E30 Zone

I do the wey navigation out of Godalming most years for a 4 dayer with mates. Take a narrow boat to weybridge and back. Good relaxing p1ss up. Been doing it for years. See a lot of these sort of cruises on the broads,they are usually going round in circles wearing pirate outfits....the one's crewed...

its got both of these on ,its from scunthorpe http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c263/scottybrit/Mobile%20Uploads/20150831_145903_zpsbs0zvfqr.jpg http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c263/scottybrit/Mobile%20Uploads/20150831_145925_zpsb5xrzhty.jpg Ah! Thanks,Scunthorpe has six letters too many.... :D

Scotty,any idea who the supplying dealer was?
Looks to be a Lincoln/Lincolnshire 'plate....

That puts a whole new slant on the term 'green turd'.....

Austin Healey!

bab-91 wrote:Is he still banned!!?

Of course he is,like a tit,he's useful,so of course he's banned!

sweep wrote:No it has more metal in it.

No more quick release battery tray?

Awarded wrote:What's the current situation with these mats?

Ratch is still being trained to use an industrial sewing machine with just one hand...

The zone wiki is your friend...

http://www.e30zone.net/e30zonewiki/inde ... tra_Gauges

That's a 'Neon Design Motorsport Cabriolet',to give the thing it's full name.It would have left the factory with a 1.8 M40 4 cylinder engine and a cloth interior in 'motorsport' style,that's where the blue piping idea has come from. Now it all depends on one's personal viewpoint as to what modified ...

The noise is the first motion shaft?

Just a thought,is the spigot bearing a snug fit onto it?

(As the actress said to the Geordie)

The retracting mech works by a ball bearing moving in the base of the reel holder,when you brake,the ball rolls forward and jams the reel. So your balls are stuck.... Check that the reel is mounted correctly,if it's tipped forward or back the ball will not drop free of the reel. I've never tried dis...

I doubt that Steve Soper fills the bill,but here he is with an M3 that he raced;

Andyboy wrote: Values crept up once Kos sold his.

The one piece seal is,perhaps,easier to fit and looks a little neater when installed.

These must have been re-manufactured,I paid a lot less than those prices last time I bought a seal!

Never owned an auto E30,but my dad had a couple when they were reasonably new...

His grumble with the auto 'box was that it would not 'lock up' into 4th until a fairish road speed was reached,something like 60/65mph was needed,is this the general experience of others with these 'boxes?

They are the Car Trimming Company 49-51 Brentwood rd Romford Essex RM1 2EU, tel 03331236000. I just phoned & got quoted £695 for their superior mohair fabric supplied & fitted +£50 if you want new straps fitted( supplied by yourself or they can supply straps on request at a cost).. I have a sample ...

What Barry is trying to say is that the solid green wire is spilt behind the glovebox...
A plug may be still present,but if it's gone AWOL,a suitable replacement can soon be made up.

The green wire,as you will already know,is the feed from the ign switch to the coil.

ajay wrote:Ok, thanks for that, i know of a place in essex that buy in the fabric & make the roofs from scratch ill check them out & then decide which way to go. Cheers

As I now live in the Anglia area,I would be interested to learn more about this place,please.

Z3I wrote:Did you replace the straps, and the top rail too?

What was the total for our reference!

At a wild guess,the OP's 'er indoors reads his imput...and there are two things that one keeps secret;
The bills for the car(s)
The girlfriend.

Jesus325iTouring wrote:Here's my entry then, E30, check, wet, check

Could that be a hose pipe I see between the gate rails?

[quote="Brianmoooore"]Remove the motor assembly....../quote]

Er...yes!

Is a tool really needed? A new bearing should slide on easy enough, maybe with some gentle persuasion from the 36mm socket (I think it's 36mm that presses on the inner race) and a wooden mallet to get it pressed on far enough to use the hub nut to wind it home. That's the way I have always done 'em...

Stevieabz wrote: The car is from 1896 and is a 325i sport M-Tech 1.

Bloody heck,that pre dates even E21!

So the cam is not badly worn,could be that the lifters are draining oil and until they have re-filled themselves the valve gear will rattle a bit.

Will it rev above 4500rpm under load?

Don't bin the cracked head as they can be repaired. You need to get them up to temp before they can be welded for the crack to open up. That's why a cold pressure test won't always show a problem. The AMC copy cylinder heads are very good. They're made in Italy and I've never heard of one cracking....

Four engines have been used in E30's M10 4 cylinder carberettor and injection M40 4 cylinder all electronic in two capacities M42 4 cylinder twin cam all electronic M20 6 cylinder three capacities and injection/electronic depending on version That's the short story,so your 318i could be either an M1...

If the engine fires immediately then the rail is retaining fuel pressure,so you have a supply problem.

Move the cam.

Engine will run at one or two teeth out,but it will run better with it right.

Always ready for a piccie,Steve!

Jesus325iTouring wrote:Results all around today then, my £60 Jap turd just passed this morning without costing me any money

Help from your dad?

Some early M20 engines have a 'proper' distributor mounted under the front of the inlet manifold.It's driven via a jack shaft from the belt pulley just above the crank and a little to the n/s of the engine.(the lower part of this shaft drives the oil pump,BTW) Later engines use a h/t cap mounted on ...

Bear in mind that the H/T shell is fibreglass,so when the vinyl is peeled off it will bring lumps of this stuff with it.You,or your painter,will need to spend hours and hours filling and flatting back to get any kind of acceptable finish. Beardymatt did one in calypso for Dave-d some years back and ...

The fan that you are looking for is on the engine side of the radiator and is surrounded by a plastic shroud.

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