What did you do to your E30 today?

[moggie]

got my s50b32 running for the first time and its sweet

[BHadley]

Sprayed the rust free sunroof panel, that's been lying around since August.
Kitchens make brilliant spray booths when the wife's out! It's now the right shade of red...

[greg124]

Took it to the local garage for the MOT.
It passed with an advisory - worn ball joint (which I thought it might fail on). Then on the trip home patted the dash as whispered 'good old BM'

[uvels]

try to fit 215.40r17 on 10j17 wheels,but didnt,will try again tomorow with some brake cleaner and lighter.....

[jas025]

Made the next purchase on the MTEC suspension project - MTEC shocks and damper inserts bought, MTEC springs already bought earlier. Separating the purchases helps avoid working out how much it's costing.

Next month bushes and maybe even fitting.

[ross_jsy]

Had one of those days where I just want to get rid of it! The starter randomly gave up but I had an almost new one knocking around so started swapping it over. Feeling lazy I left the inlet manifold on (it's an m50, so right pain with it in place) and this laziness has cost me. Dropped a bolt down into the flywheel

All is not lost, it means I now have no reason to not get on with swapping my gearbox out for the far quieter spare I have, just a load of ball ache that I could have done without!

[spook]

Fitted four new Ronal LS wheels and Falken tyres

Fookin executive

[Gert_8]

Fitted four new Ronal LS wheels and Falken tyres

Fookin executive

Too right! Nice tread pattern too

[milescook]

Coolant flush on the weekend. Took 3 attempts to bleed air out of the system as I didn't quite manage to pour the coolant in slowly as recommended. Plus, I've only managed to get 4.25 litres of coolant in and the level is a bit high on the expansion tank I did attempt a full drain and water flush but I guess as my drive is on an incline the car facing up, that wasn't the best start.

HOWEVER... the temp gauge now seems to be far more consistent (rather than flapping around and I did previously try tightening the clock screws to seemingly no effect), and the engine I think feels smoother.... could the swine have been air locked for over the 2 years I've had it?

[e30-EVN]

Tapped the old girl on the boot, said goodbye and watched her go off up the street and round the corner out of sight................
On the back of a flatbed

But hey ho, I made a nice amount back on it in bits and with children and another on the way, I had to make a call. Don't make it any easier tho

I may be back one day

[darkchild]

New bilstein B4s fitted all round. The car now drives really sweetly with a lot less body roll. Very decent ride too. Best £ for £ shock for road use IMO.

I need to give the car a bloody good wash at some point but it seems a waste of time with the current weather.

Future plans? From the very minor and cheap (change the interior light bulb in the boot) to the quite expensive (new genuine exhaust).

I also need to get some new tyres for the BBS when the winter bottletops come off. Usual p!ss poor selection of candidates in 205x55x15 guise. I've got Vredestein Sportrac 3s on them at the moment which have been excellent so might give the Sportrac 5 a go. The new Uniroyal Rainsport 3s look decent as well. Decisions, decisions...

[craigieeb]

Fiiiiiiinaly had the thing out, on the road,
It's the first time it's turned a wheel since October

And it performed flawlessly!!

Ahhhhh, It's good to be back out of hibernation

[Coops90]

Looked at it and then turned away in disgust.

[S38B38]

got my s50b32 running for the first time and its sweet

Great engine for e30

[jimbom30cab]

e30-dk

Well done mate

Enjoy the time with your children

[trevski]

Fitted four new Ronal LS wheels and Falken tyres

They look very nice. I have a set if four up for sale next week all in excellent condition!!

[appletree]

Made somes skates from a length of box and 6 casters I "found" at work then stripped the whole rear subframe out today and dropped the car back down on the new skates so I can still move it around on the garage floor reasonably easily although it is still bloody heavy to push on 4" solid wheels.

Also found two holes near where the rear tank mounts are, no real break in the underseal inside or out but after a poke with a biggish screw driver they were there alright... still nows the time.

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[G-Bear]

Mate somes skates from a length of box and 6 casters I "found" at work then stripped the whole rear subframe out today and dropped the car back down on the new skates so I can still move it around on the garage floor reasonably easily although it is still bloody heavy to push on 4" solid wheels.

Any pics of the skates or car on skates

[appletree]

They're nothing special, unfortunately one of the casters is alittle bent but it does the job

The weight isn't on the thin bit of wood its just there incase the skate tipped so it didn't mark the sill.

[TPS]

Put on my new Dealer plates from Pukar:-

http://www.e30zone.net/modules.php?name ... 85#2721085

Just need a new boot badge now.

[milescook]

Front control arms taken off (bastard of of thing nearside wouldn't come off its ball joint to the subframe, got there eventually). Will get replacement new lemforder ball joints pressed in. One tie rod replaced the other is too stubborn so need a replacement set of molegrips without flat teeth...
Oh and without the zone there's no way on gods earth I would have got the ball joint to subframe nuts off: loads of google results people struggling. Socket extensions, free socket joint and a breaker bar piece of urine!
Need to make a zone donation

[jb1]

Attempting fuel tank removal - so far removed exhaust and prop shaft bolts either side, struggling to remove the prop and not sure what the big cylinder is (arrow) as it doesnt seem to feature on many google images. Removed centre brace and pulled down prop, but cant pull bolts through guibo.





Some problem bolts among many



Aniti roll bar bushes replaced and rear pads being replace once the new ones are here.

[jmc330i]

I spent today making a temporary carport (a big ass tarpaulin over the drive) to try and avoid the rain while working on the touring, and by this afternoon I was left with this...



And yes, after getting soaked getting the tarpaulin up, that is the sun making the shadow on the wall

[G-Bear]

Big job in a small space... I like your style. A true soldier

[magpie]

Attempting fuel tank removal - so far removed exhaust and prop shaft bolts either side, struggling to remove the prop and not sure what the big cylinder is (arrow) as it doesnt seem to feature on many google images. Removed centre brace and pulled down prop, but cant pull bolts through guibo.





Some problem bolts among many

the thing on the end of the prop is for balancing/vibration damper ,some e30's have it some don't .

you need to undo the bolts that fix the prop to the gearbox ie the other three bolts lol ...two combination spanners 17mm is what you need...you will probably need to double up another combination spanner for extra leverage as these are normally, very tight ,unless you have forearms like mine

[jb1]

the thing on the end of the prop is for balancing/vibration damper ,some e30's have it some don't .

you need to undo the bolts that fix the prop to the gearbox ie the other three bolts lol ...two combination spanners 17mm is what you need...you will probably need to double up another combination spanner for extra leverage as these are normally, very tight ,unless you have forearms like mine

Thanks for the reply. Used the same technique with the 2 spanners in the end. Also posted this in the technical section as I was struggling to get the prop off and one of the guys informed that I needed to remove the other 3 bolts.

Thanks

[jmc330i]

Big job in a small space... I like your style. A true soldier

Can't let a lack of space stop you! Rain on the other hand....

That's all the space I've got in front of the touring - there is another parked behind it (missing a front hub/bearing so can't be moved) and the two are bumper to bumper!

[magpie]

i had a couple of hours playing with the garden ornament today and fitted the new torsen diff,i also fitted the freshly powder coated eibach springz




i had a right fook on with the last diff bolt [on the top of beam]






looking canny good like

[darkchild]

Second hand steering rack fitted. Its nice to not have a trail of PAS fluid leading up to the garage for once!

[rich318i]

B8's on the fronts today, it big difference

[pacerpete]

I done an autopsy on a proud victims Sport that he has just bought. He is not so proud now !


Sorry, no pics or gory details, client confidentiality, innit

[DanThe]

Stripped the back end of the track car over the last couple of days, wore out a wire knot brush on the grinder and filled the boot of my touring with frag for sandblasting/zinc plating/powder coating

Not had to fire up the mig once*




















*unlike rav aka migman

[G-Bear]

Its nice to not have a trail of PAS fluid leading up to the garage for once!

I had this for about 9months. Got through several bottles of PAS fluid. The patch on my drive was starting build up to look like leather..

[pacerpete]

Stripped the back end of the track car over the last couple of days, wore out a wire knot brush on the grinder and filled the boot of my touring with frag for sandblasting/zinc plating/powder coating

Not had to fire up the mig once*




















*unlike rav aka migman

You mean Rav has rust pics and he's not sharing ! coooont !

[magpie]

You mean Rav has rust pics and he's not sharing ! coooont !

rav can peel an orange in his pocket !