E30 M50 tear down kinda thing

[Jeff]

wow looking great and i love the grey in the engine bay looks nice.

[B C]

Is there anything else on the to-do list? or will you be driving it again after the engine is put back together and in the car?

[StewCrew]

Thanks Jeff!

And Brian not that I can think of off the top of my head.  Nothing big at least.  I know Ill need 1 of the longer bolts on the upper timing cover, since I snapped one.  Other than that its just a matter of putting things back together.  Ill be buying a clutch tomorrow and that should be the last of new parts

[Jeff]

i was going to repaint my engine bay black but the grey looks better.

[StewCrew]

Jeff said:

i was going to repaint my engine bay black but the grey looks better.

I didnt mind the black at first, but for whatever reason I started to really not like how dull it looked.

Also hit my first setback of reassembling.  I cant find my coil pack ground plates.  This really bugs me because of how organized Ive been during this entire build.  I dont understand how I could misplace something like that..

[Jeff]

StewCrew said:

I didnt mind the black at first, but for whatever reason I started to really not like how dull it looked.

Also hit my first setback of reassembling.  I cant find my coil pack ground plates.  This really bugs me because of how organized Ive been during this entire build.  I dont understand how I could misplace something like that..

what ground plates i might have some for you.

[StewCrew]

Jeff said:

what ground plates i might have some for you.

These guys:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Engine-Earth-Ground-Plate-1738669/dp/B009KT2OT2

Theres 3 if I remember right, and they go between the coil packs.

Edit: Reading more into it, Im not even entirely sure if I need them.  Pelican Doesnt mention them in their article; only the two ground straps.

[wasnt m3]

Looks like Andy payed you a visit. I'd like a ride this weekend. Thanks in advance.

[StewCrew]

wasnt m3 said:

Looks like Andy payed you a visit. I'd like a ride this weekend. Thanks in advance.

Tell me about these ground plates and a ride is definitely possible.

[Jeff]

StewCrew said:

These guys:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Engine-Earth-Ground-Plate-1738669/dp/B009KT2OT2

Theres 3 if I remember right, and they go between the coil packs.

Edit: Reading more into it, Im not even entirely sure if I need them.  Pelican Doesnt mention them in their article; only the two ground straps.

there is 2 of them. they hold coil pack wires in the rectangle hole. you dont entirely need them but it helps with grounding a little. and i have some if you want them.

[StewCrew]

Jeff said:

there is 2 of them. they hold coil pack wires in the rectangle hole. you dont entirely need them but it helps with grounding a little. and i have some if you want them.

Yeah, after reading more into it I guess theyre not really ground plates at all.  My motor only had 1 ground strap on it, and m50's are supposed to have 2 I guess.  This might explain the random stutter problem that I sometimes had?

Also, where Im at.

[YoungCR]

When can I get you your europlates and meet you and your sexy car in person? 

[StewCrew]

CYoung said:

When can I get you your europlates and meet you and your sexy car in person? 

Hahaha, well seeing as the motor is now timed, Ill be at the shop working on it through out the weekend!  Im off tomorrow around 4 and also off on weekends.  The shop is just right in Waukesha off 164.  Im gonna be honest with you though, its not as appealing in person xD

[Jeff]

StewCrew said:

Yeah, after reading more into it I guess theyre not really ground plates at all.  My motor only had 1 ground strap on it, and m50's are supposed to have 2 I guess.  This might explain the random stutter problem that I sometimes had?

 it could be a part of it jo to napa and get another ground strap. there should be one in the middle on cylinder 3 and at the end on cylinder 6.

CYoung said:

When can I get you your europlates and meet you and your sexy car in person? 

would also like to see sexy car but i dont have plates for you.

[wasnt m3]

I'll have to make a point to stop out this weekend and give you a hand!

[StewCrew]

Jeff said:

 it could be a part of it jo to napa and get another ground strap. there should be one in the middle on cylinder 3 and at the end on cylinder 6.

would also like to see sexy car but i dont have plates for you.

I'll do that tomorrow.  I have the one strap I have on cylinder 3 right now.

wasnt m3 said:

I'll have to make a point to stop out this weekend and give you a hand!

Hell yeah!  You guys should all swing by, that'd be awesome.

[wasnt m3]

Judging by the weather, I'll have to swing out in my lame touring

[StewCrew]

wasnt m3 said:

Judging by the weather, I'll have to swing out in my lame touring

-_______-  dont even start

I also need to go to napa to get a longer stud for the passenger side motor mount.  Apparently the "m50 into e30" stud on the mount isnt long enough.  Must be the kind of mount arm I have.

[Jeff]

StewCrew said:

-_______-  dont even start

I also need to go to napa to get a longer stud for the passenger side motor mount.  Apparently the "m50 into e30" stud on the mount isnt long enough.  Must be the kind of mount arm I have.

wow who screwed that one up?

[StewCrew]

Jeff said:

wow who screwed that one up?

Not sure.  I figured spending $100 on hard pieces of rubber would get me the right bolt length lol.  Not a big deal, just annoying.