boot floor done

[swamper]

so..........i took the M for the boot wields to be done.
when i showed him (like me) he said that it looks like only 2 had popped....but he said the main culprits are underneath the sealer.
i left him with it and went back a few hours later and he'd found 10!....yes 10! that had cracked
so hes removed the old ones and replaced them and seam wielded everything else .....jobs a goodun



this cost me 130 quid.....and now i know its right...money well spent if you ask me
the guys in Congleton
Ray
Elizabeth St,
Congleton,
Cheshire
CW12 4DJ

Tel 01260 297 957

if you mention swamper and the blue Z3M he will know what you are talking about.

[geminimustang]

that's a lot of welding for the money,you did well.

[swamper]

yep....i ask him if i could put his name up so the lads could get theirs done.

[shantybeater]

Did you check underneath for the differential mount giving way? Usually the spot welds are just a side effect of the diff mount going. When I took my s50 into bmw they replaced the entire mount not just the welds. Sorry to scaremonger but it is worth checking or speaking to the knowledgable Randy Forbes for more info.

[swamper]

he re-wielded all underneath....he knows the score with these shanty..most of the work was underneath ..he took a load of pics to show me what he'd done..all ok
he was telling me that the 325's suffer from a very similar problem were the diff actually detaches

[Brian H]

That is not a lot of money for the piece of mind you will get, I had this done on my 1.9 but have now found 1 popped on my 3.0 . I managed to speak to a local(ish) garage yesterday and they are willing to do the job.

[swamper]

Brian theres a lot of Zed out there with the same problem...like you i would rather get it sorted rather than leave it to chance

[stu]

Bargain. Might be worth a run over for a check.

[shantybeater]

Looks like you have done your homework, well worth the precautionary cost considering how much worse it can get!

[Kornknarr]

I'm going down that road. This is how my diff mount looks like: http://perkornhall.se/Per_Kornhall/Subframe.html#13
And I've got a couple of gone spotwelds in the trunk. I'll do it myself, slowly, during winter hibernation. At this moment I'm taking out the diff and the subframe. Will start the actual welding and stuff after xmas. Got Randy Forbes kit but will keep the old diff cover so I'll have to take out the old diff mount, put in a new and reinforce it. I'll be back with pictures later, hopefully...