I figured out that if I pump the clutch pedal a few times before starting, that squeaking noise on cold startup doesn't occur. Not sure what to make of it. It's maybe something with the slave cylinder or the throwout bearing. I did have to use the febi Bilstein slave cylinder as the OE ATE one was on a delay. So maybe it's something with that or I just need to bleed the line again.

But I'm quite relieved as that was a bad noise that could have the transmission coming down again. So I think it's good, just keep driving it. It's been really good otherwise, perfect on the highway. Just awesome to drive this thing.

Up next is the intake manifold off service, the CCV, fix some b***** fuel trim codes, and probably throw a new starter in while it's off.

Then it's on to the rear subframe build and swap for the winter. I need to order all those arms we saw a couple pages ago. I'd like to just get a second differential and everything and completely drop and swap the entire rear subframe. That might get expensive though.

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'05 E53 3.0 6mt
'17 F30 340ix 6mt
'96 E36 328is, in progress