Musings from the shop

[KaiserRolls]

Nice!!!!!!

Mine made it from the engine stand to the hoist. And then to the floor

[CMart]

Is that my old motor?

[HipMF]

some of it certainly is. don't ask me which parts though... i had 3 of them.

also, saftey first kids. slicing your finger open on a rusty piece of sheet metal is no fun.

[B C]

Hahaha love the face

[HipMF]

Got the wiring all hooked up today. Turned the car on and heard that annoying door buzzer for the first time in months. All of the indicator lights and what-not seem to be functioning properly. The previous owner had run new wiring for the old fuel pump, but once I found the ground that wasn't connected, the original wiring worked fine. I jumpered the relay and ran the pump to flushed out the fuel line. Everything's looking good so far. I've still got some things I need to do, but if everything continues to go well I could be firing the car up tomorrow. Super stoked.

[HipMF]

Mad science, brah.

- or -

Why you should put fluid in your trans before you put it in the car.

[GunMetalGrey]

Dude
A fluid transfer pump is like $7 at harbor freight lol

[HipMF]

I'm sorry, I can't hear you over the sound of how awesome I am. Besides, this cost $0, and took less time to build than it would have taken to drive to the store and back. Worked really well too.

[GunMetalGrey]

ha, to each their own! 
HF is like 500 feet down the road!

[YoungCR]

Lol that's awesome.

[B C]

clever!

[HipMF]

Drove the car up and down the road a couple times today. The $30 muffler sounds terrible, and the engine leaks oil. Other than that it feels pretty good.

[Earl]

Leaks between the timimg covers I would bet hey?

[HipMF]

Haven't found the source of the leak yet, but it's something on the lower front of the engine.

I wanted to see if the awful exhaust note was because of the muffler, or the long straight pipe between the muffler and the header, so I did what any teenager would do. Pulled the muffler off and went for a spin. Still sounds like crap. Lot's of crackly, raspy things happening. Will probably put the cat back in, or maybe a glasspack, depending on which looks easier.

[Earl]

M42's sound terrible without a resonator in the system. My girlfriends e30 sound exactly like your e21 currently and it js terrible lol. The gasket between the upper and lower timing covers in the most likely suspect to leak on m42's=/

[Boris3]

Oil filter housing gasket and o ring are another m42 leak source, esp if you're seeing oil leak on drivers side near the front.

[HipMF]

The oil was being pretty sneaky by running down the crack between the timing cover and the upper oil pan over to the passenger side, but it does appear to be coming from the oil filter housing. Hopefully that will be an easy fix.

The way that I ran the exhaust makes it hard to put the cat back in without redoing a lot of it, so I'm looking at getting a tiny muffler with the inlet and outlet on opposite side that will fit in an 8" by 12" space. Surprisingly I was already able to find one at Summit.

[HipMF]

Hey guys, I think I found the leak.     

[straight6pwr]

pretty engine bay.  jealous of how much room you have.

[B C]

What was it?

You are more than welcome to borrow my honda 2000 in the meantime