...but black, only because that's the color of my largely fully-functional BMW. Dismantling the entire intake system again thankfully gave me the opportunity to right the two shortcuts I had taken before and actually let the car run without shooting fuel everywhere. There was a small issue with a huuuge...
At around 8am, I started attacking the list of items remaining to complete the BMW. Now, around six hours later, I've just started the car. ...and noticed it's sprinkling fuel from underneath the intake manifold. This is a huge pain in my ass, and will be something I'll tackle tomorrow....
Ha ha, just kidding. This is the transmission waiting to be installed back into my 3. It just so happens that it was sitting on a huge crack in the concrete floor of my garage. In all seriousness, the transmission is a surprisingly small component. All of the guts are...
The usual wisdom goes that taking something apart is a whole lot easier than putting it back together again. For most people, this is probably true—doubly so if you're in the business of taking things apart with blunt tools or firearms or bulldozers or so forth. In contrast, I've found...
These are the six bolts that held the pressure plate onto the flywheel of my BMW. The pressure plate, as you remember, busted out a rusty shiv Sunday night and carved its metaphoric initials into the back of my hand. Not to be made any bolts' bitch, I've since removed...
