Ok so the BMW finally runs and drives. Found a tailshaft that fits it. Pretty sure it was one of the last around as out of all the wreckers i found only one of them had one and it was the very last one...
Now im onto trying to fix the tacho and temperature guage. Last night i replaced the SI batteries in the instrument cluster which is what normally causes the tacho and temp guage not to work and it hasnt fixed anything so now im not sure what i should do? Have an aftermarket temp guage there ready to go in but i wanted to keep it looking factory for the moment but i guess i need to know the temp so will finish putting it in when i get a chance.
Also jacked it up and found its an open centre diff :( Will now have to look into either a locker or a LSD diff from somewhere however im not sure where i will find one so it may end up with a locker for the time being.
Been a bit preoccupied lately though with the rx7. Picked it up saturday and boy does it go hard. Used to take 40psi to get the wheels to spin hard and now it does it with ease and after checking the tyre pressures last night it was doing it with only 21psi in the rears! Lucky they didnt pop off the beads. So now i dare say when i take it back to 30ish psi it will drift nice and hopefully with the lower tyre pressure it will also create a lot more smoke.
Motor will be coming out of it though most likely next weekend although you will have to find out whats happening to it then...
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