pulled it out of the shop yesterday to move some stuff around, gave it a quick rinse and actually got to look at it in daylight!
takeaways - I've got two different diamantschwarzes here. the touring is a shade lighter. almost none of its windows have matching codes.
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The only 100% CA-legal way to do it is to get it tested at the only smog lab in the state, which is in LA. They run a few grand and have a pretty long wait list, probably composed of Integrales and 959s.
As for the plan on electrical, there's really no way around it. going to find relevant diagrams, redraw them in order to internalize what's going on, and get tracing.
the car also drains power badly with the battery connected, I suspect the main relay is switching on when it's not supposed to.Last edited by kronus; 05-30-2018, 10:35 AM.
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What a great thread. SUB'D. What's the plan on the electrical? Can you really smog a euro spec car like that in Cali? Just curious
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there has been progress.
cleaned up and repainted the driveshafts -
assembled the rear CV. This took some modification, as suspected. The new rear shield would not clear the subframe, but it was very close. Grinding down the "rim" of the shield and the double-bolt-washer things to be even with the CV housing did the trick.
I then installed it and installed the heatshield over it and forgot to take a photo. durp.
Folks came by the shop and helped me with the transmission and TC. This is what we came up with to get the new TC bushing into it -
Trans and front driveshaft and TC and exhaust and all that business went in -
Thanks to McGyver and chriso for the help!
Coolant, trans juice, TC juice went in, the exhaust went on, and it's a runner!
Unfortunately, there are some electrical gremlins to sort out before I try to smog it. The cluster is all sorts of messed up, and the CEL is inop.
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kronus, for the bushing, i think i cut out the old one and then used a balljoint press c clamp to push the new one in
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That is the plan, but it looks a little tight. Might end up needing to space the diff down a bit, which would suck but is not the end of the world.
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Originally posted by kronus View PostI'll take a look, thanks.
Also, primered and undercoated my booger weld job last night in prep for the trans to go back in, and got my driveshafts cleaned up, primered and painted. All that stuff's boring, so no photos yet.
Trans, TC and driveshafts should be going in this weekend if I can get the bushing swapped, and then I can finally drive it for real.
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Originally posted by kronus View PostI'll take a look, thanks.
Also, primered and undercoated my booger weld job last night in prep for the trans to go back in, and got my driveshafts cleaned up, primered and painted. All that stuff's boring, so no photos yet.
Trans, TC and driveshafts should be going in this weekend if I can get the bushing swapped, and then I can finally drive it for real.
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I'll take a look, thanks.
Also, primered and undercoated my booger weld job last night in prep for the trans to go back in, and got my driveshafts cleaned up, primered and painted. All that stuff's boring, so no photos yet.
Trans, TC and driveshafts should be going in this weekend if I can get the bushing swapped, and then I can finally drive it for real.
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Originally posted by kronus View Postcan confirm
also, anyone have any really super excellent 100% great ideas/tips for pulling out the TC bushing that aren't "have the specific OEM BMW tool you need for just this purpose"?
IF you want pictures for reference it's in my thread somewhere.
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In '80 I drove from Santa Monica to Newport Beach for a carb for my first '71 2002. Was over a 2 hour trip on the San Diego parking lot then.
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heh, maybe if he wasn't 2 hours away.
I think a shopmate has a generic bushing puller tool. will see if I can rig it to work. the offset hole is a pain.
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can confirm
also, anyone have any really super excellent 100% great ideas/tips for pulling out the TC bushing that aren't "have the specific OEM BMW tool you need for just this purpose"?
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