1987 Diamond Schwartz 325i Sport - it works again woooo

[e30topless]

i cant afford to keep paying over a hundred pound a month to my mother for it ecpecially when ive got a golf thats over £100 too

Sell the golf - problem solved

cannot afford to run a b25. ecpecially when iam going to start doing 70 miles a day

it will be sad to see you having to sell this Alex, but if needs must.. let me know if you get stuck with the engine swap,

[Alex]

Thats savage I feel you're pain though after buying, building and running a 24ver on apprentice wages. Luckily i dont live that far from work!

As the touring will be a second car and i'am approching 21 prehaps a 24v engine may see its way into that, probably not like. i can only dream

[Kedge]

Alex, just a quick question about the Montronic upgrade. On the 1.3 loom, how do you connect the header tank sender unit?

Cheers
Dave

does yours have the check control Dave ?

No Steve, t'was just a 316 so bogo basic! PM me if you like, save's cluttering Alex's thread

[Alex]

After owning the car 6 month ive only mamanged to enjoy 2 month of it i'am fixing it so its a 4 grand tech 1 again, and the new owner will deffintly enjoy it more than i have. such as shame as its such a nice e30 to drive having most bushes replaced its very "tight"

donk went pop a few weeks ago so me and uncle magpie went across the country to pick a good used b25 engine up, also the clutch is rather heavy and thrust bareing utterly fooked so ive got a good used clutch on its way too.

here is old donk waiting to be removed.





new engine



after a bit of a clean and bling



looks fine from here



all new gearlinkage as thats rather sloppy



Going to be perfect once this is all fitted, dont want to sell but it owes me far too much

Me and magpie are going to get the engine removed tomorrow and with a bit of luck have the new one all fitted, will update as we go

[E30BeemerLad]

Good luck with the swap over Alex & Mick, hopefully this will see if how it should be. Such a shame you're not going to be the one who enjoys it Alex

[magpie]

doubt i'll need any gloves now



you been on the weetabix

[Alex]

power washer and a bit of gunk

bought a new power washer today, could use it on the engine bay once the donk is out

[sweep]

Looking good alex faith will be restored

[Jhonno]

B25's are ok on fuel.. I got 30+mpg out of them on the daily commute..

[rossmc88]

how much did you get the engine for? is it a high comp?

[e30topless]

you might want to keep it once the donk has been replaced ?

[Alex]

you might want to keep it once the donk has been replaced ?

cant afford to steve

[lyricalnut02]

is it a high compresion lump alex?

[capri_rob]

You getting the flywheel lightened before you put it in Alex ? be a shame not to whilst its easy to get at

[Simon13]

what actually went wrong with the old engine?

[Alex]

Basically fan belt went snap whilst booting it, with the sun etc i never notcied the dash lights on, then i notcied a loss of power quite instantly, looked down relised temp guage was up all lights on and as i pulled up engine cut out and wont start again, overheated and seized basically, still turns over, might be Head gasket. had a really bad missfire too, which has only been getting worse and ive replaced everything possible :S

me and mick have been busy at it today, more so mick

Mick has been busy removing exhaust and prop and we managed ot get engine all disconnected ready to lift out, to my amazement the air con system had gas in it

while mich did prop and exhaust i set about changing cambelt and water pump on the new engine



engine ready to be lifted out, however someone forgot part of the engine hoist



after mick had gone i decided to try my new pressure washer and washed it, i forgot how shiney it was

engine all pressure washed and clean too.

hopefully clutch will arrive tomorrow and the new engine is in and running.



an idea thats been floating around my head is to rebuild the original engine is savable, new rings, gaskets blah blah blah and fit it to the touring as i'am 21 in feb and it will be possible to insure it limited mileage as a modified classic.

[rossmc88]

so is the new engine a high comp?

[Alex]

No

[rossmc88]

why'd you not come up and buy my high comp engine for it?

[Alex]

i'am not fussed about a couple of extra bhp its a good healthy engine ive bought with recent top end rebuild and when i removed the water pump not one tiny winey spot of rust behind it all nice and shiney.

its a good b25 what more do you want

[rossmc88]

I'd want a good high comp b25 Especially if I was spending 4K on a genuine sport

[Alex]

Dont buy it then

[magpie]

can't believe i left the crane jib arm at home

i hate monday's

more progress tomorrow Alex ,don't panic

[Alex]

todays antics seen this car come back to life.

me and magpie worked through the pissing down rain, we arent soft up here in the north

the car is better than its ever been, the engine runs like a dream and started first time, it runs better than any m20 thats belonged in my household. it runs way better than the old donk ever has, the old one was cursed from the moment i picked it up.

will let the pics do the talking.

Mick swearing at the air con rad



goodbye piece of shit engine





old fooekd linkage



nice new linkage, shifter back to front however we noticed this when it was in place so was swiftly swopped back round.



nice minty used clutch also came with good spigot bareing which mick has allready fitted, no more clattery bang bang at idle.



decided to you the public footpath as it was flatter



ummmm



new engine in, mick doing his pose



donk in





car was now up and running and moved under its own power back onto drive



the doomed donk, not sure what to do with it yet



needs a few bits and bobs buying and aircon pump putting back on, other than that its ready to go

[magpie]

glad the rain stopped,i was getting a bit fed up with it



canny happy that we got the new engine in and on the mounts at the first attempt,it went well this job

[e30topless]

nice work guys you did well not to bend the top of the front panel !!

[magpie]

i had to take the p/s pump off with the donk half out lol.

cam out easy after that

[capri_rob]

Alex - hope you replaced this bush :



And did you replace this bracket/bush ?:



Didnt notice these as new bits in your pics and you need to do the lot to get it proper "tight" again

[Dezzy]

Well done lads.

Alex stop being gay and keep it

[Alex]

it was £60 for the bits i did have gear stick is alot tighter than it was so i'am happy.

got a bit carried away tonight, stripped the old engine down, head didnt look too bad, engine was black as fook inside and alot rustier that the new engine inside the water ways, it was all silver in new engine.

removed the water pump which was silconed in was a crappy plastic jobby sump looked like it had silocone crap on too

head gasket looked about fooked. next mission will be to remove the old clutch which is stuck in with all different size bolts that are all rounded off and fooked

Being 21 next year means that classic modified insurance is on the cards. if touring is going to be a second car then might aswell have a proper donk. hopefully will get that rolling on sunday.





a tidy mess

[magpie]

good work Alex,you stripped that quick

[Alex]

No messing Mick when i put my mind to it

[Rav335uk]

Good work there lads.
Changed your mind yet Alex on keeping it??

[Alex]

cant afford to rav, too much debt

[rossmc88]

atleast you have an appreciating asset to show for your debt, so the debt isn't that bad. It's really just forcing you to save whatever your paying a month because you'd always get the money back in the future, minus whatever the interest was, then add on whatever it has appreciated by. Fuel costs are a small cost of the total cost of car ownership

your golf might be cheaper on fuel, but isn't the cost of its depreciation not the same as fuel for an m20 would be?