Bassboy3313
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Got the manifold off again and checked the two coolant pipes by pulling them off. First one was the pipe going to cylinder head. All looked good.
Took the pipe off going to the back of timing cover and found both oring deformed and pinched 🤔
No idea how this happened. I made sure the ports were extremely cleaned and lubed up the orings when I installed it. Oh well, at least it was an obvious issue. I popped two new orings on from my spare stash, luned them up with coolant and reinstalled them. I made sure to refill coolant to see if leak was fixed before reinstalling the manifold and all is good.
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Another plus side is more seat time in the Z Coupe. 👍
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Subframe secured, electrical all connected, new slave cylinder and lines installed, front axles installed, new tierod in, suspension all buttoned up, driveshaft/heatshield/exhaust installed, radiator and all hose connections done, and steering shaft connected.
Waiting on all fluids to show up in mail this weekend. Then it's on to changing oil in front diff, rear diff, transmission, transaxle and engine. Along with new coolant and brake fluid.
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Normally all e46s have the rear manual shifter bushing bracket already on the chassis, but of course the touring did not. Went ahead and purchased the bracket from FCP Euro. Had to modify it by cutting the ears off as they were preventing the bracket from sitting flush against surface. Once good, I drilled some holes in the three tabs as well as the trans tunnel and pop riveted the brqcket on with some steel rivets. Sprayed some black paint over everything to prevent rusting as well.
I also installed the front prop shaft and installed clutch fluid line on brake fluid reservoir and finished the wiring for the clutch switch. This required adding wires to a DME plug and an EWS plug. For this. I went to the pick-n-pull and cut out some plugs with pigtails. I then de-pinned two wires to allow me to attach the new wires right into the plugs like factory. Then just extended the wires to the clutch switch and done! Sorry no pics of that since it was tight under the dash while working.
Hopefully will have the engine/trans installed in the chassis this week.
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Interesting idea....
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More than happy to help! Was a tight fit to get the mig gun in there, but got the job done. Welding upside down is never the easiest thing either, lol.
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1 hour ago, YoungCR said:
🔥🔥🔥 That stance is perfect, this car looks great.
Thanks man! Paint is a little rough around the edges, but that will eventually be sorted out. Runs great, so thats all that matters right now, lol.
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2 hours ago, GunMetalGrey said:
Tidy looking unit sir!
Thank you, sir!
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1 hour ago, B C said:
I sure hope we arent back to that pattern where when your car is driving mine is not and vice-versa.
I love the Z! Glad to see it finally out and being enjoyed
Haha yes! Seemed like we were in that pattern for a bit with our old cars, huh?
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Took another crack at it with the extractor but heating it first with a torch. As I was turning the extractor with the tap handle, the entire threaded insert broke loose and fell inside the frame rail. 😳😡
Leaving me with an empty hole, a few different ideas came to mind. To keep damage to the frame rail to a minimal, I opted with opening up the hole just enough to snugly tap in a threaded coupling. Ground off the finish and applied a layer of jb weld to possibly help things hold from inside. Left it about 1/16" out from frame in order for the welds to have more surface area to mend with.
I then welded it all around, ground it flush to frame, put a skim coat of jb weld to fill any pinholes left over and sprayed it black. Paint is still wet in pic, but you get the idea.
Crisis averted!
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Engine and trans are going to metal scrap yard this week if it's not gone by tomorrow. I need it out of garage ASAP.
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1 hour ago, m42b32 said:
No dice on welding a nut to it? Or is it too far recessed into the frame?
Would be a messy weld as it isn't flush with frame surface. Welding on your back in a tight space isn't the easiest either, lol.
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Ran into a snag with the broken control arm bolt stuck in the car frame from one's the previous owners. Have tried drilling it out and using extractor with no luck. Next step is heating with propane torch and quenching with wd40 to see if that breaks it free with extractor. If not, guess it's drilling out to bigger size, retapping, enlarging hole on control arm mount and bolting it in with bigger bolt.
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Hey guys. I have the M54B25 out of my e46 325xi touring for sale. Had 183k when pulled. Was having a misfire and sourced a vacuum leak down at boot to IACV as the possible culprit. Otherwise ran good still. I'm swapping in M54B30 with 5spd in the touring so don't need it.
Comes with awd auto trans that slips from 3rd to 4th sometimes and a bucket of spare parts including intake manifold, transfer case, driveshaft, etc.
Will let it go cheap to someone here just to get it out of the garage!!!!! Make an offer.
PM me here or TEXT me at 4143131124.
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4 hours ago, B C said:
I have been over here ready with toothbrush and Simple Green waiting for an invite to the cleaning party.
1000 shop towels later, It looks so good
Lol. Chris was working on his motorcycle this past weekend. Out of nowhere he stopped, walked over to the engine bay and started cleaning it. I wasn't going to stop working on the intake and cv axle to stop him. 🤷♂️
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@B C came over this morning to attempt some coding as it's all foreign to me. We noticed that the shifter seemed to be rubbing on something when going into 5th and reverse is a no-go completely. The shifter carrier seems to be jammed up against the tunnel floor as well, which doesn't seem right.
I know the shift rod is on the correct side as it would hit the top of transmission when flipped the other way. I had to install the rear bushing carrier bracket due to my car missing this. I am curious if the way I installed it (check previous posts) pit the bushing too high which is lifting the whole carrier?
All I can find online is stuff for RWD e46s, nothing for the XI AWD shifter carrier as its different.
Any ideas? I will have to remove the exhaust and heatshield, possibly driveshaft again to get a good view on what's going on. Just figured I'd see what ya'll think in the meantime.