My Hoopte30 Project Attempt #6 - the painless way to earn cash back every day

[2mAn]

A/C in an E30 is the luxury a hooptie will never accept

[AWDBOB]

Ooof, yeah no blame there. Surprising to see one worse than mine haha!

The midwest definitely has its way with these cars. People always brag about their unrusty cars out here and I threaten to start poking.

ignorance is bliss methinks

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Well that didn't last long lol. There's actually a shaft seal you can buy for these Seiko-seiki compressors (MT2037), but I know exactly 0 people who have replaced them without a blowout immediately following replacement

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Thankfully, I know a guy

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[Reichart12]

beauty is in the eye of the beholder ;)

This is what too rusty looked like to me on that '91:

Ooof, yeah no blame there. Surprising to see one worse than mine haha!

[AWDBOB]

every time a shiny car like that drives into the shop i have to have a sit down talk with it letting it know that its parts will be used to save other little cars that are needing help in different ways but unfortunately...... there are no other little cars that have available to donate what it needs to live, so it must prepare for its next life as the frame of a microwave or mailbox.

always a tough chat

[moatilliatta]

[AWDBOB]

How rusty is too rusty? Asking for a friend (definitely not me)

beauty is in the eye of the beholder ;)

This is what too rusty looked like to me on that '91:

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[Reichart12]

'91 325i met its maker this week. The deeper into it I got, the more rust I found, RIP

How rusty is too rusty? Asking for a friend (definitely not me)

[AWDBOB]

Your evaporator core looks in better shape than mine did when I pulled it out lol. Maybe I should’ve cut that foam corner. Ah well it’s all buttoned up now 🫡

That foam corner removal is also the secret to being able to get to the upper right evaporator cover bolt without a swivel. Definitely don't recommend it on a cream puff car, but once it's done and you have working A/C, it is quickly forgotten.

[raymang]

Your evaporator core looks in better shape than mine did when I pulled it out lol. Maybe I should’ve cut that foam corner. Ah well it’s all buttoned up now 🫡

[AWDBOB]

HELL YEA, BROTHRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRrrrrrrrrrrrrr

hahahaha

I wonder how many E30s have died in pieces in those hands that ate pizza together?

lets not talk about that, I am paying back my debts through this thread lol


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I have unturned the A/C stone on Texas Holdem... I told myself I wasn't going to do it, but that '91 I just parted was retrofitted already and I had some good parts on the shelf so here we go lol.

I'm using the stock condenser with the updated BMW aux fan with the low speed resistor bypassed.

I installed the r134 drier, single pressure switch, and wired the low pressure switch closed, as the new single pressure switch provides both high and low pressure safeties. I jumped the updated pressure switch wiring and hit snowflake to make sure I had 12v at the clutch wire (compressor grounds to the engine) and all was well.

The compressor I pulled off of the '91 is the later seiki unit. The wiring was cut to the compressor but the system had fresh oil in it, so I am hoping for the best. Worst case scenario, I scored a rebuilt seiki off of rockauto a while back I have been saving for something like this that I can install if this one is no good. It spins freely, builds pressure spinning by hand, and clutch engages/disengages smoothly.

The seiki lines are different than the bosch lines on the car (compressor to cabin and compressor to condenser), so I have them ready to go.

Under the dash I installed the evaporator from the '91 as well as a new r134 expansion valve I had on the shelf.

I wrote a note to the next guy, lol, hoping no one sees it.

Green orings all the way around. I'm going to pull vacuum on the system tomorrow and hope for the best!

I also installed cruise back onto the car tonight now that it's no longer a parts car. The cluster I refreshed for the car had a main board issue, so I have a tested main board going in that cluster so I finally get blinkers on the dash.

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Cruise back in bizz

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[2mAn]

I wonder how many E30s have died in pieces in those hands that ate pizza together?

[e30austin]

will you guys sign my yearbook?

HELL YEA, BROTHRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRrrrrrrrrrrrrr

[AWDBOB]

good to meet you both... finally!!!!

E30 BROTHERS 4 Life.

will you guys sign my yearbook?

[moatilliatta]

E30 BROTHERS 4 Life.

[e30austin]

good to meet you both... finally!!!!