I guess it's that time for a 24v swap thread

[pilotskillse30]

oh and what e34 oil pan will I need

[pilotskillse30]

Orca is a good thing to have. The C101 connector basically connects inside the car, to the engine. Unless you play on swapping EVERYTHING from the M3 over, when I say everything, I mean EVERYTHING, which includes the dash harness.

You'll need that connector, it's not a big deal at all, it's actually a minor thing in the swap.

c101 is the e36 connector that adapts to the e30 harness?....can I cut out the m3 dash harness and exclude it?

[e30s52]

IT'S ALIVEEEE!!!

Stupid mistake.. Again. Didn't hook up the relay power wire on the diagnostic port harness. Hooked it up, all the relays clicked, and fired right up.

I told you its the relay!

Nice job getting it started!

[SamE30e]

I told you its the relay!

Nice job getting it started!

lol, I guess you were kinda right. It was ALL the relays. I had it idling for about 20 minutes while I filled it with coolant, it took about 7L if thats right.

[e30s52]

I dont know liters but mine took a full thing of bmw antifreeze and another of water.

[logger]

lol, I guess you were kinda right. It was ALL the relays. I had it idling for about 20 minutes while I filled it with coolant, it took about 7L if thats right.

Sweet! and is that Pat in your SIG.

[SamE30e]

It is, he's a very good lookin' man. He resembles myself.

[SamE30e]

oh and what e34 oil pan will I need

525i

And the C101 is the E30 body side, the X20 is the E36 engine side.

[SamE30e]

Well I did my shift linkage today. the E36 5spd one is too short to use with the G240. I needed to shorten my 318 one to 7 7/8 inches to the inside of each pin. With the E36 5spd shift carrier the shifter sits a bit more to the right, I don't mind it but some might not like it. You could probably fix it by shortening the 318 carrier but I can't weld aluminum.

Driveshaft is going in tomorrow possibly, then the brakes should be solved sunday and hopefully I can take it for a nice rip.

[Danny]

hopefully I can take it for a nice rip.

Famous last words.

[m3_eater]

Famous last words.

Yeah, don't R3V your E30!

[SamE30e]

haha, I'll go easy.

[SamE30e]

Well, cleaned up the wiring today, tightened all the engine mounts. All thats left is my driveshaft, exhaust, brake resivoir and fan.

[SamE30e]

It's taunting me..... I put it all back together except for the drive shaft, I need the old bearing off and the new one pressed on, but it's a sunday. Tomorrow, I'm going to hopefully be able to take it for it's maiden voyage.

[SamE30e]

I put the drive shaft in, took it for a drive. At first the clutch wouldn't work, I had to push it into gear but it wouldn't go in, then it would start moving and go into gear. So I bled it and it's better, I can put it in gear but it's noticeably dragging a bit. I'm going to try bleeding it a bit.