M52/Zf Alpine White 1986 E30

[JeLani]

Successfully pulled the head. Such a mess .. Looking to get machined now.




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[JeLani]

Je'Lani's '86 2.7 Stroker re-fresh progress

I live in chula vista , wheres bimmerheads?


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[TimeMachinE30]

Despite stated above, the head will be off tomorrow lmao. Work really gets in the way. But the belt is off (finally) . After going back and fourth realizing that the harmonic balancer had nothing to line up with, referring to the e30source timing belt tutorial, but then i remember , the block and head are totally different! 😂 , so only the crank and head timing marks really matter ( if that makes sense) .

All nonsense aside , what is a recommended machine shop in san diego area?




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Not close at all to bimmer heads?

[JeLani]

Head comes off this thursday


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[JeLani]

Je'Lani's '86 2.7 Stroker re-fresh progress

She cleans up good ! Before Degreasing


- After .



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[JeLani]

And there.. Sits thy 885 head. Getting this far relieves me.




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[JeLani]

Got the manifold off, and the greyish peeling material is the glue, obviously it couldnt withstand the heat given and is very brittle





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[EyExR]

I am! And one of the bolts holding onto the distributor are rounded out! How could i get it off 😞


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Use a dremel or something similar to cut into the head of the bolt. Then use a screw driver.

[JeLani]

Also some moron before me used some type of adhesive between the throttle body and manifold. It was also used on the thermostat housing as well

The manifold is unbolted now but i cant pull it out, wont budge.


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[JeLani]

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



If you're going to have the head off, do the timing belt. Cheap insurance.

I am! And one of the bolts holding onto the distributor are rounded out! How could i get it off 😞


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[modernist]

Lol at my thermostat

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

If you're going to have the head off, do the timing belt. Cheap insurance.

[JeLani]

I could smell the oil




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[JeLani]

Lol at my thermostat




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[JeLani]

Waiting on exhaust and head gaskets, then t-stat :/// , pulling head soon. big changes to come

edit: also ,figured out a place to route that main overflow hose, pictures when i do it.

[JeLani]

Draining out the cooling system before gasket change so i can move this stupid hose and find another place for it and keep it out of the way. Where does it go?




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