Picking it up tomorrow

[Jean]

Damn I am pissed now after seeing carfax results. I bid on a 95 with 86k, not something with 114k+ .

10/29/2002 114,609 California
Inspection Station Passed emissions inspection

02/01/2004 California
Motor Vehicle Dept.
Orangevale, CA New owner reported

[Jean]

Got it, thanks man!

[BigD]

So what is the oil pick up exactly?

7. Oil pick up ???
8. Oil pick up gasket ???
9. Oil level sensor (check)
10. Oil level sensor gasket (new)
11. Dip stick (new)
12. Dip stick tube (ok)

Unless your E34 pan came with a dipstick tube you'll need a new one, not the E36 (and not sure if the dipstick is compatible).

As far as the pickup goes, it'll be obvious once you take the pan off. The oil pump is at the front of the engine with a flange right on it. On the E36, there's a pipe that runs off the flange, the length of the engine, and down into the back reservoir. The E34 variant is like the end of that chopped off. And you'll need the flange gasket.

Numbers 6 and 7:



Installed:

[Jean]

Removed the auto harness.

















So far pretty straight forward.







Complete auto harness removed



injector and ignition side



don't yet what these connect to



connections to the various sensors on the head/manifold/tb





diag port



bare w/o wiring

[Jean]

Started removing the auto flywheel. I hope a starter will bolt on w/o any issues?!

[Jean]

e34 m50 pan, still need to get a "oil pick up?", oil tube and oil dip stick.



Going to drop it off to hot-tank.




Did not get a 95 m50, but it's a 94 m50, verified by VIN with local bmw dealership. They are giving me a flywheel and manual harness free, so I hope this will work.

[Jean]

So what is the oil pick up exactly?

5. Oil pan (check)
6. Oil pan gasket (new)
7. Oil pick up ???
8. Oil pick up gasket ???
9. Oil level sensor (check)
10. Oil level sensor gasket (new)
11. Dip stick (new)
12. Dip stick tube (ok)

[Jean]

Gotcha. I misread it as they're gonna change it for you.

Yeah, I thought they would let me take the e36 m50 pan out and get an e34 pan for extra cash but they don't even want the m50 pan back and let me have the e35 m50 pan for what they quoted me :)

who did you get it from? B.A.R.?

No, another recycler not too far away from them.

[BigD]

They did, I have it :)

Gotcha. I misread it as they're gonna change it for you.

[golde30]

who did you get it from? B.A.R.?

[Jean]

Didn't you also say they were going to put an E34 oil pan on it?

They did, I have it :)

[BigD]

Didn't you also say they were going to put an E34 oil pan on it?

[Jean]

so they sold you an auto motor even though they said they were going to pull a 5spd engine?

Yep, they'll make it right tomorrow. It was just too late for me to go back tonight. I already called them, and they'll get a 5spd out for me no problem.

I am not having a good day today.

[golde30]

so they sold you an auto motor even though they said they were going to pull a 5spd engine?

[Eviltwin]

how heavy was that engine hoist?