My First e30

[JinormusJ]

I think it's time for before and afters? :mrgreen:
















I suck at pictures, but yeah; enjoy them for what it's worth lol

[JinormusJ]

Post and PM replied

[Rsully70sev]

Pictures posted in the thread.

[JinormusJ]

Appreciate the love sir :-D

Although, when I slapped my boot on, I never had a problem with it sagging. I would have no idea what you guys mean without some pictures

However; the ebrake boot is designed for the nasty plastic ebrake handle, so it'll be bigger than the e34/e36 leather ebrake handle if you've got one. Some zipties and super glue fixes that; after the super glue sets, just cut the ties cause they'll just get in the way and make you boot look weird at the connection point.

Don't have pics of that, but it's pretty straightforward really..

[Rsully70sev]

Well done sir.

[JinormusJ]

[JinormusJ]

Thanks Greg! It was definitely a huge hassle...

We even forgot a bolt on the tensioner, so I had to wake up the next morning at 6 to fix it in time to get me to work at 9. I even drove 50 miles right after we fixed it to drop my bud off st his cuzzos house without the bolt in there. Thank goodness nothing happened..

Dodged a bullet with that one!

[accident]

Atta boy Joey, do work! My first timing belt took me over 6 hours, the first one is always a whore. Wait until you do a head gasket!

[JinormusJ]

Big thanks to @e30ruben for helping me get this done. Finally finished around 2am after starting at about 4PM

[ak-]

lol Ghalee.

[JinormusJ]

Haven't updated in a while, but I shall now!


Remember that crappy red interior?

It is now officially somewhat less crappy


I hated the old mega-huge breaker switch and how it sounded like an atomic bomb was going off whenever you pressed it, so I found a 4 door switch and retrofitted it into an early console. I love having my buttons slightly further up :mrgreen:


Immaculate e34 cig-lighter 4daswaggs


I have never seen one of these in such good condition before... I am quite proud of it :-D


So all this time spent, and still no LOWZ. That'll come soon enough and once I settle one what wheels I want to blow money on next. Near with my swagg interior updates, but performance mods soon to come :-D



Guess what's neeeeext...?

[JinormusJ]

Fixed the leak. Turns out it was just an overfill on my end and none of my seals were bad. Derp
Good thing though.. Cause I was able to fix some of the gaskets and fill it with auto-transmission oil instead of what I put in before, which was Gear Oil. Anyone want to buy new input/output transmission seals? Lol

Had some slight vibrations and weird sounds in the beginning, but it cleared up quick after a decent amount of driving. FEELS AMAZING!!!
Bimmerfest, Here I come :-D

[JinormusJ]

Pics from the tranny swap

Say Cheese Ghalee!


5-speed is so much better! I just wish my tranny wasn't leaking at the input seal.. She will be back on the road soon!

[JinormusJ]

My First Pic-Dump







Just finished rebuilding the recliners and fixing the back mount for the front seats so there is no more play when moving my back in the seat.

Sport Seats are 100000 times more comfy than comforts. Freaking stoked!
Now currently saving some money for reupholstery to begin the next beautifying phase of my project


I want black headliner and rear speaker shelf so bad now!!! lol

[JinormusJ]

Guess what I found at the yard...? :mrgreen: