1991 318is Restoration Project...Now with some Air!

[Unearth078]

Long awaited parts finally in,
Threw a coat of paint on the front frame so that I can at least install the radiator,

what paint did you use here?

[squidmaster]

So is it running alright? It's way too pretty to sit at home all day.

[Tuee]

Great job restoring it. Can't wait to see it finished.

Thanks.

Headlights are wired up, got a few things back on. Decided to play around with the camera.

[reelizmpro]

Great job restoring it. Can't wait to see it finished.

[Tuee]

Very nice! I like m42 and your attention to details. Keep up with great work! :up:

I personally do not have patience for all little things, especially cleaning things.
I'm surprised to see a fenced yard.

Thanks, I'm real surprised that I actually had the amount of patience I had to do this project. Usually I want to get things done and move on, something about this project that had me thinking, either do it right or don't do it at all.
Lol, the fence was put up because we had people just cut across our yard, pick our flowers and even had a lady stand under my porch cause it was raining...kinda creepy.

[mr ilia]

Very nice! I like m42 and your attention to details. Keep up with great work! :up:

I personally do not have patience for all little things, especially cleaning things.
I'm surprised to see a fenced yard.

[Tuee]

This thread just made me like white e30s... lol
Nice work! :)

Thanks!

Well the car runs, had two coolant leaks (one hose burst and then other needed the clamp tightened), had a small oil leak by the top timing case cover and valve cover. All that has been buttoned up. Got rid of the ac system and cruise control, thinking about power steering delete but we'll see.

Moved the car out on its own power





Need euro grills and might go back to a chrome kidney grills,


Second set of smileys came in, these had the wires for the headlights on them so I can finally wire them up.


This was just some of the clean up crew used on this engine bay clean up (Close to like 15 cans of brake cleaner).


A little diy on the turn signal covers

[Project 325i]

This thread just made me like white e30s... lol
Nice work! :)

[Tuee]

H1, because mine was H1 .

btw your car looks great . love it

Thanks!

Well I got the hose I needed from the dealer, new vs. old


Does anyone know where this goes, I couldn't figure out where it went. Its plugged into the block right behind the oil sensor.


I tried to fire up the car and no start :(. It turns over and that's about it. I'm thinking that there's no fuel in the car so tomorrow it'll be filled up and I'll take it from there.

[KrayJoeArmstrong]

Does any one know what bulb the euro smilies used, H1?

H1, because mine was H1 .

btw your car looks great . love it

[Tuee]

Does any one know what bulb the euro smilies used, H1?

[Tuee]

canadians do it right holy hell

Haha thanks, but we all know who does e30's the best ;).

So a little more,

This was the solution to the broken battery clamp,


New air filter,


A little something came in from Germany today :D,



I'm not sure if I ever posted my drop, but cars sitting on apex springs and stock shocks....don't worry a set of bilsteins are waiting to be installed.









The only thing I need right now to fire the car up are the vacuum hoses for the ICV, I ended up ordering them at the stealership for 3 times the cost to what I would have paid rmeuropean but being the final puzzle to the motor I didn't want to wait. Should be picking them up tomorrow.

[squidmaster]

canadians do it right holy hell

[Tuee]

So much good information, thanks for taking the time to document this rebuild.

No problem just trying to give back to the community.

Wow. Once started to read, I had to go all the way to the last page. You got balls man. I mean, to deal with all the rust. Good luck to you, and keep it coming. Long Live m42!!

Thanks!

Not much of an update, managed to put the intake manifold on and the throttle body...just to realize I can't get one of the vacuum lines in so it'll all come back off. The more and more I think about it, the more and more I doubt the store gave me proper fuel hoses. So I'm going to find some high pressure hoses to replace the ones under the intake manifold. (Thanks to willworkfore30s for pointing this out)

[Martin C.]

Wow. Once started to read, I had to go all the way to the last page. You got balls man. I mean, to deal with all the rust. Good luck to you, and keep it coming. Long Live m42!!