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Post Mon Jul 04, 2005 8:32 pm

Just finished putting the engine back together and after the second oil change of the day to clear away any crap its now running lovely.
I was really nervous before I tried to start it for the first time as Ive never taken an engine apart at all never mind do all this.
Thankfully it started first time and ran like a dream after the first 10 mins.

Im going to go drive around all night now to run it in a few hundred miles before I see if its much quicker.
I just hope it doesnt break down on me somewhere.

Heres a pic of the engine now and how it looked before!

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Post Mon Jul 04, 2005 8:35 pm

looks great!! u da man for doing all that

i remember how chuffed i was after rebuilding the m40 top end
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Post Mon Jul 04, 2005 8:35 pm

pukka work there mate

I did my cambelt at the weekend and it feels soo good even just sitting there idling in the driveway.

Got confidence to tackle mosy jobs on the car now

Well done mate, looks spankin under that bonnet
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Post Mon Jul 04, 2005 8:39 pm

Nice one fella!! Lookin just a bit good!
Got cable ties? Get diffin..

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Post Mon Jul 04, 2005 8:40 pm

Cant wait to get a few hundred miles built up to see if it stays ok and then start having fun in it again!
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Post Mon Jul 04, 2005 8:43 pm

Great!!!!! :cool: :D

nice to see that it all came together in the end mate!!makes the car more of a part of you if you built it back up 8)

here's hoping for nowt but routine maintainance from now on in :D
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Post Mon Jul 04, 2005 8:50 pm

well done adam,
when it first started, i bet you had a face like a cheshire cat :woohoo:
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Post Mon Jul 04, 2005 8:54 pm

Well done matey. That bay looks sweet! :thumb:
It's great satisfaction to do something like that yourself and the main thing is that you know it's been done right aswell. When I took my old engine out I found that 2 of the manifold studs were missing after having some work done on it by a local garage - and I know they were there before the garage got their mitts on it cos I done the manifold gaskets when I bought the car. If you want something done right do it yourself!!!
Hope you keep it lookin' that clean!
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Post Mon Jul 04, 2005 8:56 pm

Well done! Glad you finished it, looks better than ever now!
Your not still thinking of selling it are you?!?!
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Post Mon Jul 04, 2005 9:05 pm

Nah I wont be selling it for a good while now. :)
The problem is though Ive got the bug. Now I want to give it a full respray and fit all new suspension etc! :)
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Post Mon Jul 04, 2005 9:14 pm

looks nice mate, you must be well chuffed :thumb: :thumb:
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Post Mon Jul 04, 2005 9:18 pm

Nice one ..... hope I get the same result as your good self ??
Nervous as hell about putting that head back on !!
Good job, fella ....

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Post Mon Jul 04, 2005 9:22 pm

Adammcf wrote:Nah I wont be selling it for a good while now. :)
The problem is though Ive got the bug. Now I want to give it a full respray and fit all new suspension etc! :)
:cool: :cool:

Suspension 1st :wink:

Loads of stuff you can do! Glad to hear you reckon it was worth it!
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Post Mon Jul 04, 2005 9:22 pm

About time!

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Post Wed Jul 06, 2005 9:19 am

am just goin 2 take my head of my 325i hope it looks as good as yours when its done tidy very tidy
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Post Wed Jul 06, 2005 4:42 pm

Adammcf wrote:Just finished putting the engine back together and after the second oil change of the day to clear away any crap its now running lovely.
I was really nervous before I tried to start it for the first time as Ive never taken an engine apart at all never mind do all this.
Thankfully it started first time and ran like a dream after the first 10 mins.

Im going to go drive around all night now to run it in a few hundred miles before I see if its much quicker.
I just hope it doesnt break down on me somewhere.

Heres a pic of the engine now and how it looked before!

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nice job fella . it looks cool!!
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Post Wed Jul 06, 2005 4:49 pm

Looks stunning :D I hope mines that nice by the time I'm finished with it :)
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Post Wed Jul 06, 2005 5:48 pm

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Post Wed Jul 06, 2005 5:51 pm

sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet :cool:
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Post Wed Jul 06, 2005 6:00 pm

Very nice!! Well done.

What suspension you thinking of going for?
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Post Wed Jul 06, 2005 6:32 pm

Think im gona cry :cry: nemo was once like that and now it aint running :cry:

btw nice one :cool:
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Post Wed Jul 06, 2005 10:57 pm

The effort it took to sand down the letters etc on the rocker cover was well worth it when its all sprayed up and you peel away the masking tape to reveal the nice shiny letters! It took hours of sanding and spraying.
Im gonna clean up all the pipes and plastics now as I didnt have time to do those.

Then its suspension time etc. First thing Im going to do is change the front bushes etc as the car is all over the place at speed.
I might just leave in these springs and get new Bilstein shocks as it sits really nice at the mo.
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