What did you do to your E30 today?

[Mo13]

A temped to pit all the bits back after the respray put all the sill/strips around the doors, boot and horse shoe wing mirrors and assembled the rear bumper.....taking it all off was so much easier and quick now I have to be careful making sure everything goes back properly and I don't scratch the paint.





It takes ages!!! Just want it done so I can drive it!

[gooner1]

Gooner is that what they call rake

No, it,s what they call embarrassing.

[Shmallpaul]

Got my diff welded.. for free I might add! Just gotta get the fooker back in the car now..

[Rich320I]

success, another years MOT and only failed on front drop links, which i soon changed. Most impressed in the old girl, considering the other halfs Corsa cost nearly £400 to get through the MOT

[Cloggy Saint]

Put the finishing touches to this



It just needs some gear box mounts and prop bearing/guibo and it will finally be ready to drop in.

[Rtaylor2208]

At least with the engine out the bearing, guibo and mounts is an easy job. With the engine in and lying under the car with a couple of inches of room is another matter.

[greg124]

This afternoon I have been mostly fitting new rear top mounts.
Now I've just unpacked a lock rebuild kit only to find the instructions are in the tongue of Die Fatherland. Time to look at the Wiki and send out for a fresh bag of expletives, cos this looks mighty fiddly...

[Cloggy Saint]

At least with the engine out the bearing, guibo and mounts is an easy job. With the engine in and lying under the car with a couple of inches of room is another matter.

The biggest pain I'm facing at the moment is getting the damn box attached to the engine. I think the clutch has to be re-centred.

[Morat]

Gooner is that what they call rake

No, it,s what they call embarrassing.

Get some white paint and write "Hoosier" round the sidewalls of your rears. Then you can just tell people it's a dragster!

[jimbom30cab]

great work on that engine, it looks brilliant.

[Cloggy Saint]

Thanks, I just hope it runs!

[clipper]

I took mine to see the lock up where it will spend the next foreseeable number of years locked away.....

[faze30]

Had my car fully valeted yday with the leather looking fresh. Altho i had it retrimmed a year ago. And i noticed the passenger seat has always sat on the piss. And as my cars pretty much complete im looking at all the small bits. So i unbolted the seat, tool the rear seat cover off. And noticed the bolt thay gets attached to the bottom half. The bracked has been broken. So i welded it up. Put it back together.

And now the seat sit straight.

Happy boy

[moggie]

washed it,polished it,drove it,loved it!

[e30Passion]

washed it,polished it,drove it,loved it!

Same here.. finally after 8 months.




Hell off a job getting these clean..

[macas]

^^^^...that is one mint chromie!

Any more pics of the car?

[capnmchl]

Changed the camshaft sprocket, oil spray bar and did the valve clearances on Saturday. Finally got rid of the death rattle.

And yeah, that thing up ^ looks clean as fuck.

[ranxerox]

delete

[e30Passion]

^^^^...that is one mint chromie!

Any more pics of the car?

Thanks mate.. she is now.

Here's some more pics:
http://www.e30zone.net/modules.php?name ... c&t=235212

[leeparkes]

Lost a gutter trim at about 80mph and spent about half an hour looking for it in a field.
MIA

[Morat]

Felt guilty as I did some rust treatment on the E46 in full view of the E30's hanging tailgate.

[mikelat]

Valve adjust, oil and filter change and in the process of substituting an OBC for the digital clock.

[Osamam3]

repaired the seats today and dyed them back to the original navy blue looking much better . got lot's of trim bits off the breakers yard so quite happy

[Rav335uk]

repaired the seats today and dyed them back to the original navy blue looking much better . got lot's of trim bits off the breakers yard so quite happy

Did you fix the reclining issue on the seats?

[magpie]

Put the finishing touches to this



It just needs some gear box mounts and prop bearing/guibo and it will finally be ready to drop in.

looks very nice

[Osamam3]

yes Rav sorted and the rips filled with leather glue sanded down and dyed so minus 1 job they actually look good rather chaffed .

[e30topless]

Put the finishing touches to this



It just needs some gear box mounts and prop bearing/guibo and it will finally be ready to drop in.

looks really nice Ed, I love the early red viscous

[ranxerox]

delete

[TPS]

Changed my oil to 5/40, checked the oil sump bolts, by dropping the lower sump pan, put the correct wear sensor on the Front Brake Pads:-

[burnout]

thought i would give mine a liquid dip in matte blue,as didn't know what colour to have itsprayed so this was the option as the original colour is still under the blue which can just peel off if wanted back to original.






still a few bits to do like peel paint from handle etc bit of a marmite car you'll either love it or hate it

[ranxerox]

delete

[Funnybear]

Dropped the car of at a lovely garage for some Engine loving. Need a snapped manifold stud addressed, so whilst the head is off going to get some de-cokeing done, valves reseated, head checked and all the other little bits and bobs that need doing to a head.

[DemonDaz]

Managed to drop the drain on the battery from 65 mAmps to 30 by removing the dash and "insulating" a couple of wires! (The lights for the headlight adjuster). while at it fixed previous owners dodgy speaker wiring! now the rear right speaker works (been cutting in and out for 7 years but could never find time to fix it!)