Started working on my crashed E30 (swap model)

[ck3k]

Yea I fixed the door finally few days ago. You started the engine? Glad to hear that.. Got a thread on zone?

Also, feel sorry for you , keep resting until you get well then start working on car again.. you need rest, and you will heal faster I hope so.. stay strong and keep it up

[andysheep]

Dont have time,got family turning up next month from oz,i didnt do to much the other night,and when i started the cabby again it didnt run to good idleing fast and faster then conked out.wouldnt restart,throttle cables a bit slack and not much petrol in new tank,so,,,,, give me a email,pmed,and ill show you

[ck3k]

Keep workin.. pmed you with my email

Oil pan currently


I recolored the wings..


I just saw that this one touched the car cover


Current interior



Attached left mask

[andysheep]

Now thats what you call a cracked sump,ill sent some pics tonight after i find out why im get no petrol to the fuel rail i cant put front seats in cos i cant find the bits to finish the front mounting points off seat belts,going to search right now!

[ck3k]

Aww yeah! I finally replaced the cracked oil pan and guess what?!

THE ENGINE STARTED ON 1ST TRY!

Holy fuck, so happy to hear it reving.

Here is how:
I unbolt all screws from oil pan which has around 20 of them, or more.
I removed the "half moon" that is in front of oil pan and the e30 gearbox (around 5 bolts).
I unbolt screw from engine mount.
Placed the hydraulic pump down there and lifted the engine around 10-15cm.
Fucking removed the fucked oil pan.
Replaced the fucked oil pan with not fucked oil pan.
Mounted and boltet everything.

I gave the engine a drink (oil).

Fist try:
pzp pzp pzpz pzp BRM BRM BRMMMMMMM

I GAVE THIS ENGINE FUCKING LIFE!

So, anyway, here is the problem:
1. I can't clean myself.
2. I didn't have battery to capture the engine start and my celebration.
3. The oil indicator on the dash is showing red light. WHY?

Could anyone help me with the 3th one? I think it's because oil filter but I'm not sure.

Also, battery is dead. I have to recharge it.

And new problems:
1. The wheel have to be replaced
2. The coilovers have to be replaced
3. I can't clean myself (I just took another shower).

Pics of cracked and new oil pan soon.

[andysheep]

Talk later to ya im at work bank holiday ,but give the oil senser time to corect not having oil in the sump,when my light cums on it takes a day to go off even after top up!the sensor can get cloged up and sometimes needs to be taken out and cleaned,
I learnt this from brian morre

[ck3k]

Andy thanks for response, and sorry for late reply. So, what happened and why I went offline for sometime (Andy, thanks for PMing me in the meantime and ask about my health). I've been doing great, but I moved to another city located far from where I originally was. But, new city means new things so ..

I worked really hard these few months, and the hard work started to pay off. My buddy from which I already worked with in previous posts, Emir (shot out m8, you rock!), went on and moved the car (car toll was necessary) to the mechanic guy that is around 60 y/o and only works with E30! The dude actually know the history of my car which I was astonished to hear about. So, he gladly accepted to work on it since he knows it when he was younger.

What is fixed:
- Car/wheel ribs (dunno how it's called in English, check the picture bellow :p)
- New headlights better then the one I had (too expensive IMO)
- Doors and window is completely fixed
- New fender
- New front valance
- New bumper
- Mask near bumpers
- Mechanically fixed
- Oil pan fixed
- New battery

What will be fixed in the following days:
- Side of the car bellow the door, don't know how it's called but the mechanic guy told me that he will "remove" that from the other E30 and weld into mine, even tho I don't understand how he will do that, I trust him

What I ordered:
- Sport suspensions for rear end, was cheap, lowers around 2cm H&R (not an original pic)


- New rims (Original 15" 4x100)




AND OF COURSE ...





I don't know is it me but this starting to look sexy as fuck. Can't wait until it's get repainted.

"car/wheel ribs":


Enough for today. Cheers guys

[andysheep]

Great to see ya back and talking paint in the near future havnt been well myself and it makes it impossible to work on cars it this state,glad to hear things and cars are looking up, im thinking of tidying the garage tonight and checking the front brakes and turning over my red one,im missing her big time,keep it up
Andy