack PIAA Driving Lights 35W Xenon backup bulbs BMW CCA Member Boston Chapter
Ouch, you need a garage make over
Re: meant to type e28^ Nice find on the 03 540!! hard to find one in good condition AND the owner is willing to let go of it. That's the youngest car i would buy if i had the money. But yah I'm trying to get started on my e30 rebuild/transplant. Got a new tool cart today and trying to organize the garage for the weeks of wrenching i have ahead of me with the e39 repairs/maintenance and the e30 project. I have to be ready for this summer. I want to make it for the late summer auto-crossing Andreas Queens NY BMWCCA# 186796 86 325es (wrecked by careless driver) 87 325 300k (project for life) aka 1BADETA/Christine 00 540is 6spd 180k (daily driver)
Re: meant to type e28^
Re: meant to type e28^ yup thats the one :) had my BIG F40 ex Ed Arnold front brakes :)1988 E28 M5 stroked and camed SOLD 1991 E30 M3 2.5 SOLD 2003 540 6 speed current driver
Pulling the engine is not necessary for this, no? Cheers! Robert '99 540i sport, 6 spd (prod 10/98) Click here for Mod List I am a BMW Car Club of America member, are you?
Pulling the engine is not necessary for this, no?
meant to type e28^ Andreas Queens NY BMWCCA# 186796 86 325es (wrecked by careless driver) 87 325 300k (project for life) aka 1BADETA/Christine 00 540is 6spd 180k (daily driver)
meant to type e28^
Not sure You the guy i met at the gas station when i was drooling over your e29 M5? exxon and franny lew i think it was Andreas Queens NY BMWCCA# 186796 86 325es (wrecked by careless driver) 87 325 300k (project for life) aka 1BADETA/Christine 00 540is 6spd 180k (daily driver)
Not sure
Re: Which tensioner? Andreas how are u? dont know if u remeber me? I used to own a E28 M5 and then a e30 M3 ,,, just got a 2003 540 540 6 speed and am planning of re joining you guys at the courses and driver schools
Re: Which tensioner?
Wow - that's a clean engine! Not a trace of the usual yellow/brown film, nice.
Wow - that's a clean engine!
precisely. for how cheap and simple of a R&R >> this is, everyone should just do it at 100k miles or so. Save your guide rails which are not that expensive of a part but a pain to get to. If you are replacing lower timing covers gaskets definitely look at the guide rails since they will be exposed.
precisely. for how cheap and simple of a R&R >>
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