new E30 owner :)

[deeze30]

New to this forum but learned a lot of things already from members here and I thank you guys! I am lucky enough to get my hands on one of these amazing cars. A 1989 325i auto trans. To be honest I never seen myself ever owning or even driving an e30 but after learning more things about them and just by having it for a month now, i'm lovin' it! :D got it from bro's friend for $800 and sitting at 157,137 on odo but noticed that it's not working so exact mileage is unknown. Nothing too bad on it except getting it pass smog was a problem due to a bad catalytic. Got lots of plans already and a complete 5 speed swap sitting in my garage just waiting for me and my day off :) ,anyone lives in the bay area/east bay willing to help/company? hehe beers on me :-D. But anyways onto the pictures

[shameson]

That's a good start, sweet! Give a 5 spd swap for sure, you will love it even more

[freeride53]

where in the east bay do you live? and please ditch those chrome fender trims asap!

[NeedaE30]

chrome fender trim is hideous.. but nice start treat her right and she should treat you even better :)

[deeze30]

where in the east bay do you live? and please ditch those chrome fender trims asap!

Vallejo, CA. Got a friend helpin this wednesday your more than welcome to join us :). Don't worry guys that was the first thing I removed on the car, those silver trims were terrible...

[NeedaE30]

Don't worry guys that was the first thing I removed on the car, those silver trims were terrible...

Thanks bro, you did the community a favor by trashing them and i'm sure the e30 appreciates it as well lol

[JBird]

I miss living in Northern CA.

[Albuquerque30]

Congrats! Looks like a solid start and good job on ditching the fender trim. Haha.

I'm up by Vacaville, if you ever need a hand.

[Cephas]

Don't worry guys that was the first thing I removed on the car, those silver trims were terrible...

Oh, thank God.

Nice start!

[deeze30]

Thanks everyone! bout to tackle this swap tomorrow :) hope all goes well...

Congrats! Looks like a solid start and good job on ditching the fender trim. Haha.

I'm up by Vacaville, if you ever need a hand.

Nice. If your free tomorrow just stop by if you want # is 7077313598

[Pantless Spency]

welcome dude! im jut north of you in napa.


also down to help out a r3ver whenever in need.

i own an 86 325e zinno 2 door.
and an 83 320i E21 in alpineweiss.

[deeze30]

welcome dude! im jut north of you in napa.


also down to help out a r3ver whenever in need.

i own an 86 325e zinno 2 door.
and an 83 320i E21 in alpineweiss.

sweet! just hit me up tomorrow on the # ^^^ got somebody helpin me out already but the more the better

[Pantless Spency]

ill see what i can do but i gotta throw my water pump back in tmw haha.

[deeze30]

so me and my buddy were able to drop the auto tranny today and i gotta say it was a big PITA... I didn't think it would be that hard especially with bolts that are seized up pretty bad... -___- but now we're stuck with the torque converter, how should we go about removing this? I know that's connected to the flywheel by 3 17mm bolts behind it but now theres no tranny to put in park to hold the flywheel in place while we wrench it.

[deeze30]

by the way the tranny is already off the car so TC is still stuck on flex plate. Should've removed the TC bolts first before pulling tranny out but we were just excited to get the cancer out that we just skipped it. I've searched around and they said you have to use a large screwdriver inserted in the slot where starter was which i don't really understand or use a wrench to hold camshaft pulley on the front of the engine but seems kinda sketchy because it may loosen the camshaft pulley itself or worse break something in the process? any ideas?