My latest addition

[BrewCity11]

Pm me for a quote on some m systems shipped to you if you want. Local guy selling some out here. Care if they're forged or not?

[BrewCity11]

Pm me for a quote on some m systems shipped to you if you want. Local guy selling some out here. Care if they're forged or not?

[Jean]

Thanks, pm sent.

Day 2. Car fired up. Local dealer sold me the wrong exhaust manifold nuts, they are too small so i'll need to finish it later. Need to replace a couple more things - the plastic holder that keeps the oil pressure sensor and cps wires away from the belt/pulley, correct exhaust manifold nuts, clutch fan blade (noticed one blade is cracked), exhaust hanger.

Pics, oil sprayer bar was installed from the old head as the replacement head didn't come with one.,

[Jean]

Car is being a bitch. Fired up initially before i put the exhaust manifolds on and installed radiator. Now it just cranks, has spark and fuel is going to the rail but don't know yet if pressure is good.Installed new plugs, tested wires, triple checked timing, tried another fpr, cps, another coil, another set of relays, another dme.. Fired once, didn't want to start again, just cranks.

Need to check c191 and fuel pressure.

[Jean]

Was tired of working on the engine, replaced seats and started cleaning up interior a little bit...



timing marks were checked more than once



sport seats installed w/o any issues.









sunroof works ha, spot the finger

[MR 325]

Jean, maybe backwards fuel lines? Did you even remove them?

[Jean]

I've removed the line going to the fuel rail, put the end in the cup and checked the fuel was coming out while starting the car. When I did the head swap I didn't touch the fuel lines...but I will be replacing them now as they are overdue, after replacing the FPR the return line was showing it's age.

[Jean]

Well, it turned out to be a bad fuel pump after checking various things. I installed one out of my old 540i parts car and all these start/no start issues went away. Actually was able to drive the car in 1st/reverse for the first time. But, it needs a radiator and one of the hoses near the fuse box.

On to the pics. Made some room to get to the c191 to check it out

Who thought of this ? lol what a mess.





c191 injector harness plug, mine didn't have any issues.







Since re-seating this plug didn't solve the issue I was left with pulling the pump.



Great, it's different from the pump I had on hand from my 540i parts car....



the 540i pump is rated at 3.5 bar vs this 3.0 bar m20 pump, but i gave this m60 pump shot and bypassed the built int fpr looking thing since there is an fpr at the fuel rail.



And it's up and running



after about 10 minutes of sitting at idle, w/o clutch fan



Of course you fix one thing, and you find another problem... leaking radiator, nice.





kind of looks like it's got a little bulge going there...



heater valve hoses mess ... actually it's not that bad, it all comes out fairly easy.



Sexy e34 ass haha



Cleaned up the valve cover a little bit, it was way too dirty..



Left to do/ fix:

- replace old fuel lines
- install correct fuel pump
- replace radiator
- replace clutch fan blade

Does anybody know for sure if e36 m50 radiator can be used with late model m20b25s? The reason is I could purchase an aluminum radiator that I can re-use in my e30 with m60 (e36 m50 radiators can be used with m60 according to a thread on bfc with correct radiator hose(s) [euro m60 cars w/o ac]). Or maybe even e34 m30 radiator?

I don't want to buy an e34 m20 radiator that will be useless to me with m30b35 OR m60b40.

[CorvallisBMW]

Jean,

You can save $100 or so by replacing just the expansion tank instead of the entire radiator. It just pops in/out, I did mine a few weeks ago. I think a new one w/ O-rings cost my about $34 from blunt.

[Jean]

Didn't know they were servicable!

[CorvallisBMW]

Ya, it's pretty cool and very easy to do. My radiator looks is in great shape with zero scaling or plugged tubes, it just leaked a bit from the bottom of the expansion tank.

Hell, you probably don't even need a whole new tank, just the $1.05 O-rings on the top and bottom. Replacing the tank itself has more to do with looks really, mine was fugly and yellow.

Hope that helps!

[Sean]

Awesome find! I need to find a good e34. My e32 is awesome...but it's just so...big. lol

[freeride53]

Diggin the black/tan Jean!

[Jean]

Thanks, slowly converting it from tan to black.

[Jean]

It's been almost exactly a month since the purchase, and it's up and running!

Still need to address a few things, but one thing at a time.

Thanks for r3v member, got a set of black door panels to replace the tan/old panels.



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Ended up not replacing the radiator for now, and just replaced the o-rings on the exp. tank, thanks for the suggestions! Napa/CarQuest had correct size o-rings, the large one was over $10! Must have been straight from BMW dealer lol.

Pics of the radiator / exp tank / o-rings in question.









Getting the car on the lift to replace the old/original fuel lines and inspect the rest etc..



It's spotless!



Front suspension parts







more of the same





Waiting for exaust hangers ..... rear suspension pics.





Muffler is in awesome condition too :]



control arm, fuel filter, bald tire



driver side control arm



Hmm, looks like these might have been done before...







Rear diff



Guibo will need to be replaced, along with tranny mounts. I think i still have a set of spare / nib mounts.



Fuel lines replaced



Front end / sway bar / steering arm



Bleeding coolant / had LOTS of air



Stock m20 engine bay... hot



And it drives! Needs shocks/springs/suspension/tires next...







total spent so far:

car 500
dmv/reg 48?
used good head 175
head gaskets/water pump/tstat/hoses etc $230
plugs/filter/oil 40
fuel hose/o-rings 30
oem sport/heated seats 400
black a/c pillars/sunvisors/grab handles etc 165
door panels 160

Next to fix / figure out why it's not working - HEATER. Seems like no heat is going to /from the heater core. The hose at the back of the head is HOT, but the return hose is COLD. Need to look though ETM and figure out what's not working.