Melon's E30 Build.

[Melon]

Love your work.

Colour reminds me of my old 74’ 2002Tii. Friends use to call it “jelly bean” [emoji3]


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The guy who worked on my axles has a '74 2002 in his shop.
They're such beautiful cars.

[Melon]

Incredible to see the before/after! How do you feel, having come so far?

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Pretty fucking awesome.

Honestly it hasn't been on big success, sure driving it again felt like it, but it's been hundreds of little successes along the way, with some failures mixed in there too.

[Melon]

Ordered new pads.

This is the dust from the DTC-30 pads after 150 miles, and is ridiculous. Going to try a set of Wilwood BP-10 pads.





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[Melon]

Couple of videos.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVggw9omzjM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8v61Ld7XyW4

[Melon]

200 miles on the car.

Finished up a lot of the punch list over the weekend.

Got the sunroof back in, but one of the pieces that connects to the wire snapped, and broke. I epoxied and reinforced it back together, but this severely limits my ability to use the sunroof. It works, but could break. Such frustration.

[Melon]

Had, and still have a clunk, I can feel it in the shifter.
Checked the driveshaft, center support bearing all is well.
Mounts, and everything is bolted up. No idea.

Car is running great! It's a true joy to drive.
Going to get the A/C charged soon, and after that only issue is to get the ABS working. Have a feeling the relay under the dash needs to be replaced

[Melon]

Put the exhaust tip on.



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[efficient]

tip looks good. how come you didn't weld the holes shut from the diving boards?

[Melon]

Idk how to weld.

[Melon]

A/C charged and cooling!

[econti]

Bet it feels amazing to get it out and about

[Melon]

Bet it feels amazing to get it out and about

You know it!

I need to take some really nice photos now.

[Melon]

Almost to 500 miles, and a few things are going to need some attention.

Transmission is going to need a hose on the vent tube, having a little bit of seepage. Should have installed the updated vent piece, had I known.
Hopefully I can do this without having to pull the transmission from the car.

ABS isn't working, got a new relay coming in for the inside computer, replaced the ones on the ABS unit itself. I also have a spare unit.

Fuel pressure is leaking down, I'll pull the plugs and check for a fuel smell when I do the valve adjustment, but not really sure how to check other items in the fuel system. Don't want to just go throwing parts at the car.

Other than that, it's doing well.
Been driving it to work all week, it's cold but sunny.

[ak-]

Can you elaborate on what you mean by the fuel pressure is leaking down? Are you losing fuel pressure?

[Melon]

Can you elaborate on what you mean by the fuel pressure is leaking down? Are you losing fuel pressure?

The immediate symptom is a long crank time.
When it's running it's 100% fine, it's leaking down after I turn the car off.