Today was a good day

[matt]

You'll have to look very closely at the wire colors, but they're on the diagram. I believe there is also a reference in the DOHC swap FAQ, but it may have been somewhere else I saw that.

[Jean]

e36 bentley ordered, should be here next week

[hoveringuy]

Jean,

What did you end up doing with your metal hose? Keep it? I need something similar to the Turner conversion fitting because I will want to replace my plastic hose (#6 here... http://www.realoem.com/bmw/showparts...00&hg=11&fg=35) with something that will let me use my stock power steering resevoir location.

In any case, can you measure the ID of your timing case where the hose goes so I can compare it to what I have on the M54, I'd like to see if they're the same. I think mine is 30mm in diameter.

[e30serg]

Here's what I found. I have both and s50 and s52 timing cases so I figured I could measure for you.

s52 ID: 23mm
s52 metal hose: 22mm. Yes, the O-rings fill-in a 1mm gap

s50 adapter OD, the side that goes into the timing case: 22mm
s50 adapter OD, the side that goes to the rubber hose: 24mm

btw, .13mm = .005"

[hoveringuy]

Here's what I found. I have both and s50 and s52 timing cases so I figured I could measure for you.

s52 ID: 23mm
s52 metal hose: 22mm. Yes, the O-rings fill-in a 1mm gap

s50 adapter OD, the side that goes into the timing case: 22mm
s50 adapter OD, the side that goes to the rubber hose: 24mm

btw, .13mm = .005"

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Thanks for the quick (and detailed!) response. The inside diameter of my similar port on the M54 is around 30mm so clearly the Turner solution... http://www.turnermotorsport.com/html..._ID=TEN9931007 ... isn't going to work for me.

I either need to fabricate my own or mate a barb onto my plastic pipe at the right location. Or I can use the stock pipe as-is and live with some funky hose routing.

[itsbrokeagain]

this is coming along nice....I wish I could find an M50 engine around here for $200 lol

Oh and thanks for the SI board..Got it in the other day, and the thing looks practically brand new. Going to try installing it next week and bring my cluster back to life :)