533i Driveshaft & oil pan problems cured

[izharkov@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Ilia Zharkov)]

Hi guys,
I want to thank all of you who reply to my message about a month ago about the 
worn U-joint and cracked oil pan. 
 I put epoxy resin all over the crack in the oil pan as a temporary fix. I 
drove for about 1000 mi since than - so far no problems. Maybe some day I won't 
be lazy to remove the oil pan from the car and welder it.  
 I had sent the driveshaft to the DLS of Atlanta (the hardest part was to 
remove the cat from the exhaust manifold). In about 2 weeks and for $352 they 
replaced the U-joint and painted the whole thing.
 Finally, the car is as new.
 Ilia Zharkov.
 '83 533i 244kmi 
 

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