NOR-CAL General Chat.

[mbonanni]

i want an m42 2002.

[Pantless Spency]

i want an m42 2002.

I wanna drop an m42 in my e21... Merica

[ohthejosh]

Fix your e30 first. LOL

[Pantless Spency]

well currently i have two broken bmws

[ohthejosh]

good god man, you should just start a p-n-p on your driveway.

[Cabriolet]

how did you break your e21?

[Pantless Spency]

how did you break your e21?

well it needed a water pump and thermostat, so i have my friend over, who i trust and who is very good at working on cars (currently fixing up his friends dads Ferrari, some old dino model not sure) well i said hey lets get some burgers ill buy since your helping me out, he said he would like to get a head start on the dis assembly, so i go to get burgers i come back and he snapped one of the bolts, (M6-1X28mm) we got the stud out and everything, he RTV'd it for me (part i was not so sure about doing myself) then we put the water pump back on, he used a different m6-1.0X28mm in the hole the broken stud was in, so i went out to get a replacement one, i come back he is deciding he is going to leave and there i am with a bolt that wont catch any threads and then i found out there was another bolt missing.

said friend is pretty much avoiding me and has been for like 48 hours and i don't know what the hell is going on, i don't know if he stripped it, or lost/has the bolt, no idea...


with that being said i'm never letting friends wrench on my car while i am not there.

[Cabriolet]

wow you know how to pick some winning friends there...

too bad you dont live closer.

[cmybimmer]

And too bad I know even less than you about e21's lol

So basically all you need is the right size bolts?

[Pantless Spency]

And too bad I know even less than you about e21's lol

So basically all you need is the right size bolts?

yes, either that or the the bolt holes that attach the water pump to the block are stripped or have RTV or gasket material stuck in them.... i have no idea dude it's pretty frustrating because i was planning on having my car running the next day (after the RTV cured)

[Cabriolet]

you broke #12?

[Pantless Spency]

yes he broke one of #12, and then had a replacement from somewhere. looking at this diagram i am missing the bolts for hole #2 and the one directly above where bolt #11 is going, that hole is not shown its hidden by the angle of water pump.

[$hane]

so he only put 1 bolt back in?

[Pantless Spency]

no. there is a total of 9 bolts holding the water pump to the block.

i only have 7 of the 9 and i am missing 2 bolts.

and if your thinking i have my bolts all in wrong holes, i already checked that and played musical bolts (kinda like musical chairs but with hardware.)

[cmybimmer]

Got me a set of stock headers from a buddy with all studs in tact! Probably going to throw them on tomorrow or next week sometime.. Then I should be ready to schedule an appointment for BAR :).. Comin along.... Slowly