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Best to replace, they fail internally. Not sure on their cost. Ones easy to reach with a 32mm spanner the other needs a crows foot attachment.

What was the outcome with Iridium Rich ? Did they have the car cold to look at ? If you can hear a rattle around the vanos as said above it might very well be one of the solenoids getting sticky.

Got a good 3 days on her to finish off the final touches. First job was getting the rear subframe in and torqued up. then I started assembling the clutch and gearbox parts. this was tough. 60kg off the chest up and in. Was actually very easy, these you have to be careful installing as the...

Not sure about that mate, I had to take your engine out just to remove a stuck bolt :D

Getting excited to drive it, I don't think there's not any item on this car that's not been removed or replaced.

Made some progress last weekend. Annoyingly not as much as I hoped. Turns out the brake lines were wrong so we focused on other things. Front brakes all rebuilt. Fresh discs and a set of Ferrodo DS2500 pads, can lean on these all day long and they never complain. wheels looking like they need...

Can confirm in that photo you can see they are shot, You can see the bush is rubbing on the plate leaving a semi circle mark. There should be a gap between the bush and that plate when the car is on its own weight (your on an axle stand in the photo)

Car now fully stripped. Time to start fitting new bits. I’ve noticed of late the gear change getting notchy so looked on real OEM to see if you can do the pins on this ZF box and found you can. Cost me £136 for the kit. Doing gears 1-4 same method as we do on the Z3 box. big boy roller pin...

Right! Finally found some time to strip the coupe apart reading for this years Ring trip. I’ve pre built the new subframe and arms, everything’s zinc/powder coated. Pre built subframe car airborne these wheels will be painted back to their former glory in the future the noise maker mod :D...

Lovely job Mazza, I share Ant's thoughts though, you are dragging this out a bit :P

Looks like one of these mate For the ends you'll need to order the whole line by the looks of it. I would cut it and clamp like the others. Fuel Filter fits BMW M3 E36 3.2 95 to 99 Bosch 13321405092 Quality Guaranteed | eBay

Paristitic drag or how ever you spell it. Your taking up the slack in the drivetrain.

Agree here, this sounds very much like the drivetrain clunking. If you got under the car you'll likely here this down the tunnel to the rear of the car. Very common with high mileage/old Z3's.

Hi Monica are you any good at changing timing chains ? :D

Happy bday mate, I guess on the upside the women might improve with better eye sight :P

The cost of repair might outway buying a new rear casing. To get that weld to pen enough and skim back internally it will need to be machined so they might want a pretty penny. As said above look at a 2.8/3.0 diff case, I have repaired one in the past and it's still ok today so it can be done.

Yay, as they say easy with the right tool, or was it something to do with the tool using the tool ;)

Good for you mate, did you build it yourself =))

It's been an emotional trip mate, all the best!

Grab the brands like Sachs & Monroe while you still can, both have now stopped making for the Z3 platform so they will eventually disappear.