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M42 ENGINE BUILDING INFO.

Posted: Sat Apr 20, 2013 1:05 pm
by razler
Hi, can anyone point me in the right direction regarding M42 engine building information, torques, tolerances, guidelines, etc.. ??
I have a E36 Bentley manual but it has only brief info Cheers

Re: M42 ENGINE BUILDING INFO.

Posted: Sat Apr 20, 2013 8:02 pm
by rix313
Haynes is pretty good for torques. I've got an E36 one some where if I can find it I'll see if I can scan the pages for ya.

Re: M42 ENGINE BUILDING INFO.

Posted: Sat Apr 20, 2013 8:19 pm
by appletree
I built mine using the Haynes mannual

Re: M42 ENGINE BUILDING INFO.

Posted: Sat Apr 20, 2013 10:45 pm
by razler
rix313 wrote:Haynes is pretty good for torques. I've got an E36 one some where if I can find it I'll see if I can scan the pages for ya.
yeah if you can that would be cool, cheers...

Im after at the moment ring end gaps.. anyone??

I have a Haynes manual but it dosen't cover m42.. which one do i need?

Re: M42 ENGINE BUILDING INFO.

Posted: Sun Apr 21, 2013 9:48 am
by rix313
It's the E36 one which has the M42 info in it :thumb: although for bottom end stuff the M40 stuff should be the same as the bottom end is the same????

Re: M42 ENGINE BUILDING INFO.

Posted: Mon Apr 22, 2013 10:23 pm
by razler
Looks like I need a E36 Haynes manual!!

Best info Iv come up with after asking Google was from:
http://www.esatclear.ie/~bpurcell/318isengine.html

Anyone else got any M42 engine building information links?

Re: M42 ENGINE BUILDING INFO.

Posted: Mon Apr 22, 2013 10:40 pm
by rix313
I couldn't find mine E36 manual mate sorry about that.

Re: M42 ENGINE BUILDING INFO.

Posted: Mon Oct 07, 2013 9:11 pm
by Martin347
Have you sorted this yet? I can scan the pages for you tomorrow if you want. Let me know.

Cheers, Martin.