picked up a 33 year old MILF - non-e30 content

[kronus]

I have almost a grand of various OEM trim bits on their way from blunt already. The sack draining is in full effect, but yeah, it'll be worth it. I got the correct front and rear spoilers for it, as well.

[Blackout]

This MILF is going to drain your sack bone dry.
But oh so worth it. Good investment.

[kronus]

excited for all the body lameness to be fixed

[SpeicherBimmer]

Lucky!!!!

[xxx-Lost-Soul-xxx]

Thats a fucking hella fine MILF!

[kronus]

hello.

[kronus]

bodywork will be done by mid-september ideally.

[CorvallisBMW]

Nice! Glad to see it getting work done

[kronus]

yeah. It's probably been like that for years.

Today's completed projects:
- switched out 9" springs for 7" springs. If you have an E12 rear suspension and want coilover springs, get 7" springs. That is the correct height.
- rebuilt shifter. Oddly, the selector pin diameter was 11mm (the one on all bmw in the 80s onward has been 10, I'm pretty sure. In any case, I made it work, new knuckle, short shifter made from 2002 shifter, replaced rear bushing.
- replaced guibo
- couldn't get exhaust back on because one of the pipes uses a weird compression ring design and I messed up the one on there getting the exhaust off. Working on a lift makes this a billion times less frustrating, but it is still hard.
- went for a test drive around the block with open headers, scared children

[Jean]

Wtf, it failed like that?!

[e30rapidic]

nice 3 piece guibo! hehe

[kronus]

lol wut



maybe it will stop jerking on acceleration now?

[kronus]

15 month bump. I'm working on this old girl again.



brakes are on, front suspension is fully rebuilt, coilovers are on but GC sent me rear springs that are WAAAY too long. Pictures is the height at the lowest setting in the back. I'm emailing them about switching the spring for one that actually fits. FWIW 9" is way too long, it should be about 7" for Koni dampers.

I'll grab some photos soon, but I chipped out the sound deadening, ground out all the rust, welded up the one wee hole that resulted, and covered everything in rust reformer. Next weekend I will be coating everything in POR15 and putting in Dynamat and Dynaliner (the carpet I pulled out was not attached to the foam I tore out), and putting the interior back together, at which point it'll be a daily driver for a while...

[kronus]

Today's projects include the ignition switch and thermostat replacement.
After getting the old thermostat out, I spent some time trying to get the broken and stripped bleeder screw out of the thermostat housing. It now has claimed the lives of two screw extractors, and I don't think it'll come out. Best option for me is to get one that doesn't have a screw stuck in it. Are M90 thermostat housings the same as M30 ones?

Pictures of mine, showing the awesome current state of the bleeder screw:





Also of interest was the rust situation. The areas forward of the thermostat (so, into the t-stat housing and onward to the radiator) were all covered in rust goop, but the areas inside the motor look ok. Is the inside of my radiator rusting?

[kronus]

Took the front valence off and sold to Abaddon. It was attached with 18 sheet metal screws. Lol. This is what was under it:





Behold! The chinless wonder!

I will be stripping, priming, painting, and mounting the euro valence tomorrow.