335i - now driving well!

[DRIFTBOY]

Looking good Theo!

Can't wait to see it in the metal and watch you stuff the engine in whilst me and Gareth drink tea!

[Theo]

Hahahaha!

Looking forward to it too, but that's not quite how I see things going LOL.

[Karan]

nice work theo ge it ready for ring

[gareth]

one problem with that day... rally of kent around the corner!
http://www.e30zone.net/modules.php?name ... 746#628746

[Theo]

Oh damn! Are you going to be at that all day then? I was thinking I could pop down there for a bit but use most of the day doing the swap?

[gareth]

just found out that the rally of kent is no longer... cancelled for good unless the funding situation changes.

i guess i may be able to help out then!

has everyone remembered that it's mothers day on the 18th?


oh if you still need a throttle cable or anythig else M30 related (downpipes?), ripleys in hastings have a E32 730 in at the moment and the cable is in it still but i didn't have time to grab it for you...

[Theo]

Would be good if you could come round Gareth, I'm lucky on the mothers day side of things, my parents are away! I well may make a trip to ripleys to get those downpipes off the 730 for the m3 system setup. Throttle cable is sorted though, got a new one from BMW only cost £16.

[gareth]

that's not bad is it? that's cheaper than a pattern part one for a vw!!!!

i'll have to see the plan for mothers day but i'm 90% sure i can swing by and lend a hand. in exchange for tea and biscuits of course!!!!

[Theo]

Tea and biscuits will be provided, don't worry about that!

BTW - what is the oil capacity on the m30?

[gareth]

5.8 litres according to the haynes jokebook, though it also says the oil filter for the M20 and M30 engines are the same which is utter shite!!!!! the M30 one is in a handly remote housing but the M20 one is a spin on canister.

coolant is 12 litres. don't spend a lot on coolant straight away as it'll be getting drained every time you need to pull the rad out, which will be often!!!

[Theo]

Thanks Gareth, useful info there - I'll add oil to the shopping list for next week.

I've just been playing around with a few things on the car, got a couple of questions about the fan/rad setup. Firstly has anyone fitted the fan offset towards the nearside? Would it be a worthwhile idea, mounting it here so more air is blasted on the hot side of the rad? What methods have people used to secure the rad (e28/24 in my case) at the bottom?

[gareth]

no idea on that mate, my E32 aircon fan was knackered so i used a (rare!) shitroen BX 16V (Mi16) twin fansetup i had lurking from a 205 Mi16 conversion. it fits very well once the grp surround is trimmed to size, unfortunately i forgot that the fans on the BX sit behind the rad (unlike the pug 205 etc) and once fitted with the correct polarity etc then blew air out of the front!!! i have reversed the polarity for now but the aerofoil on the blades is the wrong way round so it's not very efficient.

some 405 / 406 fans are on my shopping list as hopefully the blades could be robbed. these sit in front of the rad so go the 'right' way.... i hope!

[gareth]

all set for tomorrow?

i got your engine mounts. about £6.50 each + vat iirc. i have the invoice for your growing history folder!!!

i may well be somewhat the worse for wear tomorrow, i'm out tonight comiserating the fact i'm 27!!!!

[Theo]

Nice one mate, I'll have to swap the engine mounts and wishbones and bushes on my 325i on monday, in the snow, outside. Should be fun!

Looking forward to tomorow though, hopefully there won't be any major snags (famous last words)

BTW - Happy Birthday!!

[gareth]

cheers mate

[DRIFTBOY]

Happy birthday Gareth!

I'm up for tomorrow, snow or not!

I've got your'e black sunstrip Theo.

What time are we starting tomorrow, not too early I hope! (I expect Gareth too! )

Martin.

[Theo]

Not sure when we're starting mate, come over whenever - I think Gareth is on mothers day duty this morning, which will be fun with a hangover!

[DRIFTBOY]

I'm up!
That's quite an achievement for me on a sunday at this hour!

Just having a cuppa, then I'll pack some tools and be on my way!

Martin.

[gareth]

morning gents!!!! i feel grrrrrrreat!

ok so that may be a small lie the kids jumping on me at 6:00 was nice

i'm still game though! i just about feel human again (shame i do't look it!!)
what time are you heading over martin?

[DRIFTBOY]

Morning Gareth!
Sounds like you had a good night at least!

I should be getting to Theo's around 11:00 - 11:30.

Martin.

[Theo]

I've just stocked up on milk and biscuits! Need to tie up the driveshafts to the underside of the body, then roll the car out from the muddy patch where it's sitting at the moment out onto the drive, but this needs more than 1 person so that might be the first job for us!

[gareth]

it was a good night, though my 'mates' kept buying me absinthe which was nice of them. i remember at least 4 shots of that unholy green goo!

i'll probably not be too far behind martin actually.

[gooner1]

Good luck with it Gareth, mind you looks like youve got some capable hands helping you.
Hope to start mine in April, on me jack.

[gareth]

not my conversion mate, it's theos!!! i did mine over a year ago

i do however have capable hands, it's just today by brain may not be capable of making much use of them!!!

[gooner1]

Ooops, Good luck Theo. Have you finished yet.

[Theo]

Haha! Engine is in and running, with only the manifolds on - sounds very mean.

Can't thank Martin (Driftboy) and Gareth enough, propper heroes without whom I would have not got much done!

[Andy335Touring]

Congats dude

[DRIFTBOY]

You'll make me blush Theo, nobody has ever called me a hero before except my mum!

Glad to be of assistance though, we all did rather well I reckon! And we had a laugh, and performed a few rather council type manouvres!

We were so busy I only managed three photos :

Edit : Photos posted properly a few posts down!



http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g307/ ... heo001.jpg

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g307/ ... heo002.jpg

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g307/ ... heo003.jpg

Not sure why they only work with 'URL' at the moment! ?

Amazing what an old piece of string can lift though!

Good luck with the rest of it Theo, give me a shout if you need any more assistance!

Thanks for the tea and yummy biscuits!

Martin.

[Andy335Touring]

Martin, you've got your / in the wrong place, [img ]xxxxxx[/img]

[DRIFTBOY]

Yeah, that's what I thought, don't know why it's coming out like it though! Using my normal method but something's going wrong!

I might try and correct it later, I need a hot bath right now!

[Theo]

Here are those pics.... I love the first one, had it at a nice angle.

[jonb]

theo

Does the tunnel require any bashing with the position you are using?

[tristan325]

Nice work lads!

[oguz327]

Fair play Theo, well chuffed for ya

Well done to everyone who helped out too

[Theo]

We did hammer the bulkhead a little with my sledge hammer on a 6 inch stick, but once the engine was sat in position, it looked as if it wasn't actually necessary. I would say that the engine is more p2 than the p3 I was expecting