Who's interested in another PNW Tech Day?

[cramer]

If everything goes well and you have help, you can do it in a day. Mine came right off the car but I ended up having some issues with other items (wheel bearings) that took longer and pushed it into day 2. If it's stubborn and stuck to the chassis, then yes, 2 day event.

So unless you plan on working fast, having help and nothing going wrong, subframe work would probably not be recommended :p

Suspension swaps, brakes, etc are all easy projects to do in a day. The transmission swap we did last time was pushing it, but luckily Derek had some great helpers to get his done!

[cramer]

i have to work every other saturday :/

I can't do sundays (family day) do you know if you are scheduled to work on April 28th?


We'll never have a day when everyone who wants to attend can make it, but I do my best to accomondate the majority :)

[LuckyHenriksen]

So unless you plan on working fast, having help and nothing going wrong, subframe work would probably not be recommended :p

Hahaha exactly ;)

[Mlarsen]

Yeah that'd be pretty lame if you can't get your car done.

[2mAn]

I can't do sundays (family day) do you know if you are scheduled to work on April 28th?

i work on the 28th if its the next weekend, its enough of an advance notice that i can make sure i have it off.

[Den_k321]

i work on the 28th if its the next weekend, its enough of an advance notice that i can make sure i have it off.

its March right now, their talking about April, right?

[Den_k321]

Where you located at Chris?

this sounds pretty fun meet/event!

[cramer]

Yes, April 28th is the date I'm talking about, or May 5th.

I'm in Olympia.

[AirplaneBuilder]

Lets do my s50 swap!! haha jk we got that under control. If my car will be done or if i havent started my swap by that day then ill come. On the edge of buying a house right now so just waiting to start my swap.

[2mAn]

may 5th!!

[boxen]

anyone have some know how on doing the timing belt and water pump? i wouldn't mind learning with someone direction on how to do it...if not i'd be game to come down and meet some fellow E30 owners and help bang out some projects...i'm pretty new to the scene

I think this could probably be done in a day...The issues I remember from doing mine were that draining the coolant (and bleeding the system after you're done) is a messy pita (not hard, though), and you might need to have a special wrench to get at the fan clutch nut (as said in every online howto I've read). Someone in the area probably has these tools, but it's not me.
If you have the parts and tools, it can be done in a day, I believe.

[LuckyHenriksen]

T belt and water pump shouldn't take more than a few hours, including beverage breaks

[stamar]

I have a intermittant fuel guage id love to show to a pro sometime. I have a full tool set.

Actually I know everything about it but id love to have someone who knows how to take out the dash without breaking anything

[E30 Devil]

Chris, i think I can make this. Rolling the daily right now ('91 318i) but maybe I'll have the M50 swap in by the time end of April rolls around....I sure miss my rado and those corrado tech days!!

[James Crivellone]

May 5th is Pro3 opening weekend, so I'll be racing @ Portland. However if you have it in April i'd stop by :)