What did you do for your M3 today?

[jpy1980]

In the process of rewrapping my rear bumper. Yayyy!

[Acarv_426]

Installed my new steering wheel last week but had to order a new airbag because my original one was shot. Finally installed it today.

[Fitzy]

Changed the diff fluid, found a little bit of metal on the magnetic drain plug. We will see, but most likely looking at differential rebuild

[6speedS54]

Removed water pump yesterday to prep for install today, was waiting for o-rings and new bolts to show up. When I removed the water pump, a rusty discovery inside the heater core coolant pipe and water pump mating surface showed up, plus some stripped threads on the left most bolt (one holding the hard line in place). I didn't realize morons still add regular water into the cooling system, plus don't flush coolant regularly. I ended up scraping the rust inside the pipe with a tooth brush, then flushed it out with a vacuum, and removed rusty coating with some Bon Ami paste on my finger plus a green scouring pad.

I plan on running Thermocure thru the system later on to flush any remaining rust flakes out. For the stripped threads, I got a longer bolt, there is enough room in there for it. This deferred maintenance is almost over.

[bagger]

Paint correction and ceramic coating. Shiny.

[RickVS]

Finally purchased it, and cleaned it since it has been sitting in storage for ~2 years. A 2003.5 slicktop.

[eforty6_m3]

Recently did something I should have done YEARS ago. Swapped out the lower headlight trim for trim without the headlight washer cutouts. Found a used set on eBay in silver grey in what appeared to be great shape, for a reasonable $60, I took the chance and was pleasantly surprised that they were in just as good shape as advertised:

[6speedS54]

Snapped one of the 3 thermostat housing bolts, coolant leak, waiting for a new water pump. Needed a replacement anyway, wasn't expecting it this way 😂

[Acarv_426]

Finally got around to installing my F10 M5 shift knob. I like it, much better than the broomstick

[heinzboehmer]

It's quite simple actually, if you're careful you'll get zero scraped like me. I used a long screwdriver to "punch" the outer race and leave an indent. Once I had a groove from the punch, I used a larger screwdriver and went through the outer race. Once my screwdriver was through, I used vice grips on the screwdriver and twisted clockwise until it deformed the outer race, couple twists. (You can see it in my photo). It's the oil seal with the odd shape.

Once it's bowed, take out your screw driver and you have a much larger surface area to catch it. Good news is the lip that is exposed IS the outer race, so getting into it isn't hard. I was careful and caused no damage I could see or feel.

If you need the tools that worked for me, you can borrow them. I'll drop them off 😎

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Nice, thanks for the info!

[WestBankM4]

Awesome, this is in my future.

How did you get the inner seal out? The one that's buried waaay down in there.

It's quite simple actually, if you're careful you'll get zero scraped like me. I used a long screwdriver to "punch" the outer race and leave an indent. Once I had a groove from the punch, I used a larger screwdriver and went through the outer race. Once my screwdriver was through, I used vice grips on the screwdriver and twisted clockwise until it deformed the outer race, couple twists. (You can see it in my photo). It's the oil seal with the odd shape.

Once it's bowed, take out your screw driver and you have a much larger surface area to catch it. Good news is the lip that is exposed IS the outer race, so getting into it isn't hard. I was careful and caused no damage I could see or feel.

If you need the tools that worked for me, you can borrow them. I'll drop them off 😎

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[heinzboehmer]

This was a fun project, 10/10 would not recommend 🤣

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Awesome, this is in my future.

How did you get the inner seal out? The one that's buried waaay down in there.

[Cubieman]

This was a fun project, 10/10 would not recommend 🤣

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Nice, I didn't have the will to try that so I bought one from our resident rack rebuilder on here, can't wait to get that thing installed!

[WestBankM4]

This was a fun project, 10/10 would not recommend 🤣

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[Acarv_426]

Got my injectors back from RC today ...