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208700 miles
Starter solenoid clicked on me a couple times the other day when trying to start it. It was fine since, but bought a new starter to not have to fear its failure.
After buying the starter I looked up how to replace it, then ordered intake manifold gaskets because that needs to come off to get at it. Neat...
Horrible ergonomics for replacing that. My knees hurt from pressing into the bumper while standing on a 5gal pail for extra height.
Threw new manifold gaskets in and also replaced the spark plugs (also not that fun for the rear cylinders).
Good news, it runs better, feels like it has more power back, and also cranks twice as fast.
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Just hanging out waiting for parts that Mr. Pat was so kind to help me out with!
New interior pic to try out the new phone camera.
- Rekpoint, patsbimmer1 and ChrisO
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The saga continues...
Things seemed good with the new injectors in so I got to swapping pumps with the rebuilt and twice tested (being told both times it was fine) unit.
Frankly it's not that fun of a task, but it could be worse I guess.
Remove all fuel lines (again) instead of just kind of smashing them out of the way, and then the pump comes out with a handful of bolts, nuts, and the removal of the timing belt and pump gear.
Did the timing thing again, which involves a dial indicator, it's kind of an interesting process.
I then played "bleed the lines" for a bit and attempted to start it. Surprisingly it started up pretty quick and didn't smoke too much.
First thing I noticed; it's loud. Too loud. I also realized it was hazing black the whole time at idle, and idling very low.
I took it out for a drive the next day and found things to be... wrong?
Something about the firing / injectors is super loud, and it has no power. I killed it by simply trying to back out of a tiny spot of snow, whereas before I could idle it in 4th gear and it would be fine. Letting off the throttle while driving causes the motor to go silent, and sometimes accelerating (or trying to) causes motor silence as well.
Plan is to check the timing once again, try more fuel on the global fuel screw, and if none of that works I call it quits on this pump.
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6 minutes ago, Bassboy3313 said:
Yes, CIS sucks. Ask me how I know.
How do you know?
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1 hour ago, suspenceful said:
Are you going to run a turbo blanket on that thing?
What's the reason for heat-taping the strut tower? Are there wiring/rubber/lines there?
Not to speak for him, but I assume a blanket will be in place.
The heat tape on the strut tower is to keep the strut tower temps down, the exhaust runs pretty snug to it, and there is no need to have it hot. -
That intercooler bracket looks sweet, nice work on that!
I'm super curious to see how your valance fits considering you can stick a fan between the rad and the intercooler!
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This thing has pretty much just sitting lately. It started leaking diesel again and the wastegate stopped working (no surprise for a $60 gate).
I decided that I needed to test the new pump, and wanted to use the new injectors that I had in this engine. The ones in it were starting to seep, so I started by replacing just the injectors to ensure that those were functioning properly. Changing these things is a fair bit of work, and always involves a breaker bar with many feet of extensions.
It looks like it's got 12 cylinders!
Cleaned up the mounting surface and threads in the block and put the new ones in.
They had previously been used so bleeding them was a very short affair, along with actually knowing what I'm doing with them.
She fired up pretty quick and it took a second to push the rest of the air out of the lines and it sat and idled quite nicely.
These injectors made a significant difference in the running of the motor, it is much smoother and seems quieter than before. I was running with the intake manifold off (always weird) so I didn't see how it drove, but I would imagine it's better than before.
Now the plan is to swap the fuel pump to the new one to see if it works, or if that pump has issues. Hoping it works, as I will then have new injectors, a new pump, and a healthy motor.- dealindave, AsparagusMike, P_Roloff and 2 others
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Man this brings back memories.
Putting motor in or removing, turbo on or not.
Option Number A: Leave turbo off, attach turbo in car, make custom wrenches and use crows foot wrenches to tighten it down as best as you can before your knuckles are at the bone.
Option Number B: Leave turbo on, torque bolts well while out of car, hate yourself for leaving it on while lowering it into the engine bay.
Option Letter 3: Take sawzall to that damn core support that is always getting in the way...
I'm glad to see the clock marks were still visible on the cold side of the turbo, did you throw that snap ring in there?
I see you already trimmed your alternator cooling duct, good work. Those lines will wrap quite snugly over the alternator, but it looks dope as hell once it's in there.
- Put the front hose on first, then the one towards the rear of the engine. Fully tighten the first one before going to the second.
I look forward to hearing this thing absolutely roasting the stock wheels wrapped in old snow tires
- AsparagusMike and Jdesign
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This is actually a pretty neat design, never saw this when you first posted it.
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3 minutes ago, gilber33 said:
I uhhhhhhhh just bought some new carpet and made my own trunk panel. Haha. If you remember the spare tire panel didn't line up with the car's.
I clearly didn't read enough
That explains it though!
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6 hours ago, Earl said:
My home audio comes out of the back of my television😲
This is a real travesty, even most cost effective sound bars these days blow stock tv speakers out of the water.
My old 5.1 channel stuff bit the dust so I grabbed an ATS-1080 bar and have been quite pleased with it. Compact and very clear audio.
@HipMF that rega looks sweet, I enjoy the simplicity of it. -
That carpet cleaned up surprisingly well!
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^beautiful shot!
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16 hours ago, Rekpoint said:
Based on the rear bumper trim it appears it was painted without the trim being removed :c
Yeah there's stuff like this all over, clips that were broken at some point so someone decided to use double sided tape, trim clearly painted on body panels, weird screws instead of the proper hardware.
Nothing that would be noticed with it assembled though. -
Mike when he starts to realize what he got himself into for tuning and wiring.
- B C and straight6pwr
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The tear down continues.
I've got plenty of things to paint!
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10 hours ago, AsparagusMike said:
Stay tuned!
This is something that should be in your research!
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1 hour ago, suspenceful said:
I guess. To me, that's a large investment on a car that still needs a decent amount of attention if your plan is to fully restore it. But it's your car/money!
I don't plan to go all out, just fix up the major things that aren't right about it (M3 badged side trim, lights, basically the stuff that makes it what it is)
It's kind of like if it came with a black leather interior, it would be worth finding one of the original interiors.
My ideal buyer is someone that is buying it because it is 1 of 150 made, so having the correct wheels will appease that buyer.1 hour ago, Rekpoint said:I know this in an unpopular opinion. Usually I wouldn't voice this about another car.
But I actually like the white paint matched trim.
Dont flame plz
Edit : we need interior pics ❤️
Yeahhh, I'll just pretend I lost my flamethrower.
Interior pics will happen soon. Gotta take the seats out anyway! -
12 minutes ago, suspenceful said:
Address other things first and worry about this later.
Finding these wheels is one of the harder things I've had to do related to cars. I've got a guy with a set of them that will ship them, so I need to make a move with relative swiftness.
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Hey, you avoided all the walls and gravel pits, so at the end of the day you did well!
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Oh yeah, the other wheel bearing up front is starting to make noise.
No surprises there!