M52 b30 stroker rebuild back on the road

[magpie]

some nice trippy diff oil turned up today so drain and refill with castrol b373 race lsd lube,
precisely a 1.7 ltr dosage as prescribed by DR Yoda

too cold for any other car activity today,we have snow forecast again!



newish old oil draining

[Dezzy]

I drove mine today Mick. Fook me it's naughty. In the future when funds allow get Gareth to rebuild that diff with 40% lock up. Believe me it's worth it.

[Alex]

I drove mine today Mick. Fook me it's naughty. In the future when funds allow get Gareth to rebuild that diff with 40% lock up. Believe me it's worth it.

wheres the, this thread is worthless without a video smiley

[magpie]

i had craigeeb and murphy round earlier .craig wanted a look at some plugs on the loom i got from you Dez,in by the main trunking he found a cut brown/white wire ? will up date later with pics of it and hopefully refresh my brain in to auto electrickity mode

i may need to call Ghost Busters and get this on the road within 4 weeks,i may well be expanding to a larger premises and not sure if i can handle all the pleasure myself

[Dezzy]

Your shitting me Alex. It was all I could do to keep control of the car and my man juice.

[Alex]

Your shitting me Alex. It was all I could do to keep control of the car and my man juice.

[Dezzy]

Mick I have never cut a brown wire. That loom ran Lees M50 and mine before it seized

Stick a pic up and Dan will explain it I am sure.

[magpie]

when my m3 lollipop bushes arrive Dez i'll bell ya and sort out a good time for some out of shop jobs,
press in new bushes and fit the lambda to the zaust,good stuff M8

[E30BeemerLad]

I recall seeing a cut brown wire on your loom last week Dez when I was fitting it up and I'm sure there is one on mine in the main spagetti where the loom cover fits on the bulkhead.

[magpie]

here's the culprit brown/yellow, what's it for

[DanThe]

Coolant temp sensor, but as your using an E30 single pin sensor that earths through the body that wire is not connected to anything. Looks like I couldnt be bothered to pull it out completely

[magpie]

jolly good,as you were

[magpie]

picked up some new control arms from gsf £114 inc vat,had to be done i guess and new m3 eccentric lollipop bushes on the way [ if the oem parts dept ever read my post ] and that's the whole front end more or less replaced with new parts.





some heat-wrap turned up today,more to do jobs

[Alex]

looking good

use bmminiparts price request its quicker than cotswold and works out about the same price

[magpie]

my bushes arrived today so straight off with the old ones.



i've not seen this for a while .



cleaned the cross member and bay up with the brush on de-sludger and blasted of with the poowah washer




need to clean the battery tray up though,luckily its only surface and not taken hold.

some new bits.


some technical arse scratching went on about how best to get the donk out of hibernation,





Brute force and Hydraulics FTW!

the plan was now to remove the sump and fit the new gasket,oil filter and fill,till i noticed the p/s pump has to come off so the belt needs to come off



after a couple of calls [Craig/Dezzy] and a net search i got the belt off. easy when you know how

too late for the sump today as i made a start on fitting the fly/clutch/box and more problems

i got the clutch lined up ad the box just would not go home/flush to the block even though it was on the clutch splines so after faffiing about on the end of a gearbox trying to force it on i gave up and had a look,the spigot bearing looks too small, damn.decided to try a 320i box [smaller diameter shaft] and it went on,but when i pulled the box back of this fell out.

and behind it is another spigot bearing ,

this new one looks a bigger centre so i tried to fit the m40 box with no joy,the box goes on but jams on the bearing and wont push flush to the block

i need to order an m40 spigot bearing and get the other one out

the m40 shaft is about 14-15 mm ?

p*ssed off with hi-cups it's straight on to sealing shit zaust welds up with......yep more weld and get the bushes in so off to Dezzy's



all the welds were leaking so i set Dez into work mode and stood back



fit full front suspension tomorrow with p/s rack at last some progress will be made,

Cheers Dezzy m8

[Dezzy]

Fooking hell mick, your phone must take sh1t pics. I look fat in that pic

Anytime mate glad to help

[E30BeemerLad]

Dez loves a bit of welders tan

Good work boys, cooontish snags are a pain in the arse aren't they Mick

[Dezzy]

24v swaps are fooking sh1t fact!!!

[magpie]

Dez loves a bit of welders tan

Good work boys, cooontish snags are a pain in the arse aren't they Mick

i've not even started fitting it all properly yet either ,i'm sure there will be more,the final aim is miles of smiles and this car owes me big time

[Dezzy]

Its not miles per gallon Mick. Its smiles per mile

[magpie]

sorted i used the nut and bolt trick to pull the bearing to the front where it should be and found out it's the larger one same part # as the m40 one and the box plopped home


someone had put a smaller spigot bearing in front of the original one pushing it back .



now where did i put those gearbox bolts

[DanThe]

I suspect you are dropping a bollock here Mick, the M42 box needs a 12mm spigot bearing, the M50 uses a 15mm. You should try that smaller one on the end of your box before fitting it.
It looks to me like the previous owner has fitted that bearing to use an E30 box, but couldnt be bothered to remove the original one

[magpie]

the pink one [smaller] will only fit on a 6-pot box,i'm using an m40 316i touring box bmw said it's the same part number as the m50 the m40 shaft is bigger than 12 mil,it's 15 mm.

m42 must be a smaller shaft if it fits 12mm spigot bearing

it's all bloody technical

[DanThe]

They must have two sizes then, I thought you were using the iS box.

At least its sorted now

[shedrool83]

the pink one [smaller] will only fit on a 6-pot box,i'm using an m40 316i touring box bmw said it's the same part number as the m50 the m40 shaft is bigger than 12 mil,it's 15 mm.

m42 must be a smaller shaft if it fits 12mm spigot bearing

it's all bloody technical

I had the same issue.I changed the m52 bearing for a 12mm one while doing the engine on the bench.Theen tried to fit the m40 box then found out the shaft was 15mm and had to change it again

[magpie]

They must have two sizes then, I thought you were using the iS box.

At least its sorted now

my IS box had a crunchie 2nd gear shift @ 6k and above

the m40 box is from touring whores car and is very silky,i tried it out vigorously before i decided to use it when i broke his car,it had only done 77k miles but it was scabby Queen.He used the car's Original box when he converted to m42 poowah .

i need some atf dexron 111 now

[magpie]

guideline rules applied,

[Dezzy]

Nice.

Wait till they smoke there ass off on start up Mick. You will poo your pants

[magpie]

the pink one [smaller] will only fit on a 6-pot box,i'm using an m40 316i touring box bmw said it's the same part number as the m50 the m40 shaft is bigger than 12 mil,it's 15 mm.

m42 must be a smaller shaft if it fits 12mm spigot bearing

it's all bloody technical

I had the same issue.I changed the m52 bearing for a 12mm one while doing the engine on the bench.Theen tried to fit the m40 box then found out the shaft was 15mm and had to change it again

these findings need documented in the rule of thumb!

[magpie]

been busy while this place was closed and moved it on a canny bit

eccentrics fitted,



strut tops arrived and fitted 1st job the ones i had from gsf were e36 ones and wouldn't fit!! ARRGH!!!



these will do nicely.




e36 rack fitted,just need to find out the best way to run/locate the pipes.


short shifter fitted


golf servo fitted and new m50 throttle cable.


golf servo removed and replaced with an 06 clio one as per rule of thumb..


lot's of cleaning parts going on etc ,fitted sump gasket,oil filter and filled with oil,



drain/refill box with atf dexron 111


clean box.


diff fitted



new arrivals,m50 throttle cable and intake boot.


and a scorpion le mans middle and rear section




cleaned up nicely


powered by Geordie porridge

resistance is futile!




end of play with x4 wheels on

[Alpina99]

Looking good Mick,
Keep the updates coming,
Hopefully the more questions you ask, the less I'll have to ask,
(Where'd the manifiold wrap come from ?)

[magpie]

here ya go Nigel

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... :MEBDIX:IT

[Dezzy]

Cracking work mate!

[DanThe]

That will sound great with the scorpion bits

Cleaned up a treat

Should be running for the weekend

[rancido64]

Good stuff dude, i look forward to the inevitable "sound" video, that exhaust should be tasty