Annd it's dead
Update...
So one nice friday last month I decided to drive the e30 to work. Welllll halfway through the drive a noticed a large plume of white smoke coming from the rear of the car. I stopped and noticed the trans fluid gushing out from in between the engine and trans. Fluid was dripping down on the exhaust causing the white smoke...I said "f' it" and charged on and parked in the back of the parking lot at work...
Snail Trail
Puddle
Resting Place
I had my father pick me up from work and the car sat over the weekend, as I had plans of going out of town.
So after a couple of days of debating to either fill up and drive or get it towed...I decided to charge it home. I stopped a few times along the way to let it cool down a bit and fill it up with more fluid. 10 qts gone between work and home..
And here it sits until I figure out what I am going to do: Fix the Auto so I can drive it OR get it to my parents garage and start the m30/5 speed swap...
In the meantime I am still buying parts in preparation.
Spal Fan, IX Washer Bottle (Thanks Classic Daily), 633i single mass flywheel, power steering seal set, stuff to reseal G260 Trans, water pump, and other random stuff from ECS.
I have also spent a lot of time at the junkyard. Not so much for the e30, but to start slinging some parts to make some cash.
2 - e34 Oil pans, pickup, dipsticks. 3 - M50 Manifolds and brackets, and a set of e39 style5's.
Continued tumbling and cleaning up BMW hardware
Surplus
Walnut shell
"Jordan's Method" - Water, Purple Power, and Ceramic Media (partially broken)
Also spent numerous weekends fixing up my garage.
And lastly - I just got the Air Compressor from my Father-in-law. I can go ahead and get to soda blasting all my parts and prepping for paint and powedercoating.
Update...
So one nice friday last month I decided to drive the e30 to work. Welllll halfway through the drive a noticed a large plume of white smoke coming from the rear of the car. I stopped and noticed the trans fluid gushing out from in between the engine and trans. Fluid was dripping down on the exhaust causing the white smoke...I said "f' it" and charged on and parked in the back of the parking lot at work...
Snail Trail
Puddle
Resting Place
I had my father pick me up from work and the car sat over the weekend, as I had plans of going out of town.
So after a couple of days of debating to either fill up and drive or get it towed...I decided to charge it home. I stopped a few times along the way to let it cool down a bit and fill it up with more fluid. 10 qts gone between work and home..
And here it sits until I figure out what I am going to do: Fix the Auto so I can drive it OR get it to my parents garage and start the m30/5 speed swap...
In the meantime I am still buying parts in preparation.
Spal Fan, IX Washer Bottle (Thanks Classic Daily), 633i single mass flywheel, power steering seal set, stuff to reseal G260 Trans, water pump, and other random stuff from ECS.
I have also spent a lot of time at the junkyard. Not so much for the e30, but to start slinging some parts to make some cash.
2 - e34 Oil pans, pickup, dipsticks. 3 - M50 Manifolds and brackets, and a set of e39 style5's.
Continued tumbling and cleaning up BMW hardware
Surplus
Walnut shell
"Jordan's Method" - Water, Purple Power, and Ceramic Media (partially broken)
Also spent numerous weekends fixing up my garage.
And lastly - I just got the Air Compressor from my Father-in-law. I can go ahead and get to soda blasting all my parts and prepping for paint and powedercoating.
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