M52 b30 stroker rebuild back on the road

[Dezzy]

Just use your pipes Mick. Fit the with your e30 track control arms. E30 pipes bend carefully to suit dead easy. Slowly slowly catchy monkey.

[magpie]

got the catchy monkey

[magpie]

outside temp 6 degrees c with - 10 wind chill factor with mixed in downpours

great! no progress

[magpie]

the m42 now looks good enough to plop straight in

[e30topless]

told ya it's a good one

[Alex]

Your really going to need to get the yellow crap out of the engine bay now

while the engine is out do it, you wont regret it

My engine has a woosh rattle noise now coming back from alnwick today, woooshhs woosssh woooosssh the steering coloum is packed with blue tak too

i either find a low mileage z3 write off or leave it and stick an m52 in

[magpie]

mr topless your a star

Alex stop giving me more Work

[Alex]

mr topless your a star

Alex stop giving me more Work

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1050W-POWER-HAND- ... 335ae6e353


One of these and use the brush tool, quickest was ive found



before



after (the other strut is all white now too )

since that picture i have fitted a white bmw battery and new washer bottle

[e30topless]

Alex the metal joining piece from the window seal is missing !

[Alex]

Alex the metal joining piece from the window seal is missing !

I know its on a very long list of "to do" do suppose you have a spare on that fragger of yours that you dont want any money for

I decided to put a very thick scratch down thte side of my car today with an e30 seat rail, its a right mess its thick as fook too

once the cabbys on the road this will get a resto

[e30topless]

I have a few I always keep a few of them , they get bent out of shape easily will sort you one out

[magpie]

Alex did you try a buffer and some G3 at any point?

[Alex]

I have a few I always keep a few of them , they get bent out of shape easily will sort you one out

No buffer magpie, i did use some cutting compound but the steam cleaner was easier, used the steam for about 5 seconds in one spot then use the brush bit and it comes straight off, some areas are harder to do that others though

i wouldnt mind touring whore doing me some in silver as mine have gone a bit funny now (my own fault for being lazy with the prep work)

[magpie]

well he has a spare set Alex as i'm sending x2 rockers and x2 inlets,i'm also sending him a few oil filter caps to finish my set and give him some stock to play with so get your order in .i may be posting two more rocker covers that i've found on an m42 and an m44 from e36 is' at the local scrappy less than a mile away.i can get a good e36 rack for £20 from one of these cars

[Alex]

i want a z3 rack and z3 short shift

[e30topless]

touring whore (Guy) does a great job his work is great ,
it's bloody hard to find a good powder coating company that cares about the results ...

[Alex]

The prices seem very reasonable too

Prehaps i should treat myself, i will have a word with him at the teesside meet

is it possible to dismantle an IS AFM, as i wouldnt mind that powder coated silver too ?

[magpie]

i decided to see what was all the noise from the rattler

so off with the rocker cover and upper inlet, off to powder coat [been wanting to say that for years ]


^ still a nice clean engine

then i looked closer at the sprocket teeth



now time to check out the chain




nice and tight on the tensioner side time to check out the other side.



to show how shite a none oe chain is,well i nearly got it off the sprocket with a screw driver




why waste money on cheap engine parts,ffs

the head remains completely undamaged,i guess that's just luck that the chain never snapped.

[Alex]

the cam is in a different position to mine

thats bad very slack

i hope my sprockets are good, a chain and new guides comes out just over £100 from c3 bmw, the sprockets soon bump that up

[bigredbmw]

making good progress mick .....keeep up the good work ...... my project starts soon .... as soon as the van is sold and get it round to my yard

[Kedge]

Now imagine what the bottom sprocket will be like, the cam sprockets in the original engine in my old iS were like that but it was on the original chain in 118k miles, the crank sproket was fooooked.

Alex if you changing your chain do the sprokets, may cost more but will be worth it. New chain on old sprockets is a waste of time.

[town325i]

A new chain on old sprockets will cause it to jump the teeth. as a old chain on new sprockets will wear the teeth out

[magpie]

and all gsf parts for this job are shite do the lot oem parts or not at all!

[magpie]

what a nice sunny day to get dirty!

got the patient out of the garden for surgery.

got it all ready to remove in a couple of hours and pushed the crane back to mine from the garage as i couldn't be arsed to take it apart and get it in the people carrier.
well it is only a little one



after a bit of head scratching and jiggling it came out,i had the zaust manifold fouled on the steering linkage and nearly lifted the car up




OUT!



my secret weapon a bit from a 6-pot
spot the difference



well the fun and games really start tomorrow, Game on turd [again]!!!!!

[Alex]

looks good but you really need to paint that Tech 1 spoiler


ps you have a flat tyre

[e30topless]

f@ck me Mick, that's a proper crane !!

while the donk is out, strip the rest and give it all a lick of paint,

nothing nicer than a clean white engine bay

[Alex]

f@ck me Mick, that's a proper crane !!

while the donk is out, strip the rest and give it all a lick of paint,

nothing nicer than a clean white engine bay

Mick tells me the yellow burnt laquer is original

[magpie]

so is all the muck

[magpie]

dug out the engines history,it had a recon head from "the head centre" in pompey [engine from gosport] price of head £465 inc vat + receipts for all the gaskets [head gasket £67] and a gsf chain £35 buit on old sprockets. only half a job then after all that coin spent on a recon head no new guides either.

[magpie]

time to build up the engine i'm using.fitted my plenum with all good pipes,fitted my engine loom,alt,power steering pump and the fly wheel set up with clutch and test fitted the g/box to make sure the clutch is lined up.


my old engine,no slurge around the inlet


the replacement still no slurge

finished today with the replacement all ready to fit bar the zaust manifold.

now i'm thinking about fitting the engine,then the box as i i'm working on my own and it might make life easier as i've no-one to let the hoist down and guide the engine in while i'm under the car at the gearbox end levelling the job out etc .

[appletree]

Did you take the box out to? or just split it?

How hard was it to get to the bolts???

Got this job to do soon

[magpie]

i took the box out still on the engine,getting at the bolts is what i'm thinking as-well doing it split.

[Alex]

Some coont have drove their Jap passion wagon into the back of your car

Great progress, get the rent back in the window for next week

[magpie]

^thought you were going to offer a hand there so i can get the donk & box in,in one go.

go on you know you want to 12.00 dinner time is good

[Alex]

^thought you were going to offer a hand there so i can get the donk & box in,in one go.

go on you know you want to 12.00 dinner time is good

I want to get me interior, wings, and doors bolted to the turd tomorrow otherwise i would have poped up mick