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Update: It runs! I pulled the fuel pump assembly thinking I might’ve pushed a wire so it was shorting, and noticed my wires going in were opposite the ones on the pump body (brown to red, and brown to green/purple). The connector was busted partially so I just zip tied the two piles together when I put it back together; I must’ve reversed those somehow. Corrected it, was able to jump the fuel pump normally, and the car fired off almost immediately! Now for the clutch slave, driveshaft, and exhaust! Nearly there!

Had an interesting issue today I’d like to pick everyone’s brains on: reconnected everything on the e30, engine back in, cranks but no start. Cool. Engine and entire fuel system have been removed and out back in, so not that surprising. I started with the fuel system because it was the fastest - I pulled the fuel return line on the FPR, and it was bone dry even with cranking for a cumulative 20+ seconds. Didn’t smell like fuel either (new lines). Tried jumping fuel pump relay, no dice, so it’s something with fuel delivery. Found that the fuse is blown. Replaced, it blew again when I cranked it. So a short of some sort or a bad pump. This is where it gets interesting. I used a Milwaukee M12 battery to directly power the pump - ran fine. I then put my multimeter in-line and got something like 2-3 amps. Cool, so not the pump? Not so fast! I then used the multimeter on both pin 87 at the relay socket (feeds power to fuse and then the pump) and tested resistance to ground (with the pump unplugged) expecting to see low resistance indicating a short somewhere. No dice - seems to be normal with no completed circuit. After a lot of double checking of that result at various locations, I hooked up a jumper wire from the power wire of the fuel pump to the positive connector on the pump itself - but NOT connecting the ground on the pump to body/harness ground. I then jumped the fuel pump relay again, and POP goes the fuse again. So it appears my pump is faulty and shorting out internally? Anyone ever experience this? I’ll be ordering a new pump from FCP tonight but just seems weird. The car did sit for three years since it last ran, but it was inside and dry. No fuel pump issues before I parked it and the existing pump has about 10 years and 20k miles on it only. No idea of brand. Anyone have any thoughts?

I've been playing with old bikes again. This time it is a 1990 Diamondback Ascent EX with an awesome candle smoke and purple pearl paintjob that I got for free from a friend. Basically every component on it was completely trashed but the frame and fork polished up nicely. After a bit of scope creep I rebuilt it into a nice cafe cruiser that's really fun to ride.

I saw a Carrera GT on a flatbed today on the west side of Mequon, that was pretty cool. Had a ThrottleStop license plate so I'm assuming it's this one from their sold listings: https://www.throttlestop.com/vehicles/273/2005-porsche-carrera-gt

I'm glad to hear you were able to sort out that brake shudder!

Nothing car related, other than to note that it will be moving from underground parking to a storage unit this fall. Moved out of the crappy studio into a nice 1 bedroom, and I'll have a new office soon. Just accepted an offer for a new position at my current employer. No pay difference for now, and I had to give up my cube amongst the forklifts, bench grinders and cordless impacts on the manufacturing floor for an quiet office in R&D. Right about here: It'll be rough, but I'm sure I'll manage somehow.

Update at about 140k: turning the rotors and installing EBC Yellowstuff pads seems to have completely eliminated the braking shudder issue. I’ve put a little over a thousand miles on it already after the change with no issues. I will update if anything changes. I haven’t really gotten on them yet but I have zero complaints so far. Good cold bite, easy break in, and the 335i brakes with any pads have great power - I can only imagine that these will haul the car down like the hand of god. It still has a mild vibration at highway speed that comes and goes that was improved after the front brakes were done, but I’m going to start with a wheel balance and go from there. Pretty sure there’s a bad ball joint somewhere in the rear suspension too so that likely isn’t helping. If the front pads were this prone to pad deposits it could be that too but on the rears, but since there’s no pulsing anymore when braking it seems less likely.

Big words for a guy who doesn't even put 1k miles on his car a summer.

Bummer it developed a drone, sounded great when you first put it on. What brand was the muffler?

I got really tired of the exhaust setup I had, the drone was just getting unbearable with this joke of a muffler. At first I thought it sounded good enough that it'd be fine since this is a weekend car, but it just turned me off from driving the car. I swapped back to the stock muffler for now to get the drone under control. For now I have Fabspeed catless headers, stock section 1, STG x pipe section 2, and stock muffler. I'll be on the lookout for a Rogue Engineering El Diablo muffler soon. Finally can hear the induction noise of the S54 again!

I believe it’s just the performance aero stuff. M sport and regular are easy to get, so not sure how many people would pay for it. I certainly kept the old one though!

It’s my 1st car, I picked it up in Chicago back in 2004, drove it for about 8 years until I found the s50b32. I had just got a house a few years earlier and was too busy to work on it.

That is a huge bummer! I think I paid $65 with free shipping since it was on Amazon, but you can also buy it directly from ColourLock and pay the international shipping of $15 (and wait a bit): https://www.colourlock.com/Leather-Repair-Kit-for-Steering-Wheel-Black/850729-us/. Totally worth it IMO, I think it's enough material to do 2-3 wheels.

15x13x17 ish maybe. It's the smallest one you can get at Menards.

So far so good 🤞 I had not religiously used any additives except for the Liquid Moly system cleaning kit FCP sells initially but I’m now adding in Power Service every tank that I fill up or when I remember to toss some in while at home.

Steering wheel looks awesome, I clicked your link to order the same kit and its no longer available

I know I'm N47, but do you use a fuel stabilizer or fuel additive? I add some PowerService or DieselKleen every handful of fill ups (4-8) depending on the amount I fill up or the timeline since my last fill as I don't drive the car all the time. I also swap out my fuel filter every other oil change (10k miles). I know BMW says not to use additives, and its a mix of reviews online, but if gives me a piece of mind that I'm doing "something" to treat the fuel and prevent issues as not all Diesel is the same and its a sticky substance. Its wild that something like a crank sensor can cause such bizarre unrelated codes 🙄. I hope that was your fix!

I use to go there all the time when I lived down there! Euro S50 FTW!!!! thats a great find. Was the car local?

I do the same thing. If I don't have tasks listed out, I get lost. I'm generally a clean and organized person, not only because I enjoy tidiness, but because if I'm unorganized I get lost and frustrated and everything takes 5x longer lol.

What are the dimensions of that AC unit? it looks really smol.

I hadn’t heard about it either but it’s not the only place those resources were available either, just the most public.

E36 M3 Evo... look at the price 😐 https://www.ebay.com/itm/186536596491?hash=item2b6e72940b%3Ag%3AKOUAAOSwX35mO8B3&mkevt=1&mkcid=1&mkrid=711-53200-19255-0&campid=5335981329&customid=&toolid=10049

Alright I’ll put on some sun screen 😂 that makes sense for break in.