TehRaydarlover
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True, that nice weather we had was killing me.
New left, right, and center tie rods, sway bar bushings, trans and motor mounts, shifter bushing, and z3 short shifter are all installed. Sub frame is back up, pretty much just have to put the fan/belts and the radiator back in. :DD
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Oil pump is in with loctite, drivers side window regulator is unfucked, picked up the last remaining parts I need to be able to drive it finally. ...annnnnd I have to work tomorrow.
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Ah alright, I was thinking of disassembling it and cleaning it, I'll add some loctite when I go back together.
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The bolts that hold the pump itself together? Or that hold the pump to the engine? Either way they were all tight.
I think I'll be doing an oil change after the first 50 miles just to try and get any left over pieces out, or at least a filter change.
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So here is where all of the little pieces of timing chain guide went... that's pretty f@cking terrifying. Really hoping this screen and the oil filter have done their jobs lol.
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On Thursday, February 16, 2017 at 8:00 PM, i_love_cars said:
hopefully this will be ready for spring. I would like to see it at a meet
It's been going back together lately, the top end is buttoned up and I got the upper oil pan on tonight. I've got another parts order to make, but it's coming along.
On Thursday, February 16, 2017 at 9:11 PM, BMWben said:I am late to this thread but how amazingly clean is that car? I got my e34 540 from Texas and I can't believe how clean it is. That state mummifies cars. I'd buy every car I ever own from that state if I could.
It's stupid clean haha, even the exhaust is rust free. It's a nice change of pace from my beater haha. I was hosing it off today with a garden hose after work, and blew a golf ball sized hole threw the passengers door lmao.
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I could probably do it haha. The guides weren't too bad, just time consuming. Dropping the K member to do the rod bearings was a pita.
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It should be drivable once the bottom end is back together but at some point I also need to replace the rear view mirror, fix the 3rd brake light, replace the shift knob, and try to figure out the sat nav, also maybe bleed the clutch and get some new tires on it. We'll see, I want to put some miles on it haha.
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Subframe and upper oil sump came off yesterday ...what a pain in the ass. I got the first 4 rod bearings out last night. When I pulled the first two I was regretting doing this job because they looked perfect for 150k, but after cylinders 2 and 6 I was glad. The top half shells are pretty worn but the crank journal looks great!
I'm going to pull the remaining 4 today at some point. Also cracked rods are pretty cool, instead of being made out of two pieces the rods are made from one and cracked at the joint giving you an extremely precise fit.
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Anyone have 80k I could borrow?!? So much want, perfect e30 swap lol.
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Small update! The timing chain guides are done, just about to drop the front sub frame to do the rod bearings. It was a pretty scary sight as I pulled the timing chain covers. The plastic cover on the center guide was broken up and completely gone. The chain was riding on the aluminum base of the guide and actually contacting the lower timing cover. Luckily it doesn't look like it was running like that for very long, probably the majority was me test driving it and pulling it on/off the trailer. All of the guides, tensioners, chains, and seals have now been replaced and the top end is pretty much back together. It should be interesting to see what the old rod bearings look like after 150k. They'll be replaced with WPC treated bearings and new rod bolts, hopefully then I can get this thing back on the road and enjoy it!
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17 hours ago, bk335 said:
I've seen this guy at work (Briggs and Stratton in Tosa) the last few weeks
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That's my buddy, Tyler! He started at Briggs a few months ago.
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Got home and opened my gift! An original 1988 325ix sales brochure, in mint condition! Perfect gift, thanks Joe!!
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I've been on a work trip in SC for almost two weeks, should be a second Christmas waiting at my desk when I get back!
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That is actually a magic spell that spawns an E30 M3. You must be completely naked except authentic DTM driving boots and gloves, and be standing behind a bakery that specializes in German style pretzels.
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I've had mix results.
Cheers
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Nice, I was looking at different kits for the s62. Would be pretty cool to do, maybe if I decide to keep it for longer haha.
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Pulled the lower oil sump pan and oil pump(s). The two electric oil pumps were a pain in the dick to get out, oil everywhere when the do finally come haha. Found a few broken pieces of plastic in the pan. Along with the wear on the oil pump chain tensioner, I'm glad I trailered it home from Arkansas! Next I need to pull the suspension and drop the subframe to be able to pull the upper sump pan.
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Basically just a test drive. The timing chain guides/tensioners are pretty loud, I want to take care of them before driving it much. I'd hate to jump a tooth and lunch the engine.
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Thanks for the kind words guys!
I started working on it tonight. Intake plenum, coils, and valve covers off. A little dirty under the valve covers but the cams look perfect!
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Forgot to message you. We'll see, I want to make sure engine doesn't explode before I say I'll work on someone else's lol. I like to think I know what I'm doing, there are a bunch of nuclear and fossil power plants running at 100% because of my wrenching/engineering, but this is my first time dealing with anything with more than 1 cam haha.