What did you do to your E30 today?

[rzerob]

I finished the install of the front coil-overs and E46M3 brakes and 5 lug. I also installed my motorsports wheels studs, bled the brakes, diagnosed and fixed my low beams.

[rzerob]

I replaced my fuse box and started installing my coil-overs and 5 lug with E46 M3 brakes.

[rzerob]

@rzerob.... what happening with fusebox?

On June 24, 2015 I made this post on this thread. Post #5292

This happened yesterday. The unloader relay stuck, which caused a short to power.

What happened was my the wire that powered my un-loader relay some how melted and got stuck to the fuse box so it was constantly running my fan on high. I was on a little bit of a road trip so I didn't notice anything was wrong until I parked my car and my fan was still on high while my keys were in my pocket. I found the melted relays and pulled them. When I got home I pulled apart the fuse box and found the melted wire. So I removed it and all was well again.

About 4 or 5 months later I noticed a few electrical issues I didn't have before, such as when I turned my headlights on it would shut off my OBC and radio temporarily. Then the car sat for the winter. I was in the process of installing an additional puller fan for the AC and when my high speed fan would come on it would kill power to half of my car including headlights, radio, fan, HVAC... So I went about diagnosing it and found the issue in the fuse box.

When the wire melted to the constant hot and melted the relays it also was burning so hot that the solder on the pcb of the fuse box started drip off and actually unsoldered itself. I had an extra fuse box so I just swapped it. I put in a pcb from an 89 because I plan on running ellipsoid head lights and the 89 pcb is made for that.

Here are a couple pics of the damage of the pcb board I replaced. You can see where the solder was melting. There was a puddle of solder at the bottom of my fuse box.

[burkey001]

@rzerob.... what happening with fusebox?

[rzerob]

Installed my KAmotors intake. I still need to work on it.



And in the process of replacing fuse box.



I also got it inspected first thing in the morning.

[rzerob]

E46 rack swap with new E36 tie rods, garagistic spacers, custom steering shaft with two E46 steering couplers welded together, and new power steering reservoir/filter. And installed Condor delrin motor and trans mounts.

[potatomash]

Tucked my fuse box :)

[barbierij]

sorry, only one pic.
-new outer ball joint on the '89iX
-feed/return fuel pipes and hoses on the '89iX
-replaced one muffler hanger on the '89iX

so after all the time it sucks to replace one muffler hangar in the e30, this guy broke when I was putting the bottom strap on.
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so we had to weld it and put it on again.

[badwella]

I removed my hood, remembered what I have left to get her back on the road, then put it back on because it started to rain.



Before that, I made myself a new high pressure line for my z3 rack. Well, chopped up the e30 and z3 hoses and welded the fittings on, that is. Now I need to make a bracket to hold the reservoir on the intake since I smoothed my bay and kept the power steering.

[Rob Daman]

swapped out the stock springs n shocks and messed up the ball joint thread. luckily autozone rents out a thread repair kit and I got it fixed.

[jeff_b]

Saturday, I took 10 minutes from my beer drinking to install the Castro Motorsport Cold Air Box that my wonderful chiddrens bought me for my birthday!!

[Rob Daman]

actually it wasn't too bad.

the fronts were harder because of a tiny lip and one side already got that flared crunch.

rear ones are horrible to roll aren't they!

[bangn]

rear ones are horrible to roll aren't they!

[Rob Daman]

Rolled the fenders. PO already rubbed then raised it to stock.

[rzerob]

I messed up yesterday and installed my fuel sender in the return line. I found this out right after I put all back together. Tear it all out and do it again.