Wow it's been years...Any of the OG members still here?

[E34 530]

Hey guys, it's been yearsssss since I posted here last, a lot of things have changed in life and was just wondering if any of the old school members are still here? Hope all is well and if I recognize any old faces I'll post up how things have been. Cheers

[shogun]

You might be surprised how many old school members are still active here.

[BigKriss]

yes I am still around too. still got the e34.

[mattyb]

went but just had to come back

[Dave M]

Yump, still here

[genphreak]

The big K is an old man now, married and everything.

Thanks for your SMS btw Kris, I do have mirrors and half shafts for you mate- what kind do you want?

[genphreak]

Wondered what happened... where have you been having a better time? Should we be there too?

Or have you been offline doing more important things?

[Mitch90535im]

Been here since 2001. Only stop by when I need something, like today.

244,000 miles and still going strong.

[genphreak]

Damn e34s, the older they get, the less they stop (and perhaps the less fussy we get).

There'll be need for any damn e34 forums soon.

[Paul in NZ]

i still pop in now and then

[ScottyWM]

I had my E34 for ~17 years. Sold it about 6 months ago. But still check this website every day... Old habits are hard to break!

[E34 530]

Nice to see some familiar faces and that people are still keeping the e34's rolling.

I still currently have the e34. I got it running superbly just to have the auto box crap out on me about 2 years ago, it completely lost reverse. I still have it sitting under a car cover in the garage. I'm not sure if I'm going to fix it or sell it as this point, haven't made my mind up yet. I've had a few cars between the e34 and what I currently drive now so I'll post them up.

This is what she currently looks like complete with blown trans at 94k miles

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a314/ripcurl530/second.jpg (http://s14.photobucket.com/user/ripcurl530/media/second.jpg.html)
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a314/ripcurl530/mm10.jpg (http://s14.photobucket.com/user/ripcurl530/media/mm10.jpg.html)
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a314/ripcurl530/mm11.jpg (http://s14.photobucket.com/user/ripcurl530/media/mm11.jpg.html)

In that time period I also bought and brought back to life an 87 535iS. I drove it for a few years in college and sold it to a guy in Minnesota who drove all the way out to NJ and drove it back without a single problem, I miss that car the most out of all of them.

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a314/ripcurl530/335.jpg (http://s14.photobucket.com/user/ripcurl530/media/335.jpg.html)

I got the paint to look beautiful on it
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a314/ripcurl530/330.jpg (http://s14.photobucket.com/user/ripcurl530/media/330.jpg.html)

Won the BavAuto Photo Contest

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a314/ripcurl530/E103F3A5-8DC5-449C-B25A-A0327372130C-2223-000002A1C6E2EAAC_zpsbea01535.jpg (http://s14.photobucket.com/user/ripcurl530/media/E103F3A5-8DC5-449C-B25A-A0327372130C-2223-000002A1C6E2EAAC_zpsbea01535.jpg.html)

In that time period I also had a few e30's, most were POS

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a314/ripcurl530/P9010206.jpg (http://s14.photobucket.com/user/ripcurl530/media/P9010206.jpg.html)

More to come...

[E34 530]

All this time I was still in college. Well I graduated in 2010 and was lucky enough to land a job in Manhattan two weeks after graduating.

During this time I was dating a girl and we bought a 1987 Mercedes Benz 190e 5 speed for her to daily drive. I got it into decent running shape for her but we wound up breaking up and it became my car. With 3 BMW's and now this it was time to sell it, which I did in 2012. It was a nice little car but man, it was no BMW.

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a314/ripcurl530/002-4.jpg (http://s14.photobucket.com/user/ripcurl530/media/002-4.jpg.html)
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a314/ripcurl530/020.jpg (http://s14.photobucket.com/user/ripcurl530/media/020.jpg.html)
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a314/ripcurl530/painmt.jpg (http://s14.photobucket.com/user/ripcurl530/media/painmt.jpg.html)

During these few years the cars pretty much took a back seat as I was commuting to Manhattan via train after I moved to Brooklyn.
The view from the roof of my apartment of the NYC skyline.

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a314/ripcurl530/AA4241AC-E5C1-460B-8488-74EF7ED6331E-590-00000075EBE44E3C_zps7f7e24a7.jpg (http://s14.photobucket.com/user/ripcurl530/media/AA4241AC-E5C1-460B-8488-74EF7ED6331E-590-00000075EBE44E3C_zps7f7e24a7.jpg.html)

Next up was the e24 6 series, my friends father was selling it and me being a sucker for old school had to buy it. Slowly fixed it up and was dailying it in Brooklyn
and brought the paint back over the course of 2 years and it's pretty much for sale. It's an L6.

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a314/ripcurl530/ggggg.jpg (http://s14.photobucket.com/user/ripcurl530/media/ggggg.jpg.html)

Parked behind my apt building next to the new 335
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a314/ripcurl530/2123D2FF-36F6-4E94-A6C8-9AFD70945E62-1050-000000643FF7FD4E_zpsed1ae2fe.jpg (http://s14.photobucket.com/user/ripcurl530/media/2123D2FF-36F6-4E94-A6C8-9AFD70945E62-1050-000000643FF7FD4E_zpsed1ae2fe.jpg.html)

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a314/ripcurl530/dash.jpg (http://s14.photobucket.com/user/ripcurl530/media/dash.jpg.html)

More to come...

[E34 530]

I bought this e36 from a junkyard, drove it for only a little while and decided to part it. It had a ton of mods done to it and made some $ from it.

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a314/ripcurl530/1205.jpg (http://s14.photobucket.com/user/ripcurl530/media/1205.jpg.html)

My buddy assisting stripping it lol

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a314/ripcurl530/1209.jpg (http://s14.photobucket.com/user/ripcurl530/media/1209.jpg.html)

In January of 2012 I was on the hunt after selling the e28 and was tired of having to push the e34 out of parking spots with the blown trans. I really wanted an e36 clownshoe M coupe but with the cost of my rent and other expenditures I wasn't going to be able to swing it. I ultimately wound up with a cosmos black on modena (the reason I bought the car lol) e36 M3 with 94k miles. I've done a few things to it here and there and is still my daily driver.

With the old Rials I had on it, I grewed tired of the "stretched" theme pretty quickly

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a314/ripcurl530/23_zps2dbdbd5d.jpg (http://s14.photobucket.com/user/ripcurl530/media/23_zps2dbdbd5d.jpg.html)

And how she currently sits with AC Schnitzer wheels

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a314/ripcurl530/468v2_zpsfbf29669.jpg (http://s14.photobucket.com/user/ripcurl530/media/468v2_zpsfbf29669.jpg.html)
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a314/ripcurl530/525v2_zpsa53c3a34.jpg (http://s14.photobucket.com/user/ripcurl530/media/525v2_zpsa53c3a34.jpg.html)
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a314/ripcurl530/458v2_zps5adb196a.jpg (http://s14.photobucket.com/user/ripcurl530/media/458v2_zps5adb196a.jpg.html)


And that's pretty much it car wise... I unfortunately got laid off in April of this year at my company due to a management change so that's why I put the 6 series for sale and sol off all my spare goodies in the basement. After the 6 series sells I have to figure out the e34's fate but I've been in a "minimalist" mindset recently and am leaning to selling it but who knows. Hope I haven't bored you all and feel free to post up some of your changes in the last few years...

[genphreak]

Nice Shark that. Your 335 too?

More pics for sure!

Definitely fix the e34, its so simple to freshen up a 4HP22 A-clutch, you just go in from the rear end and replace a few surface packs... Replace the input and output shaft seals, remove and clean up the valve body and little improvements, pump in a full load of synthetic fluid and it'll be like new.

Hardest thing is getting the trans in and out unless you have a hoist.

[632 Regal]

Great thread E34!

[E34 530]

Great thread E34!

Jeff How've you been man?

[bimmer nut]

I'm driving an E60 but still maintaining a few e34's. Glad to see you back. You got some nice rides there.

[billb]

Still around on occasion. Ginger, our '95 525i, is having some bedwetting issues (transmission fluid leak). I'm in troubleshooting mode (have been since August). Just finished replacing the manual valve seal for the A4S310R, and got the pan back on last night. Hoping to get it cleaned up underneath this week and see what happens. Hoping it was just a leaky pan...

Daily driver is an '01 325i now. Sold my 318is (E30) a few years back :(

[632 Regal]

Jeff How've you been man?

Been great! Your car is identical to mine except mine has a bit of Michigan rust going on. Same wheels etc. Looks and drives great but I feel it is time to let her go and score something from a non salt state like the one I have (presently). Converting it to accept salt was a bad idea but it took about 10 years to see surface damage. Where I am now at these get a premium so hoping to be able to score a younger mileage sister and some cash to update the regular. Bushings, springs, maintenance etc.

What is that lower spoiler you have on the front there?

[John B.]

Still own the 90 535im which my wife commutes in 5 days a week. Just getting broken in with only 205,000 miles on it so far. The 95 525iT went to my daughter & then off to Bimmer heaven when she took out a deer one night. She moved on to a 2006 325ix which seems to be a nice car but with no engine dipstick to check the oil it's of no interest to me. What the hell were they thinking??

[BennyM]

E34 530, transmission aside, if my E34 looked as sharp and clean as yours, I probably would still have it. But, alas, as I just posted in a separate thread here, I've moved on to the E46 world with a manual AWD touring.
http://www.bimmernut.com/forum/5-series-bmw/44479-checking-checking-out.html
http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h132/bennyboym/file_zps381fa8a8.jpg

[Ross]

There are some folks contemplating parting out manual 530s over here;
Is it worth parting out? 1995 530/5 (http://forums.bimmerforums.com/forum/showthread.php?2047346-Is-it-worth-parting-out-1995-530-5)

http://forums.bimmerforums.com/forum/showthread.php?2047383-95-530i-5-Parts

Sorry for the cross post, just trying to help a brother out

[RockJock]

still here too :D ...

any sign of Blitzkrieg Bob or Tim Eh?

[shogun]

Easy to check: just search for the name and then you see, for example Tim eh last visit 08-18-2013
So he is still around.
Blitzkrieg Bob last activity :09-18-2010

[billy in slo]

Still here, still have my e34 though I have given to my 19 yr old son to drive while living at home. Joined 12-29-03.

[Gayle]

Just read Big Kris got married. Congrats. Very happy for you.

I have had almost no trouble with the 535 for years so not much reason to hang out here. Now she has 115k miles on her and one dent that just annoys the **** out of me. Got her service 2 a couple of months ago and had a little work done on the air conditioning. Planning to move to Florida and going through separation anxiety about leaving my mechanic.

[bimmer nut]

Just read Big Kris got married. Congrats. Very happy for you.

I have had almost no trouble with the 535 for years so not much reason to hang out here. Now she has 115k miles on her and one dent that just annoys the **** out of me. Got her service 2 a couple of months ago and had a little work done on the air conditioning. Planning to move to Florida and going through separation anxiety about leaving my mechanic.

Where in Florida? I'm a snowbird now and winter in Central Florida, about an hour north of Orlando. On a lake with lots of gators. doh

7844

[Gayle]

^^^Sarasota

[genphreak]

'Gators. Pfft.

Land-based lizards are bad enough. Some are only enough to give you a bite, but here in Oz if a large one does bite you (its very, very rare) they may follow you. If you are a long way from help, it's bad- the wound quickly goes septic and worse (their saliva is literally lethal) and within as little as 24 hours you may be unable to walk. At that point, even the small ones will come for a piece of you!

Have you seen the saltwater crocs down here? 5m long. They swim in between Indonesia and Australia each year when breeding.

Here's a small one in the Australian Reptile Park, near us here in Sydney:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjJdvRX7EW0
They have been known to capsize our tinnies (aluminium boats) to check out their content... and all sorts of crazy ****. (http://www.news.com.au/national/fisherman-attacked-by-croc-while-mate-sleeps-through-it/story-e6frfkvr-1226045348973)

[bimmo_2007]

Hi, it's been long time for me since I last logged in too! I remeber your posts. I sold my bimmer few years ago.

[Jeff N.]

Still pop in and out once and a while.

Still an owner .... she's running strong at who knows many miles. Rebuilt motor has about 50k on it now...nicely broken in.

[caf2461]

After 16 years of trouble free ownership I parted ways with my 93 last weekend.

[azale]

Great pics and great thread. It's nice to hear from the old crowd. We should do this every, 5 years, or so.

I had a kid or two, then let my sister and my brother in law drive my e34. It wasn't in great condition before but it's in rough shape now. Mostly sits around. I'll probably part it out. Michigan winters and 230k miles is not good for any car. Left my company and started up my own practice with a partner, and I am now an elected official (township parks and rec).

I bought a minivan a few months ago. I'll show myself out . . . (killer warranty though: unlimited time unlimited mileage warranty on mechanical and electrical)

[Elekta]

Howdy
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[Bill R.]

Geoff, what happened to that poor donor car?

[bimmerd00d]

If you dont remember being kicked off Roadfly, you aren't OG. :)

i'm back in a swapped '94 540iT 6spd

https://scontent-a-ord.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn1/1535477_966053680467_334158642_n.jpg

[bimmerd00d]

Oh lookie what I picked up. 1995 540iA M-Sport. The only white automatic one in the US/Canada. :) 73k miles, needs a pair of head gaskets and a front bumper cover.

http://i.imgur.com/YowzEwH.jpg

[bimmer nut]

Oh lookie what I picked up. 1995 540iA M-Sport. The only white automatic one in the US/Canada. :) 73k miles, needs a pair of head gaskets and a front bumper cover.

http://i.imgur.com/YowzEwH.jpg

The band is back together baby. oh yeah

Nice.

[John B.]

Oh lookie what I picked up. 1995 540iA M-Sport. The only white automatic one in the US/Canada. :) 73k miles, needs a pair of head gaskets and a front bumper cover.

Nice find! Any idea why the head gaskets failed at such a low mileage?

[632 Regal]

Oh lookie what I picked up. 1995 540iA M-Sport. The only white automatic one in the US/Canada. :) 73k miles, needs a pair of head gaskets and a front bumper cover.


I am not convinced that it needs head gaskets... what is the reasoning? No start or compression?

I picked up a 95 530 in good service condition 1590.00 thanks to tha'bay. Swapped everything it needed from the 94 530 and then sold the 94 for 1650.00. The 94 still pulled harder than the 95 even with swapping the chips, entire computers, stock rear end with the posi 3:64 etc. I think it's the emission issues with the 95 but not sure.

[bimmerd00d]

I am not convinced that it needs head gaskets... what is the reasoning? No start or compression?

I picked up a 95 530 in good service condition 1590.00 thanks to tha'bay. Swapped everything it needed from the 94 530 and then sold the 94 for 1650.00. The 94 still pulled harder than the 95 even with swapping the chips, entire computers, stock rear end with the posi 3:64 etc. I think it's the emission issues with the 95 but not sure.

it starts and runs. It might be the amount of water that keeps showing up in the oil pan...or the fact that I can't seem to build any oil pressure to the top of the motor. The lifters sound like a child playing with silverware. I'm afraid to start it and let it run any longer than it has without opening it up. I haven't even pulled a VC yet. we just moved into a new house and it's still sitting out at our ranch. I need to get it moved over here so I can play with it.

[bimmerd00d]

Nice find! Any idea why the head gaskets failed at such a low mileage?

Don't know honestly. I've seen m60's with HG's fail at lower mileage, luck of the draw. It only takes one idiot owner to let a radiator/water pump/hose take out a motor. I'm still working through some title issues with it :( It has a salvage title, but simply because the guy let the insurance have it and it ended up at a yard. I went to buy seats and there it sat. I knew immediately what it actually was.

[632 Regal]

Yep water in the oil pan is a pretty good sign of HG or cracked head. THe no oil pressure thing doesn't sound good at all. I hope the block isn't cracked.

[tredzz]

Yep water in the oil pan is a pretty good sign of HG or cracked head. THe no oil pressure thing doesn't sound good at all. I hope the block isn't cracked.

Regal don't forget the oil pumps can and do come lose on the 4.0

[632 Regal]

Yes, my 530 had 2 bolts in the pan. one was tight and all the rest were finger tight.

[bimmerd00d]

Regal don't forget the oil pumps can and do come lose on the 4.0

Yep, I haven't pulled the pan or anything yet. It's pumping oil through the filter assembly though, so I think it's at least pumping something. Most of the oil is just milky sludge from sitting for a while. I've drained and filled about 3x now and its getting progressively less ugly. It's not a total lost cause, it starts and idles with no CEL amazingly, lol.

[bimmerd00d]

http://i.imgur.com/b56aLnh.jpg

as they sit!

[skr]

I still here.. same e34, no more diesel tho. swapped m50 in it, turbo on the way. Allso got a truck.. '85 MK Patrol with SD33. Fun driving around town on 31x10.5 simex :)

yea it sits much lower now..AP springs and boge shocks.

[tim s]

I stop in every couple months & read up.
been busy, have 5 kids now.
sold the 87' 325e
bought a 2002 x5 4.4
don't drive the 95' 540ia much anymore, it has 251,000.
Tim S.

[Triton540i]

I'm in the same boat, but mainly busy with family and trying to find time to run my local BMW owner's group. My 540i is sitting in the garage, haven't even taken it out for a drive this year and only drove it a few times last year. I have to fix a few fluid leaks from sitting around, I wish I had the time to work on it! I did have a chance to hand wash it a couple months ago, still super clean with absolutely zero rust to be found on the body. ;) Were you there at the Chicago e34 event years ago?

-Eric

[Mitch90535im]

I tripped over 250,000 miles last week coming home from a business trip.

Love this car.

[Phatty5BMW]

Wow I haven't been on here in a long time! Sold the 535i, My dad still has his 95 540i, sister sold her 95 530 I now has an e60 530xi, and for me.... 02 e39 M5. Love it!

[Bruno]

I agree, and I still have my Touring.