My name is Earl, and I have a Stainless Steel bolt fetish =)
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After that Dustin and John had an idea to get the valve cover clean inside. We cycled the fuel pump with a battery and used the old gas to slosh around in the cover to remove the aluminum chips. It took a few times but it worked great.
I then installed the valve cover gaskets:
John and I then installed the cover and the mounting plate for my COP kit:
Since I don't have plugs yet, we just set the coils in and hand tightened the bolts to keep debris from getting in the cylinders:
Since we were putting the engine together, I installed the lower intake manifold gasket and also got my knock sensors cleaned up and re-installed:
John wanted me to keep installing as much as I could on the engine so the next step was the fuel rail. It had some scuffs and minor surface rust so we ran to grab a can of my favorite paint....Wrinkle Black. I didn't get any after pictures since we weren't there long enough after I sprayed it to see it wrinkle, but I will get them sometime this week.
After that we finished up my axle refresh. The boots were in great shape so we just redid the clamps. We used stainless steel ties which seem to work well for people.
Other than that my interior should be coming soon so I brought my rear seat bottom home to uncover so that I can wrap it with the new seats fabric when it arrives=)
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It all looks good Earl! Great progress!
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Things are getting real, real fast!!! Looking good man!
1984 BMW 528e - SETA and manual swapped! M50 to come!!!
1988 BMW 528e - Need parts?
1991 Chevy C1500 (mighty 350 with TBI and Wisconsin weight reduction package)
1996 Mazda Miata (SOLD!!!)
1996 BMW 325i (Donor car)
1998 Chevrolet Corvette (BEAST)
2001 Jeep Grand Cherokee (BROKEN)
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Thank you sir=)
Thursday I arrived to the shop to see how the fuel rail turned out.
I also installed a little more hardware from Fastenal.
Before
After
They gave me an m10 nyloc nut instead of an m12, so I had to put the old diff bolt back in until they get that sorted.
I went to Summerfest Thursday as well and saw this
I wanted to take it for a ride so bad=)
Saturday I decided to make it my goal to get the car back on all four wheels. With me patiently awaiting my quote, I figured that the car needs to be ready to roll as soon as possible.
With that I started by priming the front subframe and control arm mounting areas. I wanted to make the surfaces as nice as possible to keep from dirtying up my new parts. I didn't want to install any of this until the entire front end was cleaned up and undercoated, but they will be doing that when they paint so I will be dropping this all once it gets to the bodyshop anyways=)
I started by laying everything out (I didn't lay out the struts and calipers since the cardboard was too small)
I then installed the front subframe
After that came the control arms and Treehouse Racing mounts
I then bolted the front knuckles to the struts and then installed them on the car.
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After that I installed the front rotors (with my stainless ECS retaining bolts)
Followed by the front calipers
Once the front was tackled I moved onto the rear.
I installed the axles
Then it was time to toss the wheels on and drop it back onto the earth
We were going to drop the engine in for shits and giggles, but didn't have the proper straps and I couldn't air the front of the car up high enough to get the engine hoist legs to slide underneath.
Things are now happening at a steady pace=) I am hoping to get the car out to paint within the next month. My interior and other small tasks should keep me busy while it is away
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Looking good Earl! Keep it up!
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Looks great... but I'm more excited to see pictures after you have driven it 5,000 miles.
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Looks great... but I'm more excited to see pictures after you have driven it 5,000 miles.
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