NOR-CAL General Chat.

[freeride53]

Why don't you just back it up onto the dolly

[mbonanni]

Supposedly it is illegal.

[Pantless Spency]

Don't back it up onto a dolly. You'll just trash your steering components and wreck your shit. If you put the rear wheels on the ground in neutral your diff should be fine, I would maybe be worried about your gearbox waffleswaffleswaffles

[Cabriolet]

meet at the plant tonight. 7PM

[WineCountryE30]

Thanks Guys! Ill give RMS a call next week.

[Toodaloo]

Thanks Guys! Ill give RMS a call next week.

Hey man, I'm local here in napa as well! Shoot me a pm with your phone number if you'd like to meet up some time. My buddy and I are always wrenching on our e30's. Seems like we're the only two active enthusiasts in town haha!

[decay]

Change your tires :p

i have to soon, KDWs are NLA.

but i was very happy with them from a "(grip * lifespan) / cost" perspective.

[sublimation]

Hey guys,

Does anyone have a 2.73, 2.93, or low 3.xx LSD they would be willing to sell in the bay area?

Thanks.

[BlackbirdM3]

Hey man, I'm local here in napa as well! Shoot me a pm with your phone number if you'd like to meet up some time. My buddy and I are always wrenching on our e30's. Seems like we're the only two active enthusiasts in town haha!

I wouldn't say that. I have my car out every day.

Will

[WineCountryE30]

Good to see some fellow E30 Napa guys!

I work a LOT and my hours are all over the place. (I just finished a 17 hour day) It seems that I frequently do my wrenching at 3AM these days. When my car is road worthy again we will have to get together. These days I have been running around town in my powder blue triumph spitfire. Hard to miss it.

My E30 was pretty banged up in the earthquake and I just got her back on her tires. I was 75% way done with her Suspension/Steering refresh and she fell off her stands and onto her side.... and then back down onto her stands again. Im going to pull her apart in a couple weeks and finish the Suspension/Brake/5Lug upgrades. I found a Z3M roadster rear clip so I am currently rebuilding the axles and looking for a medium case 3.91 or 4.10 to swap in with my M42 until I swap in the M60/S62.

[BlackbirdM3]

I have a spare 4.11 LSD, I just need to find a rear cover for it. I scored a fresh rebuilt one but it doesn't have a cover. I'm looking to install the new one when I do the rear bushings on the car in the near future. Anyone have a rear cover they want to sell?

Will

[WineCountryE30]

Most of the yards in the area wont sell just the cover. You can pick up an entire diff for as low as $50 at a local yard off Car-Part.com. If it was me, I would go to a pick and pull and grab a cover for $10-$20. The Fairfield one is the worst, but even that one should have a usable diff cover...

[Pantless Spency]

So I think my fuel pump went bad. Drove my car home from bimmer fest it made it all the way just fine no issues I get home park it and the next morning I go to start it to go to work and it just cranks and cranks and cranks. No fuel up to my cold start valve didn't get a chance to check the other side of the engine. What's wrong? Fuel pump? It's weird how I can park my car with fuel up to the engine then wake up the next morning with no fuel in the lines.

Also if I have an eta is it possible to use a late model fuel pump? I need to get my car running I have to smog it before the end of the month.

[oliver.r]

Fuel pump relay?

[WineCountryE30]

fuel pump relay?

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