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

[Tanktheory]

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

[Tuee]

Good looking m42. You may know this, but just in case, The fuel system on our cars is high pressure so make sure that hose you replaced is the high pressure stuff cause those little guys are very annoying to change when the motor is all put together in the car.

Store told me it should be fine, I took the old one in and they matched it up, hopefully they did it right. Thanks for the input.

Wow! That is a lot love for a e30.

Thanks!

[Tuee]

Got a bit more done today, put in a new hood latch cable as the old one snapped,

Added some fluids,



Damn leprechauns painting my shit green,


Painted bay,




New speed nuts, brushed on some anti-seize to help prevent rust


New bolts,


Broke this,


Some more pictures,





Done for the night,

[e30m3s54turbo]

Wow! That is a lot love for a e30.

[willworkfore30s]

Good looking m42. You may know this, but just in case, The fuel system on our cars is high pressure so make sure that hose you replaced is the high pressure stuff cause those little guys are very annoying to change when the motor is all put together in the car.

[Tuee]

Long awaited parts finally in,


Been waiting for this,


Installed,


New thermostat,


Installed,


Alittle bit of green,


This was such a bit*h to take out, there wasn't any screw or bolt to loosen the top clamp,


Then I realized that the fuel hose I bought was 1/4'' dia., had to quickly run over to the store before it closed to find 5/16'' dia. hose,


New fuel hose and clamps,


I know these weren't the original spec plugs but I didn't want to throw the originals back in there,


COP installed,


So much cleaner with COP,


Threw a coat of paint on the front frame so that I can at least install the radiator,

[Tuee]

nothin' but love for you on this build. Keep up the good work

Thanks man!

Started the dreadful body work on the engine bay. I would of loved to take the motor out and do it properly but due to the lack of the right equipment this wasn't possible. I had a feeling that there might be some rust under the seam sealer and I did find a few spots where there was rust under it. So I'm removing any seam sealer thats suspect of harbouring rust, and new sealer will be added.

Coil on plug is going in so no more brackets.


The bottom frame seemed like a good spot for water to sit, so it got a nice thick coat of rubber undercoating.


Started the left side, but the fuse box and abs module are going to be quite difficult to navigate around.

[tradelm3]

nothin' but love for you on this build. Keep up the good work

[Tuee]

More work done today, missing the water pipe so everything else is delayed, should have it by next week...hopefully.

Valve cover, newer one vs old one


Valve cover in with all new gaskets


My original theme in the bay was to keep it clean, silver and black...that failed, and now I have some color in the bay. Going to try to keep it subtle.





Thats it for now, more tomorrow.

[Tuee]

So more work was done,

There's so much filth and grease everywhere,



Oil pan was a bi*ch to take off, there was so much silicon holding that pan I couldn't even get it off smacking it with a rubber mallet, finally had to score the silicon all around and eventually dropped. Luckily no bolts in the pan.


Took the oil filter housing, there was sludge coming out, sigh


Before,


After,threw some paint on,


Threw some paint on some random parts, came out better than expected,


I think I have the motor apart as far as I dare to go with it for now, reassembly will start as soon as I get all the gaskets and what not in.

[Tuee]

charcoal canister.

diy illuminated shift knob is legit!

Nice work.

Thanks!

anything related to heating plates on the throttle body can be removed. nice work

Thanks, I'll be getting rid of that.

hey how are the LED sidemarker bulbs? are there any hot spots when lit up?

They're pretty good, because the bulb housing is at an angle the light is better diffused, but nothing really compares to normal bulbs.

[///M42 sport]

hey how are the LED sidemarker bulbs? are there any hot spots when lit up?

[Dj Buttchug]

anything related to heating plates on the throttle body can be removed. nice work

[Thrizzle]

diy illuminated shift knob is legit!

Nice work.

[trackjunkie21]

charcoal canister.