Devastated : Go easy what would you do?

[easyrider]

Driving to work yesterday morning heard a massive clunking sound and then what I can only describe as a loud rhythmic grinding noise.

Anyway managed to get to my Indy on the way home.

And just had an email:

Rear backing plates and handbrake shoes (Causing Noise) £265

Bottom pulley is badly worn which could cause the belt to come off and you will then lose power steering on your vehicle. £280


Play in N/S/R Wheel bearing £174

O/S/F Brake pipe corroded £132 ( MOT failure likely )

Front anti roll bar link bushes have slight play £90 for the pair

Front control arm bushes are worn £110 each

Bad earth connection on the O/S/R Lamp unit which requires further diagnostics and the air con belt has fallen off.

Tyres: £170

Oil service :£120

Battery : £90

Total: £1541

Pouring this much into a BMW 2003 320D sport is crazy right?

I just need some reassurance on scrapping the car...

Am I best to sell of the alloys separate on ebay..( Not long been acid dipped and refurbished)

And advertise for spares?

What are my options?

Cheers

 

[easyrider]

What on earth is going on with that title?

The mods are playing with me

 

[easyrider]

Some of the costs there can be mitigated, this is an old car it doesn't need a service history for example. You can therefore save most of that oil service price, and the battery probably doesn't need to cost £90 (does it even need a battery? Usually IME a decent conditioner will save batteries which are acting up). The bad earth connection might just be the usual BMW corrosion on the lamp holders/connecting plate - 5 minutes with a wire brush to fix that issue if its that.

After that, it just comes down to usual consumable and wear and tear items which any car can suffer from - bushes, brakes, tyres and belts?

The battery is 13 years old and the original one.

That's still leaves a massive chunk of cash being poured into the car.

 

[easyrider]

Maybe you should've been more specific with your RTM

Sorry...yeah I realise that now...The RTM was very assumptive

 

[easyrider]

Oh it's the bi annual easyrider 'my car has some consumables that need replacing and I got a hilarious quote should I scrap it' thread.

Change the oil. Fit a new belt. Get a new wheel bearing and have the handbrake done. Under 500 quid.

Do handbrakes go every year?

Only last year I had the handbrake done.

Plus your talking rubbish. For effect.

you're telling me all this work can be done for 500?

great I have national breakdown cover tell me the garage and I'll get it towed there

I'm waiting....

 

[easyrider]

On the E46, usually, yes.

They are a poor design that can leave the rear drums/shoes rotting away in trapped water.

Thanks for your helpful post

Can you link me to the handbrake needed here?

 

[easyrider]

See above. To be honest that indie sounds like he is having a laugh...

I've just emailed them and asked them for labour cost for fitting the backing plates and handbrake shoes

I just need to know what to order from euro carparts...

any help would be great on this...

 

[easyrider]

Right Iv'e calmed down somewhat.

Handbrake disks..

http://www.eurocarparts.com/ecp/c/B...b4c16d9ec88f0e75efd8d4ce92c20bbc6f8a09&000420

What are the backing plates?

 

[easyrider]

Oil service? It's a 200k mile tatty 13 year old car. It's not going to be sought after on the used market so use this to your advantage and just change the oil yourself (Or for 60 quid at National Tyres if you dont want to).

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Do they reset the oils service clock thingy

Just rang them they quoted me 48inc

 

[easyrider]

I cant find the bearing for the wheel...

anyone help?

 

[easyrider]

http://beta.eurocarparts.com/ecp/c/...1062480439ca502942cc63298389fee60e73b5&000370

or

http://beta.eurocarparts.com/ecp/c/...c373c9556be414f93bf9ba6fc92ab060b8e431&000602

Depending on what exactly is needed.

cheers

Ordered 4 tyres

Ordered the blanking plates from BMW (couldn't get them anywhere else)

£14.90 x 2

Ordered the Handbrake shoes and the fitting kit from eurpcarparts

£30.89

Labour cost £165 inc

This gets me back on the road.

Oil change booked at National Tyres for 48inc next week. (need to know how to reset the service thing on the dash)

 

[easyrider]

This easy? FFS!!!!!!!!

 

[easyrider]

Surely stuff like tyres and oil shouldnt be a surprise!? Let alone a devastating one. They're standard running costs of any car

Its was all the other stuff..Iv'e calmed down now...

 

[easyrider]

Thank goodness for that.

Gut reaction!!!!!

National Tyres refused to take on the wheel bearing. They said they didn't have a BMW press?

 

[easyrider]

To get the wheel bearing out.

Ask them if they'll change the whole hub instead I guess...

Just rang them..They said you still have to press the new wheel bearing into the new hub...

 

[easyrider]

I'm a bit confused with the Anti roll link bushes?

http://beta.eurocarparts.com/ecp/c/...a82653c72b63cf5bdecd13786bae217a833512&000407

Are these the right ones?

 

[easyrider]

Arb link bushes suggests drop links - you need them to clarify

for 10 quid I'll buy them

or altogether

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/For-BMW-3...id=100005&rk=2&rkt=6&mehot=ag&sd=271743096419

any links to the Front control arm bushes...?

Are these them?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1-Pair-Fo...en:E46&hash=item2a5a2ff83f:g:C1UAAOSw0JpV3WMo

 

[easyrider]

DP

 

[easyrider]

Yea, you can even get them with a set of new control arms too. I tend to just buy new control arms with bushes instead of messing about pressing new bushes in etc.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Front-Sus...en:E46&hash=item4d08929322:g:q1AAAOSwDNdVsd-c

If i were in your position i would replace all the bushes you have access to front and back because then its sorted for the next 10 years or so

Hi mate got a link to the rears?

 

[easyrider]

Sounds like someone is trying to shaft you.

Bend the backing plate back, or get one at a scrappy. Also handbrake shoes? How ? They last a car lifetime unless you've been driving around with handbrake pulled..

I've been told in this thread the E46 its a common fault..




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Wait until it breaks, and get the pump+pulley from scrappy..

I'll wait.

Fairish price, but have you double checked this yourself? You'd have heard this long before it has excessive play..

Is it labour that's costing the coin here?

Sand corrosion, anti rust primer, motip bitumen spray..

I'll address this if it or when it fails its MOT

Price is fairish if you include labour, but also double check this yourself. Not sure if it's an MOT point, but a car can manage without these, and can manage with play in them, I have removed the whole anti roll/stabilization bar from some cars (eg. the Corolla) in the past to get past an MOT ..

I'll ask for a quote for labour


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Again check this. Price sounds a bit steep ish, but BMW parts may be more expensive than I'm used to.

Further diagnosis, what further diagnosis, when in doubt attach a new earth....

If the lights work sod it..

Air con belt is what, a tenner if the old one's broken, if it's still in ok shape just reattach it yourself or leave it altogether..

I'll research in how to do this myself...Fox is noob and he says he could do it.

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25 fitted per tyre at scrappy..

Tyres ordered from Camskill.

Idiots, oil is 4 tenners tops and filter is 1-2 tenners. No way an oil service takes 60 quid/an hour of work, especially in a garage..

48 quid at nation tyres. Booked in for next week.

2 tenners at scrappy for a 80aH battery, and they usually give some limited warranty (eg. 3 months, enough time to test if the battery is good or rubbish). I wouldn't change it at all tho if you have no problems... What nonsense, replace battery when it goes bad, not before.

Sounds like the indy is taking the ****, you'd have to drive like an idiot (hitting kerbs or potholes daily) to wear out all that...

All the bearings and bushes are easy to check yourself.

I'm a noob with mechanical things..I'm not embarrassed to admit it.