About 2 weeks ago I picked up a 91 auto e30 for $850. The tires were worn out and it "needed some work".
I drove it home an found there was a massive coolant leak seemingly coming from the back of the transmission that needed to be hunted down. Getting a little ahead of myself there are no images of the tear down. With the intake manifold off, coolant leak was discovered coming from the additional heater core thermostat/engine block from a number of different hoses. During the tear down one of the intake manifold gaskets came out in two pieces and the brake booster vacuum line to the intake boot was not properly attached. Explains the rough starting and rich idle.
Now with everything cleaned up, and a freshly painted valve cover... I have to wait... For parts... But that gives me time to adjust the valves while the cover is off.
With the intake already off I decided to rebuild/clean my injectors while I am in there.
July 9, 2015:
Parts came in Tuesday and the motor is back together and running. New wheels got balanced this morning and will be put on later tonight. Will post pictures tonight.
There is a clunking coming from the rear end which I'm assuming is from the subframe/trailing arm bushings. I'm looking at the revshift rear kit and am wondering, on a stock height car with plans to lower, would it be better to go with the standard height bushings or with the kit that raises the subframe and spaces the diff down?
December 9, 2015:
The coolant leak was not completely solved by the new hoses as there was a leak in the heater core that I found at the start of summer. Being summer I was not too worried about needed heat and just bypassed the heater core in the engine bay for summer. After deciding I didn't want to chance a used core failing on me I bought the BEHR core from pelican. Installation was very straightforward and I also replaced all of the o rings on the coolant lines. So far so good and the heat works great.
Going to be taking the cluster apart and replacing burnt out bulbs as well as attempting to fix my gas and coolant temp gauges as they aren't working too great currently.
Still saving up for a 5 speed swap and 3.73 LSD. I would like to replace most of the bushings while doing the swap. I have read mixed reviews about revshift's bushings, any one care to share their experiences with them?
How she's currently sitting
March 18, 2016:
Purchased a full 5 speed swap from a local out of his '86 eta parts car. Working on putting a list of seals, bearings, and bushings together so that I can replace what I need to before the swap commences.
I am leaving for the formula hybrid competition next week and need to move into my new house before I leave. So the swap will have to wait until I return from that.
While preparing for the swap I removed the A/C as I have never really been a fan of it and it didn't work that well anyhow. As well as I discovered some extensive carbon scoring on the distributor cap and rotor. Luckily the guy I bought the transmission swap from happened to have a used one in good condition so I purchased that from him as well.
Will update with pictures as the swap begins.
I drove it home an found there was a massive coolant leak seemingly coming from the back of the transmission that needed to be hunted down. Getting a little ahead of myself there are no images of the tear down. With the intake manifold off, coolant leak was discovered coming from the additional heater core thermostat/engine block from a number of different hoses. During the tear down one of the intake manifold gaskets came out in two pieces and the brake booster vacuum line to the intake boot was not properly attached. Explains the rough starting and rich idle.
Now with everything cleaned up, and a freshly painted valve cover... I have to wait... For parts... But that gives me time to adjust the valves while the cover is off.
With the intake already off I decided to rebuild/clean my injectors while I am in there.
July 9, 2015:
Parts came in Tuesday and the motor is back together and running. New wheels got balanced this morning and will be put on later tonight. Will post pictures tonight.
There is a clunking coming from the rear end which I'm assuming is from the subframe/trailing arm bushings. I'm looking at the revshift rear kit and am wondering, on a stock height car with plans to lower, would it be better to go with the standard height bushings or with the kit that raises the subframe and spaces the diff down?
December 9, 2015:
The coolant leak was not completely solved by the new hoses as there was a leak in the heater core that I found at the start of summer. Being summer I was not too worried about needed heat and just bypassed the heater core in the engine bay for summer. After deciding I didn't want to chance a used core failing on me I bought the BEHR core from pelican. Installation was very straightforward and I also replaced all of the o rings on the coolant lines. So far so good and the heat works great.
Going to be taking the cluster apart and replacing burnt out bulbs as well as attempting to fix my gas and coolant temp gauges as they aren't working too great currently.
Still saving up for a 5 speed swap and 3.73 LSD. I would like to replace most of the bushings while doing the swap. I have read mixed reviews about revshift's bushings, any one care to share their experiences with them?
How she's currently sitting
March 18, 2016:
Purchased a full 5 speed swap from a local out of his '86 eta parts car. Working on putting a list of seals, bearings, and bushings together so that I can replace what I need to before the swap commences.
I am leaving for the formula hybrid competition next week and need to move into my new house before I leave. So the swap will have to wait until I return from that.
While preparing for the swap I removed the A/C as I have never really been a fan of it and it didn't work that well anyhow. As well as I discovered some extensive carbon scoring on the distributor cap and rotor. Luckily the guy I bought the transmission swap from happened to have a used one in good condition so I purchased that from him as well.
Will update with pictures as the swap begins.
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