Well, talking about ingenuity, couple of things from my side: 1. once fuel tank work is planned, let fuel be consumed to almost empty level, 2. unplug fuel line from engine and empty tank by build in fuel pump. This is a lot easier way to get rid of fuel, awoiding pain with nut and canister.
And it ensures that he or the next owner will do it again not after 25 years, but after 5! Overstressing the inner part of the bushing that way will make it fail prematurely. Guaranteed. Been there, done that. At the age of 18 when I was just starting working on cars. I repaired it multiple times on cars people did bushings like that few years prior.
I will stick to just one of many reasons why Mr. For Dan's episodes are so satisfying: I have been broke so many years (not anymore thank you God) and have had to make repairs on stuff alone or do without so I see myself in these videos trying to get it done. Mr. Fordman shows how nothing gets done easily facing problem after problem. It shows how the crap that I faced wasn't unique to me. Anybody crazy enough to attempt repairs like this will face broken hammers and busted knuckles and manufacturers who don't want you to succeed but have a business model that has you giving up and buying new. I still do my own brakes and oil changes and smaller repairs and watching this makes me convinced that I can face anything. You rock Mr. Fordman.
My late father was a Mercedes-Benz technician for over forty years. He used to always say; "German cars were built to be built, not built to be repaired". I'm getting to see what he meant more and more. He would never own one. He was a Ford and Chevy man himself.
Don't say that! Or Americans would start to maintain cars properly. Or in the first place... there's a reason many german cars (at least those before 2004) outlast basically any other nation here in Germany. We maintain our cars. Whatever the brand, they get their services done professionally, not backyardly. There is biennial inspection required for roadcars and annual for trucks (anything above 3,5t total weight). And after around 10 years, most foreign brands fall off. Rust, eletrical, etc. Of course german parts are cheaper in Germany than the US. But seeing as I've seen plenty A8 D2 after 25 years and 500.000km with their first dampers and springs for example and owning two of these examples obviously rust free everywhere, it's no wonder.
Man I give you massive kudos! Working on an older BMW, working on it in the cold, not throwing a hissy fit using the "F" work a zillion times like I would have when that bolt broke, etc. I am a pretty talented man with many good qualities but patience is DEF not one of them! Good work as always.
You really know how to use the camera very well and use the settings to create an interesting and pleasant mood. This creates a little story that you simply have to see to the end. The BMW only has a speedometer display in km and not in miles? bought in Canada?
Dear Mr. Fordman. 👍👌👏 2) That's a really nice, cute dog. I simply love animals and especially dogs. 💚 Thanks a lot for making teaching explaining recording editing uploading and sharing. Best regards luck and health in particular.
Simon, i love your videos but you must really love her working on a BMW. Thats too much work for me. I have heard BMWs are a nightmare to work on and problems. I use to be able to work on my vehicles when i was young like you but now being 66, i find some things better taken to the shop, but i still can do some stuff like brakes, oil changes etc. You remind me of me lol. Ima Ford guy too and have drove Fords all my life(30 yrs). I have a 01 Explorer 4x4 Limited, Winter truck and a 07 Mustang convertible GT for the summer, wich i both Love!, Your 1 hell of a smart guy.....keep up the great work Simon!
Love your video techniques and also your sharing your struggles with keeping your vehicles moving. I predict that your success in life will be built on your passion for sharing, resourcefulness, and solving problems. Thank you for taking the time and effort to provide this channel.
You are the most amazing young mechanic on youtube I have ever seen. You get right to the nitty gritty without saying a word, I love it. God bless & keep up the good work & I love it.
I worked with an old English mechanic at independent Volvo workshop in Perth Western Australia, crank old F&+k , but he had an elephant memory on old ways at sorting problems like your bimmer and funny he also drove a 1982 528 manual , it had more hits then Elvis on it but it ran sweet .
Amazing. I've watched many of your videos. It's pretty much like all the rest of your viewers' comments. You do awesome work, man. Some of the things I see you do and your patience, thoroughness, it's just really awesome. I look forward to watching more of your content.
Either you're a sucker for punishment, cheapskate, persistent, like to get your hands dirty or love your girlfriend dearly. Or maybe all of the above. Either way, very entertaining to watch. Sub'd!
I really wish the Rust Belt States would get together and find a solution to de-ice the roads without having vehicles rot quicker than designed. Looks like these repairs weren't terrible with rust, but still...
We need more aggressive awareness of lanolin based undercoating. In Canada, shops run regular advertising for a yearly rust-proofing. I don't see those type of advertisements on US tv in the salt belt.
I wish it were that simple. During the winter for weeks on end, salt barely even makes a dent, but it does help along with other chemical wizardry to save lives and property. Undercoating would be your best investment. Most folks just end up trading in when the cancer hits quarter. 😢
mega awesome video. you were patient with the return of the oil, and the fixing gas tank and really patient with those new bushing for the rear axel ! Holy Cow! You sir are a master mechanic. That Galaxie 500 sounds good. My parents had that car way back in the day. I watched your newer video on the chevrolet truck. That was a blast ! Love those two wheel drive trucks. Lower center of gravity ride smooth work all day. Long Live the V8. I would love to have your welding skills. I need to weld some steel to the frame of my TJ Jeep. I loath the salt and magnesium chloride states put on the highways. Best regards and new subscriber Chuck
Man, I was hoping to see you spray that whole tank rim with a rust converter before you put it back in. It would save you from doing that again next season. Good job, great video.
I could see your breath in the video while you were wrestling with those bushings, so I went and turned up the heat in my house. You're welcome. Great job with that gnarly rear end BTW. Those Hankooks look really good. I started using Hankooks after 40 years of Michelins. Great tires.
The winter salted roads here in Scotland has us reaching for a pumpspray bottle of Lanoguard or its equivalent (sheep lanolin oil) to undercoat our vehicles. Yearly is overkill but good to do. Try it, you've got the same problems as us.
I had a 1978 320i that I really loved driving. It was basically like an oversized go-kart. Super simple to maintain. Unfortunately, the rear strut supports completely rusted out and there was really no way to fix them without the car being perpetually out of alignment. Not being hugely mechanically inclined myself I had no choice but to get rid of it. I've had a few BMWs since then and they they've all been expensive to keep running after hitting about ten years old. I'm pretty sure I'm done with them at this point. It was fun while it lasted though!
Simon, if you want to work on german cars, get any VW from the late 90s to the early 00s. I'm constantly working on my two.....! I love your F250 and Gran Torino projects👌
an easier way to get out a headless bolt or screw is to drill a small hole into it, and then hammer in a torx drill bit, then use that to turn it, works pretty good usually.
Was that a welded drive extension you were using during the broken bolt extraction? Heck yes! I love it. Nice work my friend. Holding up well. Impressive
You need to do a manual gear box with 3d printer for this car 😁... Hello from France, I went to your channel first for the Mercedes W115, but I stay there, even if your videos are about cars that I will probably never put my hands in... a lot of work your videos 👍👍
Great video as always Simon! :) To give credit where credit is due; I think the Beemer did pretty well. Considering that it's almost 40 years old, and is being used in a part of the country where you get a lot of road salt. If you take that into account, it's in excellent condition! At Min:55:00 I noticed a rumbling noise when you where filming the rear diff. Possibly a Wheel bearing?
Simon, you are perseverance itself 38:40 - Rock Auto fridge magnet collection is priceless. holy cow the cable/car jack bushing install is epic - I salute you sir 54:40 - that is one quiet and smooth ride when you got it fixed up.
I owned the exact same car best car I have ever owned went like the clappers used bugger all fuel, the trick with them though is to keep on top of the maintaince and use quality parts
Metal fuel tank is easy to weld. You need to fill it slowly with water. As water rises its push out gas fumes. Thrn you fill it full with water and you can weld.
Watch out for rear strut tower rust, I think I saw some? Watching your videos is giving me inspiration to make more automotive videos again. Do you find "keeping quiet" vs. swearing at the car all the time reduces your stress? I love the idea you came up with to press in the subframe bushings! I'm gunna have to remember it...
Dude, just came across your channel. You're a legend mate. That exhaust could put itself back on itself own as its been off so many times. Just brilliant how you overcome the challenges you come across Keep up the great videos. 👍💯
I wanted a used Corolla, but I couldn't afford one, so I bought a BMW instead. It's a 2001 E46. It was December of 22 when every Corolla I looked at was 7k, w/200k.😮
Excellent so far. It was an adult driven, unmolested 325i with 124k highway. It needs a couple of minor things, but the subframe is intact, no cracks. I'm a classic SAAB 900 enthusiasts so I don't mind the quirks of the BMW. Cheers!
Да этих канистр полно в любом сервисе, а магазины принимают отработку на утилизацию в канистрах. На магазин надо было жалобу написать в их центральный офис.
With old cars, to achieve your goals, you either have all the right tools at disposal, or you have unfailing stubbornness even if it means breaking everything.😁
First time saw you that pissed in the video. We once owned that car, but with a smaller engine, manual. Then the gearbox died and father sold it before the nightmare. Though it was my first Real Car experience after soviet tanks. I didn't even have a licence back then. Now my brother has modern model 5 and lots of weird issues.
Nice work on a nasty job! Those who don't have the pleasure of working on older, rust belt cars don't know what they're missing! Enjoyed watching you figure out the bushing press, have to do such things on occasion!
The ingenuity in this one video alone is worth a sub!
Well, talking about ingenuity, couple of things from my side: 1. once fuel tank work is planned, let fuel be consumed to almost empty level, 2. unplug fuel line from engine and empty tank by build in fuel pump. This is a lot easier way to get rid of fuel, awoiding pain with nut and canister.
As long as you have an old BMW you will always have content for this channel
Когда новый, то тоже будет контент)
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Yep!😅
I practically applauded when that MacGyver style bushing press worked!
Me too!
And it ensures that he or the next owner will do it again not after 25 years, but after 5! Overstressing the inner part of the bushing that way will make it fail prematurely. Guaranteed.
Been there, done that. At the age of 18 when I was just starting working on cars.
I repaired it multiple times on cars people did bushings like that few years prior.
I will stick to just one of many reasons why Mr. For Dan's episodes are so satisfying: I have been broke so many years (not anymore thank you God) and have had to make repairs on stuff alone or do without so I see myself in these videos trying to get it done. Mr. Fordman shows how nothing gets done easily facing problem after problem. It shows how the crap that I faced wasn't unique to me. Anybody crazy enough to attempt repairs like this will face broken hammers and busted knuckles and manufacturers who don't want you to succeed but have a business model that has you giving up and buying new. I still do my own brakes and oil changes and smaller repairs and watching this makes me convinced that I can face anything. You rock Mr. Fordman.
I spent 8 hours today to fix my BMW. And now I'm watching another guy fixing his BMW😅
Live is brutal
So true😂
Did you get it fixed in those eight hours? 😁
I can relate
Misery loves company?
Old Cars can be a pain in the arse but good job Simon 👍
Pues anda q los nuevos…menuda basura
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Minnesota looks hard on cars! Nice work. Hate working under jacks. You make it look pretty easy!
My late father was a Mercedes-Benz technician for over forty years. He used to always say; "German cars were built to be built, not built to be repaired". I'm getting to see what he meant more and more. He would never own one. He was a Ford and Chevy man himself.
Oil based grease decays rubber! you must only apply silicon based grease on the rubber parts!
Don't say that! Or Americans would start to maintain cars properly. Or in the first place... there's a reason many german cars (at least those before 2004) outlast basically any other nation here in Germany. We maintain our cars. Whatever the brand, they get their services done professionally, not backyardly. There is biennial inspection required for roadcars and annual for trucks (anything above 3,5t total weight). And after around 10 years, most foreign brands fall off. Rust, eletrical, etc. Of course german parts are cheaper in Germany than the US. But seeing as I've seen plenty A8 D2 after 25 years and 500.000km with their first dampers and springs for example and owning two of these examples obviously rust free everywhere, it's no wonder.
Man I give you massive kudos! Working on an older BMW, working on it in the cold, not throwing a hissy fit using the "F" work a zillion times like I would have when that bolt broke, etc. I am a pretty talented man with many good qualities but patience is DEF not one of them! Good work as always.
Just umbelievable,heavy job, by yourself,on the ground,in the darkness and in the cold, Bravo!
Wonderful video. Not to much talking. No music. Wonderful story you tell
You really know how to use the camera very well and use the settings to create an interesting and pleasant mood. This creates a little story that you simply have to see to the end. The BMW only has a speedometer display in km and not in miles? bought in Canada?
Thank you very much. Yes, you're exactly right. It came from British Columbia originally, we bought it right near the border of Minnesota and Canada.
We used to use a soldering iron ( heated by a oxy flame ) with a stick of solder to repair fuel tanks like that same as fixing radiator type
Simonfordman starts a string alignment: viewer sits up straight and gets out notepad…..
Love watching your videos and the format. Simple genius!
Dear Mr. Fordman.
👍👌👏 2) That's a really nice, cute dog. I simply love animals and especially dogs. 💚
Thanks a lot for making teaching explaining recording editing uploading and sharing.
Best regards luck and health in particular.
Your roads are heavily salted in the winter I guess? I do think you will be Canonised some time soon. 😇 Obviously a living Saint. 😉
nice job, I think this is the dilemma of any 1986 car :)
Thank you, yea, you definitely have a point there.
Видео этого парня, как руководство по ремонту в гаражных условиях. многому можно поучиться. спасибо Саймон.
.watching you makes me remember when i was young.cause i just came out from working under a car and my body is aching...lol...peace
Simon, i love your videos but you must really love her working on a BMW. Thats too much work for me. I have heard BMWs are a nightmare to work on and problems. I use to be able to work on my vehicles when i was young like you but now being 66, i find some things better taken to the shop, but i still can do some stuff like brakes, oil changes etc. You remind me of me lol. Ima Ford guy too and have drove Fords all my life(30 yrs). I have a 01 Explorer 4x4 Limited, Winter truck and a 07 Mustang convertible GT for the summer, wich i both Love!, Your 1 hell of a smart guy.....keep up the great work Simon!
We get all the crap European vehicles. Over there much is diesel and built way better.
Well 80's BMW's were very tough and reliable. And working on them isn't that bad. The new one's...not so much.
I think the trick is to work on a Jaguar first and then the BMW isn’t so bad.😊
I loved your video, such a nice editing. Subscribed your channel, I hope you continue on this E28, would love to see next episodes.
Thanks! I hope to eventually have some other BMW’s to show as well, in addition to the e28.
Love your video techniques and also your sharing your struggles with keeping your vehicles moving. I predict that your success in life will be built on your passion for sharing, resourcefulness, and solving problems. Thank you for taking the time and effort to provide this channel.
That was also a reason why I sold my BMW.
Good job.
greetings from Germany
In Poland we say that BMW is from "Będziesz Miał Wydatki" which means "You will have expenses".
You deserve this increase of viewers, what you do is is right, is the way you to go farther, you don’t need to talk. Congratulations.
You are the most amazing young mechanic on youtube I have ever seen. You get right to the nitty gritty without saying a word, I love it. God bless & keep up the good work & I love it.
Dang!, that winter salt really eats up the cars over there!😮
I worked with an old English mechanic at independent Volvo workshop in Perth Western Australia, crank old F&+k , but he had an elephant memory on old ways at sorting problems like your bimmer and funny he also drove a 1982 528 manual , it had more hits then Elvis on it but it ran sweet .
Some fresh new bushings from the fridge. Loved it man. Hugs from Portugal.
The intention was technical, but wrong about the material.
I'm an old mechanic, from 16 to 70, and this young person is an old wise soul.
Call it common sense think before you act why hurry 😂😂😂
Amazing. I've watched many of your videos. It's pretty much like all the rest of your viewers' comments. You do awesome work, man. Some of the things I see you do and your patience, thoroughness, it's just really awesome. I look forward to watching more of your content.
After watching your vids Simon, listening to everyone else talk just grates on my ears.
In the beginning I was baffled by the title of the video. I have now watched it fully and NOW I get it...
Had a 1985 535i, 5 speed. Still one of my all-time favorite cars I've owned.
Either you're a sucker for punishment, cheapskate, persistent, like to get your hands dirty or love your girlfriend dearly. Or maybe all of the above. Either way, very entertaining to watch. Sub'd!
Haha. Definitely all of the above
its nice to not hear some one not cussing and throwing things do to uncooperating parts....
Don’t come around to my shed then…🤬
I really wish the Rust Belt States would get together and find a solution to de-ice the roads without having vehicles rot quicker than designed. Looks like these repairs weren't terrible with rust, but still...
I have 100% thought the same thing. It doesn’t seem like it’d be that hard to find a salt substitute that doesn’t cause crazy rust.
We need more aggressive awareness of lanolin based undercoating. In Canada, shops run regular advertising for a yearly rust-proofing. I don't see those type of advertisements on US tv in the salt belt.
Or we should have standards when it comes to vehicle manufacturing.
I wish it were that simple. During the winter for weeks on end, salt barely even makes a dent, but it does help along with other chemical wizardry to save lives and property. Undercoating would be your best investment. Most folks just end up trading in when the cancer hits quarter. 😢
mega awesome video. you were patient with the return of the oil, and the fixing gas tank and really patient with those new bushing for the rear axel ! Holy Cow! You sir are a master mechanic. That Galaxie 500 sounds good. My parents had that car way back in the day. I watched your newer video on the chevrolet truck. That was a blast ! Love those two wheel drive trucks. Lower center of gravity ride smooth work all day. Long Live the V8. I would love to have your welding skills. I need to weld some steel to the frame of my TJ Jeep. I loath the salt and magnesium chloride states put on the highways. Best regards and new subscriber Chuck
Thanks so much!
Man, I was hoping to see you spray that whole tank rim with a rust converter before you put it back in. It would save you from doing that again next season. Good job, great video.
I could see your breath in the video while you were wrestling with those bushings, so I went and turned up the heat in my house. You're welcome. Great job with that gnarly rear end BTW. Those Hankooks look really good. I started using Hankooks after 40 years of Michelins. Great tires.
In the zone, working there and then, fantastic job.
The winter salted roads here in Scotland has us reaching for a pumpspray bottle of Lanoguard or its equivalent (sheep lanolin oil) to undercoat our vehicles. Yearly is overkill but good to do. Try it, you've got the same problems as us.
Work and work... Old cars always have something😁
BMW straight 6 has nice unique sound ❤
Thanks Simon 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
I never use grease on rubber bushings as it make them disintegrate after some time. No criticism . Nice work
Thank you for the tip, hopefully these hold up alright. Now I know.
I had a 1978 320i that I really loved driving. It was basically like an oversized go-kart. Super simple to maintain. Unfortunately, the rear strut supports completely rusted out and there was really no way to fix them without the car being perpetually out of alignment. Not being hugely mechanically inclined myself I had no choice but to get rid of it. I've had a few BMWs since then and they they've all been expensive to keep running after hitting about ten years old. I'm pretty sure I'm done with them at this point. It was fun while it lasted though!
My dad had an old 2002 he used to wrench on. He called it “The Ultimate Rusting Machine”
Excellent work with the camera and wrenches, that wire brush has been through hell and back.
I'm impressed BMW included a drain plug on the fuel tank. Too bad they didn't make the tank out of plastic...
Simon, if you want to work on german cars, get any VW from the late 90s to the early 00s. I'm constantly working on my two.....!
I love your F250 and Gran Torino projects👌
Keep it up young man I enjoy these videos very much.
an easier way to get out a headless bolt or screw is to drill a small hole into it, and then hammer in a torx drill bit, then use that to turn it, works pretty good usually.
Was that a welded drive extension you were using during the broken bolt extraction? Heck yes! I love it. Nice work my friend. Holding up well. Impressive
Yessir. Thanks!
the jack bushing trick is goat
Use silicone on the bleeder valves for the calipers. They wont rust and easy to peel off when needed
Watching this makes me so glad that BMWs are in my past.
My brother-in-law used to drive a BMW. With all the repairs he switched to a Mercedes he's very happy now.
Aqui no Brasil costumamos dizer que, nada é mais caro que uma BMW barata
You need to do a manual gear box with 3d printer for this car 😁... Hello from France, I went to your channel first for the Mercedes W115, but I stay there, even if your videos are about cars that I will probably never put my hands in... a lot of work your videos 👍👍
Great video as always Simon! :) To give credit where credit is due; I think the Beemer did pretty well. Considering that it's almost 40 years old, and is being used in a part of the country where you get a lot of road salt. If you take that into account, it's in excellent condition! At Min:55:00 I noticed a rumbling noise when you where filming the rear diff. Possibly a Wheel bearing?
Simon, you are perseverance itself
38:40 - Rock Auto fridge magnet collection is priceless.
holy cow the cable/car jack bushing install is epic - I salute you sir
54:40 - that is one quiet and smooth ride when you got it fixed up.
Simon a simple guy, we all could be more like this fellow!
She must be a wonderful girl.
Good on you for taking care of her.
I owned the exact same car best car I have ever owned went like the clappers used bugger all fuel, the trick with them though is to keep on top of the maintaince and use quality parts
Metal fuel tank is easy to weld. You need to fill it slowly with water. As water rises its push out gas fumes.
Thrn you fill it full with water and you can weld.
Тебе большое уважение за то что делаешь такого масштаба ремонт своими руками!👍
It seems that all the cars you metodically fix are nonetheless washhard! Great work man!
Simon, we must get you a 2/4 Post Lift...and raise the garage roof 2/3 meters..So much safer too.
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Watch out for rear strut tower rust, I think I saw some?
Watching your videos is giving me inspiration to make more automotive videos again. Do you find "keeping quiet" vs. swearing at the car all the time reduces your stress?
I love the idea you came up with to press in the subframe bushings! I'm gunna have to remember it...
I chuckled the first time the drain bolt fell in the gas can. I 😂 the second time. Been there, done that!
Dude, just came across your channel.
You're a legend mate. That exhaust could put itself back on itself own as its been off so many times.
Just brilliant how you overcome the challenges you come across
Keep up the great videos. 👍💯
Absolutely positively outstanding!
It is my sincerest hope that Bendpack or a similar car lift manufacturer sees one of your videos and donates a lift to you.
Good job amigo, i like your videos!
Some older 3 series BMWs have 2 fuel pumps 1 in the.tank and 1 outside the tank.
I wanted a used Corolla, but I couldn't afford one, so I bought a BMW instead. It's a 2001 E46. It was December of 22 when every Corolla I looked at was 7k, w/200k.😮
How's the e46 treating you?
Excellent so far. It was an adult driven, unmolested 325i with 124k highway. It needs a couple of minor things, but the subframe is intact, no cracks. I'm a classic SAAB 900 enthusiasts so I don't mind the quirks of the BMW.
Cheers!
I like the ominous shadow at the beginning: that is BMW.
20:34 , When you throw away the oil canister always make a hole in it, get rid of used and counterfeit oil!
Да этих канистр полно в любом сервисе, а магазины принимают отработку на утилизацию в канистрах. На магазин надо было жалобу написать в их центральный офис.
Ficou incrível! Saudações do Brasil
With old cars, to achieve your goals, you either have all the right tools at disposal, or you have unfailing stubbornness even if it means breaking everything.😁
Some good rust spray like surface shield would minimize some issues
Life begins when you get your first hydraulic press.
First time saw you that pissed in the video. We once owned that car, but with a smaller engine, manual. Then the gearbox died and father sold it before the nightmare. Though it was my first Real Car experience after soviet tanks. I didn't even have a licence back then.
Now my brother has modern model 5 and lots of weird issues.
Needs some oil based rustproofing.
Love your 65!
I didn't know that jb weld was gas/oil resistant
38:20 What magical German metal are those bolts made out of?
Thank you.
Nice work on a nasty job! Those who don't have the pleasure of working on older, rust belt cars don't know what they're missing! Enjoyed watching you figure out the bushing press, have to do such things on occasion!
Super travail, bravo !
Merci!
Great job, but it's rust everywhere 😭😭😭😭
Free All from O'reilleys is your friend ! All us salty climate people need this more than PB blaster or even Kroil !
White shirt and the analog during an oil change is diabolical
34psi all around. Change oil every six months. Keep an eye on the coolant level.
Allez Vincent !!
Rien n' est perdu!!
En tout cas, moi j' en perd pas un épisode 😂😂😂😂😂
Courage !! 🎉🎉🎉🎉❤❤❤
Why didn't you replace the fuel sending unit while you had the tank down and all apart?
For the love of God, i do not get it why you did not apply some rust converter and paint the whole friggin tank, after going through this work :)