NOR-CAL General Chat.

[BMWamongJDM]

@Bernzpeed ne way I can get the plastic bumper assembly who I can ditch my fucked up diving boards.

[Cabriolet]

did a timing belt/water pump/cat back in 6 hours today.

by far closest call i have ever seen. tensioner was wobbling.


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[bernzpeed]

@Bernzpeed ne way I can get the plastic bumper assembly who I can ditch my fucked up diving boards.

pmd

Is it a vert? I need a ton of vert shit but nothing that I can think of from a coupe or sedan.

what vert parts do u need?

I dunno, im pretty pricey! Lol Honestly though youd be better off buying one. It would probably be a couple months before i could get to it.

I'm not in a hurry, I am still putting my M50 together. I did a top end overhaul on it.

[JinormusJ]

I believe you just delete that wire that connects to the auto tranny

Correct! E30s are actually set up to run as manuals from the factories. An automatics wiring harnessrhat goes from the ECU (like 2-3 wires) is what makes the manual into an auto. If you cut/unplug the harness, the ECU runs as a manual because there is no feed to tell it to run as an auto. The tranny isn't hooked up to the cluster like it is in the e36/e46, so pretty much it's all plug and play..

Gawsh.. This swap is freakin hard... Stripped a tranny bolt (the one right next to the starter) so were letting a socket JB weld overnight and getting back to it in the morning... Got my driveshaft ready to go, pedal box all hooked up (took forever!), and the autoshifter out. All that's needed now is to drop the auto and get the manual in...

I now see why people say leave 2 solid days to do this. If you think you could have it done in a day, please come see me first ;)

[cyberkaa]

Anyone here that's is tall have problems with sport seats?

I'm 6'3" and this past week my lower back has really started to hurt. I feel like its because of my seats. I'm not sure.

They haven't really hurt me and my knees touch the wheel with the seat all the way back, lol.

[mbonanni]

Going to be fixing my broken door handle tomorrow. yyaaayy

My locks are hard to turn with the keys. Is there anyways to fix them while i am in there?
If no one knows I will just try and lube them up.

[bernzpeed]

spray the lock cylinder with brake cleaner and then spray it with lube. if it still hard to turn, it's internal, get a repair kit from pelican parts

[mbonanni]

my life saver.

[cmybimmer]

Correct! E30s are actually set up to run as manuals from the factories. An automatics wiring harnessrhat goes from the ECU (like 2-3 wires) is what makes the manual into an auto. If you cut/unplug the harness, the ECU runs as a manual because there is no feed to tell it to run as an auto. The tranny isn't hooked up to the cluster like it is in the e36/e46, so pretty much it's all plug and play..

Gawsh.. This swap is freakin hard... Stripped a tranny bolt (the one right next to the starter) so were letting a socket JB weld overnight and getting back to it in the morning... Got my driveshaft ready to go, pedal box all hooked up (took forever!), and the autoshifter out. All that's needed now is to drop the auto and get the manual in...

I now see why people say leave 2 solid days to do this. If you think you could have it done in a day, please come see me first ;)

If you were local i'd be there.. :)

And good to know about the harness, makes it that much easier for the swap. And my first tranny swap was a pita! You get better each time you do it loll :giggle:

And this is what happened during my swap, one of the bolts that connects to the head



EDIT: Wow, shitty phone pic is shitty

Good luck tmw!

[JinormusJ]

Freak! That sucks! Lol

I was actually contemplating going up north for the swap. I got a couple buds up there would would lve to exchange labor-for-labor (causerhey have 5-speed swaps they want to do too.)

By the time I'm up in Sac-town though.. I'll be thinking about e30 m3 5-lugs, RX-7 BBK fabbing, and s54 6-speed swap lol
Plenty of stuff to keep me busy :-D

[mbonanni]

Anyone know what bbs came on some of the e24's?

The ones I am looking at appear to be gold centered silver lip.

34/36 bolt hole. I missed count. it is one of those. I think 34.

[$hane]

....RX-7 BBK fabbing

I have a set of calipers ill let go

[mbonanni]

I seen some rx-7 bbk go for $350 with everything on here. Seems like a good deal if that is what youre lookign for.

[cmybimmer]

Finished making another 24v wiring harness adapter :D.. Plugged it in my car earlier and it started right up :up:

[ohthejosh]

Finished making another 24v wiring harness adapter :D.. Plugged it in my car earlier and it started right up :up:

When the time comes, you shall receive a call. LOL