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[straight6pwr]

Did you get to drive that 993?

[gilber33]

straight6pwr said:

Did you get to drive that 993?

I was lucky enough to drive all of them up and down a couple times. It was an experience I will never forget.

[gilber33]

I'll have to put it back on jack stands eventually for doing the clutch stuff and a couple other things, but back on the ground while I put together the engine stuff. 

[gilber33]

Does anyone have some pics of what hoses, or could describe to me, what hoses go to the heater core? 

From what I can gather the top hose goes to the hard pipe on the back of the block and the bottom hose is the large one from the thermostat and reservoir? 

I found some coolant hose diagrams, but its difficult to tell which ones go to the heater core.

[gilber33]

Figured out the coolant hose question. Now for another one. The little plastic ring that sits right next to the o ring on the FPR broke when I pulled it all apart. Will it still seal okay on the rail?

[jc43089]

You need that ring for it to clamp properly.  Does it show as a separate part in realoem?  I can't remember if that comes with a regulator or not.

Edit:  Or do you just mean it cracked but still will be in place?  It is just a spacer so if it is just cracked that probably won't matter.

[gilber33]

jc43089 said:

You need that ring for it to clamp properly.  Does it show as a separate part in realoem?  I can't remember if that comes with a regulator or not.

Edit:  Or do you just mean it cracked but still will be in place?  It is just a spacer so if it is just cracked that probably won't matter.

It crumbled into a bunch of pieces, but a friend locally came to the rescue and has the spacer and o ring. 

Now, sorry if this has been asked but I tried searching the internet for reviews but couldn't find any. Has anyone used this swaybar before?

https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F162678681936

[Boris3]

Not clear what size that bar is. Popular sway bars to upgrade an e30: Suspension Techniques, Ireland Engineering, UCC Sway Barbarian, just to name a few.

[The Full Banana]

It appears to be 22.37mm thick, at least in the part being measured in the photo.

[Boris3]

Thanks, my eyes and a small phone screen...

[gilber33]

Stock is 20mm and  most sway bar upgrades I found are 22mm.

[Boris3]

SE30 race series runs 22f/19r which is a common upgrade kit. With a bigger bar you'll also want the weld in subframe reinforcements

[gilber33]

According to the seller, the subframe has already been reinforced. And when I was working on it, I believe I noticed the reinforcement plates welded in. So I'm good on that.

I think I'll get this one.

[gilber33]

Wagon got new brakes tonight. In desperate need of new control arms, too. Thankfully I have those coming next week. 

[SteelBlue]

gilber33 said:

Wagon got new brakes tonight. In desperate need of new control arms, too. Thankfully I have those coming next week. 

Is this delphin?

I love this color. Smoked head lights look great.

[gilber33]

SteelBlue said:

Is this delphin?

I love this color. Smoked head lights look great.

Yup! That's all courtesy of the PO. I can't take credit for the headlights.

[gilber33]

Finally some visible progress. Everything else lately has been little things that didn't really make it feel like I've accomplished anything. 

All I really need to do in the engine is bolting up the exhaust, plugs, plug wires, and radiator. New clutch master cylinder is in. Need to do the soft line between the two. Its so close. 

[YoungCR]

Bay is looking great

[gilber33]

So, one thing that I needed to look at are the headlights. The PO wired up HIDs and I'm not a fan of those so I wanted to pull those out and put in standard bulbs. After looking at pictures of these lights and some of the wiring DIYs I'm afraid I may have an issue. 

So, first things first it looks like I'm missing the caps on the back of the low beams. Second, it appears the plugs wired in are specific to the HID ballast or whatever it's called. Am i correct? And third, the bulb mounting on the high beam on the driver side looks screwed. 

I guess I'm looking for some guidance on what to do. It seems if I keep these or get stock lights, i need different plugs from the car. But since I'm missing the caps on the low beams and the high beam retainer is messed up, I'm not sure I can reuse these lights.

[Jdesign]

gilber33 said:

So, one thing that I needed to look at are the headlights. The PO wired up HIDs and I'm not a fan of those so I wanted to pull those out and put in standard bulbs. After looking at pictures of these lights and some of the wiring DIYs I'm afraid I may have an issue. 

So, first things first it looks like I'm missing the caps on the back of the low beams. Second, it appears the plugs wired in are specific to the HID ballast or whatever it's called. Am i correct? And third, the bulb mounting on the high beam on the driver side looks screwed. 

I guess I'm looking for some guidance on what to do. It seems if I keep these or get stock lights, i need different plugs from the car. But since I'm missing the caps on the low beams and the high beam retainer is messed up, I'm not sure I can reuse these lights. 

Yes, normally there are rubber caps on the back sides of each beam.

HIDs use a conversion harness. The ballasts plug into your existing socket, then the Ballast has a connection between the HID bulb and the ballast. 

That opening does look chewed up from someone probably using the wrong bulb. Although thats bad, it shouldn't affect much. the caps seal on the backside of the light, and the spring wire that holds the bulb in will still hold the back of the correct bulb.

You shouldn't need different plugs from the car, they look like they are still the factory plugs clipped into the ballast harness.