Old Blue 2002 (1974 BMW 2002 Content)

[StereoInstaller1]

Good choice on the welder. It is the same thing as the equivalent Miller but with a couple minor differences. I think the drive wheel is plastic for example, but its not like occasional use will wear it out. You'll be happy with it.
-Justin
(Luke is signed in, I'm being lazy and wanted to reply)

[deutschman]

Ordered a Hobart 140 MIG machine today from Northern Tool. Came with a free welder cart and shipping! Stoked.

[catuned]

Nice.. I would love to do a 2002 build.. Need to find a pre Smog 2002

:) good luck with build.. I'll be watching

[deutschman]

I did some grinding on my intake manifold today. I didnt take any pictures of my manifold, but you can see what I ground off in this picture. There are these small raised areas right about the bottom right hand bolt holes that can be ground away.

I dont know if it will really help any, but I had the time and the tools so I thought I would do it for shits and giggles.
Then I got the manifold mounted up with some bolts instead of studs, and fabed up a aluminum oil stick holder.



Th th th, thats all folks!

[deutschman]

New toy to replace my piece of shit Dremel.

[KI4UJO]

Glad to see the gauge cluster turned out good.

[deutschman]

Got the crank scraper and wind age tray in. Sadly I only got a picture of the tray. I was to busy trying to get all the shit to line up while I was outing the scraper in to take a picture of it installed. Everything fit well though. I did not have to cut or other wise alter any of the parts to get them to fit right. Very happy with both the pieces.

[deutschman]

Sorry for the bad picture. I was to lazy to take these parts inside for better light and so on.
I got my black Friday IE crank scraper and oil pan baffle. As soon as I install them I will comment on fit and finish. How ever I will say this. With the right piece of aluminum and some measuring I could have made my own baffle VERY easily and saved some money.

[deutschman]

Nothing much. Just like the way this turned out. Between cooking, eating, dealing with the consequences of eating, and trying to get my 1911 registered and in mt hands, I have not had time to do anything.
I also just spent $800 on the 1911 so that dug into my car budget a bit.

[deutschman]

Cheers!

[frankenbeemer]

One of the great things about this build thread is your attention to detail. The info on machine shop work alone (remember those sketchy looking valves?) makes this a must read. It never occurred to me that English was not your primary language, you have presented this very well so far. Thanks, and keep it up!

[deutschman]

If you are shooting aluminum, I would sand all of that off, get it to the bare aluminum, and shoot it in self etching primer. Otherwise, you probably will keep getting the same result. You can get self etching in a spray can at any auto parts store.

Got some ;)

Subscribed. I love 2002's. Me and M3 Ryan put a m20 super-eta into a 2002 a few year back. It was super quick. Almost too much of a handful really.

Noticed that you've stripped the paint off the injectors. I did that to a set and they ended up rusting. Just a heads up.

Thanks man! Yeah I actualy got them that way. Don't feel like painting them, maybe I am making a mistake...

I took the aluminum down to metal again an reprimed it with self etching primer. Then I got it paired black and put the gauges in.


I'm happy with it!

[george graves]

Subscribed. I love 2002's. Me and M3 Ryan put a m20 super-eta into a 2002 a few year back. It was super quick. Almost too much of a handful really.

Noticed that you've stripped the paint off the injectors. I did that to a set and they ended up rusting. Just a heads up.

[KI4UJO]

If you are shooting aluminum, I would sand all of that off, get it to the bare aluminum, and shoot it in self etching primer. Otherwise, you probably will keep getting the same result. You can get self etching in a spray can at any auto parts store.

[deutschman]

I was installing my fuel rail today and decided to have some fun with my iPhone 4S and some photo apps.



I even painted the fuel injector retaining clips!

And started putting the gauge cluster together. Used a bunch of JB Weld, and epoxy.


Sadly the primer did not want to work with the paint that was already on the aluminum :(.