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Re: The Long Awaited: The Myth, The Legend, The Douchebagger - SlimKlim - 06-02-2014
So I went to change my oil yesterday to get ready for Hyperfest and while I was under there I discovered a scary looking crack in my front passenger brake line.
![[Image: R9qbCnL.jpg]](http://i.imgur.com/R9qbCnL.jpg)
I sent the photo to Dr. DJ for a prognosis and he confirmed that it would, in fact, be a pretty bad idea to track the car like that, but he had a set of used stainless lines (complete with bawlin' blue sleeving) he could sell me.
I went over there after the oil change and Jake and I breezed through swapping 3 out of the 4 lines, then spent about the same amount of time banging our heads against the wall with the right rear that was seized up beyond belief and a fussy power bleeder. So we just did the 3 and finished bleeding it.
I was planning on getting it into my shop to cut the flares off the hard line and put new nuts on it but my mechanical god is out of the shop all week at 2 different races. Instead of dicking around trying to borrow a flare tool and finding new inverse flare nuts I just went up to the BMW dealership and ordered a new hard line so I can just pop it on.
At least we got 3 out of 4 on there.
![[Image: 4SUCp6Y.jpg]](http://i.imgur.com/4SUCp6Y.jpg)
The MSRP at Sterling was $30 and the guy knocked it down to $13 for me, which I didn't know Sterling BMW was capable of doing. They also sold me an oil filter kit for $17 last week and they used to charge like $28. If BMW dealerships are being reasonable companies to do business with now I don't even know what's real anymore.
hock: Anyway, the part should be here tomorrow or Wednesday. I'll pop it on and sucker someone into coming over and helping me bleed that corner, give the car a good nut and bolt inspection, check the tire pressure and we're hyperfest bound!
Oh, and even with just 3 out of 4 stainless lines and some brand new fluid in there, the improvement of the pedal feel is amazing. It wasn't *bad* before, it would still haul the car down in a jiffy, but the pedal is so firm now it almost feels telepathic. A good prod at the pedal will bark the front tires and just about rip your face off, but it doesn't feel *too* touchy either.
Re: The Long Awaited: The Myth, The Legend, The Douchebagger - SlimKlim - 06-05-2014
Got the 4th brake line on last night and then took my cross brace off and wailed on it with a sledgehammer.
The car had a very slight rough idle, it sounded and drove totally normal but when it settled down into idle at a light it was making the car bounce a little bit. The oil pan has always been a little too close to that brace than is ideal, and it looked to me like it was actually touching the oil pan last night, so I made some adjustments at DJs suggestion.
Didn't seem to fix the issue but I also didn't notice it all that much on my way back from DJs last night. I snuck in a couple hard 2nd gear pulls last night, but for the past few weeks it's only been driven occasionally, all in town and never over 4000rpms, so maybe it just needs a good thorough Italian tune up.
Or maybe the motor is about to grenade. Whatever.
Re: The Long Awaited: The Myth, The Legend, The Douchebagger - rherold9 - 06-05-2014
SlimKlim Wrote:Or maybe the motor is about to grenade. Whatever.
That's the spirit. You'll find out on the Hyperdrive :lol:
Re: The Long Awaited: The Myth, The Legend, The Douchebagger - Kaan - 06-05-2014
rolf do i need to go pick up a car dolly to drag you home ?
Re: The Long Awaited: The Myth, The Legend, The Douchebagger - SlimKlim - 06-05-2014
I don't want to call it to early but lets keep that option on the table.
Re: The Long Awaited: The Myth, The Legend, The Douchebagger - D_Eclipse9916 - 06-05-2014
Kaan Wrote:rolf do i need to go pick up a car dolly to drag you home ?
I don't think your truck will make it back up the Route 7 hill with the car on the back. :lol:
Re: The Long Awaited: The Myth, The Legend, The Douchebagger - SlimKlim - 06-06-2014
So the new brake line came straight and needed to be bent into shape to clear the axle/abs line/control arm and I managed to do a pretty bad job at it. Took a peek at it on the way out of my house this morning and it looks like it's sitting right on the axle.... sooooooo I guess I'm going to redesign that when I get home tonight. I'm just gonna have to tweak the hard line and/or use some zipties to hold it away from moving parts, I can't disconnect it again because I don't have anyone to help me bleed it.
Re: The Long Awaited: The Myth, The Legend, The Douchebagger - .RJ - 06-06-2014
SlimKlim Wrote:I don't have anyone to help me bleed it.
Gravity bleed.
Re: The Long Awaited: The Myth, The Legend, The Douchebagger - SlimKlim - 06-06-2014
You know that might actually work, the bleeder in the rear faces down. I'm just not gonna find out when I'm 8 hours from putting it on track. :p
Re: The Long Awaited: The Myth, The Legend, The Douchebagger - D_Eclipse9916 - 06-06-2014
SlimKlim Wrote:You know that might actually work, the bleeder in the rear faces down. I'm just not gonna find out when I'm 8 hours from putting it on track. :p
What? Bleeder NEVER faces down. You could never properly bleed brakes if the bleeder faces down.
Re: The Long Awaited: The Myth, The Legend, The Douchebagger - ViPER1313 - 06-06-2014
D_Eclipse9916 Wrote:SlimKlim Wrote:You know that might actually work, the bleeder in the rear faces down. I'm just not gonna find out when I'm 8 hours from putting it on track. :p
What? Bleeder NEVER faces down. You could never properly bleed brakes if the bleeder faces down.
Except when we installed those Baer brakes upside down on your black eclipse and said "eh, close enough". That was also the day I learned brake fluid is flammable.
Re: The Long Awaited: The Myth, The Legend, The Douchebagger - SlimKlim - 06-06-2014
D_Eclipse9916 Wrote:SlimKlim Wrote:You know that might actually work, the bleeder in the rear faces down. I'm just not gonna find out when I'm 8 hours from putting it on track. :p
What? Bleeder NEVER faces down. You could never properly bleed brakes if the bleeder faces down.
Oh right. I was thinking of where the line screws into the caliper. Im speeshul.
Re: The Long Awaited: The Myth, The Legend, The Douchebagger - D_Eclipse9916 - 06-06-2014
ViPER1313 Wrote:D_Eclipse9916 Wrote:SlimKlim Wrote:You know that might actually work, the bleeder in the rear faces down. I'm just not gonna find out when I'm 8 hours from putting it on track. :p
What? Bleeder NEVER faces down. You could never properly bleed brakes if the bleeder faces down.
Except when we installed those Baer brakes upside down on your black eclipse and said "eh, close enough". That was also the day I learned brake fluid is flammable.
I never had Baer brakes.. :dunno:
Re: The Long Awaited: The Myth, The Legend, The Douchebagger - ViPER1313 - 06-06-2014
*Wilwood brakes
Re: The Long Awaited: The Myth, The Legend, The Douchebagger - .RJ - 06-06-2014
Bleeder should always face up or else you're never getting the air out.
Use a line of clear tubing off of the bleeder, loop it (secure with zip tie) and then drop it into a bottle. Liquor handles work best for this because its tall, you wont overflow it and its heavy/stable. Open the M/C cap, open the bleeder and wait about 5 minutes. Refill M/C as needed. Give the brake pedal a few slow, steady pumps once the clear tubing is full of fluid. Repeat until bubbles are gone. Enjoy firm brake pedal.
Re: The Long Awaited: The Myth, The Legend, The Douchebagger - ViPER1313 - 06-06-2014
I have had bad luck pumping the brake with bleeder caps open - air can come back in around the threads.
Re: The Long Awaited: The Myth, The Legend, The Douchebagger - SlimKlim - 06-09-2014
Yeah I always have someone put pressure on the pedal, just barely crack it open and then close it again before they let up, that way I'm not sucking air back into the lines.
Speaking of which, I'll need to do that again. The placement of my right rear brake line is definitely incorrect, it's touching the axle under certain kinds of load. I need to take it off, change the angle of the hardline a little bit and run it under the ABS line, not over, so it's got plenty of clearance from the axle. Jon Felton ripped his brake line clean off because it was touching the axle on Saturday so it definitely needs to be addressed.
Otherwise Hyperfest/Hyperdriving was an absolute blast and I didn't actually break anything on the car, I just discovered some slightly broken stuff immediately afterwards. :lol: The slight rough idle issue I was trying to figure out is because the fan is missing 3 blades, I dunno what could've gotten in there to break it but it happened last Sunday when Jake and I were swapping the brake lines. It also nicked the coolant return line so I'll order a new fan and line and toss them in.
The car was a peach for the actual Hyperdrive. It felt super tight and turn in was awesome. Those Continental DWs are definitely not the stickiest things in the world but they are very "talkative" and predictable so you have plenty of warning when you are approaching the danger zone. Getting back out on track reminded me just how difficult it is to drive on track. I was totally consumed with trying to figure out the correct line and I don't think I even saw a corner worker.
My instructor was great, a little more quiet than I would have preferred but still gave great instruction. Also I think I'm slightly cursed when it comes to instructor selection. He was a great guy, but he seriously had to weigh 350lbs. About halfway through the session my brakes got sick of hauling 3700lbs down from 100mph and the pedal got pretty soft, I eased out of them for a few laps and the pedal came back, but the rears were still smoking like a bbq when I came off track. :dunno: Whatevs.
Re: The Long Awaited: The Myth, The Legend, The Douchebagger - rherold9 - 06-09-2014
SlimKlim Wrote:but the rears were still smoking like a bbq when I came off track. :dunno: Whatevs.
When I saw the smoke after I was like I need to break out the shish kabobs and get me a good meal cooking
Re: The Long Awaited: The Myth, The Legend, The Douchebagger - SlimKlim - 06-09-2014
If we timed it right we coulda grilled breakfast right on the rotor. :lol:
Re: The Long Awaited: The Myth, The Legend, The Douchebagger - SlimKlim - 07-03-2014
Well I got my registration renewal thing in the mail and realized that 7/16/14 will mark 5 years of owning this car.
It is celebrating by still having a broken fan and an incorrectly routed brake line. My buddy gave me a spare fan he had kicking around but it was from a V8 E39 and wouldn't fit, so I'm waiting on a new one from Pelican Parts to get here.
Whenever it (finally) shows up, I'm going to install it, fabricate some brackets for the radiator (my theory is that because the stock ones don't hold the oversized radiator that well, the fan may have nicked the shroud and caused it to break), and then remove the hard brake line on the right rear, tweak the angle a little bit and re-install it UNDER of the ABS line, not above it like an idiyit.
I've only driven it once since Hyperfest since it's particularly unpleasant to sit at a light with the whole car shaking thanks to the unbalanced fan, so I'm looking forward to getting her back together and and out on the road again.