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    Matty's Garage Projects (Aus)

    Wow 2 months went by real quick! Quick update on a few things little bit of lathe servicing, took the chuck off and gave it a good clean lately Having all kinds of problems trying to get the E36 sunroof working smoothly without blowing fuses etc. After testing a few times the sunroof seemed...
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    Below 265 SQ/FT Hewey's 1950s single garage & cottage

    wow those roads look mint! jealous!
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    Matty's Garage Projects (Aus)

    Another 2 weeks and plenty of work all around E36 now has Audison AP5's in the kick panels, Hertz 6x9s in the rear parcel shelf. I was skeptical about if i really needed to replace the speakers but then i pulled this parcel shelf speaker out :LOL: Kitchen renovation has started Classic 70s...
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    Matty's Garage Projects (Aus)

    weirdly i remember seeing all these 3RRR stickers everywhere growing up but i don't think i've ever listened to the station :ROFLMAO: scratch that i opened 3RRR in the background and got distracted while replying....it's like a more quirky Triple J, not bad...would rate higher than anything in...
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    Matty's Garage Projects (Aus)

    I agree entirely lately i find Smooth FM more reliable lately, they have slightly less ads and a decent mix of 70s-80s and sometimes 90s I often end up listening to streaming services anyway due to the ads or being out of radio reception often.
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    Matty's Garage Projects (Aus)

    Head unit adapter cable finally arrived! 90s look perfection :cool:
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    Matty's Garage Projects (Aus)

    And another 3 weekends of annoying my neighbors with the grinder orchestra Trailer has gone back to the frame New drawbar It's my brother in law's trailer and his MIG welder, so i sat back and let him weld most of the weekend :LOL: Not your most traditional hitch setup but fairly...
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    Matty's Garage Projects (Aus)

    Well few more weeks passed and a few little projects on the go E36 has had a new windscreen installed Finally completed the guage holder print for the E36 Took probably over 10 failures to make this happen. Over extrusion, under extrusion, adhesion problems, tangled reel x 3, gcode errors...
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    Matty's Garage Projects (Aus)

    Been a busy few weeks with a bit of progress! I have been talking about a potential trailer build on the horizon. Scrolling marketplace and came across a deal i couldn't pass up 🤣 I guess two trailer builds are on the cards now 🤣 Concrete poured to widen my driveway entry Safe to say...
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    Matty's Garage Projects (Aus)

    Another week and a pretty busy long weekend Been attempting a final print of the guage holder for the E36 in ASA unfortunately for a 14+hr print i experienced multiple filament tangles and destroyed the print 6hrs in :cry: Seems i'll have to completely re-wind the spool as it's my only ASA...
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    Matty's Garage Projects (Aus)

    Another week and a few little tweaks! Started hunting for my steering line problems, checked and double checked but lines seemed correct I was then thinking about the pressure restrictor in some BMW's as you can see on the right banjo. The rack i have was from a crashed car and it's possible a...
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    Matty's Garage Projects (Aus)

    Thanks Geoff, interesting info! Hah funny you mention Precision i actually got the rear cover/seal kit from them. Only place i could find with confirmed stock and luckily not far away from me. I actually used to work around the corner from them circa 2011-2012 :LOL: time flies i bought the...
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    Matty's Garage Projects (Aus)

    Well last week of holidays, i was planning on a more relaxed week but here goes 🤣 and yep confirmed the bottom lip of the seal was tainted Wouldn't it just be nice if GM added dowel pins to the rear cover :cry: Cover bolts near the cam look a little moist too Fresh new factory GM...
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    Matty's Garage Projects (Aus)

    Well it's been a busy week! I'll keep it brief because there's been alot of progress After full welding the exhaust...went to reinstall and welp....everything warped :cry: spent another day or so getting thing back into alignment Radiator shroud made After raiding all the 5/8 hose joiners...
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    Matty's Garage Projects (Aus)

    Merry Christmas all I've been hard at work but slow progress on the exhaust Started work on the muffler setup I won't show you the welds under all this because they aren't safe for public consumption 🤣 The original muffler is restricted to dual 2" roughly, this is now a basic sort of...
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    Matty's Garage Projects (Aus)

    Good solid weekend working on the E36 again Radiator fitment is amazing, so much room! When your grinder tool goes missing....you gotta make do 🤣 After adjusting the cat exit angle to clear the transmission i got to work! Suprisingly a little easier building the exhaust than headers...
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    Matty's Garage Projects (Aus)

    2 weeks later Haven't had much time to work on the E36 during the weekend due to family committments but been chipping away at things during the week. Started installing the rear suspension, custom brake lines are just a little too close to the shock Ordered a new set of rears with shorter...
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    Matty's Garage Projects (Aus)

    Been only a week and a half but busy time of year Ended up going dirtbike riding again last weekend at Rosedale so didn't get much of a chance to work on the E36 Let me show you how easy it is to install an E-pedal on a 92 BMW Standard mounts for a cable pedal Z3 M coupe bracket BMW pedal...
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    Between 485 & 705 SQ/FT Mid-Century Moto Mecca Makeover

    When you mentioned finding an MCM era clock i was struggling to picture exactly what it would look like. Then seeing the face immediately thought that is the perfect clock! nice work gregor
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    Matty's Garage Projects (Aus)

    Another week and some progress as always Dug into the spare L98 wiring harness i have to find the EVAP wiring. Appears ground goes to ECU and switched 12v to the other side Seems too much trouble to find the pins and correct wire so i'm just going to de-pin and re pin into my X1/X2 connectors...
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