COKGBLR goes under the knife

[Cletonius]

Subframe coming together

[Cletonius]

.Glad to see you showing this thing some love!

Thanks man! It's love/hate right now though. Seems like this car is fighting tooth and nail to keep the OE stuff.

I've got the brake line to the rears out and am bending up a new one. Once that's done the fuel tank can go in and then the subframe goes up. I'm waiting on some bolts/gaskets that should've been here today to finish it up. Hopefully I can get all the lines done and I'll be sitting pretty for next weekend.

[Van Westervelt]

Looking good, you will love the handling. Handling>power I would take a proper coilovers eta over any swapped e30 on H&R type springs.

GC coils on my eta with a chipped crate motor and 2.93 lsd = daily perfection in my opinion.

Glad to see you showing this thing some love!

[Cletonius]

Fronts are in!

[JCarp90]

Your plate cracks my shit up. I'll be watching this thread.

[Cletonius]

Spent all weekend and managed to get the fuel tank out, replace the ebrake cables, and touch up the paint on the under car bits. All of the main assemblies are most of the way put together, hoping to be able to just get the floor jack out and lift everything in place this coming weekend.

Gonna hit up BMW this week for the last of the bolts and little pieces I need.

[Cletonius]

Looking good, you will love the handling. Handling>power I would take a proper coilovers eta over any swapped e30 on H&R type springs.

I'm really excited to drive it once it's back together.

I wanna take a ride in it when you get done.

Sure man, I'll pm you when it's all done.

[CrusherCurtis]

I wanna take a ride in it when you get done.

[F34R]

Looking good, you will love the handling. Handling>power I would take a proper coilovers eta over any swapped e30 on H&R type springs.

[Cletonius]

Got most of the painting done.



I'll be back at it next weekend, I'm ordering the extras this week so we can do shifter bushings and brake lines and then start reassembly.

[Cletonius]

Got all the old bushings/ball joints pressed out and new ball joints and cabs pressed in.



I used this giant 50 ton press; it took 30 tons of force before the ball joints popped.



This 10 pound dead blow was amazing.



We used a 2 3/8" socket to press the diff bushing; it ripped the rubber and got stuck. We had to press the socket out and then cut the bushing sleeve to pull it out of the diff cover.

[Cletonius]

The car as it sits now:



I have a newfound admiration for you guys who do this in parking lots.

[Cletonius]

Used a die grinder and cut that nut off, and pulled the driveshaft out. Looks like I need a CSB, the rubber is torn.

What's up with my fuel tank? The car is a late model, and there's no transfer tube. The pump is on the deep side and there's a sending unit for the level on the shallow side. It has two access holes in the top of the tank.

[Cletonius]

So one of the bolts thru the guibo is pretty stuck. I may or may not have rounded one of the surfaces. Any tips on getting this out? I think I may be able to get a die grinder in there to cut the nut. Any tips?

Which way do I need to turn the nut on the driveshaft? It doesn't seem to want to move at all.

[Cletonius]

Perches are off the front housings, only the subframe bolts holding everything in now. Should be out later tonight/tomorrow.