dangit!

white smoke in "enough" quantity and a significant and marked coolant losss...

$108 for the gaskets from BMA...

craopla...

and I already have the E28 torn apart in the garage...

ugh...

I'm assuming this is on the 318... Any coolant in the oil/vise-versa? If its on the M42, do the profile gasket if it hasn't been done yet.

no coolant in the oil... and as yet no oil in the coolant...

the profile gasket was done, but it comes in the BMA gasket set, so it will get replaced again.

I need to see if I can get the head bolts cheap though... that's the next catch.

Might be worth a compression check first before spending money....

Also the head bolts might be like the M30, which are actually not torque-to-yeild...I misspoke earlier. The M30 bolts are reusable. (I just didn't reuse them)

Sadly I am totally shot for time this weekend and next, but after that I should have some availability in between Corvair sessions. If it's bad, it might be worth a little stop-leak for a couple weeks if you think your heater core can take it.

Another thought...I keep forgetting Monday is Labor Day. We could bring the 318i over to my place, pull it in and strip it down to get the head off. Then you'd have a few days to get the head checked out/decked, and get the parts from BMA. As long as Aaron isn't done with the Corvair (which I bet he's not), I don't mind giving up my parking spot for a week or so. The only problem will be that I won't be much/any help on the 9th/10th weekend, so you'd be partially on your own for re-assembly.

het Jer that sucks. let me know what parts you need and i can see if i can get it cheaper for you.

Oh, and don't order a HG set until you're sure you don't need a thicker unit to compensate for milling beyond whatever the threshold is...(.08ish?)

teh suck.

oi crap....

Armen, Matt Harral is going to come over friday evening to help me get the head off. I'll get it out to CarQuest Saturday AM, I need to see what their turn-around time is.

that leaves me monday to put it all back together, if I can get the head back.

I'm going to put wheels on the E28 and roll it into the street so I have work space, so the garage is not so much an issue.

You'll never get close to that turnaround, unless things have really changed over there. You're just going to frustrate yourself if you think you can do this whole job in a long weekend. They'll need the head for several (working) days if they don't have any warning, and they wouldn't put me in line until I had the head sitting there on the bench.

ugh... I was thinking CQ turned yours around in a day... guess I was wrong.

I still think matt and I can get it out in a long night (I can take off from work around 2 or 3)... putting it back together, I'll give you that.

Getting it apart should be no biggie, and yeah, do it whenever you can, so you can get this thing rolling. I'm just saying don't expect to be able to re-assemble on Monday without direct divine intervention.

The actual labor shouldn't take very long, I'm just saying you'll have to be realistic about turnaround time at the shop and misc. parts that you forget to order.

ah... makes better sense now... I'm thinking "this thing isn't any worse than the M30 complexity wise, and yeah, I suck at being patient, but come on man... I'm not tearing down the head or anything!!!!"

I'm going to try to get the E28 out of the garage tonight and get the basic disassembly started on the E36... there sure is a lot of space in that engine compartment!!!! :D:D:D

and I will need head bolts and they are e-torx12...

I think I can actually get by without a car until next thursday...

bummer...

(still waiting to get head back from shop) :confused

where did you take your head?

Also:

Got the E28 out of the garage, the E36 IN the garage, and the E28 BACK in the driveway behind the E36... the E28 is really easy to roll when it's half gutted!

I've got to start ordering parts and tearing it down tonight.... ungh... and Armen is "zero help" until at least monday.

sports car garage, they're literally 2 blocks away and good friends (it seems everyone likes you more when you bribe them with donuts)

it is highly doubtful that i'll have the car in safe enough condition to make BHR

donuts are indeed key to this process... you sure you wouldn't rather have an M30 in that car?? :D:D:D:D:D:D

neither will I man... that's why I'm driving my buddy's M3! :D:D:D

if you want to ride along and maybe snag a drive or two, we may be able to arrange that.

that would be awesome!

main reason for the trip would be the drive, so it'd be nice to be in my own car, we'll see how it goes... i've driven the roads before, but in a dodge diesel truck :rolleyes

"what do you mean slow down? i'll burn up the brakes!" :D


also the m30 could be a possibility depending on what lurks in the crankshaft area of my engine....the head might not be any good either, donuts = free inspection and pressure check, at thier leisure....

ah... donuts ftw.

the engine can be out in a matter of an hour or so... transmission, ecu, harness, even a driveshaft and diff... its all there for the taking and would make one MEAN E30.... especially if it was sucking down 10-12psi.... :devillook

stop tempting me!

I could not afford such ventures...planning a trip to england soon...

part of me is hoping my engine is scrap, great excuse for a swap :devillook

family owns a bakery btw, how many donuts would the m30 cost :D

donuts won't cut it for that.

I'd let the engine go, with all the wiring, PS pump, Alt, for like $350... transmission/flywheel would run another $125 or so, and the diff would be about $100. you can have the driveshaft.

exhaust bolts > me...

you'd also think that, with all that room in the engine compartment, you'd allow a liiiiiiiiiiiiiitle bit of room to access the back of yhe motor....


yeeesh!

donuts won't cut it for that.

I'd let the engine go, with all the wiring, PS pump, Alt, for like $350... transmission/flywheel would run another $125 or so, and the diff would be about $100. you can have the driveshaft.

that is a good price for all that stuff. I have sold just the m50 engine for 600 and auto trannys for 400.

the later M30s (B34) bring about double the money of the earier ones...

sounds like the diff is gone though.

and gone = sold... not "dead"

able to take some pictures as you go? its always interesting to see peoples projects at differant steps

not sure if i'll even need the parts or not...we will see once i tear down the bottom end tomorrow, if everythings acceptable or not...

don't go holding parts for me, there is no garantee that i'll be needing them

sure i can frankenstien something together....going to have to pop out a gurney bubble if i'm ganna fit a helmet on my head :confused

cool man... someone else wants the transmission anyway.. and he flywheel too...

the motor itself is about all that's left, along with the harness ECU.

well i got my engine back together, hows yours doing?

head gasket looked fine...looks more like whoever had it off last did not clean it very well, hopeflly thats what caused the leak...tested fine with no cracks or warpage...

btw - i had to buy 6 exaust studs don't forget your antisieze :nono

can see some of what i did here, bunch of other ones got deleted off the camera by roomate....

http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v345/AlarmedBread/325is/

^ignore my optimism....

head is garbage, looks like your engine just found a buyer, and its engine swap time :mad

do you happen to know all the parts that will be required to get the m30 into an e30?

a few people have done it, will try and find thier threads about it...

M30 in an E30:

http://www.e30.de/335e.htm

woohoo!!!!

this will make my wife extremely happy!!!!

if you go with that alarmedbread that will be one nice car once u are done with it.

also i am having issues with my tire guy right now. trying to find another source. i thought i had some nice kosi k1's but they are 4x110

define "issues"

if you go with that alarmedbread that will be one nice car once u are done with it.

also i am having issues with my tire guy right now. trying to find another source. i thought i had some nice kosi k1's but they are 4x110

no worries, i don't really need wheels if the car doesn't go :rolleyes

swapping seems to be the most cost effective option at this point, better make sure the tig is full o' gas...

define "issues"

cant remember the place my bro is workign with. having issues with response times for questions and had a hard time getting couple of things in.

hope you get that nice looking 318 back on the road and also do you have any new info on teh black hills trip

Shannon, call me on my cell tonight...

570-4361 and I'll try to fill in any

Holy crap man.

its like engine death month in southeast nebraska... i swear...

Shannon, call me on my cell tonight...

570-4361 and I'll try to fill in any

just saw this message. i will call 2nite after work

well...

while i'd love to do the swap, i'd rather find a rolling chassis to use, it will be alot easier to meet specs for the classes i'll want to enter this way, so i'm going to fix my car, sell it, and then spend a ton more money on another pile of junk...then since it will be nice, it will get keyed and broken into in my crappy neighborhood.....ah i can see it all now :cool

so if anyone knows of any junkyard treasures...gimme a phone number please :)

think you're right about engine death month, therefore it is in my best interest to do a swap next month :evil2

August was death month... sept is all good!!!!

...so far...

shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!

ja, rly.

Head Gasket != engine death

Relax a bit guys! :p

i'll beable to change a head gasket on an m20 in about 20minutes by the time i've got it fixed :rolleyes

got a lead on an e30 rolling chassis thanks to Shannon

shannon is teh man when it comes to parts and cars...

thanks for the comments guys. Will do my best to continue with the supplying of parts and any help/information that i can.

dont forget to visit www.aboveallmotorwerks.com new website coming soon with online ordering.

shannon... I'm gonna need a head gasket set for an M42, and head bolts too...

what yr is that 318 again. 95?

92

Current status: Head is no longer attached to car!

http://img357.imageshack.us/img357/1392/img2712mediumbd2.jpg

Thanks Armen... huge thanks.

and the battle begins. just let me know if u need the parts. i can have the kit and head bolts sipped to u for @140 give or take a couple of dollars

Shannon, I will be getting the stuff from you, I just need to know if I need an over-thick head gasket first... waiting on the machine shop...

fun fun

just make sure you have washers for your headbolts too :)

today i ended up doing a head gasket on a friends supra.....twin turbo FTBHG :rolleyes

tomorrow i get to do mine again

btw - call jim at dailys if you need a head....he can get new castings for prices just as low as most reman places do them

I'm sorry, but who is Shannon? screen names are disguising and I'd like to know whom you speak of as I may be up for a new source for parts as well.

Thanks - Jon

Jon,

That would be me that they are talking about. I can get any OEM parts and performance parts that you need.

Just let me know

shannon@aboveallmotorwerks.com
www.aboveallmotorwerks.com

Jon,

That would be me that they are talking about. I can get any OEM parts and performance parts that you need.

Just let me know

shannon@aboveallmotorwerks.com
www.aboveallmotorwerks.com

SWEET!

Will be in touch.

shannon, over-thick headgaskets... what you got?

Jer,
will let you know tomorrow

i cry a small tear :(

indeed.

Alright, finally another progress report...

I've posted some of the pics up of the head and whatsuch, but I have almost all of the parts back together...

First: the bottom end opened up...

next the head... all shiney and newly machined...

I don't know what it is about twin-cam 4-bangers, but there is something elemental and raw about them...

now we have MOST of the necessary parts for to with which we shall re-assemble the whole mess (missing a couple washers and the new exhaust studs)

now, we have engine-bling stage 1 phase 1....

engine bling Stage 2 Phase 1

ok, lunch is over...

hopefully by the end of the day I'll have more pics of a) re-furbed exhaust header, b) cleaned up cylinder bores, c) engine bling phase 2, and d).... erm, I don't remember...

anywho, thanks to Herr Project for his guidance and Shannon for helping source some parts...

btw, that head gasket IS .3MM thicker than stock, which is ~.012" and the head has had at least .011" removed.

sooooo yeah.

also, still have a set of HIDs and the DS-1s for sale.

Engine Bling Stage 1 Phase 2

Looks like everything is coming along and looking good. It was my pleasure (Above All Motorwerks) to source the parts.

Shannon

looking good! hope all goes smoothly :)

one more pic... engine bling stage 2 phase 2

Engine bling is coming along nicely....painted engines always make more power then unpainted ones. :)

indeed.

however my attempt to paint the upper timing cover was an abject failure... starting over will be required.

Aaron is bring you blasting cabinet back so I can undo my gross error.

Still waiting on parts.... arrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrgh....

what parts are you missing now. The bling is looking nice. Is that powered coated?

camshaft alignment tool and flywheel TDC pin...

coming from texas somewhere for $90...

camshaft alignment tool and flywheel TDC pin...

coming from texas somewhere for $90...

What car is that for? No e36 has a part like that that I have seen. :dunno

This on the e28?

it times the cams together at TDC and ensures teh flywheels stays pinned at TDC while re-installing the infinitely adjustable cam sprockets...

nice typing on my part... short bus ftw!

i hate waiting for parts...it's the worst...

*sits and waits for f'king parts* :mad

Got something done today!!!!

1) HG in place...

2) that's the FACTORY header... no wonder it makes zero torque...

3) head ready to go on the short-block...

4) the guys at the machine shop removed this from the head... but didn't say where from...


hmmmmmm, any ideas???

and, no, I'm not talking about the jeep key... that's there for size reference.

I get the feeling that it goes in hole A, as there is a similar piece in hole B already and that appears to be the only place on the head surface of the correct size to accept it.

it's a simple metal sleeve.

hrmmmm

I just attemped to put it in that hole... doesn't seem to want to go in... hmmmmm.

jer,
it's a centering pin. it aids in holding the gasket in place and aligning up the head to the block. you will need to tap or press it in.

the transmission uses the same thing and I've heard that you can have transmission problems if you have worn ones....

S

maybe yours are worn???

there is already one in the head... circled as "B", I'm trying to figure out where this one goes...

but thanks for the confirmation... you want to pull one of your motors apart and check for me?

riiiight and did during the last changout

maybe BMW's were never meant to be driven....just idled around shopping malls and parked at the golf courses? :-)

S

http://img226.imageshack.us/img226/8364/m42blockth6.jpg

Looks like it's supposed to be a little toward the left?

armen, #8 is actually still in the block... but it looks like it could be a replica of that...

unless its not even from the deck surface, hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

should probably be towads the pass side and cylinder 4...atleast thats how it is on most engines....look at the bottom of the head for clues (look at where the one thats in the block will go, find a hole that looks like that on the other side diagonally from it)

http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v345/AlarmedBread/325is/?action=view&current=block2-1.jpg&refPage=&imgAnch=imgAnch13

*edit*

oh, and its definately NOT "A"

that is not a head bolt hole, these are used to stick a wooden dowel in and help locate the head on the block...it will be another bolt hole that the locating pin goes to...

I was thinking more #9/10 in the diagram. But you should be able to just check all the bolt holes in the head/block, it should only fit in one.

9/10 is an oil check valve...

thanks chris, that will help.

wooooooooooooooot, the head is on!

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand, the head bolts are mocked up (not cinched without the cam/flywheel tools)

and the sprockets are mocked up too...

me=happy.

cool beans!

I won't be getting the bloody cam tool until tomorrow... gaaa!!!! I think I might go ahead and bolt up the lower intake manifold and get the upper attached to the TB...

the upper timing cover is off getting bead blasted and painted black... and I"m a touch nervous about one of the head bolts not threading particularly well...

I also need to hunt down some 328i rear brakes...

I just attemped to put it in that hole... doesn't
seem to want to go in... hmmmmm.



I'm simply quoting this because it made me laugh in the gutter-borne way these things always do.

:redspot :alright

:shifty

doh!

Wife just called and the camshaft allignment jig is HERE!!!!!!

Tell me this is not what you are driving to the Black Hills

no....

driving a buddy's 95 M3...

I'm litteraly near tears...

so I finally find the stupid hole for the dowel that holds the flywheel in place...

it has a rubber plug in it, so I start working on the plug to get it out... it even has a nice ring on the end to put a screwdriver through and get a little leverage on it...

until, that is, the thing rips in half and leaves a nice impossible to budge plug in the block...

I am soooooooo ready to burn this car down...

even if I could push it through, i'm not sure it would fall cleanly to the "drains" at the bottom of the bellhousing...

I could litterally cry I am so frustrated with this thing...

It's a piece of rubber. It won't do any damage if it rattles around for 10 seconds before the flywheel grinds/melts it into powder. The only way it could hurt anything is if it got inside the clutch assembly, and that is not possible.

Take a deep breath, punch it into the bell housing cavity, and move on with life.

hey don't burn it, give it to me!

I'll even trade you ;)

right now chris... its tempting...


thanks armen...

Drill bit, or better, a drywall screw!

Get a 2 or 3 inch drywall screw and run it into the plastic, then use that to pull it out.

interesting idea.... if only there was a way to reach it with that type of method...

my other question is how to plug the hole without the right plug (can't find a part number anywhere).

I'm running without mine and have been for the past 5k.mi.

Mine disintegrated upon removal and I never replaced it. No ill effects so far...

Plus, with a stubby phillips and a short screw, you can leave it in and use it in place of the loop. It won't hurt anything.

Worst-case scenario, if you run without the plug and submerge the car, some water will get into the bell housing cavity. IMO if you get to that point you have bigger problems then the water on your clutch disk.

Saw a young guy in a silver E30 325is with 2005 Black Hills decals at Markel BMW yesterday (Monday) around 4:20-30. I said Hi, but he seemed a bit shy/nervous about something. Think the parts guy was having him go get the VIN or something off of his car.

Is it anyone on here?

Either way, was nice to see someone. A time or two ago when I was there I ran into an older guy with a 635 CSI (IIRC), but he wasn't too friendly actually.

I think we should have a small Nebraska BimmerForums meet so I can actually realize who I'm talking with on here. Just a thought.

^that would have been me

I was preoccupied trying to remember all the parts I needed :eyecrazy

they want $80 for a friggin door lock...think I might just shave the door handles and stick on some keyless entry for that kinda $$

we should go for a drive sometime!

right now chris... its tempting...


How about stuffing an m30 into my red IS and calling that a trade ;)

even have brand new suspension goodies to stick on it!

you know you want a 6, not a 4 :evil2

after spending that weekend in the M3, you have NO IDEA....

^that would have been me

I was preoccupied trying to remember all the parts I needed :eyecrazy

they want $80 for a friggin door lock...think I might just shave the door handles and stick on some keyless entry for that kinda $$

we should go for a drive sometime!Cool. :redspot

I know a good guy for keyless entry/alarms and audio if you want someone you can trust.

A drive isn't a bad idea at all!

after spending that weekend in the M3, you have NO IDEA....

E36? I know I'm quite pleased with mine.

yeah... daytona violet 95... it was pristine.

I deflowered it though...

yeah... daytona violet 95... it was pristine.

I deflowered it though...


and lets not forget that smell from coming out of that turn and straight to the parking lot :D

whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat.... :devillook

I was absolutely screaming through that section... I will admit. you shoulda seen the look on the car-owners face...

"soooo, ahhh, does this mean I have to buy new brakes and tires????"







"naaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah... well, depends on how much more you let me drive...."

and shannon, your avatar looks NOTHING like you...

thats the way i look when i wake up, or after some of the corners when my tires were starting to get a little slick.

I was surprised you kept up when I went hammer down... well done.

yeah i was to....the old girl did pretty good job and doesnt feel like it has 145k on it

Orron's is a lot more used up now than it was before we left... he only scared the crap out of me a couple times... REALLY early apexes.... yipe!

i'm pretty sure bmw designed these cars to run better after periods of WOT and speeds in excess of 100mph, they do have to run on the autobahn afterall, think of it as a tuneup ;)

My car always runs smoother after a good flogging.

update... still stuck... the M3 flywheel doesn't have the correct spot to pin the flywheel/crank at TDC, so I'm going to have to either figure out another way to do it externally or i'm gonna have to pull the head back off...

Are you trying to rotate to TDC or do you actually need to lock the flywheel?

FWIW, with all the head work I've done, after destroying the plastic plug I found out my Lt.wt. fly has no dowel hole, so using a dial gauge indicator, I confirmed that the timing mark on the harmonic balancer was spot on for TDC and it timed out no problem.

I don't see any marks on the balancer, but I'll check again...

PROGRESS!!!!!!!

1) finally got the crank pinned at TDC
2) head bolts torqued
3) cam sprockets timed
4) cam sprocket bolts in
5) one tensioner in/done
6) sorting out tensioner #2 (trying to determine version... seems there is a change in 9/92, and I have a 9/92 build date... joy)
7) thinking I'm going to need some metric fuel line and spark plugs tomorrow

Vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvrrrrrrroooooooooommmmmmmmmmm.

6) sorting out tensioner #2 (trying to determine version... seems there is a change in 9/92, and I have a 9/92 build date... joy)


This made me LOL and I woke up the wife, Jerk. She is pissed.

I gotta go :(

Edit, you owe me a certain CD for this

tensioner is sorted out... I'm 4-5 hours from being ready to turn the key IMO... maybe a little more, but not too aweful much...

now I just need to find someone with metric fuel line in stock... ugh....

You're close enough to smell exhaust fumes...

Hope you get the hose sorted. I remember puckering everything when I did my first valve train work, but boy what a pleasure when you've got smooth idle.

We await good news...

anyone know where to find specs on the fuel lines (rubber) on these cars???

I can't seem to locate anything that indicate ID... the realoem ETK is not a help thus far....

you should just be able to go to the local parts store and pick up thje rubber hose. that all we have in spots for the race car. As long as it is a high presure hose for fuel you should be good to go. just take a chunck of the old hose to parts store so they can match it up for the size.

yeah, that sounds like what I will need to do... I'm not making any progress online...

I desecrated a national monument and should be banned...

My edit: ZOMG......... Jeremy can change posts ............. ZOMG :wow :wow :wow

you should just be able to go to the local parts store and pick up thje rubber hose. that all we have in spots for the race car. As long as it is a high presure hose for fuel you should be good to go. just take a chunck of the old hose to parts store so they can match it up for the size.

ditto

its 5/16" on the e30s..

make sure you use fuel injection clamps, not regular hose clamps like the PO of my car did :rolleyes

I have the original clamps... and will re-use them if possible.

I bought 1/4" because that's all they had, and I forgot to grab my sample piece.

I didn't get as much done tonight because the VCG was a HUGE PITA...

but, progress is progress...

Scheshy...

Are you missing some fins on your viscous fan clutch?



And Karl, as a fellow beast who's got one inch on my 6'7" frame, I feel compelled to tell you that pressure is building internally for me to build a floor pivoting pedal box for clutch/brake that will yield about 2-3" more useable room in the footwell. Comfortably. Still vaporware, but something I'll have to do this winter to keep me sane.

Steve,

yeah, fins are missing... but the thing is on too bloody tight to get it off... it was just like that when i got it...

Scheshy...

Are you missing some fins on your viscous fan clutch?



And Karl, as a fellow beast who's got one inch on my 6'7" frame, I feel compelled to tell you that pressure is building internally for me to build a floor pivoting pedal box for clutch/brake that will yield about 2-3" more useable room in the footwell. Comfortably. Still vaporware, but something I'll have to do this winter to keep me sane.

ZOMG...... DOOOOO EEETTTTTTTTT.... I WILL BUY

OK... lower intake is on (not torqued yet... I assume I'll have to remove it at least one more time) and I torqued the VC, three of the bolt-holes are stripped to high heaven, great.

fuel lines mostly done, and about 1/3 of the wiring re-connected, ftw.

couple pics...

and one more....

I wish I was local, we would have a beer fest and go crazy and get it button'd up in no time. I am a nut when I start working on a project like that.

Hell, it only took me 3 Boulevards and 25 minutes to drop the subframe :eyecrazy

hey man, I need your home address for that CD...

hey man, I need your home address for that CD...

3955 Pointe West Pl #202
Rapid City, SD 57702

:buttrock

Now go work on your car :D

3955 Pointe West Pl #202
Rapid City, SD 57702

:buttrock

Now go work on your car :D




Road trip!

(Where bee all da white wimmins'?)

and one more....



I'm cornfused. You've got plug wires in place, but those connectors to the left (in the image) look like coil pack plugs...

:shifty


Are joo sneakin' a flux capicator in there?

Are joo sneakin' a flux capicator in there?

Mine came with one OEM :devillook , yours didnt?

Joo got hosed !!!!!!!11!!111!!!!!1

steve... those are the coil-packs, indeed, I just set the plug wires in place to begin mocking up their routing... I'm changing it slightly.

If I have enough time tonight I'll have a chance to fire it up and pray...

steve... those are the coil-packs, indeed, I just set the plug wires in place to begin mocking up their routing... I'm changing it slightly.

If I have enough time tonight I'll have a chance to fire it up and pray...

did you see my addy?

did you see my addy?


i saw it and i am going to sign you up for a bunch of junk mail :D

Mine came with one OEM :devillook , yours didnt?

Joo got hosed !!!!!!!11!!111!!!!!1




NO WAI!!!


http://www.steveklein.cc/images/flux.jpg

did you see my addy?



ja! werd....

and steve... that head is off an M50-derivative... I'm two pots short.... no OE flux capacitor for me...

NO WAI!!!


http://www.steveklein.cc/images/flux.jpg

JA! I just got in my new AA software to run 1.4 Jiggawatts :wow :wow :wow :wow instead of the standard 1.2

:D

:clap

:la

:smoke1

:cashwalle

:clockwise

update. Is the car running??

i'd take that as a yes
cuz if it wasn't, he'd have been on here to rant about it
:)

It's not, sorry. I believe the upper manifold is not yet attached, that's probably tonight's project. I've spent most of the week at the hospital with my wife's family and now am feeling lousy myself, so I have been no help.

Hope all is well with the wife's family and i bet this car will be tearing up and down the streets by sunday.

well, lots of progress tonight, I got everything mocked up, nothing torqued, but all of it in place and ready to put back together one final time.

I wanted to make sure i had all the routing of lines and wires right before I started torquing anything down...

I do, however, have pictures to prove it!

here she be...

Now taking bets on how long he drives it around with no exhaust before taking it to the muffler shop to get welded up.

I'm going for 4 days. :D

:devillook....

I REAALLY want to hear it in the underground garage at work.... :evil2


and maybe a touch of revenge on mustang boy....

Armen, will you have a couple minutes on saturday to check over my work before I turn the key and blow it sky high...

and all that cosmoline looks like crap next to that sexy crinkle finish... I might have to do something about that...

methinks I will be sexy-fying the oil filter lid and the throttle body... a little scotchbrite and some steel wool...

I will probably have a few minutes on Saturday.

Whoa, that engine is tiny.

cool, I won't be able to do much today, but I THINK that 2-3 hours in the morning should take care of most of it...

then it will be off to the shop for exhaust, springs, and an alignment.

its called knuckle-room hugo... and it pwns.

ok, car runs, but the clutch is dead... I'm guessing the slave died while sitting...

actually armen guessed that... I'm just agreeing.

cool on getting the car to run but sad that the slave died on you. I can have a new one shipped to you for @60. :thumbup: Just let me know

i'll let you know monday

and thanks!

double check vaccum to brake booster

(press brake while you start car, see if pedal drops)

hope its that easy :)

Unfortunately not a booster problem, the clutch pedal goes straight to the floor even with the car off...no resistance.

^doh!
hope you get it sorted out soon...
look at the bright side, atleast you'll beable to spin the tires in the snow :D

Ohhhhh, did that. After staying at a friend's house and trying to leave on a frosty morining. Pedal dropped and wouldn't return. The job's easy, tho. Just annoying.

Just got back from Brady's where he, Randy and I replaced his HG in about 8 hrs. I'm sooooo glad I'm OBD1.

heh... no kidding man.

and my pedal comes back up, but there's just nothing doing... the return spring is fine, it just has no effect on the fork...

this is making me concerned that this is a clutch-master issue, and that makes me unhappy...

That's wierd. My pedal wouldn't come back up (IIRC) and it was a dead slave, but the master was just fine. Of course, if you've got a return spring on the clutch pedal arm that will do it.

Sorry for the troubles :(

Keep us posted.

if I could get it up on a trailer, I'd just take it to the mechanic at this point... but that's kinda tough without a winch.

you could push it on the trailer. Me and my bro have down that many times with a running start. Just get a couple of guys and shouldnt be a issue. Didnt goat boy aka mr project aka Armen get a trailer that isnt high off the ground :)

Jer, with all of the work you should have just as well supercharged it :-)

S

I haven't spent that much on it...

and armen's trailer doesn't have ramps...

^^ yeah cause AboveAllMotorWerks is giving you NE guys good pricing :D

that sucks about the ramps.....i know uhaul is only like 100 for a trailer with ramps :)

Find a sasquatch to carry it to the mechanic. That is what I do atleast

:shifty

I could buy ramps for $100... my brother has a 26-foot enclosed rig, I may have him come get it if I can't sort it out tonight...

I could buy ramps for $100... my brother has a 26-foot enclosed rig, I may have him come get it if I can't sort it out tonight...

How much to rent a sasquatch?

You'll never get it on the trailer with a winch. Find a good wench and you're good to go.

:rofl

Jeremy, only you would be too lazy to jack the car up and spend 10 minutes bleeding the clutch (30% chance it will fix the problem), but would rather spend 2 hours loading the car on a trailer and hauling it off to a mechanic.

:lol

yeah but it is more fun killing yourself loading a car onto a trailer and drinking a 12 pack of bud while doing so

when i bled my clutch, i thought i was making a new kind of campell's chunky soup :eek:

the brakes were not much better :rolleyes

yummm...

ps. my offer to trade still stands :D

:rofl

thanks armen, I needed that...

I'm still at the office though... hence my being relatively detached from reality...

if I get home before 9, I'll throw the jack underneath it... fun for me.

ok, first solo attempt at bleeding the clutch? no results... poo!

it immediately began dripping fluid when I lossened the bleeder screw, and it flowed a constant stream when i depressed the pedal...

I'll need a second set of hands to try it again... see how much fluid I can push through the system...

Can you remove the slave to see if the plunger is intact and not leaking?

That's odd that you could pump clear fluid through but you get no pressure resistance in the system.

Has the slave been off the car at all? Possibly not seated in the fork?

I haven't touched the clutch mechanism or transmission...

Armen and I are meeting at 6pm tonight to give it the old college try, I haven't pulled it out yet since it was bloody freezing in the garage last night.

if I can sort out the transmission, I'll also get the coolant system flushed, filled and bled.

then it goes back to the exhaust shop to have an exhaust welded up.

i have some rain gutter and a few coffee cans, was going to put them on my friends civic (without permission:D ) but you can have first dibs.

IT LIVES!!!!!

gracias senior Projecto!!!!!!

now I need a buyer for my DS-Is...

Yep, clutch bleed was successful, and now it waits at the exhaust shop for the welder to come out and play. My 4 day guess was way off....and I'm glad. It won't be long now until he's back on the road terrorizing bunny wabbits and such.

my guesses were all way off as well...

I forget how long it takes me to get in a groove on a job... and with work and travel kicking my tail, it was nearly impossible to build a lot of momentum...

I SHOULD have just ordered the HG kit right away, it would have trimmed a few days off...

I think I could re-do the job in 4 days this time... assuming I had all the parts. waiting...

speaking of waiting, I need my LCAs from Tim and a few other goodies from BMW-L that have been waiting for me for ever.

I'd offer to buy you lunch tomorrow, but I'll be without vehicle... maybe next week.

:redspot :buttrock :offwall :wiggle :biglaughc :guitarist :woowoo: :drink1


:handclap



So all of this was for the head gasket? I'm getting ready to do mine but had the experience of doing Randy's on Sunday with Brady. Aside from OBDII and re-routing some messed up ICV hosing it was pretty straight forward.

Pics of you vroomin are requested.

parts and machine shop time and me not being a chicken all played into getting this sorted out...

and the fact that I only spent more than 2 consecutive hours working on it on maybe 3-4 different occasions...

good to hear!

:buttrock

Car is in the process of getting all new cat-back at the moment... woooooooooot!

Car is in the process of getting all new cat-back at the moment... woooooooooot!

:woowoo:

mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm, magnaflow....... it still won't be as loud as the E28 though... ("cat??? those are the little furry things we run over, right????") :D:D:D

:buttrock

Jer, you need to hear my car. Sounds AMAZING w/ my new catless/resonatorless track pipe.

I will get some video

My 4 day guess was referring to how long you'd drive around sans exhaust. :)

My 4 day guess was referring to how long you'd drive around sans exhaust. :)

use of the word "sans" :alright

Nice work Armen!

update?

AH... sorry, forgot about that...

exhaust shop called, its done... lets see how loud it is!!!!

AH... sorry, forgot about that...

exhaust shop called, its done... lets see how loud it is!!!!

Still have cats? Resonators? If so, :nono

:D

cat, yes.

resonator, no.


how you like my sig???? :D:D:D:D:D:DD

:lol :lol :lol nice sig

Badeer found the image... but the quote is mine...

like most things on high-street, its a group effort.

Badeer found the image... but the quote is mine...

like most things on high-street, its a group effort.

:(


:shifty














































:rofl :rofl

New exhaust is ON. Sounded a little raspy at certain RPMs at first, but sounded DARN good from inside the house when you drove by later. :)

its an M42, the rasp is OE...

and it is cleaning up a bit... now I need to get the springs swapped before it rattles apart...

while fun, they are totally unnecessary..

And I'm glad you appreciated my drive-by... :D:D:D:D:D

it sounded good when I pulled into the garage as well!

Now that the car is running when is this said post party and congrats on getting that thing going

post party details will be finalized next week when I get back from hunting... wooot! dead animals ftw!

also, car runs pretty good, REALLY REALLY REALLY need to get those springs off...

damn...

that means i have to wash my car again huh?

well...all the dirt atleast hides all the dents...

I need to wash mine almost as badly as I need to get it licensed!!!!!

details to come this week!

I need to wash mine almost as badly as I need to SEND OUT JAMES'S CD!!!!!!!1
details to come this week!

Much love ;)

haaaaahahahahhahahahahahha

if you knew, you wouldn't be asking... email me your address again, I can't find it now...

haaaaahahahahhahahahahahha

if you knew, you wouldn't be asking... email me your address again, I can't find it now...

I lost jour email..... :( so here it is.

James Taylor
3955 Pointe West Pl #202
Rapid City, SD 57702

If I get a bunch of dildos and crap from you sick bastards. I will come and find you :ninja

And I know you have been busy, I have been watching :ninja






:shifty

im not sure about the dildos but u might start getting some weird magazines with aminals.

:rofl

im not sure about the dildos but u might start getting some weird magazines with aminals.

fap fap fap

so much for my thread...

so much for my thread...

You started a thread 8-29 and only finished the project a week ago and you expected it to not get crapped up in the mean time.

Your crazier than I thought :D

and you desecrated a national monument... what's your point?

:lol :lol

yeah that was a cool picture


oh wait i think i had something to do with that picture as well..

pshh...

you dont need plates...well..actually...

get them asap, since your car is red

times pulled over in my red car = 5 a day average

times pulled over in my delphin car = 0

and we know which one was sped in (much)more frequently ;)

and you desecrated a national monument... what's your point?

I also pee'd on Mt Rushmore in Highschool.... :D

I know nothing...

if the feds ask me, i know NOTHING.

I know nothing...

if the feds ask me, i know NOTHING.

Good man :buttrock

CD???????? :D

ps- Check out new user title