» Site Navigation | | » Recent Threads | | | | | | | 04-27-2009, 04:43 AM | #1 | Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Sacramento Posts: 245 | So what did YOU do with your sunday afternoon? I spent the afternoon tearing apart, and rebuilding our Craftsman riding lawnmower. It hasnt run in probably 2 years, but we have alot of gravel to move and the wheelbarrow is getting tiring real quick. SOOO... I got the task of fixing it! Started by adding fuel, which promptly dumped all over the ground. Apparently there was a crack in the bottom of the tank. To move it from the backyard to the driveway, i filled a spray bottle with fuel and squirted it in the carb while my sister drove! Of course she made redneck wisecracks the whole time. Tore the carb out, and cleaned it. Pulled the gas tank and patched it up. I pulled what seemed like 87 cubic feet of spiderwebs, pine needles and dirt from under the chassis! And 3 HUGE black widdows.. Dropped the mower deck and adjusted the belt drive, mickey moused the brake switch so it would run, and tuned the carb. Open headers! Im sure the neighbors loved me.. Finally, a day of dirty work later, shes all(mostly) good to go. Still need to adjust the idle, and figure out the stupid mechanical/vaccum/whatever rev limiter. But she'll haul some dirt for now! | | | 04-27-2009, 05:38 AM | #2 | NOBODY F's with the Jesus Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Ventura California Posts: 7,824 | Drop, clears & LTW's and you're in there. J/K looks like a fun project. I spent the day laying down trying to recover. Seems that I hurt my back somehow, but I dunno how. May be getting old, may be getting fat, all I know is it hurts like hell. Went to lunch with a buddy @ Seaward Fish & Chips(best onion rings/fish in town). Came home and laid down. Thought about pulling the Ti out of the garage to clean the engine bay, but didn't want to deal with pushing it back up the driveway. Did some gardening shortly before dinner and now I have a nice little bonfire buring in my backyard with some good tunes playing, just came in to fix myself a drink. Happy Sunday guys! | | | 04-27-2009, 05:54 AM | #3 | Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Bend, OR Posts: 237 | I spent my sunday bouldering at a few places around Bend... Pretty fun laid a few new routes | | | 04-27-2009, 08:42 PM | #4 | Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: pdx Posts: 23 | Quote: Originally Posted by John318ti I spent my sunday bouldering at a few places around Bend... Pretty fun laid a few new routes | nice, i spent my sunday doing the same in the gorge outside of portland. no surprise to find another climber w/ a ti; i wanted a hatch to stuff crash pads into, and its perfect for that. i've fit five (including a metolious behemoth) and a passenger. | | | 04-27-2009, 08:57 PM | #5 | Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Bend, OR Posts: 237 | Quote: Originally Posted by nat king coltrane nice, i spent my sunday doing the same in the gorge outside of portland. no surprise to find another climber w/ a ti; i wanted a hatch to stuff crash pads into, and its perfect for that. i've fit five (including a metolious behemoth) and a passenger. | Haha nice! Though i usually take my cousins toyota truck... There are a few places that the ti just isn't going to go | | | 04-27-2009, 06:51 AM | #6 | Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Sacramento Posts: 245 | Quote: Originally Posted by cooljess76 Drop, clears & LTW's and you're in there. | ROFL! Im not gonna lie, while under there, i was trying to figure how to re-gear it to speed it up! I am going to rig up a 9006 bulb socket for the headlights too, since one of the holders is cracked and it barely puts out light anyways. Maybe a projector retrofit?? Quote: Originally Posted by maverix 19hp?! Damn. I'm guessing with that much weight, it must pull hard! | I can actually lift the front tires if i launch it just right. Happy sunday indeed! | | | 04-27-2009, 06:11 AM | #7 | Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Austin Posts: 3,059 | Craftsman? What's that? Is that a new BMW? What model is that? Edit: 19hp?! Damn. I'm guessing with that much weight, it must pull hard! __________________ Come get a ti-shirt Quote: From the e30 M3, evolved the e36. They were "Keepin it Real" when they introduced the 318ti ClubSport in '95 and the 318ti Sports from '96 to '99. After that... well nothing else really matters. ~Jess | | | | 04-27-2009, 06:42 AM | #8 | Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: central ct Posts: 503 | I recovered from 15 hours of partying on saturday. lol __________________ 2010 Genesis Coupe 2.0t track | 2000 Dakota Former 1995 318ti owner | | | 04-27-2009, 07:25 AM | #9 | Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: norcal - 94590 Posts: 3,186 | Quote: Originally Posted by briansol I recovered from 15 hours of partying on saturday. lol | Welcome to the life of us unemployed folk! Jess, you rest up for next weekend. Rad, you go claybar your car. John, Break a leg! I just did some concrete work and pruned some trees... Lazy Sunday... __________________ James 95 active w/leather interior and sport interior conversion, Vaders, full M-Tech exterior conversion. Now m50 swapped* Eibach sway bars, D2 Coilovers, Depo's w/AE's, blacked-out sides and grills, LeatherZ console and door armrests, 1 series starter button mod, and custom finished Style 5's <--- in this color! Named "Roddy": *M50 6 cyl. swap with fan delete, S50 cams and chip, AFE stage 2 intake, M3 clutch and 11.5 lb Fidanza flywheel, 3.15LSD, battery relocated to rear and complete custom exhaust. Sweet! 97 318ti sport, Alaska Blue, Contours, coilovers, Dove Vaders and custom black/grey interior named "Max" 95 318ti Active in Cosmos, S50 swap in progress... named "Pit" SUPPORT 318ti.org! CLICK THE LINK ABOVE! Hosting a forum like this is not free. 318ti.org is one of the best BMW forums on the web because it is member supported, not vendor supported. The cost to become a Supporter is a nominal $10.00... A YEAR! DO IT! NOW! | | | 04-27-2009, 01:16 PM | #10 | That's not Millpoint Blue Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: BNA Posts: 3,161 | The local burlesque group was doing a charity car wash, so I had my car washed. I didn't notice that they missed the whole top of the car until it was dry. LOL But, still... a bunch of chicks in bikini's... yum. I can't decide whether to post a pic or not. LOL __________________ Real men know how to SEARCH! THIS IS A MILLPOINT BLUE INTERIOR Mods 'n' stuff: Star Spoke 43 wheels - X-Brace - Mason Engineering front strut brace - CF gauge overlay - ZHP shifter knob - Racing Dynamics cat-back - Doubled brake lights - M-tech rear spoiler From Page 68 of the 1997 Owners Manual: "Vehicles equipped with ASC+T remain subject to the laws of physics." | | | 04-27-2009, 02:19 PM | #11 | Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 1,895 | Quote: Originally Posted by roadrash I can't decide whether to post a pic or not. LOL | __________________ ... ʎɐqǝ uo pɹɐoqʎǝʞ ɐ ʎnq ı ǝɯıʇ ʇsɐן ǝɥʇ sı sıɥʇ | | | 04-28-2009, 04:46 AM | #12 | That's not Millpoint Blue Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: BNA Posts: 3,161 | Quote: Originally Posted by b.u.ti-ful | LOL... the problem is that there would be folks who might not appreciate my posting photos of them in this forum. But, if you really need to see photos, there should eventually be some on the MySpace page of Music City Burlesque. I think I found one that'll be OK. __________________ Real men know how to SEARCH! THIS IS A MILLPOINT BLUE INTERIOR Mods 'n' stuff: Star Spoke 43 wheels - X-Brace - Mason Engineering front strut brace - CF gauge overlay - ZHP shifter knob - Racing Dynamics cat-back - Doubled brake lights - M-tech rear spoiler From Page 68 of the 1997 Owners Manual: "Vehicles equipped with ASC+T remain subject to the laws of physics." | | | 04-28-2009, 10:04 PM | #13 | Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: asdfasdf Posts: 10,002 | Quote: Originally Posted by roadrash LOL... the problem is that there would be folks who might not appreciate my posting photos of them in this forum. But, if you really need to see photos, there should eventually be some on the MySpace page of Music City Burlesque. I think I found one that'll be OK. | | | | 04-28-2009, 10:22 PM | #14 | Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 1,895 | Quote: Originally Posted by roadrash I think I found one that'll be OK. | http://ttatwavs.atspace.com/Gomer/golly.wav __________________ ... ʎɐqǝ uo pɹɐoqʎǝʞ ɐ ʎnq ı ǝɯıʇ ʇsɐן ǝɥʇ sı sıɥʇ | | | 04-27-2009, 10:55 PM | #15 | Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Eugene Oregon Posts: 6,182 | damn i thought there was a motor swap coming in later pics __________________ -Josh Sold-1995 318ti, Club Sport, Hellrot Sold-1996 318ti, Active Model, Boston Green Current- 1995 318ti, sport model, schwartz | | | | | Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests) | | Posting Rules | You may not post new threads You may not post replies You may not post attachments You may not edit your posts HTML code is Off | | | |