Hello

[Lee]

Wow very close I'm chineham. If you need any help with the zed feel free to pop round. I have a workshop dedicated to Z3 work at home.

Lee

 

[Craig H-B]

Excellent, cheers for the offer Lee literally just down the road I've family that live in Oliver's Walk Lychpit and some close friends that live near Bowman Road, he details cars at the weekend so going to run my down for some TLC as he's all the gear, usually does more exotic cars, astons, 911's but he's going to do a free detail whilst my other half and his catch up, ideal , I'm going to put together a list of bits that need doing, so far I'm at door handle rubber surounds, rear light rubbers too, I've a few rust bubbles but I'm not sure if I'll attempt that as it'll end up being a huge job no doubt, I may leave it to someone who knows what they're doing.

 

[Craig H-B]

Hey. Welcome to the forum and to Z3 ownership. The single popped weld isnt an issue YET, but I would look into the Randy Forbes kit. I'm going to be buying one for my Z3M this week which hasn't popped any yet, but a few look like they're stressed and about to pull/pop. Rear subframe separation is common on these models if you push them. The rivets tend to pop and that can lead to serious issues if not detected and repaired prior to them completely popping. I connected to him through Facebook. Have done alot of research into this issue and his kit seems to the best and used by most of the guys that track or push their e36/e37 over on this side of the pond.. The kit is around $550USD plus the cost to install.. In your non-M version, I believe there is a clutch delay value which many guys disconnect. If yours is bypassed and you're hard on the clutch, it will make a noticable clunk. The CDV ensures a smooth clutch engagement, but many guys bypass to provide more immediate clutch response.. Might be worth looking into. If you want to see what can happen if you get rear subframe separation, do a quick search; many posts and videos relating to this issue.

Cheers Nachos23 for the advice much appreciated

 

[BMBabe]

A Big welcome from me and Panther in Aylesbury Hope you can attend the Zed meet up on the 8th March

 

[nachos23]

Cheers Nachos23 for the advice much appreciated

my pleasure. hope it helped

 

[Craig H-B]

I had a look underneath and can't see any obvious issues with either the boot welds coming away of the diff mounting being crack all looks solid so guess it could be some play in the drive train causing the clunking between changess as its definitely torque related, maybe a quick in part of the car, either way I can't see its nowt serious so I'll just enjoying using her and keep an eye on the boot welds etc.

 

[Craig H-B]

Excellent, cheers for the offer Lee literally just down the road I've family that live in Oliver's Walk Lychpit and some close friends that live near Bowman Road, he details cars at the weekend so going to run my down for some TLC as he's all the gear, usually does more exotic cars, astons, 911's but he's going to do a free detail whilst my other half and his catch up, ideal , I'm going to put together a list of bits that need doing, so far I'm at door handle rubber surounds, rear light rubbers too, I've a few rust bubbles but I'm not sure if I'll attempt that as it'll end up being a huge job no doubt, I may leave it to someone who knows what they're doing.

Rear light rubber surrounds £90 from Lincoln's, off to find a scrappy

 

[Dino D]

Outrageous prices for seals, you can get the whole taillight with the unpopular orange indicator for less but no guarantee on gasket condition...

Aren't there any good rubber gasket type products that we can use just to make the seals?
It needs to be neat though especially round the door handles...

 

[Craig H-B]

I've bought some door handle gaskets from the far east so I'll let you know how they are upon receipt, I nearly passed out when I got the price, trying to source some via a scrappy now

 

[Bazza]

Welcome Craig hope to see you on the cruises from sunny Verwood