NOR-CAL General Chat.

[cmybimmer]

the harness wiring? or distribution box wiring? lol

Did a bunch of this



and this





to figure out my wiring

[JinormusJ]

Bai mai swagg
That is all :-D

Doo Eeht Nao

[ohthejosh]

Doo Eeht Nao

are those the oem swag lugs?

[JinormusJ]

Yes, those are OEM swag lugs, came only on the swaggiest of 316i's ;)

True Story

[e30shmobberr]

the harness wiring? or distribution box wiring? lol

Did a bunch of this



and this





to figure out my wiring

everything lol.

so basically its a 95 s50 with matching harness, but the x20 plug was damaged in the accident of the donor car. x20 plug shattered between the abs pump and the strut tower, so i clipped all the wires at the x20 to solder on the c101 plug.

my car is a 2/87 build, 1987 325is.
using 413 red DME (i have 2 just in case)
new crankshaft ps
new dme relay

I went through the schematics to make my own wiring chart for the x20/c101 conversion (done this 2-3 times), nothing at turn key.

at this time no cel, fuel pump, or icv with key on. I tried to source the issue so i looked at the main relay. the ground wire on the main relay I stripped a section of casing back to tap into it, which the other end i added to the ground at the strut tower. THEN the CEL, ICV, and fuel pump work. but still no fire under cranking.

thinking its maybe bad ground i cleaned all the ground points, nothing.

anyone got any advise on where to look next?

i think i am going to sit down and start to trace every which will take time, but any suggestions would help

[cmybimmer]

Damn dude.. Sounds like a mess, and looks like one in your sig :p..

Do you think maybe you have a ground wire connected to the power distribution block? or vice versa? Also, is any fuel getting to the lines? Spark? Spray a little starter fluid into the intake manifold, crank over and see if the engine ignites (it'll confirm that you have spark at least).

[Vivek]

Is anyone doing any cool maintenance or swaps anytime soon? I'd love to come learn something if you're down...maybe hand you tools too

[e30shmobberr]

Damn dude.. Sounds like a mess, and looks like one in your sig :p..

Do you think maybe you have a ground wire connected to the power distribution block? or vice versa? Also, is any fuel getting to the lines? Spark? Spray a little starter fluid into the intake manifold, crank over and see if the engine ignites (it'll confirm that you have spark at least).

i feel like its something small but im lazy so i just got to get off my ass and swift through wires ha. but i am sure i got the power and ground wires right (no casing so all wire colors are visible) and yes the one in my sig, i took all the covering/casing off the harness to make wire sorting easier. Im going to put more work in it tomorrow or friday. trying to get it up for bimmerfest wooohoo

Is anyone doing any cool maintenance or swaps anytime soon? I'd love to come learn something if you're down...maybe hand you tools too

all i got is wiring problems ha

[BMWamongJDM]

Any one up and down to go drift?

[BMWamongJDM]

@Vivek I'm gonna have to fix some body work and updating my diving boards in like two weeks to plastic and putting on my CSL bodykit.

[JinormusJ]

and putting on my CSL bodykit.

Please tell me this is for an e46.. :|

[sacroyalty]

Any e30/bmw fans here in Fresno? Imports all over the cruise nights :(

[e30shmobberr]

and my buddy picked up a cabrio that we want to do a restore on (pull everything off, rebuilt, clean). maybe some help will be need there

[BMWamongJDM]

I got people who can do it good for cheap but I'm open diff to.

No its for my e30 I picked it up and some m3 vader, so I think they are, and a is rear spoiler for $300 so I I'm gonna run the CSL till I get a valence or till I fuck it up

[e30shmobberr]

im a welder, give me a diff and a welder lol