NOR-CAL General Chat.

[bastianshaw]

IIRC, and it's been a minute since I've worked on a new engine, those two round 4-wire plugs above the fuel injector harness are your O2 sensors. So numbers 1 & 2 go together. Number 3 is a vacuum line (for the fuel pressure regulator?).

Good luck, and fuck rats!

Please come over and bang my gf. Drink my beer. In other words THANK YOU Mcgyver

[McGyver]

Please come over and bang my gf. Drink my beer. In other words THANK YOU Mcgyver

Hahaha, yeah.... my gf would have quite a problem with that. Good luck with the project!

[McGyver]

So I made some Camber/Toe adjusters for my trailing arms and got some junkyard e39 eccentric bolts. I'm thinking my plates may be a little thick because the bolts only thread about 3/4 through the nuts (I'll get a pic later tonight).

Should a) tighten them and not worry, b) use the stock nuts w/ blue loctite, or c) ditch the stock nuts with the integrated washer and use a standard lock nut (crushed, not nylock)?

[wworm]

^blue loctite should be fine I think. Good lookin out on the e39 eccentric bolts. Didnt know they used those. You just saved me a good chunk of change.

[McGyver]

^blue loctite should be fine I think. Good lookin out on the e39 eccentric bolts. Didnt know they used those. You just saved me a good chunk of change.

Yup, you want the long ones for use on an e30. There is one on each side of the rear e39 suspension, 18mm.

[Jokester]

I think you only need 3 full threads to torque something to spec, so you should be more than fine with how it is now.

[McGyver]

As it turns out, the subframe mounting points were slightly splayed out, leaving about 0.07" on each side of the TAB. Tightening the bolt pulled the sides in contact with the TAB making the end of the bolt flush with the nut. Problem solved.

All that shit's in, now I need to get the fucking diff bolted up. I spent about 45 min wrestling with it last night and got nowhere. I've done it before, but this time everything seems just a little shifted out of place.

[wworm]

^ how wide did you make the slot in your adjustment tabs?

[mc625569]

Thanks for this rec, its right near my work.

Jose is working on things now. Then the PITA task of reinstalling. Not looking forward to it, but at least I dont have to take the windows out.

Mario's upholstery in Alameda. Bay Area legend. Good friends with my dad, we've been going to him for 20+ years.

Also @ Jerry - that is awesome.

[ziggysmoov]

Anyone recommend any custom exhaust shops? Prefer closer to south Bay Area. Need to change out a leaking muffler and possibly get all the piping better tucked under the car. I scrape on everything and I’m not even that low [emoji25]


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[tinoe30]

Anyone recommend any custom exhaust shops? Prefer closer to south Bay Area. Need to change out a leaking muffler and possibly get all the piping better tucked under the car. I scrape on everything and I’m not even that low [emoji25]


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Go to Kwik Way Muffler on Kiely in San Jose. They are absolutely the best in the area with 50+ years in the business. You will not be disappointed.

[golde30]

poke

[36brua]

poke

OMG Wh33lhop and now you ? :p

[jpod999]

Yo golde30, how old is that photo in your sig? 2009ish?

[ziggysmoov]

Go to Kwik Way Muffler on Kiely in San Jose. They are absolutely the best in the area with 50+ years in the business. You will not be disappointed.

Cheers! Will give them a visit when I get my cluster back from Bavrest ;D