PNW Chit Chat thread

[ahrensNW]

Situation report?

He finished it up last night.

[e30austin]

He finished it up last night.

How many bent valves does it have now?

[ahrensNW]

How many bent valves does it have now?

None. He hasn't started it up yet.he still has to add oil and coolant.

[Savagefurai]

Yes.

there is one of these rotting in a backyard no more than a half dozen blocks from me.
Not an evolution, but still looks straight and semi complete.
i would save it if i had the cash.

[ahrensNW]

there is one of these rotting in a backyard no more than a half dozen blocks from me.
Not an evolution, but still looks straight and semi complete.
i would save it if i had the cash.

You wanna pm me that address?

[5Toes]

OKAY I pulled an all nighter and worked on the car until 430 in the morning in my backyard LOL. it turned out the timing chain had come off the idler pulley/wheel partially and had bound up. I pulled the cams, played around with the crank pulley and freed it up (I was SO relieved). locked bottom end back at tdc, installed cams and locked them at TDC. made sure to clock them correctly with the arrows up and then got the rest of the engine back together :)

added oil + water today and fired her up. has a terrible backfire and is running super rough. has 180psi compression acrossed the board, so I knew that wasnt the problem.

DME throws code 1214, which I believe to be the crank position sensor. the CEL flickers while running, and even if you floor the gas it will barely rev up. sometimes it idles smoothish, other times almost dies and catches itself. I diagnosed it to have an intermittent crank sensor so a new one has been ordered :)

thanks for the help guys!!!

[e30austin]

there is one of these rotting in a backyard no more than a half dozen blocks from me.
Not an evolution, but still looks straight and semi complete.
i would save it if i had the cash.

Color? Send me the address. I'll happily give you a finder's fee.

[Wschnitz]

Also what color, I was under the impression that most are black, kinda like US E28 M5's

[5Toes]

kinda like US e28 m5s lol I thought they were offered ONLY in black?

[Wschnitz]

kinda like US e28 m5s lol I thought they were offered ONLY in black?

Im mainly referring to not knowing with certainty that US 190e-16vs only came in black. Ive never seen one, but that doesn't necessarily mean that there wasnt the option for silver.

Europe seems to always get wider color choices though, americans must be bland in their color choice.

[ahrensNW]

They're were at least two colors of cossies in the US. I've seen dark gray and beige. There's probably more.

[5Toes]

anybody have an m42 crank sensor lying around? really need one off a running car to diagnose mine

thanks :)

[Matt-B]

anybody have an m42 crank sensor lying around? really need one off a running car to diagnose mine

thanks :)

Just test the sensor, takes 10 sec

[Savagefurai]

The cosworth is dark grey and apparently has head issues.
He says he would sell for the right price but has no immediate plans for the car.
If any of you are seriously wanting to bug this guy, pm me and I'll shoot an address.

Hell, if I get home before dark I'll try to snap a few pics for inquiring minds.

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[OldDrunkenSailor]

The cosworth is dark grey and apparently has head issues.
He says he would sell for the right price but has no immediate plans for the car.
If any of you are seriously wanting to bug this guy, pm me and I'll shoot an address.

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People always want the "right price" until someone shows up with cash and a flatbed and they see that their trophy really is just rotting a way. Someone get it, boys!