★ ★ Project Glacier | Make the E30 a Daily Again ★ ★

[lambo]

LOL yeah, just went back and realized it's been there for a bit. Just most of the angles of the more recent pictures haven't highlighted it as much I guess.

Is there a story as to how it got there? :popcorn:

No idea how it got there... but this is the "dink" origin story lol

http://www.r3vlimited.com/board/showthread.php?t=322963

Gonna get all the dents fixed soon now that I have teh funds.

[lambo]

I also drove around a bit today. Was fun.

DSC_5814 by Phillip Keefe, on Flickr

[jpod999]

Smokey up there right now! You should just powdercoat clear over that bar, it looks good unfinished like that.

[lambo]

Smokey up there right now! You should just powdercoat clear over that bar, it looks good unfinished like that.

Yeah a few fires going on right now :(

I think I will try to keep it unfinished.

On a side note, when I did my odo gears I tightened the ground nut for the temp gauge. That seems to have fixed the wandering needle I had been experiencing.

[lambo]

Things that have happened recently:

- Met up with some E30 guys
- Went to a car show
- Started installing a horn button since driving without one is somewhat dangerous/inconvenient imo
- Realized I actually need a horn retention ring to properly mount horn
- Decide to temporarily mount horn button with hot glue until Thursday
- Hot glue melted after sitting in the sun all day while at work
- rip

DSC_5853 by Phillip Keefe, on Flickr

[PerryJ]

There is a lot of the e30 spirit in this car, I love it man.

[lambo]

So I killed another oil pan today... Hit a rock in the middle of the road. Awesome.



waffleswaffleswaffleswaffles rock.



So I have a spare pan. Only problem is, the drain plug was stripped when I got the car. I tried repairing it myself while the pan was on the car (see here). Unfortunately when I tried to drill and re-tap it, it ended up crooked and wouldn't seal. Is it possible to drill out the helicoil, fill up the hole, and re-drill and tap it? Or any other solution?







:(

[Dj Buttchug]

son of a bitch

[lambo]

son of a bitch

doesn't change Futura/dink plans lol

[Schnitzer318is]

Suuuuuxxxxx.

Take the pan to a machine shop and let them fix it. Not sure of cost, but I wouldn't expect it to be over $100.

[AbsorbantNut]

Damn nice pet rock. Have you thought about drilling the hole larger & using a larger timesert/helicoil?



side note, I have two spare m20 pans if you do end up wanting to get a new one.

[lambo]

Suuuuuxxxxx.

Take the pan to a machine shop and let them fix it. Not sure of cost, but I wouldn't expect it to be over $100.

Damn nice pet rock. Have you thought about drilling the hole larger & using a larger timesert/helicoil?

Took it to a shop to see what can be done. I don't see why it can't be fixed. But, I bought another pan just in case. Also ordered a Red46 plate to replace the shitty Raceskids one.

side note, I have two spare m20 pans if you do end up wanting to get a new one.

Dang. I shoulda hit you up.

[LateFan]

Also ordered a Red46 plate to replace the shitty Raceskids one.

What happened with it? Did it go through the plate? (Just about to order one of these two)

[lambo]

What happened with it? Did it go through the plate? (Just about to order one of these two)

I'm going to post a bunch of pictures of what happened when I have the car up. But, I looked under it last night and it seems my suspicions were correct. I believe the rock hit the middle of one of the vents causing the material left from the vent cutout to fold up into the pan.

It's a terrible design in my opinion and I had been meaning to change it out for a red46 or severe duty one before something like this happened... You can see how that went lol

[jpod999]

Took it to a shop to see what can be done. I don't see why it can't be fixed. But, I bought another pan just in case. Also ordered a Red46 plate to replace the shitty Raceskids one.

Is the Red46 any better? Return the Red46, buy an HIK Fab skidplate and never break another pan again.