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

[tradelm3]

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

[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.

[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,

[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.

[e30m3s54turbo]

Wow! That is a lot love for a e30.

[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,

[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!

[Tanktheory]

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

[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!!

[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)

[squidmaster]

canadians do it right holy hell

[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.

[Tuee]

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

[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]

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.