Japandrew73's OEM Euro Restore

[Japandrew73]

Gonna save the HG, or resell it? I don't assume you plan on replacing it, but one never does know with you behind the helm.

Why wouldn't I change it out? :D

And I did some research and saw the link you recommended to Jean, the stuff looks good, but I want the best quality so I'm going for the OEM stuff. Fine with me if I have to wait an extra day.

[gazellebeigem3]

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Nice oil filter!!!

[gearheadE30]

That hole in the foam is for the M42. Part of the intake sits up so high that there is physically no room for foam, so there is a cutout. A light was never installed in any market underhood that I have ever seen.

[Bimmerista]

Can I get another shot of that oil filter from a different angle? :D

[gazellebeigem3]

Can I get another shot of that oil filter from a different angle? :D

now you're talking!

[Mtriple]

now you're talking!

Is that the elusive "euro filter" that I keep hearing about???

[gazellebeigem3]

Is that the elusive "euro filter" that I keep hearing about???

yeah. its been NLA for 10 years. he either meticulously cleaned/polished a used one or he got the last one out of botswana. either way, more pics!!

[e30nub]

yeah. its been NLA for 10 years. he either meticulously cleaned/polished a used one or he got the last one out of botswana. either way, more pics!!

REALLY?! The shop I help out has a couple of these laying around IIRC. My boss is a neat freak and keeps everything. I'll see if I can snag some if he doesn't know what he has. MUHAHAHAHA!

[Ben Carufel]

REALLY?! The shop I help out has a couple of these laying around IIRC. My boss is a neat freak and keeps everything. I'll see if I can snag some if he doesn't know what he has. MUHAHAHAHA!

Quoted.

[BrewCity11]

That hole in the foam is for the M42. Part of the intake sits up so high that there is physically no room for foam, so there is a cutout. A light was never installed in any market underhood that I have ever seen.

lol, I was just messin with Andrew when I posted that. (although a underhood light would be nice)

[Farbin Kaiber]

REALLY?! The shop I help out has a couple of these laying around IIRC. My boss is a neat freak and keeps everything. I'll see if I can snag some if he doesn't know what he has. MUHAHAHAHA!

lul.

[eld4au6]

looking amazing

[e30nub]

Pleasantly surprised.

Edit:
Forgot to add that I was hammered too.

[Japandrew73]

Made some more progress on the engine harness today. All grounding points were filed down with needle files so there isn't any grounding problems. All broken plug housings were replaced, and a broken fuel injection relay plug housing was also replaced. Also got a new dipstick.

Old relay plug housing

New one (middle) connected to the others like the plug housings go together nice and neat. Relays themselves were also cleaned up

The only cracked plug housings besides the relay were the fuel injector plug housings. Every one was broken.
Old on left, new on right

The new shape of the plug housing that BMW has replaced is much easier to disconnect than the old style.

Also realized while taking the old ones off, that each had it's own tiny gasket. I was worried I'd have to go back to the dealer and order the gaskets, but the new plug housings actually come with a new gasket inside, pretty convenient

Also made a bit more progress on the instrument cluster today. In the feat to keep my instrument cluster NCPT (Non-coding plug type, with the Si board lights 5 green, 1 yellow, 3 red) I realized the reason my tach wasn't reading as high as it should, is the wrong coding peg is in the tach. Now, even though the early clusters are claimed to have no coding plug, there actually is a coding "peg" if you want to call it that. This little plastic peg looking thing with a number on the bottom. I know for sure of 3 different numbers on the bottoms. That number designates the 4-cyl, or 6-cyl feed to the tach. Besides the numbers, there are different cutouts that touch the right pins on the tach, although it's much easier to differentiate by using the numbers on the bottom.

On the left you have the 03, this is for the 4-cyl. On the right you have the 10, this is for the 6-cyl. I replaced my original 10 with the 03 and now the tach reads as should! Very nice to have an operable tach after not having one for 5 months! What confuses me though, is I've seen a picture of a coding "peg" with a 01. So that means there is a 03, a 10, and a 01. A 4-cyl, a 6-cyl, and what would the 01 be for??

Anyways, now that the Si board is working, and the tach is working, all that's left are the temp gauge and the gas gauge. Those are for another day. But once those are fixed, I'll be finished with the functional part of my cluster! But not the aesthetic part...

[TimKninja]

So are you getting this done at a shop, or doing it in your driveway?...

i MIGHT do something slightly similar to this. I found a rust-free 91 325i auto with 198k, its been sitting for about 5-10 years, with the valve cover off and misc parts ripped from it . I also found a running 325i convertible 5 speed for 500 with 160 k. i hate verts, so I might swap everything over and make that my senior project. But I have access to a lift for free.

What is your budget for this? and how are you going to afford this? I only ask because i want to do something similar to this. And your very inspiring seeing as we're around the same age.