New ride! 89 e30 vert

[YoungCR]

andyhundley said:

You shouldn't hack up the wiring. just in case you want to swap it back to an automatic. Haha

Said no man ever!

[jc43089]

You could just install a jumper using male spade connectors in place of the relay if you didn't want to cut any wiring.  Now to finish the muffler and control arm bushings, I'm going to drive it to work tomorrow if all goes well.

[jc43089]

Exhaust complete, on to control arm bushings.

[jc43089]

That was easy, it's finally on the ground again.  A few things to put back together on the interior.

[jc43089]

Just put 11.2 miles on it.  Runs awesome!!  I love it, not quite as quick as I expected but it scoots pretty good.  Pics in the morning.

[jc43089]

New FCAB's, (e36 m3)

Ready for test drive.

Boo rain!  Just back from driving.

And put the hood back on.

[jc43089]

Drove to work and back today, ran great.  Not so sure about the dif gearing though.  I also filled up with fresh fuel and a can of seafoam which smoothed it right out, the gas in it has been there since at least November.

[DrLeadFoot]

Great work! Looks good

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[jc43089]

This beast is fun!  I thought the rear shocks were shot but the mounts were just blown through.  It has KYB "gas-a-just" in the rear, they do not appear to be adjustable though.  I installed the relatively new RSMs from my e36.  The slave cylinder that came with the trans was leaking so I swapped that out as well yesterday with one that Mike had in his parts car trunk.  I just need to bleed it tonight.  At first I thought it felt kind of weak, but now that I have run a couple tanks of fresh fuel and seafoam through it, it is running very smoothly now.  It is a fun car for sure, but I just don't really care for it being a convertible.  I've never had one before so now I know.  In two weeks we are cruising it to Alabama so that will be the true stress test.

[jc43089]

There was no heat shield above the cat when I got the car.  Mike gave me the one from his parts e28.  With a bit of massaging it fit pretty good.  I just had to drill new holes (in the shield, not the car) for some of the mounting spots.

[Earl]

Will this be coming to the e30 picnic?

[jc43089]

Unfortunately I had to work, I only have Sunday and Monday off until the end of July.  Then either back to 12 hour, 4 on/4 off daytime, or Mon-Fri 1pm to 9:30pm.

[B C]

What do you do for work

[jc43089]

I am a controls and instrumentation tech for Hormel Foods.  PLC programming, panel building, and some control design work.  It's pretty fun.

[B C]

Hormel near Beloit?  I heard that someone who worked there will never eat the chili. I used to work with pumps for the food industry and things seem to be clean enough for me to not worry about it (except for when a pump crashes and sends undetectable stainless steel chunks through a batch), but maybe you have seen some other horror stories. 

Id like to learn PLC

[jc43089]

Dubuque, IA.  It is a pretty new plant, I have been there since 2009 before production started.

[jc43089]

Got to Alabama last night, the e30 drove awesome.  The sport seats are very comfortable.  Google maps said 934 miles by the highways, we cruised the back roads so It took longer but it was exactly 800 miles that way.  AAA maps and guidebooks are a great perk, we didn't bring our GPS because they ruin the fun!  Mileage wasn't the best, about 23 mpg.

Saw this widebody e36 in a tiny town in Illinois, I had to stop for a pic.

Train museum in Galesburg, Il is really cool.

Saw a Fram factory randomly as we were cruising along.

[RamRod E28]

Killer widebody glad to hear everyone made it ok, hope for a safe return for youz guyz

[bfinley]

Sounds like a great trip!

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[RamRod E28]

Finally got that video on youtube (a little late I know lol)