Video or it didn't happen right?
a lot of work left, but at least I know it runs....
a lot of work left, but at least I know it runs....
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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?1987 325i-M60b44 swap
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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....Dumpster Fire PilotComment
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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.
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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.....Dumpster Fire PilotComment
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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 connector .
then finally got motivated to get most of the body put back together. I left the hood off for now.
Getting so much closer....Attached FilesLast edited by delamaize; 08-03-2025, 09:45 PM.Dumpster Fire PilotComment
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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!
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!Last edited by delamaize; 08-03-2025, 09:45 PM.Dumpster Fire PilotComment
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Holy crap, I forgot to update this thread. This happened today:
Thread to the build thread in my signature, in the V8 swap forum....Dumpster Fire PilotComment
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something about that sound that just doesnt look natural in an E30 haha.. like you're hearing a muscle car coming up the road.
well done at getting it going!Boris - 89 E30 325i
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That's awesome! Congrats on getting her running!Patryk:up:Originally posted by 36brua
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