Chapter 3 - 84 318i m-tech - M60 powered.

[TheWipprSnappr]

Here is my way of installing the oil filter housing utilizing 740i lines , and e38 oil filter bracket. Made a bracket for the bracket LOL.
This way you can position it as you like and not kink the oil lines, and let the filter housing "float" on it's rubber mounts.



Test fitting locations for the filter, power steering res and also need to find a good spot for the charcoal canister next.

Damn, I really like that.

[Jean]

Heater hoses done, I like how these turned out so hopefully they will hold pressure.

Starter / alternator wire cleaned up and re-wrapped in new split loom tubing and installed. In the photo I have it laying on top of the coolant pipes which obviously isn't the correct way, installed under the smaller diameter pipe.

New high pressure fuel lines installed, caps on the PCV plate installed and manifold is bolted down.





Here is my way of installing the oil filter housing utilizing 740i lines , and e38 oil filter bracket. Made a bracket for the bracket LOL.
This way you can position it as you like and not kink the oil lines, and let the filter housing "float" on it's rubber mounts.



Test fitting locations for the filter, power steering res and also need to find a good spot for the charcoal canister next.



Started looking at the power steering pump / rack lines, my m6x pump has 1 line on it, and it's shooting up just behind the alternator..thinking this is a reservoir low pressure line. Missing one of the banjo bolts, so I need to order one of those and new copper rings and get the lines finalized as well.

[rzerob]

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[Jean]

Got the driveshaft issue resolved and reinstalled, recycler was able to find another driveshaft and this one has a nice flange so all good now.

Rear water accumulator / heater core lines done, no adapters or multiple hoses used. Got the heater core lines modified to have a 90 degree angle on them and then found hoses that would fit directly in one piece.

Blower motor, resistor, new gasket and o-rings for the lines and heater core installed.

Test fitting oil filter lines, figuring out power steering lines and staring exhaust manifold work this weekend.

Need to order throttle cable and get the gas pedal working, dash / interior is about ready to get back in the car.

[Jean]

How are you mounting the oil filter housing?

Was going to have a bracket fabricated, I have an M60 and M62 oil filter housings to choose from on hands, but found there is something already out there that I might be able to adapt/modify - its #21 here and I was able to order it .

http://www.realoem.com/bmw/enUS/show...diagId=11_1591

[TheWipprSnappr]

How are you mounting the oil filter housing?

[Jean]

Still working on the driveshaft issue, I've taken it to the best local driveline place and they right away told me it's damaged. Unfortunately, they weren't willing to do anything with it either. Sigh.

Going to the recycler tomorrow with the front piece to see if they have found another one to replace it with.

I did get rebuilt/flow matched Lucas injectors installed and the intake manifold with the trumpets and new PCV and all new gaskets and pipe is ready for install.

Working on the rear coolant hoses for the heater core, will be visiting a local welder to see if they could modify my heater core lines to have a 90 degree bend to make the routing of the lines easier and avoid using couplers.




Removed the old heater/ac/fan box and replaced it with another in better condition, ordered a new gasket for it and going to clean things up a little before re-installing the dash.






Steering column test fitted with new mounting hardware and 1/4" spacers to lower it down a little for better clearance.





Accessories and belt is on there for test fitting, finally got the firewall cover back on there and also re-doing some of the wiring for check engine light and speed sensor. I picked up a wire with 4 individual connectors inside, and running it through a heatshrink tube and through firewall on the driver side to keep things clean.





*** TO DO LIST ***

- finalize rear water accumulator pipe hoses for heater core
- reinstall dash / interior
- reinstall steering column
- install gas pedal spring

- mount the radiator (waiting for mounting hardware / bushings to arrive)
- mount the oil filter housing (waiting on the oil filter housing bracket hardware to arrive)
- mount expansion tank (still deciding on the early vs late model 325 tanks, will probably do this last)

- figure out power steering lines
- mock up exhaust manifolds

- finish engine wiring
- relocate battery to the trunk
- tires
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[delamaize]

Hi,

Yep, they took my input and made me a custom bracket with the right side mounting being UNDER the wilwood pedals and not OVER to keep that stuff away from moving parts . Haven't had a chance to test fit it yet, as I have few things on my to do list I need to tackle first. Thumbs up to Garagistic for working on improving it and listening to feedback though!

Garagistic has always done me right. Glad they did the same for you.

[Jean]

heard back from garagistic at all about the bracket?

Hi,

Yep, they took my input and made me a custom bracket with the right side mounting being UNDER the wilwood pedals and not OVER to keep that stuff away from moving parts . Haven't had a chance to test fit it yet, as I have few things on my to do list I need to tackle first. Thumbs up to Garagistic for working on improving it and listening to feedback though!

Contacted the driveshaft recycler about the issue with the mounting flange, no response. I'll give them till Monday, and hopefully they'll work with me on making it right. I'll take the front piece of the driveshaft to a local driveline place with good reviews and see what they'll say. Hoping they will be able to fix it cheap, if it's expensive I'll give the seller one more chance before making it right and otherwise contact my CC and leave him bad feedback.

Shady fucking recyclers.

[dasmanschaft012]

heard back from garagistic at all about the bracket?

[Jean]

Really liking the clearance here though, I remember my previous M30B35 swap and even with E28 radiator it was REALLY close ...at some point my distributor cap kissed the radiator.




Now, alternator to frame-rail clearance is damn close!



Oil filter housing will be mounted here once a bracket for it is fabricated, so 740i lines are long enough.

[Jean]

Went to install the flex disc with new bolts/nuts and ran into an issue. It appears that the driveshaft flange is damaged? Somehow all flanges are at some weird angle, this makes it really difficult to install the bolts and I am afraid this will cause the flex disc to fail prematurely.

[Jean]

Got the right water pump today, this one allows for usage of obd1 thermostat/housing with o-ring and has the 3rd outlet for expansion tank on passenger side. First pump I got didn't have the 3rd outlet, 2nd pump had the outlet but the thermostat housing side was flat and really was meant for OBD2 cars with the thermostats with temp sensors on them.





Test fit, thermostart/housing installed. Got the Z3M s54 Behr radiator test fitted, fits awesome just need to work out details on mounting it.

[Jean]

Ran into a small issue related to water pump/thermostat/housing options. I am going with a 740i pump with the 3rd nipple for the expansion tank to keep only 2 water hoses at the back of the head for the heater core and nothing else as it's a) tight in there and b) I don't want an extra hose back there anyway.

To do this, I am going with the expansion tank on the passenger side like the 325e and running the expansion tank to the 3rd nipple on the water pump.

The 740i pump that I was able to source won't work with the thermostat / housing from the 540i pump as the design is different there. Tomorrow I am picking up another thermostat housing, it will have a temp sensor on it as it's really for m62 cars. I'll see how easy it is to remove the sensor or maybe use it as a signal source for a redundant coolant temp sensor (in addition to the one in the cluster that will run from the back of the engine, on the rear water accumulator pipe).

Got new knock sensors torqued, water pipes cleaned and installed, new o-rings, and new water pump bolts.

[Jean]

I got a wrong flex disc / guibo...picked up the right one today. Picture below to compare the 540i manual guibo vs 530i / 328i guibo .

Driveshaft lines up, got the new CSB and front guide bushing installed (This is a HUGE pain in the ass to replace btw). UPS took forever today to deliver driveshaft nuts and bolts among other things so I didn't get it bolted up :/

Driveshaft will need to be "opened up" or expanded about 3/4-1" , it's currently in the fully closed/collapsed form.