Phoenix e30 -1987 Royalblau 4 door 24v project

[brshelton]

Car was drivable and ready to go for autox....but dead battery. FML. Didn't make it.

[brshelton]

Ok fuck this. Its happening tonight. Layered up and headed back to garage. This bitch is going to autox tomorrow.

[brshelton]

No dice. Need early model csb and z3m shifter is hitting driveshaft.

[brshelton]

Also I registered for autox tonight. Locked in to be done sunday now...

[brshelton]

Car is almost completely buttoned up. Put DS up and torqued guibo bolts to spec. Attached front CAs and tie rods. Attached front brakes. Worked on putting emergency brake crap back together. Put one of the axles in (need a new clamp for other one. Bolted up the diff bolts and diff mount. Bolted down some random shit and took out the trunk lining to clean it. Also attached the rear struts finally. Ran it again tonight and it started right up, if I jumped the fuel pump relay lol. Going to get a new relay tomorrow, finish bolting up brakes and rear suspension, tighten down a few things, and bleed all the fluids!

[slammin.e28]

Tomorrow then?

[brshelton]

is it going to be done by Sunday?

probably not

[brshelton]

[RVA_Zinno]

is it going to be done by Sunday?

[brshelton]

Loool, now that you have your ECU should be nothing in your way.

Starting it today went poorly to say the least. Was getting no switched power to the bottom starter bit so convinced myself I had put the wires on the starter wrong. 2 hours later I figured out I hadn't after a lot of screwing around. FYI its a pita to mess with those wires with the intake and all on the car... Checked harness adapter 5 speed swap wiring and a bunch of stuff. Moosehead helped me figure out the ignition switch to relay wiring was unplugged and showed me the proper way to do the 5 speed wiring. I plugged it in and turned the key and it was constantly cranking in accessories and then nothing. Only light on the cluster is the battery light now. No ABS, lining, or service lights etc. The blue shell had a starting problem before. Going to test ignition switch tomorrow.

Also been spending time putting other parts of the car back together. Rear end (lolllll), cooling system, and stuff like that.

[slammin.e28]

Loool, now that you have your ECU should be nothing in your way.

[brshelton]

Starting yet?

Driving yet?

ugh ill catch up i guess

[slammin.e28]

Starting yet?

Driving yet?

[brshelton]

Day 24 I spent half the day selling a car and some parts. I installed the wiring harness and all the serp pulleys. I got both the set screws drilled out on the TAs and got them installed in the subframe. Car is almost ready to start.

[brshelton]

Day 23 I drove to NOVA and back to get a wiring harness and then removed all the auto trans wiring from it and labeled everything and got to sleep early. I also did some other things I don't remember.