E30 from Ukraine - "Shadow of Intelligence"

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Factory documentation

In the assembly, I have another short pause, so this time we will talk about rarities. Well, it’s not that it’s really a rarity, but as they say - a trifle, but nice! )
Historically, nothing from the factory documentation of my car came to me ... But I always wanted to have it ... for "feng shui", so to speak;) the very beginning to be! ) First, my colleague in the ward gave me instructions for my radio, then, on occasion, I bought an original folder for documentation. Again, by chance, there was a card for the code in it, just from the same radio. Further, another colleague in the ward ;) presented a factory tag with configuration codes. And recently, another colleague in the ward ;) made me an offer that I could not refuse) - he offered a good set of books at a good price. Of course I bought! )
And now I have such a complete folder



Inside which is another folder)



Rather, it is a transparent dense "package" with a pocket.



In which all the books are placed.



Set:
Operation manual, service book, list of dealers with maps and addresses, instructions for the radio, a card with a code for the radio, and a tag with bundle codes (although it should not be stored in a folder - after assembly I will put it in its place - under the rear seat; ) )



1. Operation manual



Unlike red cover books, this manual is not for a specific model, but for the entire model range.



Excellent condition



The characteristics of all models are described



2. Service book.



For model 316i, 4-cylinder (or door?), with catalytic converter. Date of sale 05.02.88. Color lachssilber (grey metallic). According to the specified VIN code, it is precisely such a machine that breaks through - everything converges)



The service history is not very long, but still there. Serviced in Germany by Autohaus Struwe, a BMW and Mini dealer in Lennestadt.





3. List of dealers with maps and addresses as of 87/88.



Addresses



Map



4. Instructions for the radio and a card with a code for it.



BMW BAVARIA C BUSINESS RDS



5. Tag with bundle codes.



Such tags at the factory were placed under the rear seat during assembly. According to the specified VIN code, a white 325i with a blue interior and good equipment breaks through. The release date is 11/29/89, or more precisely, at 20:05. German punctuality! )

Here is such a kit.



The kit, although complete, is basic, so to speak, but still not quite "correct" ... After all, it was assembled from different cars, and for restyled models. In the future, I hope to find a kit for 316 or 325i before restyling. And I’ll make a tag for the configuration myself for my car;)

And now all the same, about rarities! )
Thanks to another colleague in the ward ;) , I bought a top Hi-Fi audio wiring for a standard amplifier.



The connector to the radio is cut off, but not critical - I will rearrange it from my usual wiring, it was also cut off there - audio tuning mp3 of the 2000s ...
A nice bonus, from the same colleague, was a gift - these are rare rubber bands - whoever is in the subject, he recognized them, I think ...;)





That's all for now. Build news coming soon.

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Body repair_32. Painting of hinged body parts

A few weeks ago, the painter cheered me up with the news that I can bring a machine to assemble attachments - they seem to be finally painted!
Everything was already prepared for me - the car was on wheels, the steering was installed, the handbrake worked - it was quite transportable! )
Quickly installed seals, hinges, locks.



And pulled it out into the street. I decided to save money on a tow truck)) I was too lazy to fool around with a trailer - you first need to go after it half a city, hitch it, then return home with it, load the car, then remove it, then drive the trailer back through half a city - a lot of unnecessary movements . Since it is already quite transportable, I decided to drag it on a rigid hitch - cheap, cheerful, fast and convenient.





And then it turns out that the painter has not yet painted everything, or even there it didn’t work out - in short - cancellation .... damn. As for evil, it was still raining - it's good that I covered the body with a cover.



I drove it back to the garage last night...
A week later, attempt number 2))
Pulled out of the garage, hitched to the hitch and drove off. Much faster and more convenient than towing a trailer.



But not everything is as good as it seemed! )) At a speed of more than 40 km / h, a vibration appeared, which increased significantly with right turns. With left norms. After a few turns, I had to stop and see what was wrong there. And not so, there was a convergence on the left wheel, exposed "by eye". The right wheel was straight, and the left was noticeably turned to the left. Therefore, "thirty" all the time trying to overtake)) and very resistant to right turns). But there’s nothing left to do, there’s no time left, it’s not far to go - I turned on the emergency gang and drove at a speed of 35-40 km / h. Despite the fact that I created some inconvenience on the ring road, everyone looked at it, turned around, and BMW drivers even showed "thumbs up")) In general, I drove to the exit from the ring road - and then the right turn .... Slowly I turn along a large radius ... the hitch shakes .... and then even so bamm !!! I look in the mirror - thirty still went to overtake! ))) Damn, I almost crap myself! ))) I brake sharply and jump out to catch it))) In short, the nuts were pulled out of the left side member, to which the hitch was screwed. Fortunately, it didn’t vomit on the right side member, so the hitch broke and the car rested its wheel on it, and didn’t go into the oncoming lane to someone in the forehead ... Some guy ran up, thanks to him for the help - they dragged him off, unhooked him, rolled him into the parking lot of the supermarket . In principle, except for the torn nuts, there were no casualties and destruction. And it could have been much worse... Called a tow truck while waiting for him, almost every passer-by took pictures of the car - apparently, not every day you see a bare body on wheels in the parking lot of a supermarket)) After all these adventures, I finally got to the painter. They put four doors, but he still didn’t have time to paint everything else ...) Another couple of weeks passed, and finally the whole hinge is ready. By the way, the torn nuts were welded back in the same place and painted. Picked it up yesterday. On a tow truck! )))







The gaps still need to be set. The doors are still norms, and the muzzle was screwed in hastily, as it happened.
But she already looks like a car)







I still have to play around with the hatch...



There are a few "grains" on the door and trunk, but after polishing they will go away - as the master promised. It remains to paint the body kit .... it is already prepared, and they promised to do it in a week .... but I don’t even believe it ...))

Further plans - processing of all hidden cavities. I will process with the composition of APP Profile F400. I ordered a pistol. As soon as everything arrives, I'll start. I also made a "revision" for all body plugs - I figured out where which ones are put, some are there, some must be ordered before.

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Body repair_33. Processing of hidden cavities of the body.

All body parts are painted and hung - the next item on the work plan is the treatment of body cavities with anticorrosive. Materials for the preparation of the body and sealants were used by APP, so I chose the anticorrosive agent from the same manufacturer - a penetrating ML composition with APP Profil F400 wax. It has good reviews and good value for money. It is available in two colors - amber and clear, in 0.5L aerosol cans and 1.0L pistol cans. I could not get any data on its consumption either from sellers or find it on the Internet, so I took 4 cylinders per liter "by eye". Two amber for doors and sills, and two clear for more visible areas. And, just in case, one aerosol can of 0.5 liters of amber. I bought a gun for these cylinders with a tube for cavities, and another spare tube. Seems to be well prepared.)



Decided to start with spars. I screwed a tube onto the gun instead of a nozzle ... and from the very first attempt something went wrong! )) There is a hole on the lid of the gun for air intake, so that a vacuum is not created in the cylinder. And when you first pressed the "trigger" of the pistol, for some reason the anticorrosive agent went not into the tube, but into this hole with a fountain up! How I managed to dodge him, so that my whole face would not flood - I don’t know! ))) But I did it! Splattered the roof, fender, hood ... Wiped everything, and began to see what was wrong. It turned out that amber anticorrosive is many times thicker than transparent. I don’t know why .... their expiration dates are normal and the same, the composition according to the description is also no different. In general, he didn’t want to be sprayed through the tube, the air blew into the balloon, and the anticorrosive agent again flew up in a fountain! ... The balloon was already swollen - it’s good that it didn’t burst! It would be totally fun! ))) I had to screw a self-tapping screw into this hole and try without a tube - it sprays normally, but in the end it compresses the balloon with a vacuum, well, it doesn’t matter anymore ...



I decided to blow out without a tube wherever there is access - I started with the doors. I sealed all the holes with masking tape from the outside, so as not to fill the paint, and at the same time, following the traces on the adhesive tape, the coating of the cavities with anticorrosive will be visible.







By the way, my right front door is now the safest) - with a shockproof beam. Apparently from a car of the last years of production, or maybe from a car with an airbag.



I poured it from the heart, as for myself! )







The drainage drains remained through and did not clog tightly with anticorrosive, after the anticorrosive has dried, I will check them and periodically clean them.
I decided to remove the wings and apron in order to properly process all the surfaces under them and from the inside.







The wings were covered from the inside with the same sealant as the bottom, but I decided to blow them out with anticorrosive as well - it would not be superfluous.





Further, I paid special attention to the niche of the heater and wiper motor, knowing the problems with its drainage. To begin with, even before that, I spilled all these niches with water - not a drop got into the cabin, all the water leaves, as it was intended. That is, they welded and treated with sealant everything is fine there, and the carpet promises to be dry for many years)) Moreover, the front drainage of the hatch is now also brought out. But to be sure, I shed even more well drains niches.







It also blew well through the speaker holes into the front corners of the thresholds - a classic place for rot, although now it should not rot - as I said above, water from the hatch will no longer pour there.
The next problematic place of the E30 body is the rear arches, especially the right one. There is access there - it is also flooded from the outside and from the inside.



The front apron was blown out with the remnants, although it was also already covered from the inside with sealant.





This is the end of 2 bottles. I blew out the last aerosol can in the rapids. Included with it was a thin long tube, and in aerosols the anticorrosive agent was more liquid - it puffed into the rapids perfectly. Rather, in comparison with the compressor, it does not spray, but pours. Therefore, the aerosol can ends at lightning speed. Moreover, they write that 0.5 l is the volume of the cylinder itself, and the anticorrosive in it is about 0.3 l + air. Therefore, it is more profitable to buy cylinders for a pistol - there is still 1 liter of anticorrosive.
It remains to blow out the hidden cavities ... Transparent anticorrosive is much more liquid, but he did not want to be sprayed through the tube ... damn. Googling, I realized that this is not only me. People write that you need to either heat the cylinder, or take a tube of a larger diameter, or shorten this one. I heated the balloon in boiling water, cut off half of the tube - and everything worked fine!
There are a lot of factory holes in the sills and spars, so even half the length of the tube is enough. I poured it first from below, then from above from the trunk and the passenger compartment, until it started to flow from below.



From below, on the rear spars, it was especially "convenient" to do this, lying under the car ... But he still poured it into all the holes! I also shed the sills along the entire length and the front spars.
Just in case, I blew out the motor shield, where it will be covered with soundproofing.



Transparent anticorrosive is almost invisible - it gives a matte tint, so for more or less visible areas it suits better than amber. Although it takes much longer to dry.
The rest blew out the niches in the trunk and the joint of the floor with the partition.









And this anticorrosive ended completely.
It remains to blow out the trunk lid, hood and front frame. In order to "do not run twice" again) I bought another transparent one liter and two aerosol cans. I sealed some of the holes and also filled the ribs of the trunk, front frame and hood from the heart.





You can clearly see from the adhesive tape whether it has been spilled everywhere, and at the same time, the transparent anticorrosive agent is almost invisible.



The rest was already poured into all the holes that I saw)) - into the beam under the torpedo, into all the roof pillars, along the perimeter of the hatch trough. The only thing that has not been processed is the manhole cover. There is nowhere to pour there, and maybe later it will “stick” somewhere there ... I didn’t dare ... Well, there’s also a tank hatch - there’s nowhere to pour it. )

As a result, the whole body took 5 bottles of 1 liter, and 3 aerosol cans of 0.5 liters.



I am satisfied with the result - the coating is uniform, after drying it practically does not stick, and it looks much neater than any bitumen, especially transparent. At first it stinks, but after a few days the smell was almost gone.
I hope that its quality will not disappoint me over time, and the body will live happily ever after! ))
On this optimistic note, we can solemnly declare that the body work, in spite of everything, and against all odds, is finally fully completed! Hooray! ))
Now it's just build, build and build again! )
The only trouble is with funding in connection with these viruses and quarantines ... But I hope that everything will work out .... or I will find another job ....)

P.S.
During this time, I began to deal with soundproofing and wiring, but more on that later, when there will be some result.

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Club calendar 2021

Traditional club calendar entry)



According to the voting results, the best 12 photos from 32 participants got into the calendar.

A preview of the entire calendar Ukrainian Club BMW E30 for 2021 can be viewed [url=http://forum.e30club.com.ua/index.php/topic,5026.msg1010907.html#msg1010907]here[ /url]

In my most "rosy" plans, I expected that my car would participate in the competition this year, so to speak, in a new look .... but even it did not work out .... at least be in time for the next competition in 2022 .. .. :)
But so far, and in the old "interesting color", she took 4th place out of 12 ;)



I took my calendars.

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Build_17. Body wiring (part 1)

For a number of reasons, my assembly stopped a little .... and all these holidays and all that ...) But the process, albeit more slowly, is still going on. In order not to waste time at all, I decided to do wiring - this does not require a lot of money, but it requires a lot of time. I like to tinker with wiring), so I decided to take it thoroughly. As long as there is free access to all connectors and wires, I will do what I haven’t done before, finish what I haven’t done before, and redo what I did before! )) In general - a complete revision and upgrade. For a long time I have had such an idea - to use all the connectors in the wiring - "full" should be everywhere! )) I have been doing this for several weeks now on quiet winter evenings. I have not yet reached the final result, but there is already an intermediate one. Therefore, the wiring will be a "miniseries" in several parts. So, part one - Body wiring.
The wiring has been lying in a cardboard box in a "ball" for the third year already, and it is obvious that in order to work with it, it needs to be untangled and laid out. There is no room for this in the garage. I wanted to lay it out in the workshop on the floor, but there is sand. He spread the film and began to lay it out. But then even I thought that it would drag on for more than one day, and during this time you need to walk here - someone will definitely trample some kind of connector. And I got a great idea - to make a special stand! ) For this, the old chain-link mesh was perfect - and it was just enough in length.



By the way, my help dog spends these winter evenings in the garage with me)))
I unraveled and hung out the body wiring, including the wiring for the power windows and the central lock.





I examined it, and came to the conclusion that it was necessary to unwind it all, inspect it and rewind it, because even though it all worked, in some places the condition was far from ideal. For example, wiring to the fuel pump:



Power window wiring with some incomprehensible knots and bows.



The long-suffering connector of the driver's door with twists and jumpers:



The passenger door connector seems to look a little better.



The wiring under the dashboard I initially was laid wrong. I already tried to shift it correctly, but it did not quite work out as it should. Now I'll fix it.



The front end with headlight connectors also looked sad. A few years ago I already rewound them with "Soviet" rag tape, but it "mummified")) It dried up, stuck with mud, and began to break like brushwood.





I started to unwind - it turned out to be more difficult than I thought. In some places anticorrosive and bitumen glued the electrical tape tightly, in some places there were all sorts of "collective farm" electrical tapes, of various colors and types, which were very poorly unwound. The most severe turned out to be green - I had to cut it off. There was a lot of glue, anticorrosive and dirt on the wiring, so I washed all the wires and connectors with white spirit with a toothbrush, then washed the connectors with white spirit from the compressor. Here is the tool - a scalpel, a spatula, a toothbrush and a lot of white spirit. And the result is half a box of scraps of electrical tape, and clean, bare wiring.



And then I freaked out even more! If the rear part of the wiring was in quite good condition, then its front engine compartment is a horror - twisting on twisting ... When I put restyled headlights, I cut off the old connectors and "pinned" the connectors from restyling. And now I was surprised that there were already twists a little higher along the braid - someone changed the connectors before me ... in the end - a bunch of twists. We will remove all this and bring it back to normal.





The left door connector will most likely need to be changed completely.





For that right after washing, almost like new.



And connectors C302, C103, C101 are planned to be stuffed to "full"! ;)





Bought the necessary tools and materials.



I bought Tesa electrical tape - in the original it is exactly like this, but when ordering from officials it costs 4 times more. I took 5 skeins of fabric, 2 lavsan, and 1 PVC. Fabric - for the interior, lavsan - for the engine compartment, trunk and external wiring, PVC - for isolating twists and fixing branches - it is the most sticky.
I bought two types of heat shrink - regular and glued. On glue it is more rigid and airtight - I used it on the branches of the bundles, soldered only the edges.
Thanks to a colleague on the E30, I stocked up with donor pieces of wiring and connectors. I also still have my own stocks.



I did what should have been done a long time ago - I printed out the complete ETM for my wiring in '86, and just in case for '89 - it's much more convenient than separate sheets.



Well, and away we go! )) Light creative mess in the process )



My wall-mounted semi-hood was very useful - a convenient magnetic board)



At the moment, the front (engine compartment) and rear (salon and trunk) part of the body wiring is already ready. Nearly all connectors have been replaced on the front, unnecessary twists have been removed, the rest have been crimped and insulated. I made an extension cord on the factory connectors for the antifreeze level sensor, since the tank is in my radiator. All harnesses are rewound with lavsan tape.







At the back, everything was much simpler - I replaced the connectors with number plate lights, and removed the "collective farm" corrugations from the pump harness. I rewound the trunk harness with lavsan tape, and the interior part with fabric.



For the first part, I think enough. Next time - about upgrades in the middle part of the body wiring.

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Body repair_34. BBS body kit painting

Now, everything is already painted! The body kit was painted, of course, not in a week. ) But I was not in a hurry, because there was something to do, especially since New Year's holidays and all that. And the day before yesterday, finally, he took everything. Although, not all - the rapids did not fit. I didn’t want to scratch or bend them at all, so I’ll have to go for them again one of these days.







Overlays on doors, "eyelashes" and "sickles".



Haven’t decided yet what is better to glue the lining - body, or glass sealant? If someone glued something similar, I would be grateful for feedback or recommendations.

The Breyton wing is now, as it should be, without an additional brake light.



Mirrors and small things in the box - headlight rings, grille rims, tow hook cover, fender flares and rear arches.



Spoiler - again, it has been proven once again - rubber can be well painted if you know how and how - the spoiler bends, presses in with your fingers, and does not crack at the same time.



Back apron.



I forgot to take a picture of the front one, because I brought it to the attic so as not to scratch it. Because I will put it last.
One of these days I will buy stainless steel screws, sealant, and it will be possible to start putting the body kit so that it does not lie "underfoot". The main thing is that frosts -20 do not hit again ... And then adjust the gaps.
For painting - it will still be necessary, after installing all the body parts, to paint over the fasteners, and the sealant on the front fenders, as it was at the factory, and tint the trunk lid from the inside. And then the final polishing... but I don't know exactly when it will be...

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Plans…

Man proposes, but God disposes. (c)

Almost a year has passed since the last entry ... Almost a year ago, a terrible event happened in my life, after which I lost interest in the car, and not only in the car ... There were thoughts to sell everything as it is ...

I don’t know why, but in my life almost nothing and never goes the way I plan ... So last year I planned to assemble a car by the end of October - for the birthday of my eldest daughter, and give her a gift for her anniversary. Did not work out. Then, after the New Year, I promised her that I would soon collect "thirty". I wanted to give her a surprise gift at the E30 festival. She loved our "thirty" very much and dreamed of driving it ... But God judged otherwise ... Soon there will be a year, as Yulia is gone ... Time goes by, but it does not get easier ... and, probably, it will never be . During this time, I did fulfill everything that I promised Yulia, but I did not have time then. I don't know if that made sense now...but I did. In addition to his last promise - the assembly of the "thirty". And this year, on her birthday, I sat and thought about a lot of things, remembered a lot of things .... including this promise of mine. On that day, I firmly decided that I would not sell anything, and I would still finish assembling it - in memory of my Yulia. My wife and youngest daughter also support me in this. The youngest daughter has already asked several times why I do not finish the assembly of the "thirty". She also loves and waits for her. In the summer, she even secretly took her girlfriends to the garage, showed them. I left this picture:



Previously, I would have scolded, but now it was even nice.
The car was covered with a thick layer of dust - it's been standing like that for almost a year ...







But over the past month and a half, I have already begun to do at least something - I bought a lot of things, prepared them. I'll wash it over the weekend and continue assembling. No more plans - how will it go ... Then only assembly notes.

PS
Yes, - now the machine will have a new name - Shadow of Intelligence




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Build_18. Electroplating and painting parts

I didn’t do anything with the car for the whole of 2021... Another batch of parts and fasteners lay in the garage all this time, which caused surface rust to appear on the bare metal. Therefore, I had to sandblast and clean everything again.
Various brackets:


Fasteners for them, and not only - several of these "sets":



And electroplating - galvanization with passivation - "yellow zinc".





Many of the details didn't look great. Some, like this:



By the way, I was lucky to find this bracket in good condition. Mine completely rotted away.
Some parts looked better, some even worse. Therefore, I collected all the details that need to be painted, and sanded. This time I used abrasive powder instead of sand - a good thing. He also used a pistol with a "closed cycle" - i.e. the powder is poured down into a pile, and from there, again sucked into the gun - also very convenient. Plus, now there is a normal electric hood - it's much more pleasant to work with sandblasting.







I have already mentioned that my tank was completely rotten along the joint, and I glued it right on the road several times with "cold welding" (by the way, it holds well). I was lucky to buy a great whole tank.





But under the fixing mortgages, rust has also begun to appear on it. Therefore, I removed the factory preservative, and sanded it locally at the junction and near the tube. Found some markings.





The cleaned parts that are placed under the bottom are covered with zinc primer. And I prepared such a set of pieces of iron for painting:



A set of materials and tools - APP 2-component epoxy primer, 2-component paint, black gloss.



I will say right away - the painter from me is not very good. It seems that it’s not the first time I’ve been painting, but it doesn’t work out without smudges. Although, the ground is cool - this time it lay perfectly. But the paint, with smudges, in places, even drops dripped ... I don’t know what it is ... Well, something like that ... for such pieces of iron, the norms.
We hang "garlands" of pieces of iron.



Two coats of 2K epoxy primer.



Tank, neck, and other parts that are placed under the bottom covered in three layers of black anti-gravel.





And the final painting in black gloss with 2-component paint in 1.5-2 layers.



Buck, just like new turned out.





The drain plug from the factory was covered with some kind of protective coating, so I didn’t touch it - I blew it out.



The same thing with the S-shaped tube - I didn’t unscrew it, sanded it off, coated the nuts with zinc, rubbed the copper lightly, and blew on top of it in three layers of transparent varnish.



A few details will still need to be painted silver on top, for order.
By the way, for convenience, I made such a list of parts, and their colors according to the factory.



I don’t pretend to be true - when compiling, I used the ETK and a photo of new original parts on the internet. Some parts were found in two color options. Maybe someone will come in handy.

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Club calendar 2022 and "rarities"

Traditional club calendar entry.
This year I did not take any part either in its creation or in the competition. Accordingly, my car is not there, but the calendar turned out, as always, beautiful. Thanks guys.



During this year, I did nothing with the car, but the habit of monitoring flea markets remained - at least to distract myself with something ... Therefore, I did buy a few rarities during this time. There are no photos, I just folded them in the garage.
Actually, this is wiring for four power windows, a rear seat with an armrest (for constriction into a "goose foot"), a mirror with lamps in excellent condition, a whole plastic of motor wiring, a green rear window (as it turned out later with a broken heating terminal).

But over the past two months, as he began to do something with the car, as they say, it just flooded into rarities!
The first is a set of Michelin TRX tires - for more than a year I watched this announcement, purely out of interest, since the price was like on eBay, and at that price they were not interesting to me. But apparently no one wanted to buy it, and when the price was reduced to a reasonable one (as for me), I decided to pick it up, in a set with my "metric" "bottle caps", which a friend gave me a few years ago. It’s good that I didn’t make tables out of these wheels, or some other crap, as I was going to - now there will be a set of rare wheels.



Vryat I will ride them, but as a rarity for photo shoots - super. I still need to buy caps for them and paint them. But more on that later and separately.

Startec - how much in this sound ... (c) I dreamed about them since I bought the E30, but I was greedy to pay $ 300 for them thirteen years ago ... And now, when the prices for them on eBay have become within 800-1200 $, and we have about the same as on eBay, I understood, and resigned myself to the fact that I will never have Startec ... I started looking at replicas, transparent glasses on eBay ... then I completely forgot, so as brought in a great view of their stock lights. But suddenly, by chance, I saw Startec for sale at a good price, albeit with minor jambs. And now they almost never meet without jambs. I decided that I should take it, otherwise I really will never have them. And here they are with me.



Which I am very happy about. Later I will bring beauty, polish, and it will be super. Special thanks to my friends for their assistance, and, in fact, for the lights and the organization of delivery.

Another old dream. I don’t want to dismantle the entire interior again later, and without air conditioning - this is not a “full”. Therefore, I bought an air conditioner kit - it should arrive soon. On occasion, the other day I bought another fan for it - it will be in reserve.

Recently I saw aluminum spacers for sale - a Hartge replica and an Eibach original. My homemade spacer, although it looks pretty decent, but it's not so cool. The original, of course, is more expensive, but I decided that it would be logical to put an Eibach spacer to the Eibach springs.



You also need to bring beauty and polish.

Well, again, on occasion, one of these days a set of information stickers and a new clean service book should arrive - although they are replicas, they are also a kind of fetish.

Look like that's it...
Well, according to the assembly, "the ice has broken" (c) But more on that later, and separately.

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Build_19. Air conditioning kit. Bought. (part 1)

So, as I mentioned in the last post, another idiot's dream came true! I bought an air conditioner, which I dreamed about almost from the moment I bought the car ... Otherwise, the equipment is almost "full", but there is no air conditioner ... It's not serious (s). I bought it not expensive, obviously not working, - for restoration. So the story promises to be long and interesting. In the first part, I'll just show what exactly I bought, and then we'll sort it out and restore it...
I would be grateful for tips and advice.
Actually, here it is, happiness in a box!



And inside the box



The set seems to be complete, but with big and different nuances...



Heater with evaporator,



One recirculation damper, of course, was already broken and repaired with improvised collective farm rivets, and it is unlikely that it could work like that.

The tubes are all intact, but need to be cleaned and galvanized. The body rubber of the tubes was filled with a dull body sealant, it was hardly cleaned out.



Fasteners tubes need almost all new.



Pressure sensor with collective farm "adapters / plugs", performance is unknown ...



Posting with minimal casualties, we can say that the whole. As it turned out, it is for restyling - you will need to somehow combine the heater connector with my pre-rest wiring ...
A couple of hours with ETM diagrams and a tester - and everything seems to be clear, and not as scary as everyone usually writes ...



The capacitor looks intact, the fan too, but with a broken low-speed resistor.
The dehumidifier, of course, needs a new one.
The compressor with fasteners, the button and the temperature sensor arrived a little later, so they are not in the photo. More on that below.
According to legend, many years ago, the entire kit was removed from the car from the M20 at the well-known in narrow circles in Odessa, disassembly of the E30, and in the same place, it was installed to the client along with the M42. For some reason, it was not possible to start it, and the car drove for several years with a non-working air conditioner, until the consequences of "collective farming" came ... How it was installed on the M42, and the consequences of this, in the photo below.



The compressor with a bracket for the M20, apparently, didn’t really want to get on the M42, but the grinder and welding work wonders! The bracket was slightly filed, slightly bored, bushings were put in, a metal adapter plate was made to it, and thus, it was fitted onto the M42!



But, apparently, the calculation was not very accurate, if it was at all, and something went wrong - skewed, and the ears of the compressor were torn out ...



So the car and went until completely rotted, and was bought as a donor. Then she stood like that for a few more years with my friend, until I bought this, that's all ...
Fortunately, I quickly found and bought a whole compressor with a whole set of fasteners for the M20. But there is a moment - the first one was BOSCH and there is only one wire on its connector, and the second one is like SEIKO, and there are three wires.



Are they compatible and interchangeable at all?

I forgot one more unpleasant moment - in addition, the valiant delivery service during transportation broke the lower part of the heater housing and the ear of the upper damper ... damn. I was already thinking of sculpting something from a conventional heater ... but again I was lucky - purely by chance, thanks to a friend, another heater case with an evaporator was inexpensively found, and most importantly - with whole dampers !!



Just in case, I bought another fan, with a whole resistor - but earlier, judging by the impeller and connector, - for before restyling.



I wanted to sort it out, since it worked very noisily, I took it apart, but the impeller doesn’t even want to be removed, I’m afraid to break it ...
Then another one turned up, the same, but again, with a broken resistor, for that with the right connector - I bought it just in case.



And now - "we have what we have!"
Two heaters, two evaporators, two compressors, three fans...
And it is not yet known whether there will be any sense from all this rubbish ... I hope that it will.

P.S.
Even I got too lazy to write ... I lost the habit of something ... There is already something to talk about, but so far there is no time and desire ... But soon there will be news, the assembly process is going little by little ... In the meantime, "preview" .

I bought bags for the fuel system:





All hoses, plastic tubes, stainless fasteners:



I bought bags for the brake system:



All pipes are steel, as expected.



Reinforced hoses are still going.

There is also progress in vibration and sound insulation - it seems to have turned out not bad.
But for today, navergoe, everything.

[The_Glory]

Cup "Machine of the Day" 02.01.2022 and "rarities"

Wow!
Four years ago, I first got to the polls - completely by accident, but missed them. I learned that I took second place the very next day. And so history repeated itself. Yesterday, for the second time, I again accidentally, without any "promotions" and "races" got into the elections, and again missed them for the second time, as I went to the village to visit relatives for the New Year's weekend, and did not go to the Internet. But this time, he won. Heard about it from friends on the phone. Very unexpected and very nice! Thank you all for your support and choice. I really appreciate it, especially now. Now the motivation to assemble the car will be even greater.
THANKS.



I was never interested in likes, ratings and other garbage. Never aspired to get into the elections. Maybe that's why I missed them for the second time. But the result still shows that the car is interesting, and the blog is useful to people. This is more important than the cup, as for me.
But still, it's nice to get it. Once again, thank you all for your support in the elections, and for your support in general...



Thanks to those who read and write on my blog, I hope you find something new, interesting and useful there. I will try to keep it that way.



Good luck and victories to all!

And here came my cup "Machine of the Day" 01/02/2022[/URL].



Immediately opened to see - it's really big! I even imagined it much smaller in size ...









I put it on a shelf in the garage. By the way, the stickers were included.



Well, at the same time, I'll boast - the second batch of "rarities" arrived, which I really lacked for the "full".

Rear power windows - I wanted them for a very long time, but did not come across. And here suddenly, there were several options at once. I bought separate mechanisms with cut wiring. I already have all the wiring for four power windows, I wrote about this last time. Power windows are "ideologically" correct for pre-restyling - "rope", like my front ones.



Then I bought a set of original buttons for them - four main backlit buttons (two in the console, and two in the rear doors), a rear window lock, and a common automatic fuse (it will be a spare).



I also bought green glass before restyling in the rear right door - now, finally, I will have all green windows and all power windows.

The next rarity is quite rare, I was looking for the same thing for a very long time - the lining of the trunk lid. Although, they sell fiberglass replicas, but they are so crooked and dumb that I did not dare to buy one. And here we were lucky again - the original is in excellent condition, and is also nearby.





Now I don’t know what to do with a large tool box ... Should I try to fit it on this lining, or not .... Especially since my usual box is fully equipped with tools, and the large one is completely empty ... We will see .. .

And another rare nishtyak that I already had, but could not pass by. Hatch fairing.



I already had it installed - a branded "aftermarket" from ClimAir. And this one is exactly the same, I think that it is from the same manufacturer, but with one difference - instead of the drawn ClimAir logo, it has the BMW logo stamped on it. Those. This is exactly the original option from the factory equipment. So it will be more correct.



Last time I mentioned TRX "bottle caps" and tires for them. I bought a set of caps for them.



Emblems, of course, I will buy new ones. One cap is bent - I'm looking for another even one.

Another small "rarity" is a new screen for the radio "Business RDS". Now she will have a great sound and look.

Everything seems to be ... I'm waiting for the next batch of new bags to arrive, and I will continue to assemble. Soon there will be entries on the assembly itself.
Further already in real time, so the recordings will be much less frequent.

[QuiqueUy]

So sorry about your oldest daughter!

I'm not a father so i can't feel anything close to what you feel but its good you found strength in memory to finish the project !

I had blast reading everything , its amazing how rotten the car was! and how good it turned

can't wait for you to keep updating the thread ! ahah

[The_Glory]

So sorry about your oldest daughter!

I'm not a father so i can't feel anything close to what you feel but its good you found strength in memory to finish the project !

I had blast reading everything , its amazing how rotten the car was! and how good it turned

can't wait for you to keep updating the thread ! ahah

Thank you very much for your words of support

[The_Glory]

War.

It seems that everything is against me finishing this restoration... I just started doing something - the damned Rashists started a war! I only had time to glue the vibration insulation, install the noise insulation, and started laying the brake pipes. and prepared the details for electroplating.







In the first days of the war, I managed to receive a parcel with new bags.



But again it was not time to assemble the car... I took the family further from Kyiv, and returned to meet the shitty "rashists". When the rockets started falling very close to the house, I had to use the garage in the basement as a "bomb shelter", and the "thirty" as a "safe" - I moved more or less valuable things and warm clothes there.





So the car stood again for almost half a year...
But in the summer I decided that war is war, and something must be done. So, there is some progress on the build, but then there was no time (or desire) to write about it. Therefore, I will write only now.

[The_Glory]

Assembly_20. Electroplating and painting of parts

Again, I had to re-prepare the parts for electroplating, as during this time they were covered with surface rust.



And also prepared the next part of parts for galvanizing.





I painted a few more details. Materials and technology are the same as before.









I tried to paint plastic with special materials for it.



I almost forgot to write about what I managed to do even before the start of the war - vibration and noise insulation. About that next time.