SoCal General Chat

[IRON-E]

Sup people. Ed i have a black sport seat but its not primo.

Send me pics please., I may have to pick up no later than Saturday at your shop if that works. I'm in really bad need of one.

[E30_Pare]

1st day back from a ~10 day vacation to Seattle. Its beautiful up there this time of year, but its nice to be back.

Car did a pretty good job as a hauler, carried 4 people and their luggage for ~4 days. No issues other than my idiot frient locking my keys in the trunk.

New trunk lock is on the way, but is there anyway to get it keyed to match the others? Or do I need to cough up the $$ to get one from BMW. I really dont want more than one key

Look up a lock rebuild thread. Will show u how to match your locks.

[itskingsteelo]

isnt it straight forward? Remove switch on side of trans, install new one plug in wires.

yeah but the question was if I need to drop the trans or not? or do I have enough room to just get it from underneath the cah?

[thatphysicsguy]

1st day back from a ~10 day vacation to Seattle. Its beautiful up there this time of year, but its nice to be back.

Car did a pretty good job as a hauler, carried 4 people and their luggage for ~4 days. No issues other than my idiot frient locking my keys in the trunk.

What about the whole "almost overheated in traffic" incident lol :nice:

[smooth]

yeah but the question was if I need to drop the trans or not? or do I have enough room to just get it from underneath the cah?

only you can decide if you have enough room to get up in there or not

it's on the side of the trans. I've done it without dropping the trans.
just going to have to reach your hand up there and see if you can get it or not

[2mAn]

What about the whole "almost overheated in traffic" incident lol :nice:

That was more of a move I needed to do at some point and the situation forced my hand to get it done now. All in all, was an extra ~$200 but I also didnt have to deal with the install or bleeding the M42 radiator, so money well spent.

Now I have a legit Spal 16" puller fan VS the other 16" fan that was mounted as a pusher. Im happy, but still have that stupid trunk lock issue to deal with

[E30_Pare]

yeah but the question was if I need to drop the trans or not? or do I have enough room to just get it from underneath the cah?

if you dont have enough room dropping the trans mount should give you enough .

[efficient]

if its not one thing breaking on my car its another. rerouted my coolant lines with a coupler, so no more heater for now. replaced some cracking fuel hose then found that my steering guibo has a lot of play.
oh well this car is fun.

[2mAn]

these cars are almost 30 years old now (mine already IS 30) so they have a lot of things that will need to be replaced if they havent already been done. sounds like yours is one that needs love, treat it right and it will last.

[Chilezen]

then found that my steering guibo has a lot of play.
oh well this car is fun.

You sure it's the guibo? I thought so too but turned out to just be play in the rack. Cutting out the guibo was a biiitch.

[efficient]

these cars are almost 30 years old now (mine already IS 30) so they have a lot of things that will need to be replaced if they havent already been done. sounds like yours is one that needs love, treat it right and it will last.

yeah i know. pretty much everything on this car has been touched.ii replaced all the hoses but guess they weren't sealing good because they would leak even though they were tight. next time ill order oem hoses and clamps.

You sure it's the guibo? I thought so too but turned out to just be play in the rack. Cutting out the guibo was a biiitch.

yeah i think its the guibo. i held the steering wheel in place and moved the guibo by hand. I'm thinking of buying the ireland engineering poly urethane gumbo. if that doesn't work then ill upgrade racks. i have some power tools.

[E30 331is]

yeah i think its the guibo. i held the steering wheel in place and moved the guibo by hand. I'm thinking of buying the ireland engineering poly urethane gumbo. if that doesn't work then ill upgrade racks. i have some power tools.

There is a nut in the footwell, make sure that is tight as well.

[efficient]

There is a nut in the footwell, make sure that is tight as well.

never seen it. info?
nvm found it.
ill check it out

http://www.r3vlimited.com/board/showthread.php?t=146981&page=2

[Chilezen]

I'm thinking of buying the ireland engineering poly urethane gumbo. if that doesn't work then ill upgrade racks. i have some power tools.

I installed that for mine. You'll find out what I mean ;) Let me know if you end up needing help.

[Chilezen]

SOOOO CLOOOSE. WHY DOESN'T IT WORK.

With the new m20 in and everything assembled and connected, I turned the key aaand...

nothing. Starter doesn't kick in.

I have 12.03V at the battery with the key out and 11.74 in the "run" position. The battery was disconnected during the swap.

Is it at all possible for the computer to think it still has the blown engine? Does this need to be reset through the diagnostic port thingy hanging off the intake? Or does unplugging the battery automatically reset the computer?

Edit: I'm an idiot, I just remembered I forgot to connect the ground wire from the oil pan to the body.