My name is Earl, and I have a Stainless Steel bolt fetish =)

[REKIII]

Earl said:

And from the second picture you can see that removing that dust and keeping the paint nice will be a challenge=( 

Hmmm....if only there was something you could cover the car with.

[Earl]

REKIII said:

Hmmm....if only there was something you could cover the car with.

It was dusty when it arrived so I didn't want to put a cover over dust and compound the issue=(

[RamenNoobles]

Earl said:

 Bay color really doesn't matter to me because I won't have it open for anyone to see unless there is a different motor ever. lol

if only you knew

[Earl]

RamenNoobles said:

if only you knew

So young and naive=P lol

[RamenNoobles]

your bay is so clean, you tucked the motor!

[KaiserRolls]

"Engine tuck"

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[Earl]

Finally scored a foglight switch blank=) 

[REKIII]

Ho will you turn your foglights on?

[Earl]

I don't have foglights anymore=) I've had foglight blanks. My headlights are plenty bright enough and foglights don't seem to last long before getting a rock through them=P

[patsbimmer1]

Earl said:

I don't have foglights anymore=) I've had foglight blanks. My headlights are plenty bright enough and foglights don't seem to last long before getting a rock through them=P 

#e36problems

[REKIII]

but.......fog

[Earl]

hahahahahaha

[Earl]

Finally got around to sandblasting my swaybars and getting them powdercoated. I also did the dipstick tube while I was at it. 

[Earl]

Tackled a few things this weekend. 

My passenger side door handle was hanging up on its frame like my drivers side so I removed it and remedied that. 

I also removed the old Butyl tape from both doors. What a painstaking thing to do...

I also removed my brake pedal and added the oilite bronze bushings

The modified brake pedal went in after that as well. 

I went to install the rabbit master cylinder so that I can bend up my front brake lines but I ran into an issue. The rear of the master fouls my firewall when it goes through my booster delete plate. I need to either remove some material from the firewall or source a porsche master that I know fits without any modification. I don't really want to take a dremel to the firewall but I may have to=/

[DrLeadFoot]

Looking good!

[Earl]

Putzed on this a bit yesterday

Installed the handle trim with new gaskets

Installed the rear sway bar. I just aired the car up and installed it. I got my excercise for the day trying to get the brackets situated to bolt them on=P 

[Earl]

Didn't realize it's been so long without an update. I have been doing little things here and there. Started on extending the wiring harness for the front (headlights, radiator sensors, etc.)

I also started installing all of the new rubber trim/mouldings that I ordered. 

I ended up finding a diff cover without any broken fins and installed that yesterday. I painted it and installed new drain plugs while I was at it. I also got an Ireland Engineering rear diff mount instead of using the Silver Project one in my old cover. 

I need to get new washers, a speed sensor bracket, and a diff mount bolt because they ended up getting corroded when I prepped my diff with the KBS BLAST for the KBS Rust Seal. 

You can also see the passenger trailing arm paint was damaged when I installed the subframe. I sanded that down and primed it yesterday. I will be painting it again today. 

I properly connected the door brakes and installed new boots/covers now too. 

I also have some goodies that I have been waiting on coming so progress should pick back up=) 

[Jdesign]

Looking good man. This thing is going to be better than new when you are done, but with that being said, I hope you drive the piss out of it and dont store it in a plastic bubble the rest of its life. 

[Earl]

No pictures but I putzed around a little yesterday.

Removed the drivers window for the last time. I cleaned all of the grime off that would normal sit below the window seal inside of the door. I then recleaned the inside of the door and reinstalled the window. After that I scrubbed the upper window seal with soapy water to remove little bits of plastidip that were still stuck to it. I then installed the lower window seal. I only did the drivers side for now as I am still tracking down a passenger window. 

Once that was all together I used a battery to directly power the sunroof motor to get it open. I started cleaning up the tracks and surface for the new sunroof seal. I may remove the cassette to make it easier to recover the fabric shuttle and to thoroughly clean all of the sliders and rails. It depends on how clean I can get it tonight. 

Other than that I have just been ordering little odds and ends that I still needed for the air setup.

[Jdesign]

What did you end up doing with your brake situation? Did you trim the firewall or get a Porsche Master?