Project: Spielereien. AKA "The dumpster fire"

[delamaize]

Video or it didn't happen right?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7vMEJxWGX54

a lot of work left, but at least I know it runs....

[Zacm829]

Awesome, it's all down hill from here. We used the same location for our oil filter housing, did you run AN lines to it?

[delamaize]

Awesome, it's all down hill from here. We used the same location for our oil filter housing, did you run AN lines to it?

Yeah, I used AN10 fittings, and had a local machine shop weld some male fittings on the ends of the stock lines. worked out pretty well.

Overall, tonight was a case of One step forward, 2 steps back. when I was filling it with coolant, It started puking fluid out the back of the motor. Valley tray gasket is shot. I thought I had replaced it when I had the motor apart. Ended up dumping a lot of expensive radiator fluid on the ground. Oh well, time to order more parts....

[jpod999]

Overall, tonight was a case of One step forward, 2 steps back. when I was filling it with coolant, It started puking fluid out the back of the motor. Valley tray gasket is shot. I thought I had replaced it when I had the motor apart. Ended up dumping a lot of expensive radiator fluid on the ground. Oh well, time to order more parts....

Damn that sucks! I'd recommend getting all new bolts for the valley pan also, mine were super corroded.

[delamaize]

Damn that sucks! I'd recommend getting all new bolts for the valley pan also, mine were super corroded.

I had thought about it, but all of mine look damn near brand new, so I skipped it. Between now, and when the parts come in I might change my mind....

[delamaize]

Got the valley pan gasket replaced today, Maston I did some digging and found a few vacuum leaks. Running a lot better now. 29 days to picnic at this rate I'll make it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5y8Nch16TQ

[delamaize]

Tonights Update:

Fuck Brake lines.

That is all.

[jpod999]

Got the valley pan gasket replaced today, Maston I did some digging and found a few vacuum leaks. Running a lot better now. 29 days to picnic at this rate I'll make it.

Sounds so awesome!!

[delamaize]

Tonights Update:

Fuck Brake lines.

That is all.

Ok, now that I have had some time to calm down, and potentially fix the issue, I'll elaborate.

When Maston and I were bleeding the brakes, we found that almost every flair I made was wrong, and they all were leaking. Long story short, I had to redo all of them, except 2, Destroyed 2 fittings in the process, damn near stripped one of my master cylinders, and learned the hard way that a cheap flair tool makes shitty flares.

In the process of doing all this, I had to reroute the main lines coming off the master cylinders. Good news is, If the splices leak again, the new routing will allow me to do one piece lines, where the old routing wouldn't. Hopefully, here in the next few days, My M5 slave will be here, and that will allow me to get the clutch working right, and Hopefully getting the brakes bled will allow me to drive it a little for the first time. Then off to have the exhaust put on it.

27 days 'till Picnic.....

[delamaize]

Got a metric shit ton of little shit done on the M60 swap today. Mostly wrapped up little stuff.

Got the wiring harness adapter shortened, covered, and cleaned up.


Wired up the fan to a factory button in the cab. (just until I figure out how I'm going to wire it for auto.




Modified the orginal wiring guide from the fan cover, to hold a power wire, and the overflow line.


Made a bracket to hold the MAF.


made a bracket for the Diagnosis connedtor.


then finally got motivated to get most of the body put back together. I left the hood off for now.




Getting so much closer....

[delamaize]

Maston came down, and we got the brakes bled, clutch bled, double checked everything, filled the diff, put the hood on....





Woo! First drive! Still needs o2 sensors and exhaust, but I got to drive it!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nlF8xfwKzSs

Still waiting for.the M5 slave, then hopefully next week, we will get the exhaust put on it. Pending that the self burping cooling system actually does such, and I don't have cooling issues, it will be at the picnic under its own power!

[P Arkus]

That's awesome! Congrats on getting her running!

[CorvallisBMW]

Congrats!

[delamaize]

Loaded up and ready to Possibly get the exhaust put on tomorrow. The place I'm taking it to is kinda a first come, first serve place, So I'm hoping that getting there early might get it and done tomorrow.

[jpod999]

Wow! Awesome updates! I'm so jealous you got to drive yours!!