E30 1986 2-door from ESTONIA - restoration project.

[The_Glory]

So you still have a relatively good body. I had much worse... As I remember those long evenings in the garage, when I also removed the sealant from the bottom - it gets so scary! )

[Panici]

Such great work Marko!
Rotisserie is as serious as it gets.

By the way, totally different thing. I have a question for the users. Whats with the 5 pictures per post ? Will it change in some point or its it gonna stay like this forever ?

You can use an external image hosting site like Flickr to post more then 5 photos in a post (that's what I use in my thread).
We only recently fixed and updated the photo uploading, so I am thankful for whatever pictures per post it's set at.

[MarkoEST]

And the party continues.







Wheelhous before and after. Still 3 to go.





So this is it for now. No more pictures to add. :) But i will keep you updated as soon as i do something on the car.

[MarkoEST]

And there is nothing else to do than start the scraping fiesta. What else i found out that holding a heatgun in one hand and trying to clean the underseal with other is quite a challange. So my little Magyver came to help. I had one extra tripod in the garage, so i ziptied it to the tripod. Its like handsfree version. :D









Body rotator thing makes everything so much easier.

[MarkoEST]

Cleaned few spots using angle grinder and wirebrush. I realized that i probably have to get rid of the whole underseal of the body. Then im able to see how bad things actually are.



When removing the sound deading from the inside i already felt pretty happy because petrol tank attachment points were rust free. After a wirebrush things turn out to be quite different. I have had few E30s in the past and all of them i had to cut the attachment points aout and weld new onse. This one is no exception.

[MarkoEST]

Famous fuelpump and the bracket or whats left of it. :D

[MarkoEST]

Front axle removed, again. Also rear axle came off.





And turned the on its side. Rotator or body grille or whatever you want to call it makes working so much easier.



Now we can see it from underneath. Not a beautiful picture to be honest. I hoped little bit less rust. This is just the beginning because if i remove the uderseal there will be lots of more ungly surpises im sure of it.

[MarkoEST]

I managed to find a bodi rotisserie. It was made for Lada cars, but made some small modifications and voila! Welded wheels so i can move it around if need to.









Oh sh*t, it works! :D

[MarkoEST]

Started to clean the inside. All the sound deadening material will come off because i want to see whats underneath. Might be a nasty suprise. Aslo scraped off that awful shiny foamy thing. First i used acetone but the smell was so strong and i already felt bit high so i chnage it to brake cleaner. Did the work and smelled lot less.





Ive seen that lot of people use dry ice to remove that material from the floor. I used heatgun and a putty knife. And it was much warmer job than messing with the ice. :D



Before.



After.



Youtube material: https://youtu.be/0squ5LsZ-74

[MarkoEST]

By the way, totally different thing. I have a question for the users. Whats with the 5 pictures per post ? Will it change in some point or its it gonna stay like this forever ?

[MarkoEST]

Finally after many hours of fighting i claim victory! All wiring without damaging it out on the floor. I will put it aside and will deal with that later in the future.



Wasnt a suprise but i hoped it doesnt look like that. Under the fuse box.



All sorts of clips and claps. I have to write down a list what i need. And its gonna be a long one.





And ready for inspection.



And a video of that struggeling. https://youtu.be/kygEnf9gOx0

[MarkoEST]

One of the last owner had some kind of good soundsystem installed. All the cables were replaced and been tucked away pretty good. I will put them back when time is right because it will have back its good music even if i like to prefer the roar of that mighty inline six. Sometimes is just good to puts some awesome driving music on and just cruising around enjoying warm summer nights. :)



I was struggeling to remove the door connector. Someone has installed powerwidows and draw the cables through the connector the way it should be done. I have to fixt that as well. I need to add few new pins to the connectore but body side connector is not available anymore. I try to find used one wihtout any damages. If someone has 61131375688 - 2 pcs lying around, i would be ntrested. :)



And aigain, lot of small plastic bags full of all sorts of screws and bolts and stuff.

[The_Glory]

Never heard that people call them like this.

Everyone calls them that! ) One of the best fabrics for E30 seats. I only have such door cards. My dream is to find the same seats for them...

[MarkoEST]

Lets continue with dismanteling the car. Todays plans were get rid of the dashboard, heater and some of the wiring. Wiring takes lot of patiente and time, i dont want to break anything.



Engine wiring out. I have to check all the wires and insulation. Also all the connectors will be checked thoroughly. If something is broken, corroded or some else problem i will replace it.



Dash removed.



Clean as a whistle.



Dash itself is in pretty good condition. No cracks or anything.

[MarkoEST]

Next step was to clean the garage, put up some shelves and stack stuff on to them so i can geat a clear floor and parts are in somekind of order where i can find them when needed.







And done!



Took me whole two days to organize everything.